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Sundance Film Festival 2016 Awards Honors James Foley, Nate Parker & Penny Lane
[av_heading heading='The Birth of a Nation Wins U.S. Grand Jury Prize and is Acquired by Fox Searchlight for $17.5 Million' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] The 2016 Sundance Film Festival wrapped their awards yesterday in Park City, Utah. Another group of talented filmmakers emerged this year at Sundance. The Birth of a Nation won the Grand Jury prize for U.S. dramatic feature film. Nate Parker, gives insight on the film below with an interview by Sundance TV. His film sparks a continuous debate on the origins of racism within our country. The
Virtual Reality Advances with Technology at the Sundance Film Festival
[av_heading heading='Virtually Travel to Liberia and Cuba with Vrse & Cardboard' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] VRSE has taken over the virtual reality field at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The 3D simulation puts the user in a 360 degree environment. Each year the Sundance Film Festival scouts the latest trends in motion picture technology, and invites the brightest minds in cinematography to Utah to share their work. The festival has put together the Sundance VR app to currently highlight virtual reality films at the festival. After I reviewed that app,
Amazon Original Series: The New Yorker Presents to Launch on 2/16
[av_heading heading='The Life Behind the Magazine at The New Yorker' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Amazon Video is premiering The New Yorker Presents at the Sundance Film Festival before it launches via Amazon on 02/16/16. The New Yorker Presents Only Screening: 01/27/16 | Egyptian Theatre The New Yorker continues to dive into the multidimensional world of media with this motion picture project on Amazon Video. This documentary series provides insight to the stories and news coverage taking place around the globe. There is only one screening of The New Yorker Presents at Sundance. Alex Gibney
YouTube Expands with the Sundance Institute
[av_heading heading='New Voices Lab Connects Independent Producers within Cinema' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] The Sundance Film Festival is officially underway, and buzz is circling around the Sundance Institute Episodic Storytelling Initiative. It is a year-round production facility that is structured to foster a generation of media professionals with developing and producing episodic content. In 2016, Sundance has setup a collaboration with YouTube, that will introduce a new episodic lab at the Sundance Institute called YouTube New Voices Lab. The area will be available to discover and support new artists creating short-form episodic
Cameraperson to Premiere at Sundance and at the Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival
[av_heading heading='Kirsten Johnson to Screen & Hold Discussion on of her Feature Memoir, Cameraperson' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Kirsten Johnson, cinematographer on Happy Valley, and now director for Cameraperson, brings her story of the life behind the lens to the Sundance Film Festival next Tuesday. Cameraperson | Yarrow Hotel Theatre First Screening: 01/26/16 at 3:00 p.m. [av_image src='https://crescentvale.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cameraperson_web.jpg' attachment='13517' attachment_size='full' align='center' styling='' hover='av-hover-grow' link='' target='' caption='' font_size='' appearance='' overlay_opacity='0.4' overlay_color='#000000' overlay_text_color='#ffffff' animation='fade-in'][/av_image] Johnson creates an informative documentary involving her relationship with storytelling and the camera. This project is set with the New Frontier
Josh Fox Releases How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can’t Change at Sundance 2016
[av_heading heading='An Environmental Documentary on Climate Change' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] The 2016 Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday, January 21 in Park City, Utah. This year Josh Fox will be releasing his latest environmental documentary titled How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change. How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change by Josh Fox First Screening: Saturday, January 23 at the Temple Theater The film is set to screen five times during the festival. Josh Fox is
Duplass Brothers Debut Animals Season 1 on HBO
[av_heading heading='Animals the Series Coming to HBO on Feb. 5' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Mark and Jay Duplass, writers/directors/producers, are officially releasing their latest animated project on HBO, titled Animals. Animals is originally created by: Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano, produced by Duplass Brothers Productions, and released worldwide on HBO. This comedy focuses on angst brewing among creatures native to New York City. In the most populous city within the United States, these animals take the heartache of everyday life, and puts a comedic edge to their first world problems. The animated series premieres
Sundance Film Festival Hosts Reggie Watts, Christopher Nolan & Live Streaming
[av_heading heading='Sundance Merges with Virtual Reality with New Frontier ' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] The Sundance Institute, has announced speakers for their 2016. Christopher Nolan, Colin Trevorrow, Reggie Watts, Norman Lear, Lena Dunham, Chelsea Handler, Charlie Kaufman, Werner Herzog, John Krasinski, and Thomas Middleditch have been added to the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Live Streamed on sundance.org/festival Connect with the festival once again this year with online streaming for selected events. Sundance Film Festival has built a reputation for connecting worldwide audiences to content being released and premiered in Utah. Scan
Airbnb Rebounds After NYE with the Sundance Film Festival
[av_heading heading='#Airbnb Takes Over Sundance in the Mountains of Utah' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Airbnb, is a network and community of people that utilize the sharing cultural of the Internet. Recently, the company has been making waves with customers violating homes and laws in multiple countries. Peer-to-peer ridesharing in San Francisco is so popular, it has overtaken the traditional mode of using a cab for transportation. According to Gizmodo and the SF Examiner the largest taxi company in San Francisco is filling for bankruptcy. For those new to the sharing economy,
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | Documentary on YouTube
[av_heading heading='Brian Knappenberger Captures the Spirit of Aaron Swartz' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Aaron Swartz, once a computer programmer for Reddit, advocate and developer for Creative Commons, as well as a political activist has passed away in 2013, but his memory lives on. Brian Knappenberger directs and writes a story about his life as a computer scientist. As a media producer on the Web, I find myself experiencing a lot of the same obstacles that Swartz does in this film. It gives incredible insight on how information is stored, distributed and protected.
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