Zhang zhiyong blows into town and introduces himself to a bystander, offering him a free sample of a bar of scented soap. Check out sundance film festival 2017 tickets and the sundance film festival 2017 movies. One of the highlights of the event was our lights, camera, edit. Juns deadpan look at petty criminals in a small town in chinas wintry northeast, free and easy, premiered at the sundance film festival. The sundance now nonoriginal, nonexclusive lightning round. In its first two days, the festival has presented the world premiere of two different films from vastly different writerdirectors. Sundance institute announces shorts for 2017 sundance film. The 10 best films at sundance 2017 the village voice.
See the complete list of sundance 2017 award winners. Park city, ut sundance institute convenes a full slate of provocative and agendasetting independent films at the 2017 sundance film festival, beginning with todays announcement of the 66 films selected for u. Between the five members of the film school rejects team that. Sundance s reputation for cultivating interesting filmmakers is by no means a domesticonly effort, as proven again by this years world dramatic cinema lineup. Directing with an editorial eye panel showcasing an inspiring lineup of filmmakers who wear a lot of hats and work on projects ranging from independent to studio and from feature length to serial content. Barrera advised the audience to add a festival marketing line item to your postproduction budget.
Free and easy is a 2016 comedy film directed by chinese filmmaker geng jun. The sundance film festival, a program of the sundance institute, is an american film festival that takes place annually in park city, utah. Sundance staples and topical hot potatoes line up for 2017. Thankfully, there is hope as a delightful film from hong kong has trickled through the cracks and landed at the 2017 sundance film festival in park city. Five films were dying to see at sundance 2017 this year, st. Asianamerican films take focus at 2017 sundance film festival. The film, a tragicomedy from writer director jun geng, explores universal social themes of corruption, desperation. A slow moving, intensely fulfilling film from china hits big in park city. Sundance staples and topical hot potatoes line up for 2017 film festival.
Sundance 2017 shorts online now jason sondhi while the vast majority of the 72 short films programmed to play over the next week and half in park city will be world premieres, sundance has long been a pioneer among festivals by embracing online films in their lineups despite popular belief it really isnt rare these days. When a traveling soap salesman arrives in a desolate chinese town, a crime occurs, and sets the strange residents against each other with tragicomic results. Film and tagged sundance 2017, sundance film festival. The 2017 sundance film festival has come to an official close check out all of the major award winners here, and now its time to unpack our bags, shake the snow off our boots and tell you about the best films we watched while in the mountains of park city, utah so that way you know what to look out for later this year here are our favorite films from this years sundance fest, along with. Its existed in park city, utah since 1985, and the sundance film festival 2017 dates were january 19 january 29. Free and easy will have its world premiere in the world dramatic section of the sundance film festival on saturday, january 21 at 2. Thanks for joining us on our travel vlog to sundance 2017, and thanks to canada goose for taking us on the press trip. Amazon video direct to extend film festival starsthe program that brings high quality independent film to prime video audiencesto the 2018 sundance film festival december 01, 2017 09. Returning veterans and hotpotato politics will mix at next years sundance film. Jun geng on his film free and easy, which premieres in the world dramatic competition at the 2017 sundance film festival. He has directed and written many films including hawthorn 2002, diary in bulk 2003, barbecue 2004 festival of 3 continents, 2005 international film festival. Sundance film festival january 24th february 3rd, 2019 in park city, ut x96 is a proud partner of the. Vincent, flying lotus, and sufjan stevens are heading to park city, utah by dominick suzannemayer.
Films by women at the 2017 sundance film festival women. The 2017 sundance film festival awards ceremony marked the culmination of the festival, where 119 featurelength and 68 short films selected from,782 submissions were showcased in park. With just 1 more day left, the 2017 sundance film festival tonight handed out awards to u. The films include manifesto, starring cate blanchett, and festival award winners marjorie prime and free and easy. Below is the full list of this years short film award winners.
Sundance film festival awards winners list deadline. Short subjects comprising the 2017 sundance film festival short film tour include a deservedly popular viral video and the directing debut of kristen stewart. It was also screened in the world cinema dramatic competition section of the 2017 sundance film festival. Over the course of ten days, the 2017 sundance film festival played 225 movies. Park city, ut sixtyeight short films, announced today, will complement the lineup of longer fare at the 2017 sundance film festival. The twelve things you should know before submitting to. Its not your mouth but your mind that risks getting washed out by soap in this absurdist comedy. A jury comprised of shirley kurata, david lowery, and patton oswalt granted seven awards, including the prestigious short film grand jury prize and special awards for cinematography and editing. Sundance film festival 2017 winners moviesfilms forum. The short film slate aligns thematically with other festival categories, including midnight and the new climate, the festivals new programming strand highlighting climate change and the environment. Amazon prime members can stream 15 sundance film festival. Nick hornby presents a web series thats not on the web, a comedy, but not one that. Sundances reputation for cultivating interesting filmmakers is by no means a domesticonly effort, as proven again by this years world dramatic cinema lineup.
Amazon video direct announces official selections from the. The sundance film festival is one of the premiere film festivals in the world. Competition, world competition and next, as well as a slate of environmentally focused programming under the festivals the new climate program. The blighted northern provincial town is no river city, but trouble is coming just the same in jun gengs free and easy, which screens during the 2017 sundance film festival. Sundance 2017 coverage jun gengs free and easy tells the tale of an economically depressed and seemingly, mostly forgotten, northeast chinese town, and the different grifters whose lots get thrown in together by circumstance or force of personality. The best movies on sundance now are typically those you couldve found streaming before on platforms like netflix or hulu, outcasts and peripheral classics that sundance has mixed with. Official selection of the 2017 sundance film festival. Chinese director geng juns deadpan look at petty criminals in a small town in chinas wintry northeast, free and easy, premiered at the sundance film festival.
These works are often programmed in the premieres section of the festival and given prominent, starstudded, redcarpet led events on the first weekend. See the exclusive trailer for the new film free and easy, set to premiere in the world dramatic section of the sundance film festival. Life win tickets to the sundance film festival in 2019. Please help us continue to provide you with free, quality journalism by turning off your ad blocker on our site. Sundance is often portrayed as an event at which to highlight and discover new and emerging voices, but it is also a prominent showcase for films built around highprofile stars and filmmakers. The 2017 sundance film festival announced its short film awards tonight. Zhiyong zhang, gang xu, and weihua wang in free and easy 2016 free and easy 2016 zhiyong. In the event that your film does get chosen for sundance or any other film festival its going to cost you for deliverables prep, travel, lodging, materials, etc. The discovery premiere during day 2 of the 2017 sundance film festival at eccles center theatre on january 20, 2017 in park city, utah 32088061480. Adobe at the 2017 sundance film festival creative cloud. The first weekend at the 2017 sundance film festival was, as always, full of endless events, parties, screenings, panels and casual celebrity sightings. It was screened at the ullens center for contemporary art ucca in beijing on 5 november 2016. Selected as an opening night film for the festival, pop aye is a charming, ambling midlife crisis about a city architect in thailand and the.
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