2008 Woodie Awards
Sundance Film Festival announces competitors
Shawn Cohen
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: A & E
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Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2006, the Sundance Film Festival once again prepares itself for their 2008 event.
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival begins Jan. 17 and runs until Jan. 27, and will be presented in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.
The Sundance Institute was founded by Robert Redford in 1981 as "a premier showcase for the best new work by American and international independent filmmakers."
The festival provides audiences with a chance to discover today's most groundbreaking films.
"Films that get a name from the Sundance Film Festival are so interesting," said junior Josh Feldman. "The film 'Brick' won an award at Sundance in 2005. It was a really good independent film. A friend of mine even had to watch the film in his Media Studies class."
According to the Sundance Institute, a record-breaking 2,021 U.S. and 1,603 international feature films were submitted to this year's festival. Of the 3,624 feature films submitted, 121 films were selected, representing 25 countries with 55 first-time filmmakers, including 32 in competition.
The festival films are screened in nine competitive and non-competitive showcase categories: Documentary Competition, Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight, and from the Sundance Collection.
On Nov. 28 the Sundance Institute announced the line-up for this years U.S. and World Cinema, Dramatic and Documentary Competitions. Films listed in Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight were released Nov. 29.
"The broad range of cinematic expression in this year's festival is found not simply in terms of the volume of submissions or its demographics but in the variety of types of filmmakers and the issues they explore," said Geoffrey Gilmore, Director, Sundance Film Festival. "This year we are seeing a convergence of storytelling and art that truly illustrates the spectrum of what is possible in film."
According to the Sundance Institute, the festival will open Jan. 17 in Park City with the premiere of "In Bruges" written and directed by award-wining playwright, Martin McDonagh. The Sundance Institute described the film as, "a suspenseful, twisted tale of two London hit men ordered to take a forced vacation in Bruges, Belgium, and how their subsequent time in exile goes awry."
"The Great Buck Howard" will premiere Jan. 18 at the Salt Lake City Gala. The Sundance Institute says this film, directed and written by Sean McGinly and starring Colin Hanks, John Malkovich and Emily Blunt, "is about a law school dropout who answers an advertisement to be a celebrity's personal assistant."
The Sundance Film Festival is fast approaching and competition should be fierce so stay up to date on the nominees and winners to get a great experience with some movies you may otherwise have not seen.
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival begins Jan. 17 and runs until Jan. 27, and will be presented in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.
The Sundance Institute was founded by Robert Redford in 1981 as "a premier showcase for the best new work by American and international independent filmmakers."
The festival provides audiences with a chance to discover today's most groundbreaking films.
"Films that get a name from the Sundance Film Festival are so interesting," said junior Josh Feldman. "The film 'Brick' won an award at Sundance in 2005. It was a really good independent film. A friend of mine even had to watch the film in his Media Studies class."
According to the Sundance Institute, a record-breaking 2,021 U.S. and 1,603 international feature films were submitted to this year's festival. Of the 3,624 feature films submitted, 121 films were selected, representing 25 countries with 55 first-time filmmakers, including 32 in competition.
The festival films are screened in nine competitive and non-competitive showcase categories: Documentary Competition, Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight, and from the Sundance Collection.
On Nov. 28 the Sundance Institute announced the line-up for this years U.S. and World Cinema, Dramatic and Documentary Competitions. Films listed in Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight were released Nov. 29.
"The broad range of cinematic expression in this year's festival is found not simply in terms of the volume of submissions or its demographics but in the variety of types of filmmakers and the issues they explore," said Geoffrey Gilmore, Director, Sundance Film Festival. "This year we are seeing a convergence of storytelling and art that truly illustrates the spectrum of what is possible in film."
According to the Sundance Institute, the festival will open Jan. 17 in Park City with the premiere of "In Bruges" written and directed by award-wining playwright, Martin McDonagh. The Sundance Institute described the film as, "a suspenseful, twisted tale of two London hit men ordered to take a forced vacation in Bruges, Belgium, and how their subsequent time in exile goes awry."
"The Great Buck Howard" will premiere Jan. 18 at the Salt Lake City Gala. The Sundance Institute says this film, directed and written by Sean McGinly and starring Colin Hanks, John Malkovich and Emily Blunt, "is about a law school dropout who answers an advertisement to be a celebrity's personal assistant."
The Sundance Film Festival is fast approaching and competition should be fierce so stay up to date on the nominees and winners to get a great experience with some movies you may otherwise have not seen.
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