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Three Sundance films with Texas ties are screening in Dallas The Texas Theatre is showing ‘Cusp,’ ‘Jockey’ and ‘The Blazing World’ on Jan. 31 as part of the Sundance Film Festival. Udo Kier appears in The Blazing World by Carlson Young.(Supplied / Sundance Institute) The Texas films screening at the Texas Theatre as part of the Sundance Film Festival are not to be missed. They include a coming-of-age documentary about teenagers the filmmakers met by chance, a semi-autobiographical drama filmed on location at a horse racing track and a dark fantasy directed by a noted female horror filmmaker from Fort Worth. ....
Passing The indie film showcase s pandemic-era program also has directorial debuts by Jerrod Carmichael, Pascual Sisto and Questlove with his Black Woodstock documentary. As Sundance director Tabitha Jackson s reign at the indie film festival gets well underway, the marquee indie U.S. film showcase has gone mostly online with a pandemic-era discovery lineup filled with work by women and BIPOC directors and more than half the 2021 program shot by first-time helmers. For Jackson, the focus on debut feature directors underlines how, despite the COVID-19 crisis pausing film production in Hollywood and upending planning for Sundance s upcoming Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, 2021, edition, the marquee festival isn t playing it safe as it doubles down on revealing new independent voices to the world. ....
Together Together starring Ed Helms are among 72 features selected for 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs online and in select US arthouse venues from January 28-February 3. The line-up, announced on Tuesday (December 15), includes One For The Road, Thai filmmaker Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to Bad Genius; Edgar Wright’s music documentary The Sparks Brothers Land; Ben Wheatley’s virus horror In The Earth; The Roots drummer Questlove’s documentary Summer Of Soul; and Kevin Macdonald’s Special Screenings selection Life In A Day 2020. A features roster representing 29 countries and 38 first-time feature filmmakers includes three films from Cannes Label 2020: Pascual Sisto’s ....
Save this story for later. When the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 28, 2021, in Park City, Utah, there won’t be a long line of people standing outside the Eccles Theater, watching their breath catch in the cold winter air and Main Street surely won’t be packed with revelers and sponsor activations, either. Instead, on account of the coronavirus pandemic, next year’s Sundance will actually expand amid the contraction of live events. Rather than relying solely on in-person experiences, the festival has plans that extend far beyond the theater: a digital platform where patrons around the world can watch this year’s lineup; drive-in screenings at venues around the country; in-person showings at independent art houses nationwide where indoor events can happen safely and in accordance with public health guidelines; and even a virtual reality space that includes live performances and a lobby where people can digitally congregate. ....