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Tabitha Jackson, Director, Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming, will be leaving the Sundance Institute. At the same time, Director of Programming Kim Yutani will join the senior leadership team of the Institute. Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente made the announcement today. Jackson will depart the…

“Let's keep moving forward,” Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson said Thursday in the middle of the virtual opening-day virtual press conference for the near-40-year-old event. The expression was meant as a segue, but organically took on a greater meaning for the premier global indie festival, which was…

Anita Gou found out she had two films going to Sundance this year via WeChat, while she was out on a road trip in Taiwan. It was a fitting way to find out for someone with such strong international connections. One was Lulu Wang's Mandarin-language comedy The Farewell, which was snapped up by A24 in a splashy $6…

The Cannes Competition line-up of 50 years ago was an extraordinary one; a who's who of iconic filmmakers. Among the 26 competing for the Palme d'Or were Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, Andrzej Wajda, Pierre Étaix, Lindsay Anderson, Volker Schlöndorff, Costa-Gavras, Éric Rohmer, Glauber Rocha, Ronald Neame and Dennis…