Category Archives: Sundance

July 16, 2010 · 4:44 PM

On TV: EL GENERAL

Coming to POV on July 20: EL GENERAL

Natalia Almada’s film debuted in 2009 at Sundance, where she won the award for Best Documentary Director. The film was later nominated for the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards’ Truer Than Fiction Award.

Focusing on the titular figure, Almada’s great-grandfather, one of the country’s most controversial leaders who served as a general during the Mexican Revolution before serving as President from 1924-1928, EL GENERAL weaves together original and archival material from Mexico and Hollywood films in a stunningly wrought examination of both personal and national history and identity. The film succeeds in bridging together decades of history with Almada’s family memoir, uniting the public with the personal in an artful, poignant manner.

To find out more about the POV screening on PBS, click here.

Sundance Institute Grants & Labs

The previous post ran down some useful information on the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmakers should remember that the festival is just one program of the larger Sundance Institute, which also offers a number of resources for filmmakers each year, including grants and labs. This post provides information on most of these programs.

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Some Notes on Sundance 2011

I’ve been a Programming Associate for the Sundance Film Festival since 2005, focusing on US Documentary Features. With the programming cycle for the 2011 festival (January 20-30) beginning, it seems like a good idea to remind filmmakers about submission deadlines and other information, if you’re aiming to have your work considered.