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The '''Sundance Film Festival''' (formerly '''Utah/US Film Festival''', then '''US Film and Video Festival''') is an annual [[film festival]] organized by the [[Sundance Institute]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Megan |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1956952,00.html |date=2010-01-27 |work=Time|access-date=2020-03-23 |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X|archive-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911011019/http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1956952,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It takes place each January in [[Park City, Utah]], [[Salt Lake City]], and at the [[Sundance Resort]], and is the largest [[independent film]] festival in the United States. It includes competitive categories, includes documentary and dramatic films, features both length and short films, and awards are given, as well as out-of-competition categories for showcasing new films.

[[File:Egyptian Theater during Sundance 2018.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theatre]] is one of the festival's oldest and most recognizable venues]]

==Description==
Sundance is the largest independent film festival in the US, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stambro |first=Jan Elise |title=The Economic Impacts of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival |url=http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2016-06-15-sff16-economic-impact-release-final3.pdf?1466013794 |format=pdf |work=Bureau of Economic and Business Research |publisher=[[University of Utah]] |access-date=2012-11-06}}</ref> It is held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near [[Provo, Utah]]) and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.standard.net/Entertainment/2016/07/13/Sundance-Film-Festival-2017-drops-Ogden-screenings-shifts-to-new-programs |title=Sundance Film Festival drops Ogden as screening location |first=Becky |last=Cairns |newspaper=Standard-Examiner|access-date=2017-06-28}}</ref>

The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Structure of the Sundance Film Festival |url=https://www.sundanceguide.net/sundance-festival-guide/structure-of-the-sundance-film-festival/|access-date=2021-01-19 |website=www.sundanceguide.net}}</ref>

== History ==
=== 1978: Utah/US Film Festival ===
Sundance began in [[Salt Lake City]] in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/sundance/history_of_sundance.shtml |title=BBC - Films - Sundance Film Festival - A Brief History |website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref> It was founded by [[Sterling Van Wagenen]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/about/blogs/news/redfords-wildwood-enterprises-and-pbs-bring-skinwalkers-to-the-small-screen-february-21-2002/ |title=Redford's Wildwood Enterprises and PBS Bring "Skinwalkers" to the Small Screen {{!}} PBS About|website=Redford's Wildwood Enterprises and PBS Bring "Skinwalkers" to the Small Screen {{!}} PBS About|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> head of [[Robert Redford]]'s company Wildwood, and John Earle of the [[Utah Film Commission]]. The 1978 festival featured films such as ''[[Deliverance]]'', ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'', ''[[Mean Streets]]'', and ''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]''.<ref>{{cite web |work=Sundance-A Festival Virgin's Guide |title=History of the Sundance Film Festival |url=http://www.sundanceguide.net/basics/history |last=Craig |first=Benjamin|access-date=2012-10-08}}</ref>
The goal of the festival was to showcase American-made films, highlight the potential of independent film, and increase visibility for filmmaking in Utah. The main focus of the event was to conduct a competition for independent American films, present a series of retrospective films and filmmaker panel discussions, and celebrate the [[Frank Capra]] Award. The festival also highlighted the work of regional filmmakers who worked outside the [[Hollywood]] system.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

In 1979, Sterling Van Wagenen left to head up the first-year pilot program of what became the [[Sundance Institute]], and James W. Ure took over briefly as executive director, followed by Cirina Hampton Catania. More than 60 films were screened at the festival that year, and panels featured many well-known Hollywood filmmakers. Also that year, the first Frank Capra Award went to [[Jimmy Stewart]]. The festival also made a profit for the first time. In 1980, Catania left to pursue a production career in Hollywood.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

===1981: US Film and Video Festival===
In 1981, the festival moved to Park City, Utah, and changed the dates from September to January. The move from late summer to midwinter was done by the executive director Susan Barrell with the cooperation of Hollywood director [[Sydney Pollack]], who suggested that running a film festival in a ski resort during winter would draw more attention from Hollywood. It was called the US Film and Video Festival.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

