2013 Sundance Film Festival

Film festival held from January 17, 2013 until January 27, 2013 2013 Sundance Film Festival SFF13poster.jpg Festival poster May In the Summer Jobs Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah Sundance Institute January 17–27, 2013 English sundance.org/festival 2012 Sundance Film Festival 2014 Sundance Film Festival The 2013 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 17, 2013, until January 27, 2013, in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Sundance, Utah. The festival had 1,830 volunteers.2013 Sundance Film Festival Awards Updates Eric Hynes Jeremy Kinser Nate von Zumwalt http://www.sundance.org/festival/blog-entry/2013-sundance-film-festival-awards/ sundance.org January 26, 2013 January 31, 2013 March 18, 2014 https://archive.today/20140318042833/http://www.sundance.org/festival/blog-entry/2013-sundance-film-festival-awards/ dead Films A record 12,146 films were submitted, 429 more films than the 2012 festival. 4,044 feature films were submitted and 119 were selected (with 103 of them being world premieres). 8,102 short films were submitted and 65 were selected.Indie Time: Sundance Sets Focus On Low-Budget Film https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=169505964 Associated Press NPR January 16, 2013 January 18, 2013 September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes The festival had films representing 32 countries, from 51 first-time filmmakers, 27 of which had films in competition. For the first time in the festival's history, half of the films featured were made by womenRedford: Diversity reigns at Sundance Festival Sandy Cohen http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Redford-Diversity-reigns-at-Sundance-Festival-4203368.php Associated Press San Francisco Chronicle January 17, 2013 January 18, 2013 January 18, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130118234140/http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Redford-Diversity-reigns-at-Sundance-Festival-4203368.php live and half by men. In the U.S. dramatic competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the U.S. documentary competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men.Women win equal time in Sundance drama competition David Germain https://www.chron.com/news/article/Women-win-equal-time-in-Sundance-drama-competition-4205167.php Associated Press Houston Chronicle January 18, 2013 January 18, 2013 In the dramatic premieres category, however, only 3 of the 18 films were directed by women. Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and Sundance Documentary Fund, said that of the 40 documentaries at this year's festival, 12 of them came through the Documentary Film Program, which "really came here in 2002."At Sundance Film Festival, Documentaries Shine Light on Overlooked Stories of Global Injustice Amy Goodman http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/24/at_sundance_film_festival_documentaries_shine democracynow.org January 24, 2013 January 31, 2013 January 30, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130130155819/http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/24/at_sundance_film_festival_documentaries_shine live Linsanity, a documentary about the rise of Asian American basketball player Jeremy Lin, premiered to a sold-out screening on January 20.Alexander Bryan Jeremy Lin to attend Sundance Film Festival January 25, 2013 USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/01/22/jeremy-lin-sundance/1854331/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130215174935/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/01/22/jeremy-lin-sundance/1854331/ February 15, 2013 live Zeitchik Steven Sundance 2013: In 'Linsanity,' Jeremy Lin's extraordinary journey January 20, 2013 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sundance-2013-linsanity-jeremy-lin-movie-rockets-knicks-nba-stats-20130120,0,1626846.story https://web.archive.org/web/20130126035521/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sundance-2013-linsanity-jeremy-lin-movie-rockets-knicks-nba-stats-20130120,0,1626846.story 2013-01-26 live 2013-02-16 The Los Angeles Times wrote that it received a "rousing response, easily making it one of the most crowd-pleasing documentaries to play the festival this year." Non-competition features Midnight Ass Backwards Hell Baby In Fear Kink Magic Magic The Rambler S-VHS Virtually Heroes We Are What We Are Awards The awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2013, a few miles north of Park City, Utah at Kimball Junction at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse, and was hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Blood Brother U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Fruitvale (later retitled Fruitvale Station) World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - A River Changes Course World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Jiseul Audience Award: U.S. Documentary - Blood Brother Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic - Fruitvale (later retitled Fruitvale Station) Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary - The Square (Al-Midan) Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Metro Manila Audience Award: Best of NEXT - This is Martin Bonner Directing Award: U.S. Documentary - Cutie and the Boxer Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic - Afternoon Delight Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary - The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Crystal Fairy Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic - In a World... Screenwriting Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) Editing Award: U.S. Documentary - Gideon's Army Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary - The Summit Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary - Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic - Ain't Them Bodies Saints and Mother of George Cinematography Award: World Cinema Documentary - Who is Dayani Cristal? Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Lasting U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking - Inequality for All U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking - American Promise U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting - Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley for The Spectacular Now U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design - Shane Carruth, Johnny Marshall and Pete Horner for Upstream Color World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award - Circles World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Punk Spirit - Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Short Film Audience Award - Catnip: Egress to Oblivion? Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize - Computer Chess2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2013-sundance-film-festival-announces-feature-film-awards/ sundance.org January 26, 2013 2013-01-26 2013-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20130511192759/http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2013-sundance-film-festival-announces-feature-film-awards/ dead Additional awards were presented at separate ceremonies. The Shorts Awards were presented January 22, 2013 at the Jupiter Bowl at Redstone Square.Day Six: Shorts Awards, Cutie and the Boxer, and In a World... Eric Hynes Jeremy Kinser Nate von Zumwalt http://www.sundance.org/blog/entry/day-six-sundance-film-festival-roundup/ Sundance Institute January 23, 2013 January 31, 2013 January 31, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130131122446/http://www.sundance.org/blog/entry/day-six-sundance-film-festival-roundup/ dead http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2013-01-22_Short_Film_Awards_news_release_FINAL2.pdf 22 January 2013 8 March 2015 Sundance Film Festival 2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Awards in Short Filmmaking 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121346/http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2013-01-22_Short_Film_Awards_news_release_FINAL2.pdf dead Short Film Grand Jury Prize - The Whistle Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction - Whiplash Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction - The Date Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction - Skinningrove Short Film Jury Award: Animation - Irish Folk Furniture Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting - Joel Nagle in Palimpsest Short Film Special Jury Award - Until the Quiet Comes Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards - Sarthak Dasgupta for The Music Teacher, Jonas Carpignano for A Chjana, Aly Muritiba for The Man Who Killed My Beloved Dead, Vendela Vida and Eva Weber for Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name Sundance Institute/NHK Filmmaker Award - Kentaro Hagiwara for Spectacled Tiger Hilton Worldwide LightStay Sustainability Award - Revolutionary Optimists and Hungry; honorable mention to Studio H, and $5,000 to the short film Jungle Fish 2013 Indian Paintbrush Producer's Award - Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston for Ain't Them Bodies Saints (and $10,000 grant)'Fruitvale' tops Sundance awards Justin Chang https://variety.com/2013/film/markets-festivals/fruitvale-tops-sundance-awards-1118065203/ Variety January 26, 2013 January 28, 2013 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110311/http://variety.com/2013/film/markets-festivals/fruitvale-tops-sundance-awards-1118065203/ live For the first time since 2009, the same film won the top awards from judges and audiences. Fruitvale won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Blood Brother also won both top prizes in the U.S. Documentary competition, the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award.2013 Sundance Film Festival Recap Keith Kimbell https://www.metacritic.com/feature/sundance-film-festival-reviews-2013 Metacritic January 28, 2013 January 31, 2013 January 30, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130130214921/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/sundance-film-festival-reviews-2013 live Juries Nineteen of the jury members, which award prizes to films, were announced on December 19, 2012.Sundance Institute Announces Jury Members for 2013 Sundance Film Festival http://www.sundance.org/festival/release/sundance-institute-announces-jury-members-for-2013-sundance-film-festival/ sundance.org Sundance Institute December 19, 2012 January 17, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130119075142/http://www.sundance.org/festival/release/sundance-institute-announces-jury-members-for-2013-sundance-film-festival/ January 19, 2013 The 5 members of the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which would also take part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on January 17, 2013.Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Mark 10th Anniversary of Collaboration http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/sundance-institute-and-alfred-p-sloan-mark-10th-anniversary-of-collaborati/ Sundance Institute January 17, 2013 January 18, 2013 April 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130411184351/https://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/sundance-institute-and-alfred-p-sloan-mark-10th-anniversary-of-collaborati/ dead Presenters of awards are followed by asterisks: U.S. Documentary Jury Liz Garbus* Davis Guggenheim* Gary Hustwit* Brett Morgen* Diane Weyermann* U.S. Dramatic Jury Ed Burns* Wesley Morris* Rodrigo Prieto* Tom Rothman* Clare Stewart* World Documentary Jury Sean Farnel* Robert Hawk* Enat Sidi* World Dramatic Jury Anurag Kashyap* Nadine Labaki* Joana Vicente* Alfred P. Sloan Jury Paula S. Apsell Darren Aronofsky Scott Z. Burns Dr. André Fenton Dr. Lisa Randall* Short Film Jury Mike Farah* Don Hertzfeldt* Magali Simard* Others who presented awards included Barbara Kopple, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Mariel Hemingway. Festival theaters Film Festival Timetables http://www.sundance.org/pdf/film-guide/2013/SSF13FilmDescriptionsandGrid.pdf PDF sundance.org 2013 January 31, 2013 April 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130411172317/http://www.sundance.org/pdf/film-guide/2013/SSF13FilmDescriptionsandGrid.pdf dead Park City Eccles Theatre - 1,270 seats Egyptian Theatre - 290 seats Holiday Village Cinema 1 - 164 seats Holiday Village Cinema 2 - 156 seats Holiday Village Cinema 4 - 164 seats Library Center Theatre - 486 seats The MARC Theatre - 525 seats Prospector Square Theatre - 336 seats Redstone Cinema 1 - 188 seats Redstone Cinema 2 - 175 seats Temple Theatre - 314 seats Yarrow Hotel Theatre - 295 seats Salt Lake City Broadway Cinema 3 - 306 seats Broadway Cinema 6 - 274 seats Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center - 495 seats SLC Library - 300 seats Tower Theatre - 349 seats Sundance Resort Sundance Resort Screening Room - 164 seats Ogden Peery's Egyptian Theatre - 840 seats Sundance Film Festival U.S.A. On January 31, 2013, the festival sent 10 filmmakers to 10 cities across the US to screen and discuss their films. The cities and films were:Sundance Film Festival U.S.A. Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Sundance Institute http://www.sundance.org/festival/festival-program/sundance-usa/ January 17, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224203016/http://www.sundance.org/festival/festival-program/sundance-usa/ December 24, 2013 dead mdy-all Ann Arbor, Michigan at Michigan Theater - The East Boston, Massachusetts at Coolidge Corner Theatre - The Lifeguard Brooklyn, New York at BAM - Kill Your Darlings Chicago, Illinois at Music Box Theatre - Touchy Feely Houston, Texas at Sundance Cinemas Houston - Ain't Them Bodies Saints Los Angeles, California at Sundance Sunset Cinema - Afternoon Delight Nashville, Tennessee at The Belcourt Theatre - Mother of George Orlando, Florida at Enzian Theater - A.C.O.D. San Francisco, California at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas - In a World... Tucson, Arizona at The Loft - The Spectacular Now Reception Matt Patches of Hollywood.com wrote that the festival is more important than ever after Beasts of the Southern Wild, which debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, winning the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Cinematography Award, and going on to garner four Oscar nominations at the 85th Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actress). He wrote, "we're living in a post-Beasts world where a Sundance unknown can end a year-long journey at the Best Directors table." He said "studios are looking to Sundance for recommendations."Sundance Post-'Beasts': The Festival Is More Important Than Ever Matt Patches http://www.hollywood.com/news/Sundance_Film_Festival_2013_Beasts_Upstream_Color_and_Oscar_Potential/48227268 hollywood.com January 15, 2013 January 31, 2013 January 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130127094632/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Sundance_Film_Festival_2013_Beasts_Upstream_Color_and_Oscar_Potential/48227268 