Sundance Film Fest has always been a strong home for high-profile documentaries. It’s at Sundance that two of this year’s five documentary nominees, Cartel Land and What Happened, Miss Simone?”) world premiered. In this year’s edition, the buzziest nonfiction works that could land Oscar nods include Amazon Studio’s Gleason, about NFL player Steve Gleason who […]
Sundance Film Fest 2016: Potential Oscar Contenders–Best Picture
January 31, 2016 by
This year, Sundance Fest may have unveiled two best picture nominees: Manchester By the Sea and The Birth of a Nation.
Tickled: Sundance Docu about Internet Age Acquired by HBO and Magnolia
January 31, 2016 by
HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to the documentary Tickled, and Magnolia picked up North American theatrical rights and world rights outside of North America excluding Australia and New Zealand.
Sundance Film Fest 2016: Under the Shadow
January 30, 2016 by
Narges Rashidi, Under the Shadow Babak Anvari’s wartime drama is being compared to the Sundance-premiered horror hit, The Babadook. Narges Rashidi’s intense work in this picture is impressive, as an intelligent, progressive-minded Iranian woman infuriated by the politics of her country since the Islamic Revolution, (2) Aja Naomi King, “The Birth of a Nation” […]
Sundance Film Fest 2016:
January 30, 2016 by
Variety Reports: There were record-breaking deals, such as the $17.5 million Fox Searchlight paid for The The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker’s retelling of the 1831 slave revolt led by Nat Turner. Amazon Studios paid $10 million for Manchester by the Sea, the drama from Kenneth (You Can Count on Me) about a janitor […]