=== 1984: Sundance ===
In 1984, the now well-established Sundance Institute, headed by Sterling Van Wagenen, took over management of the US Film Festival. Gary Beer and Van Wagenen spearheaded production of the inaugural US Film Festival presented by Sundance Institute (1985), which included Program Director Tony Safford and Administrative Director Jenny Walz Selby. The branding and marketing transition from the US Film Festival to the Sundance Film Festival was managed under the direction of Colleen Allen, Allen Advertising Inc., by appointment of Robert Redford. In 1991, the festival was officially renamed the Sundance Film Festival, after Redford's character [[the Sundance Kid]] from the film ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lauren David |last=Peden |title=Sundance Subdued |url=http://www.coastmagazine.com/archive/pre_dec05/travel_sundance.html |date=December 2005 |publisher=Freedom Orange County Information (coastmagazine.com) |access-date=2007-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202623/http://www.coastmagazine.com/archive/pre_dec05/travel_sundance.html  |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref>

The Sundance Film Festival experienced its extraordinary growth in the 1990s, under the leadership of Geoffrey Gilmore and John Cooper, who transformed the venue into the premier festival in the United States, on par of Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Toronto International Film Festival. That crucial era is very well documented in Professor '''Emanuel Levy''''s book, Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Cinema (NYU Press, 1999, 2001, 2011), the most comprehensive chronicle of Sundance and the Indie movement over the past four decades.{{according to whom|date=August 2020}}

==Spin-offs in other locations==
==={{anchor|London}}Sundance London (2012– )===

UK-based publisher C21 Media first revealed in October 2010 that Robert Redford was planning to bring the Sundance Film Festival to London,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.c21media.net/archives/51050 |title=Exclusive: Redford plans London Sundance |first=Adam |last=Benzine |newspaper=C21 Media |date=October 7, 2010|access-date=May 29, 2013}}</ref> and in March the following year, Redford officially announced that Sundance London would be held at [[The O2]], in London from 26–29 April 2012; the first time it has traveled outside the [[United States|US]].<ref name="Farmer 2012">{{cite news |url=http://www.theo2.co.uk/general/robert-redford-sundance-institute-and-aeg-europe-launch-sundance-at-t.html |title=Robert Redford, Sundance Institute And Aeg Europe Launch Sundance London At The O2 |first=Stephen |last=Farmer |newspaper=[[AEG Worldwide]] |date=October 2012|access-date=2012-10-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505122047/http://www.theo2.co.uk/general/robert-redford-sundance-institute-and-aeg-europe-launch-sundance-at-t.html|archive-date=May 5, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In a press statement, Redford said, "We are excited to partner with [[Anschutz Entertainment Group|AEG Europe]] to bring a particular slice of American culture to life in the inspired setting of The O2, and in this city of such rich cultural history. [...] It is our mutual goal to bring to the UK, the very best in current American independent cinema, to introduce the artists responsible for it, and in essence, help build a picture of our country that is broadly reflective of the diversity of voices not always seen in our cultural exports."<ref name="Farmer 2012"/>

The majority of the film screenings, including the festival's premieres, would be held within the [[Cineworld]] cinema at [[The O2]] entertainment district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundance-london.com/news/20110315-sundance-london-announced-at-the-o2 |title=Robert Redford, Sundance Institute and AEG Europe launch Sundance London at The O2 |publisher=Sundance London |date=March 15, 2011|access-date=January 19, 2012}}</ref> The 2013 Sundance London Festival was held 25–28 April 2013, and sponsored by car-maker [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]].<ref name="SD London 2013 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sundance-london.com/films-events |title=Sundance London 2013 |publisher=Sundance London |date=March 1, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref>

Sundance London 2014 took place on 25–27 April 2014 at the O2 arena;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sundance London 2014 unveils lineup |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a559689/sundance-london-2014-lineup-features-the-trip-to-italy-frank/ |website=Digital Spy |date=2014-03-24|access-date = 2015-11-16}}</ref> however the 2015 Festival was cancelled in an announcement on 16 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sundance London 2015 cancelled, festival's future under review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11350352/sundance-london-cancelled.html |website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date = 2015-11-16}}</ref>

