Sundance Could Be a Sellersâ Bonanza
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The Sundance Film Festival, which opens with âIn Bruges,â the playwright Martin McDonaghâs film debut, is one of the oddest ecosystems on earth.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - When Amin Matalqa made his first feature film in his native Jordan, he got some local attention, but when his "Captain Abu Raed" earned a spot at the Sundance Film Festival, the director saw his ticket into U.S. movie theaters.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - If sex sells, as the  advertising saying goes, the independent film world should be  pleased with this year's Sundance Film Festival that features a  slew of movies with explicit sexual themes and scenes.
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Made on a measly budget ($130,000 US), this bare-bones thriller with no stars and little in the way of Hollywood-style shocks took a big bite out of audiences at January&#39;s Sundance Film Festival  and for good reason.
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Directors feel Shilpa is likely to win more ad contracts than big films.
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After a weekend marked by too many downbeat dramas and comedies-in-name-only, the Sundance Film Festivalâs flock of film buyers finally began seeing movies they could take to the multiplexes.
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The Sundance Film Festival opens on  Thursday with quirky comedy "Happy Endings," but for 20,000  people heading to the top U.S. event for independent film,  "Endings" is just the start of 10 days of packed screenings,  star-gazing and parties.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - Documentaries stole the show at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend.
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The Sundance  competition entry "Frozen River," Courtney Hunt's drama about  immigrants and single mothers, has been sold to Sony Pictures  Classics.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - Director Robert Rodriguez came  to the Sundance Film Festival in 1992 with his $7,000 movie "El  Mariachi," walked away with the Audience Award and entered  Hollywood where he became a big-time moviemaker.
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The 63 new titles announced yesterday for this year&#39;s Sundance Film Festival, 60 of which are feature-length films, bring the total feature lineup for Sundance &#39;05 to 120 films (a drop from last year).
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By Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES  - The Sundance Film Festival, thepremier U.S. showcase for independent cinema, named the filmson Monday that will compete at its 2005 festival in January,including documentaries about energy company Enron and Peru'sfugitive president, Alberto Fujimori.
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Lesser-known movies are  stealing the spotlight from star-studded ones at the annual  Sundance Film Festival this week, making the top U.S. event for  independent films among the least predictable in years.
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The curtain rose on the  Sundance Film Festival Thursday night with a spotlight on what  founder Robert Redford called a new generation of filmmakers  typified by Martin McDonagh and his opening film "In Bruges."
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Magnolia Pictures, which has shown a knack for distributing provocative documentaries, has acquired North American rights to "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," which is set to make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this month.
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Several small acquisitions  kicked off the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.
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Hollywood's having a fire sale at the box office this weekend.