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Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sundance

What does Sundance mean to independent film and filmmakers in 2008?


Breaking Through: For the makers of "Slingshot Hip Hop," a film about Palestinian rappers, Sundance is a place to get noticed.

Sundance is growing. More submissions than ever--8,000 for 2008. More screenings. More countries of origin represented in both the feature and documentary competitions. More arms of the Sundance empire--institutes, labs, the Sundance Channel--at work. More categories to sift through than a sane film-goer can practically comprehend, let alone stand in line for.

A Sundance Channel Segment on "Anvil! The Story of Anvil!"

A look at a film about a hair band that was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival

A Sundance Volunteer Blogs All: Part Two

Therese Shechter responds to readers' questions in her second dispatch from Sundance


One to Watch: Shechter's 2008 crush, Diego Luna (right), speaks at Sundance's "Latin Resurgence" panel.

Number of narrative fiction films out of 3,624 submitted that got into the fest: 125
Number of documentary films out of 1,573 submitted that got in: 41
Number of shorts out of 5,107 submitted that got in: 85
Percent likelihood that an indie filmmaker will submit again anyway: 100

A Sundance Volunteer Blogs All: Part One

Filmmaker Therese Shechter tells all in the first of two dispatches from Sundance


Hailing the Hair Band: Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner get their on-screen due in "Anvil! The Story of Anvil."

Films I've seen: 5
Good films I've seen: 1.5
Hot meals I’ve eaten in five days: 2
Vodka-based cocktails drunk in five days: Lost count sometime in the middle of the Queer Lounge kickoff party
Mg of vitamin C ingested per day: 3,000
Good it's done me: 0
Number of “demi-gods of Canadian metal” I've met: 3
Number of Irish filmmaker/playwrights who make my knees weak: 1

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