Sundance Film Festival

Sundance is one of the world's most famous festivals for independent movies. 

What is it?

Sundance is a leading showcase for new films, particularly emerging directors, and a key  marketplace for American and international independent movies. It's said that independent filmmakers set their calendar by Sundance.

What happens there ?

• Sundance has competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films - for both feature-length films and short films.
• It has a group of non-competitive showcase sections including Premieres, New Frontier, Spotlight, and Park City at Midnight.

• It has a non-competitive section "NEXT" for low-budget and no-budget narrative films

New Zealand feature films that have screened at Sundance include:

• Whale Rider
• Rain
• Boy
• Eagle Vs Shark
• The Orator (O Le Tulafale)
• What We Do in The Shadows
• Slow West
• Turbo Kid
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Tickled
• Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
• Coming Home in the Dark

Short films that have screened include:

• Ebony Society
• Redemption
• The Six Dollar Fifty Man
• Vostok Station