15 Standouts From the 2021 (Virtual) Sundance Film Festival
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The Sundance Film Festival is typically the industry's annual coronation of indie sensations and once and future awards darlings. Intrepid filmgoers make the pilgrimage to snowy Park City, Utah, where they wait in long lines to catch a movie that could either be the next big thing or a Redbox exclusive in seven months.
Sundance carried on in 2021 despite the pandemic thanks to a makeshift virtual cinema, which allowed folks to take in the festival’s best from their couch. (And in some cases — as with Nashville's own Belcourt — via drive-in screenings.) Let’s parse what really made this edition of the festival such a virtual victory.