Sundance London returned to London from 2–5 June 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://picturehouseblog.co.uk/2016/04/20/sundance/ |title=Sundance Film Festival: London 2016 – Programme Announced |last=Pierrot |first=John-Paul |date=2016-04-20 |website=Picturehouse Blog|access-date=2017-07-21}}</ref> and again 1–4 June 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://picturehouseblog.co.uk/2017/04/25/2017-sundance-film-festival-london-programme-announced/ |title=2017 Sundance Film Festival: London – Programme Announced |last=Pierrot |first=John-Paul |date=2017-04-25 |website=Picturehouse Blog|access-date=2017-07-21}}</ref> both at Picturehouse Central in London's West End. The 2018 and 2019 events continued at the same venue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premiercomms.com/specialisms/film/public-relations/film-festival-representation/sundance-film-festival-london |website=Premier |title=Sundance Film Festival 2019: London|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>

Films shown at the 2019 event included the controversial dark tale ''[[The Nightingale (2018 film)|The Nightingale]]'', US comedy ''[[Corporate Animals]]'', [[Lulu Wang (filmmaker)|Lulu Wang]]'s ''[[The Farewell (2019 film)|The Farewell]]'' (which won the Audience Award<ref>{{cite web |website=ScreenDaily |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/lulu-wangs-the-farewell-wins-sundance-london-2019-audience-award/5140082.article |title=Lulu Wang's 'The Farewell' wins Sundance London 2019 audience award |first=Ben |last=Dalton |date=3 June 2019|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-date=June 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603213434/https://www.screendaily.com/news/lulu-wangs-the-farewell-wins-sundance-london-2019-audience-award/5140082.article|url-status=live}}</ref>) and [[Sophie Hyde]]'s film based on [[Emma Jane Unsworth]]'s novel about female friendship, ''[[Animals (2019 film)|Animals]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/sundance-london-2019-line-up-film-festival-programme-a4118851.html |website=ES |publisher=Evening Standard |title=Sundance London 2019 line-up: First look at this year's film festival programme |first=Jessie |last=Thompson |date=28 May 2019|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>

===Sundance Hong Kong (2014- )===
Inaugurated in 2014, Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong has taken place in 2016, 2017, 2018 and from 19 September to 1 October 2019. The 2020 event has not been scheduled yet. It is held at The Metroplex in Kowloon Bay each year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hk.sundance.org/2017/en/introduction |title=Sundance |website=hk.sundance.org|access-date=2017-07-21}}</ref>

=== Sundance at BAM ===
From 2006 through 2008, Sundance Institute collaborated with the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] (BAM) on a special series of film screenings, performances, panel discussions, and special events bringing the institute's activities and the festival's programming to New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sundance Mixed With Stars, Politicians |url=http://www.bam.org/sundance/index_2007.aspx |publisher=BAM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112103655/http://www.bam.org/sundance/index_2007.aspx |archive-date=2008-01-12 |access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

== Notability ==
Many notable independent filmmakers received their big break at Sundance, including [[Kevin Smith]], [[Robert Rodriguez]], [[Quentin Tarantino]], [[Todd Field]], [[David O. Russell]], [[Steve James (producer)|Steve James]], [[Paul Thomas Anderson]], [[Steven Soderbergh]], [[Darren Aronofsky]], [[James Wan]], [[Edward Burns]], and [[Jim Jarmusch]]. The festival is also responsible for bringing wider attention to such films as ''[[Saw (2004 film)|Saw]]'', ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]'', ''[[Super Troopers]]'', ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'', ''[[Spanking the Monkey]]'', ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', ''[[Primer (film)|Primer]]'', ''[[In the Bedroom]]'', ''[[Better Luck Tomorrow]]'', ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'', ''[[Donnie Darko]]'', ''[[El Mariachi]]'', ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'', ''[[Clerks (1994 film)|Clerks]]'', ''[[Thank You for Smoking (film)|Thank You for Smoking]]'', ''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]'', ''[[The Brothers McMullen]]'', ''[[500 Days of Summer]]'', ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'', ''[[Whiplash (2014 film)|Whiplash]], [[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]],'' and ''[[Get Out]]''.

