The Sundance Institute unveiled the lineup of 53 short films for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, taking place Jan. 18-28 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. The film fest will happen in person, with a selection of titles available online from Jan. 25-28. Sundance was forced to re-format its 2021 and 2022 editions as virtual events because of the pandemic, but it returned in physical form in 2023.
Celebrating its 40th edition, Sundance will also feature a slate of special screenings including a restored version of “Napoleon Dynamite,” which first premiered at the festival in 2004, as well as 2014’s “The Babadook” and 1984’s “The Times of Harvey Milk.” Festival programming also includes events with Richard Linklater, Miguel Arteta, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Carlos López Estrada, Sterlin Harjo, Steve James, Dawn Porter, Nzingha Stewart and Christine Vachon.
“Selecting the shorts for the Festival Program every year is an exercise in taking the pulse of film culture,...
Celebrating its 40th edition, Sundance will also feature a slate of special screenings including a restored version of “Napoleon Dynamite,” which first premiered at the festival in 2004, as well as 2014’s “The Babadook” and 1984’s “The Times of Harvey Milk.” Festival programming also includes events with Richard Linklater, Miguel Arteta, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Carlos López Estrada, Sterlin Harjo, Steve James, Dawn Porter, Nzingha Stewart and Christine Vachon.
“Selecting the shorts for the Festival Program every year is an exercise in taking the pulse of film culture,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
The 2024 Sundance lineup is coming into fuller view, including celebrations for its 40th edition and its shorts program. The festival will take place January 18 through 28 in-person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online nationwide from January 25 through 28 via digital platforms.
The festival will introduce new short films for 2024 across eight curated programs, including a festival retrospective hosted by Mark and Jay Duplass. This year’s programming for new titles features 53 short films selected from 12,098 submissions, the highest number on record. Of these submissions, 5,323 were from the U.S., and 6,799 were international. The selected shorts represent 22 countries.
In addition to the shorts programming, the special 40th edition celebration screenings and events kick off on January 23, bringing Sundance alumni together for conversations and gatherings while revisiting iconic films like new 4K restorations of “Napoleon Dynamite” for its 20th anniversary, the 25th anniversary of “Three Seasons,...
The festival will introduce new short films for 2024 across eight curated programs, including a festival retrospective hosted by Mark and Jay Duplass. This year’s programming for new titles features 53 short films selected from 12,098 submissions, the highest number on record. Of these submissions, 5,323 were from the U.S., and 6,799 were international. The selected shorts represent 22 countries.
In addition to the shorts programming, the special 40th edition celebration screenings and events kick off on January 23, bringing Sundance alumni together for conversations and gatherings while revisiting iconic films like new 4K restorations of “Napoleon Dynamite” for its 20th anniversary, the 25th anniversary of “Three Seasons,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Bloody Disgusting has learned that the horror short The Bleacher has been accepted to Sundance 2024, the short set to World Premiere next month in the US Shorts section.
The Bleacher is directed by Adam Wilder and Nicole Daddona, and produced by Zeus Kontoyannis (“Mr. Sam”) and Zeus Pictures. Kate Micucci, Ben Sinclair, and Sky Elobar star.
In The Bleacher, “The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge. Hellbent on finding it, she searches deep and gets sucked into a washing machine, entering an otherworldly cycle from which she may never escape.”
The nightmare begins in the exclusive clip below, which sees Rita getting sucked into the washing machine. In the depths of washing machine hell, she encounters the dolphin man…
Here’s a longer synopsis for the bizarre upcoming horror short:
“The self-service laundromat, Frugal Wash attracts a colorful and often disgruntled clientele,...
The Bleacher is directed by Adam Wilder and Nicole Daddona, and produced by Zeus Kontoyannis (“Mr. Sam”) and Zeus Pictures. Kate Micucci, Ben Sinclair, and Sky Elobar star.
In The Bleacher, “The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge. Hellbent on finding it, she searches deep and gets sucked into a washing machine, entering an otherworldly cycle from which she may never escape.”
The nightmare begins in the exclusive clip below, which sees Rita getting sucked into the washing machine. In the depths of washing machine hell, she encounters the dolphin man…
Here’s a longer synopsis for the bizarre upcoming horror short:
“The self-service laundromat, Frugal Wash attracts a colorful and often disgruntled clientele,...
- 12/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
At this year’s Dances With Films festival, director Zeus Kontoyannis will be bringing his short film Mr. Sam for its West Coast premiere. The film is about a mortician with an unhealthy obsession with a recent corpse and how it leads to a terrible situation between him and his best friend. Above, we have an […] The post Exclusive Clip From Short Film Mr. Sam Gets Uncomfortable With a Corpse appeared first on Dread Central.
- 5/24/2019
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
A mortician's morbid secret comes out of the shadows of the morgue and into the light in the short film Mr. Sam. Written and directed by Zeus Kontoyannis, Mr. Sam will make its West Coast premiere at Dances with Films, and to celebrate, we've been provided with the trailer to exclusively share with Daily Dead readers.
Written and directed by Zeus Kontoyannis, Mr. Sam stars Christopher Piccione, Catherine Ashmore Bradley, and Steve Blanchard. The short film will screen at the Dances with Films festival on Saturday, June 15th at 5:00pm at the TLC Chinese Theaters, 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
You can watch the exclusive trailer below and visit Dances with Films and Zeus Pictures online for more information.
Synopsis: "Today is a big day for Mr. Sam. He is going to reveal to his mother that he’s finally found the love of his life. Mr. Sam has many secrets; but...
Written and directed by Zeus Kontoyannis, Mr. Sam stars Christopher Piccione, Catherine Ashmore Bradley, and Steve Blanchard. The short film will screen at the Dances with Films festival on Saturday, June 15th at 5:00pm at the TLC Chinese Theaters, 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
You can watch the exclusive trailer below and visit Dances with Films and Zeus Pictures online for more information.
Synopsis: "Today is a big day for Mr. Sam. He is going to reveal to his mother that he’s finally found the love of his life. Mr. Sam has many secrets; but...
- 5/17/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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