Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is an annual event held every January in Park City, Utah. It is the largest independent cinema festival held in the United States, and considered to be one of the most important film festivals in the world.http://www.sundanceguide.net/basics/history/

The festival serves as a platform to showcase both American and International independent films. The festival is structured so as to allow competition in the categories of feature-length films, documentaries, short films, as well a American and U.S dramatic films. Non-competitive presentations are also incorporated into the festival, such as the showcase events known as New Frontier, Spectrum, and Park City @ Midnight.http://festival.sundance.org/2010/festival_info/

The next Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to take start on January 20, 2011, running through January 30, 2011.

The Sundance Film Festival was first held in 1978. It was first known as the Utah/US Film Festival and was held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Actor Robert Redford served as the event's inaugural chairman, with the event serving to present a retrospective of films, including Midnight Cowboy, Mean Streets, A Streetcar Named Desire and Deliverance among others.http://www.sundanceguide.net/basics/history/

Funding for the initial event came form the Utah Film Commission, private sponsors and individual donations.http://www.sundanceguide.net/basics/history/

In 1981, the festival was moved to Park City, Utah and scheduled to take place in the month of January, a location and time frame which holds to this day. It was at this time that the festival was also renamed as the Sundance Film Festival.http://www.sundanceguide.net/basics/history/history2.asp

Similar to the Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance gradually went from being a small gathering to a high-profile event, presently featuring studio movies and attracting A-list actors.

• The Thin Linehttp://www.parkrecord.com/ci_17055823
• Little Birdshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/littlebirds_sundance2011
• Knucklehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• Martha Marcy May Marlenehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• Buckhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• The Green Wavehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• The Ledgehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• HEREhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• The Last Mountainhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• Old Catshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• Kaboomhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• Tyrannosaurhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• The Music Never Stoppedhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• My Idiot Brotherhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity
• I Saw the Devilhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/schedule/week/city/Park%2BCity