Sundance Vet and Netflix Writer Minhal Baig to Direct ‘We Grow Now’ in Chicago
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A Chicago filmmaker is bringing her next project back home. Minhal Baig’s most recent feature film, Hala, was a Sundance Grand Jury Award Nominee and critics’ pick, was executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith, and was purchased by Apple TV. Baig has also written for the Netflix animated comedy series BoJack Horseman. Baig’s latest project is centered in her hometown of Chicago, specifically in the... Read More
Sundance Film Festival
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The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. 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.
Sundance 2022 Top Jury Prizes Go To ‘Nanny,’ ‘The Exiles,’ ‘All That Breathes, ‘Utama’
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After nine days, 84 feature films and 59 short films, the juries have deliberated and the audience has voted, and tonight the 2022 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards were announced. The award-winning films will screen online on the Festival platform on Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30. Tickets for all award screening films are available beginning at 5:00 PM MT today. The 26 jury-awarded and... Read More
Abigail Disney Doc Marks Chicago Media Project’s Sixth Sundance Film
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The Sundance Film Festival is underway, virtually so, with filmlovers (and hopefully filmbuyers) experiencing world premiere cinema from the small screens in their respective living rooms. The festival has marked a terrific festival for Chicago Media Project (CMP), founded by Paula Froehle and Steve Cohen. SCREEN initially reported the Windy City collective of independent film investors and philanthropists was bringing a whopping five scintillating premieres... Read More
Sundance Cancels In-Person Festival, Moves Forward with Virtual Fest
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Here we go again? Hopefully not. And while it’s not the best start for 2022, it’s likely the right decision… and there is hope ahead (see below). Just two weeks before it was to be held in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is canceling its in-person festival and reverting to an entirely virtual edition due to the current coronavirus surge. Festival organizers announced... Read More
Slamdance Cancels In-Person Fest, Goes Virtual; Sundance Moving Forward
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There are two major festivals that kick off the new year, and one of them will now be going virtual-only. Is this is harbinger of decisions to come for centerpiece American festivals across the country? Due to concerns around the Omicron variant, and for the safety of its staff, filmmakers, and audience, the Slamdance Film Festival will forgo the in-person portion of its hybrid event... Read More
Sundance Selects Chicago Short ‘Close Ties to Home Country’
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Over 10,000 films submitted, only 59 are selected. Close Ties to Home Country, a short comedy produced and filmed in Chicago, is heading to the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The prestigious Park City lineup is set to screen live and in-person January 20-30. But first, SCREEN has an exclusive chat for you with the film’s producer, Felicia Ferrara. “Some people will laugh. Some will cry,”... Read More
Sundance Lineup Announced; Chicago Media Project Soars with Five Selections
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Sundance is live and in-person once again on the snowy streets of Park City this January. The lineup is here, and anticipation is in the air. The festival, which will present a hybrid experience of in-person premieres and online screenings from January 20-30, released much of its roster on Thursday, including 82 feature films. Among the higher profile projects set to premiere are a new... Read More
Kanye West Documentary ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Highlights Sundance 2022 Lineup
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More than twenty years in the making, the highly anticipated Kanye West documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy from Netflix leads the lineup of feature films set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival January 20-30 in Park City, Utah. Netflix describes the documentary as “an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today... Read More
Sundance Vet to Produce Thanksgiving Movie in Chicago; Kevin Cooper to Direct
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Chicago-based Producer and Sundance Film Festival alum John Condne has come onboard to produce the Thanksgiving drama-comedy Home Invasion for the Holidays, written by Luke Thomas and directed by Kevin Cooper. Filming begins this month and will be shot over a couple weekends with a trio of Chicago’s top young actors Liv Shine, Carter Shimp and Ty Garrett Fanning. Home Invasion for the Holidays revolves... Read More