''[[Three Seasons]]'' was the first in festival history to ever receive both the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award, in 1999. Later films that won both awards are: ''[[God Grew Tired of Us]]'' in 2006 (documentary category), ''[[Quinceañera (film)|Quinceañera]]'' in 2006 (dramatic category), ''[[Precious (film)|Precious]]'' in 2009, ''Fruitvale'' (later retitled ''[[Fruitvale Station]]'') in 2013, ''[[Whiplash (2014 film)|Whiplash]]'' in 2014, ''[[Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (film)|Me and Earl and the Dying Girl]]'' in 2015,''[[The Birth of a Nation (2016 film)|The Birth of a Nation]]'' in 2016, ''[[Minari (film)|Minari]]'' in 2020, and ''[[CODA (2021 film)|CODA]]'' in 2021.

At the [[2016 Sundance Film Festival]], three films went on to garner eight [[83rd Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominations.<ref name="harris">{{cite news |url=http://www.sundance.tv/festival/blog/2017/01/8-oscar-nominations-for-films-from-the-2016-sundance-film-festival |title=8 oscar nominations for films from the 2016 sundance film festival |last=Quinnette |first=Celia |date=January 24, 2017 |work=Sundance TV|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]'' took the lead in Sundance-supported films with six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.<ref name="knegt">{{cite news |url=http://www.sundance.tv/festival/blog/2017/01/8-oscar-nominations-for-films-from-the-2016-sundance-film-festival |title=8 oscar nominations for films from the 2016 sundance film festival |last=Quinnette |first=Celia |date=January 24, 2017 |work=Sundance TV|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> The next year, about 40 films were acquired by distributors, among them including [[Amazon Video|Amazon]], [[Netflix]], [[Lionsgate]], and [[Universal Pictures|Universal]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/list-of-movies-sold-at-sundance-2016.html |title=The Complete List of Movies Sold at Sundance 2016, and Why Amazon and Netflix Went All Out |work=Vulture|access-date=2017-08-08 |language=en|archive-date=October 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030192646/http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/list-of-movies-sold-at-sundance-2016.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Growth of the festival ==
The festival has changed over the decades from a low-profile venue for small-budget, independent creators from outside the Hollywood system to a media extravaganza for Hollywood celebrity actors, paparazzi, and luxury lounges set up by companies not affiliated with Sundance. Festival organizers have tried curbing these activities in recent years, beginning in 2007 with their ongoing Focus On Film campaign{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}.

The 2009 film ''Official Rejection'' documented the experience of small filmmakers trying to get into various festivals in the late 2000s, including Sundance. The film contained several arguments that Sundance had become dominated by large studios and sponsoring corporations. A contrast was made between the 1990s, in which non-famous filmmakers with tiny budget films could get distribution deals from studios like [[Miramax Films]] or [[New Line Cinema]], (like [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''Clerks''), and the 2000s, when major stars with multimillion-dollar films (like ''The Butterfly Effect'' with [[Ashton Kutcher]]) dominated the festival. Kevin Smith doubted that ''Clerks'', if made in the late 2000s, would be accepted to Sundance.<ref>Kevin Smith, interviewed in ''Official Rejection'', documentary film, 2009, directed by Paul Osborne</ref>

Numerous small festivals sprung up around Sundance in the Park City area, including [[Slamdance Film Festival|Slamdance]], [[Nodance Film Festival|Nodance]], [[Slumdance Film Festival|Slumdance]], It-dance, X-Dance, Lapdance, [[Tromadance]], The [[Park City Film Music Festival]], etc., though all except{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Slamdance are no longer held.<ref>''Official Rejection'', documentary film, 2009, directed by Paul Osborne</ref>