live Robert Redford said Beasts of the Southern Wild "is probably one of the great examples that we have of why Sundance is here and what my intention was to begin with." Kristopher Tapley wrote the film "was nurtured through the Sundance Institute's system every step of the way", mentioning the Screenwriters Lab, the Directors Lab, and funding at the Creative Producing Summit.Robert Redford and company look back on 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' success as Sundance 2013 gets underway Kristopher Tapley http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/robert-redford-and-company-look-back-on-the-success-of-beasts-of-the-southern-wild-as-sundance-2013-gets-underway https://web.archive.org/web/20130120012419/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/robert-redford-and-company-look-back-on-the-success-of-beasts-of-the-southern-wild-as-sundance-2013-gets-underway dead January 20, 2013 hitfix.com January 17, 2013 January 31, 2013 Regarding the festival, Redford said "I never dreamed when we started — we didn't even know that we would last — and then when it lasted and grew, it became huge. I never anticipated that it would get to this size." Kenneth Turan mentioned the number of films submitted and the few selected, saying "the sameness of those chosen from year to year is disheartening." He wrote "it almost feels as if programmers are filling specific, pre-ordained slots", and mentioned there are always too many teenage coming-of-age films. He said the festival is "inevitably a mixed bag, where excitement combines with frustration..." Turan wrote that "Sundance remains the nonpareil launching pad for tiny films that would never reach maximum altitude otherwise", saying that "without the heat generated by this festival", there is no way Beasts of the Southern Wild would have gotten four Oscar nominations. He praised the New Frontier exhibitions. Turan wrote, "As always, the spectrum in documentary was most impressive." And said Sundance "is looking more and more like the best doc festival in the world."Sundance Film Festival's mixed bag of excitement, frustration Kenneth Turan https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sundance-kenny-20130128,0,3082363.story Los Angeles Times January 28, 2013 January 31, 2013 January 31, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130131042517/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sundance-kenny-20130128,0,3082363.story live At the 85th Academy Awards, four of the five nominated documentary features premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and the fifth, The Gatekeepers, was shown at this year's festival. Acquisitions Acquisitions at the festival included the following:2013 Sundance Update: A First Half Recap Including All The Latest Acquisitions Like ‘Prince Avalanche,’ ‘Toy’s House,’ ‘Kill Your Darlings’ And More Germain Lussier https://www.slashfilm.com/2013-sundance-update-a-first-half-recap-including-all-the-latest-acquisitions-like-the-way-way-back-toys-house-kill-your-darlings-and-more/ slashfilm.com January 23, 2013 January 28, 2013 January 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130126212156/http://www.slashfilm.com/2013-sundance-update-a-first-half-recap-including-all-the-latest-acquisitions-like-the-way-way-back-toys-house-kill-your-darlings-and-more/ live https://www.thewrap.com/culture/column/report-sundance Report: Sheen Will Serve 17 Days, Start Sentence Next Week TheWrap 2013-10-10 2013-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20130204071341/http://www.thewrap.com/culture/column/report-sundance live Domestic Rights A24 Films The Spectacular Now CBS Films Toy's House (later retitled The Kings of Summer) CNN Films Blackfish (jointly with Magnolia Pictures) eOne We Are What We Are Exclusive Releasing Two Mothers Fox Searchlight The Way, Way Back Icarus Films The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear IFC Films Ain't Them Bodies Saints The Look of Love Magnolia Pictures Blackfish (jointly with CNN Films) Prince Avalanche S-VHS (later retitled V/H/S/2) Mundial Who Is Dayani Cristal? Open Road Films jOBS Oscilloscope Laboratories Mother of George Participant Media 99%–The Occupy Wall St. Collaborative Film Phase 4 Films Milkshake Newlyweeds Relativity Media Don Jon's Addiction (later retitled Don Jon) Sony Pictures Classics Austenland Before Midnight Kill Your Darlings Showtime History of the Eagles Part 1 The Weinstein Company The Weinstein Company Fruitvale (later retitled Fruitvale Station) RADiUS-TWC Concussion Cutie and the Boxer Inequality for All Lovelace 20 Feet from Stardom International Rights Content Concussion Memento Film S-VHS (later retitled V/H/S/2) QED International Toy's House (later retitled The Kings of Summer) References 22em External links 2013 Sundance Film Festival 2013 Category:2013 film festivals Category:2013 in Utah Category:2013 in American cinema Category:2013 festivals in the United States Category:January 2013 in the United States