As part of the year-long celebration of the Sundance Institute’s 20th anniversary, Sundance20 premiered in January on the Sundance Channel. This rare
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While overall reports of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival have remarked on a quieter, more somber air in Park City, there was much warmth and activity
Sundance 2002 was a relatively sober affair, in the wake of 9/11 and in the midst of a recession—fewer parties, less swag, more security. Even the
In 1991, as the new executive director of IDA, I received a telephone call from Hot Springs, Arkansas, seeking advice on starting a documentary film
If you’re thinking now about how to spend your summer, consider the DoubleTake Documentary Summer Institute. When I read the line-up of luminaries for
A film festival that celebrates the funders of a film or video? That’s what the annual Council on Foundations Film and Video Festival does. An
Driving down Melrose Ave. on a warm August day, one couldn’t miss the distinctive bright banners of the Hollywood Film Festival flanking either side
Good meeting places are an essential element to successful festivals. In Marseille, France, a harbor-side marquee welcomed visitors to both Sunny Side
Three minutes…28 international judges…and cash prizes totaling $100,000. No, this is not the latest addition to this fall’s primetime game show line
The fourth annual DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival (DDFF) was held last spring in Durham, North Carolina. Having fielded 530 submissions and