This is the fifth pointer to the lineup announcements for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Just announced are the selections for Shorts programming, located here.
Previously announced are the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus NEXT; Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Spotlight, Sundance Kids, and Special Events; Midnight; and the films, installations, and events of New Frontier.
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This post is a pointer to the fourth lineup announcement for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. This year’s selections in the Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Spotlight, Sundance Kids, and Special Events sections may be found here.
The Shorts lineup will be revealed in a future announcement.
Previous pointers include the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus NEXT, here; the Midnight lineup here; and the films, installations, and events of New Frontier here.
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This post is a pointer to the third lineup announcement for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. This year’s selections in the New Frontier section may be found here.
The remaining non-competition feature sections will be revealed in further announcements.
If you missed yesterday’s announcement, the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus NEXT, click here; while the Midnight lineup may be found here.
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As the 2016 Sundance Film Festival lineup is revealed, I’ll be including pointers here. The US and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions, plus the NEXT section, were announced today here.
The previously announced Midnight section may be found here. Pointers for other sections will follow as they are announced over the next week.
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This morning, the first lineup announcement for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival was made, revealing the feature selections in the Midnight section. The nine titles may be found here.
The festival will take place January 21-31. Remaining lineup announcements will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Yesterday, I highlighted several of the competitive sections at IDFA, which launches its 28th edition tonight, Wednesday, November 18. This supplemental post provides an overview of the impressive fest’s many non-competitive sections, which, in addition to scores of standout titles which have been on the festival circuit this year, includes several less-familiar offerings not yet covered here. The latter are the focus of this overview: Continue reading
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Just as America’s largest nonfiction festival, DOC NYC, wraps up, the world’s largest documentary event, Amsterdam’s IDFA, kicks off. The powerhouse fest celebrates its 28th edition between tomorrow, Wednesday, November 18 and Sunday, November 29, showcasing more than 170 new documentary features among scores more retrospective programming, shorts, and new media work. As in the past, IDFA’s massive scope necessitates splitting up this overview into two posts – today’s spotlights the various competitive sections, while tomorrow’s looks at non-competitive strands: Continue reading
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This year’s DOC NYC preview concludes with the Short LIst, our re-presentation of some of this year’s most notable nonfiction, fifteen films likely to receive serious consideration during Awards Season. Continue reading
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Montreal’s premier nonfiction event, RIDM, celebrates its 18th edition this year beginning tonight, Thursday, November 12, and wraps up next Sunday, November 22 with the debut of Pascal Sanchez’s LES VAILLANTS, an observational film set in a local public housing development. Approximately 70 new feature docs will screen over the course of the eleven-day festival, with highlights noted below: Continue reading
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DOC NYC looks back to the past in returning section Docs Redux. Continue reading
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