Sundance woos world's budding filmmakers
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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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BERLIN  - A filmgoer who comes to the Berlin International Film Festival directly from Sundance experiences culture shock.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - With buyers exercising caution at Sundance, a documentary about the trials of being a teenager offered the most suspenseful dealmaking plotline.
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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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PARK CITY, Utah  - As independent filmmakers  descended on the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, chatter  over the fate of Miramax Films and its combative co-chief  executives, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, rivaled the buzz over the  gathering's movies and stars.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - Hollywood's independent filmmakers take a strike break starting on Thursday when the Sundance Film Festival launches its annual showcase of movies made outside the big studios, now embroiled in a labor dispute with screenwriters.
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âThe Linguists,â a film focused on studying the worldâs vanishing languages,  has its premiere this week at the Sundance Film Festival.
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LOS ANGELES - Geeks, sharks, lovable neurotics and a fast-food fiend have given the Sundance Film Festival one of its biggest years ever at theaters.    While none of the movies that came out of last January's festival approached the $140 million success of Sundance's all-time smash "The Blair Witch Project," the independent-film showcase has produced a string of mini-hits...
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The Sundance Film Festival on  Thursday unveiled a roster of over 120 movies set to screen at  January's event, with a slate of world premieres featuring  stars ranging from Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman to pop  queen Lindsay Lohan.
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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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Hollywood's independent  filmmakers take a strike break starting on Thursday when the  Sundance Film Festival launches its annual showcase of movies  made outside the big studios, now embroiled in a labor dispute  with screenwriters.
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Sundance--Americaâs most popular, independent film festival-- has created two new categories for international films. This will enable them to compete alongside US films for the first time.
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The Sundance Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a roster of over 120 movies set to screen at January's event, with a slate of world premieres featuring stars ranging from Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman to pop queen Lindsay Lohan.
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The Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday named dozens of films featuring stars from Sandra Bullock to "007" Pierce Brosnan that will premiere in January at what has become the leading U.S. showplace for independent movies.
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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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Two teenagers who made a documentary on gun violence in the Brooklyn housing project where one of them grew up have won a special award at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Regular columnist Bill Thompson says more can be done to encourage young filmmakers from all walks of life.