EXCLUSIVE: New York indie distributor Monument Releasing has set a limited U.S. theatrical release for Scott Cummings' Sundance documentary Realm of Satan and unveiled the first official trailer. The film will begin its cinema run on July 17 in Philadelphia prior to opening in New York at the…

The Sundance Institute has released key information on next year’s Sundance Film Festival, which will be the final edition at the fest’s longtime home of Park City, Utah. The festival is set to take place in person in Park City and Salt Lake City from January 22-February 1, with premieres being…

The Future of Film is Female will release Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake), the feature debut of writer-director Sierra Falconer, on September 12 at the IFC Center in New York with a national expansion to follow. A wistful, slice of life anthology, which premiered at Sundance to strong…

EXCLUSIVE: UK outfit Lightbulb Film Distribution has picked up three Sundance movies out of the Cannes market. From Paris-based WTFilms, the company has acquired Touch Me (pictured above), the psychosexual horror-comedy which premiered at Sundance Midnight and then played SXSW. Written and…

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey thriller Plainclothes from filmmaker Carmen Emmi. Emmi’s directorial debut is set in 1990s Syracuse and follows a promising undercover officer (Blyth) who is assigned to lure and arrest gay men. He…

With the surprise crossover success of Coralie Fargeat's Cannes body-horror hit The Substance last year, there was a lot of blather about how the Academy was finally ready to cozy up to genre films. Now, as if to test that thesis, up pops this extraordinary film from Norway, an extreme fairytale that…

Cineverse, the outfit behind the Terrifier franchise, has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to The Things You Kill by Iranian director Alireza Khatami (Terrestrial Verses, Oblivion Verses) with a theatrical release planned for this fall. The Sundance 2025 film took home the Directing Award…

(Updated with statement from Pride flag ban co-sponsor Rep. Lee) Utah's governor licked his wounds and moved on quickly from the news that the Sundance Film Festival is leaving the state for Boulder, Colorado in 2027. Just hours after the Robert Redford founded Park City-based shindig revealed it…

After over 40 years, the Sundance Film Festival is leaving Park City for a new and lucrative home in Boulder, Colorado. As Deadline has been telling you for months, the Rocky Mountain metropolis has been in pole position over the United Utah bid and the efforts of Cincinnati, Ohio since the…

With just two days to go until Utah’s governor either signs or vetos a controversial bill that would ban the Pride Flag from government buildings in the state, the chances of Sundance staying in the Beehive State aren’t looking good. At least according to Park City’s Mayor. “Deputy City…

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all worldwide rights to Oh, Hi!, written and directed by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs). The film, Brooks’ sophomore feature, stars Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, and John Reynolds. It premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Oh…

EXCLUSIVE: By the end of April, the new home of the Sundance Film Festival should be public knowledge with the Salt Lake City/Park City combo, Boulder, Colorado or Cincinnati bid picked as the host for the next decade. However, a bill heading toward Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk that would ban the…