Included in the Sundance changes made in 2010, a new programming category titled "NEXT" (often denoted simply by the characters "<=>", which mean "less is more") was introduced to showcase innovative films that are able to transcend the confines of an independent budget. Another recent addition was the Sundance Film Festival USA program, in which eight of the festival's films are shown in eight different theaters around the United States.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 22, 2010 |first=Cody |last=Clark |title=Redford launches 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City |url=http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_38fab10a-0120-5c9a-bec2-b0c13dc56df8.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Herald (Utah)|The Daily Herald]] |access-date=2010-01-22}}</ref>

The premiere of, American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]]'s 2020 documentary film: ''[[Miss Americana]]'', at the opening night of the [[2020 Sundance Film Festival]] and Swift's pre-announced appearance at the festival, caused a great surge in the number of attendees, traction and media coverage, which was new to the normally reserved festival.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/26/sundance-in-miss-americana-taylor-swift-demotes-the-internet/ |title=Sundance: In Miss Americana, Taylor Swift demotes the internet |last=Panzarino |first=Matthew |date=January 26, 2020 |website=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/miss-americana-taylor-swift-brings-her-raw-star-power-sundance-1272592 |title=With 'Miss Americana,' Taylor Swift Brings Her Raw Star Power to Sundance |last=Sinha-Roy |first=Piya |date=January 24, 2020 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>

The 44th will be going virtual for the first time come 2021.

== Directors ==
* [[Geoff Gilmore]] – 1991–2009<ref>{{cite web |first=Jeremy |last=Kay |url=http://www.screendaily.com/john-cooper-steps-up-as-director-of-sundance-film-festival/4043584.article |title=John Cooper steps up as director of Sundance Film Festival |date=11 March 2009 |publisher=ScreenDaily.com|access-date=2010-01-31|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Cieply |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/movies/18tribeca.html |title=Shakeup in Film Festivals as a Familiar Face Moves |date=17 February 2009 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2010-01-31}}</ref>
* [[John Cooper]] – 2009–2020<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Sundance Institute |url=http://www.sundance.org/pdf/2009-03-09-cooper.pdf |title=Sundance Institute announces John Cooper as Director, Sundance Film Festival |date=11 March 2009|access-date=2010-01-31|archive-date=July 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707184230/http://www.sundance.org/pdf/2009-03-09-cooper.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=Sundance |url=http://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival/about |title=About|access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref>
* [[Tabitha Jackson]] – 2020–Present

== See also ==
* [[2003 Sundance Film Festival]], [[2004 Sundance Film Festival]], etc.
* [[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners]]
* [[List of Sundance Film Festival selections]]
* [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* Anderson, John. ''Sundancing: Hanging Out And Listening In At America's Most Important Film Festival''. Harper Paperbacks, 2000.
* Biskind, Peter. ''Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film''. Simon & Schuster, 2004.
* Craig, Benjamin. [http://www.sundanceguide.net Sundance - A Festival Virgin's Guide: Surviving and Thriving at America's Most Important Film Festival]. Cinemagine Media Publishing, 3rd ed., 2016, {{ISBN|0-9541737-8-3}}.
* Levy, Emanuel. Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Cinema. NYU Press, 1999, 1st ed, 2001, 2nd ed 2011,3 ed.
* Smith, Lory. ''Party in a Box: The Story of the Sundance Film Festival ''. Gibbs Smith Publishers, 1999.
* {{cite web |last=Staff |title=Sundance Film Festival |url=http://www.indiewire.com/festival/sundance_film_festival |website=[[IndieWire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504120031/http://www.indiewire.com/festival/sundance_film_festival|archive-date=May 4, 2016}}
* {{cite news |last=Gaita |first=Paul |title=Sundance Film Festival announces 2010 competition lineup |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/12/2010-sundance-film-festival-announces-film-lineup.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 2, 2009}}
*von Roon, Alexander. "Grass and dark Tunnels: Sundance is a Marketing-Tool for the US Film Industry", Berliner Zeitung 2000.
* [http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/sff-85-96.pdf Sundance Film Festival 1985–1996]
* [http://www.sundanceguide.net Sundance - A Festival Virgin's Guide] - full history and how to attend the festival.

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.sundance.org}}

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