SunDance Film Festival

 - Give some details about the festival itself? When does it take place? How many films are in competition? Who are/were the judges? What are the costs of entry? What are the prizes? What kind of films can enter? When was it founded?

n . Takes place in Utah (USA)

n . There are about 60 films in all the years, take less or give more.

n . Sundance festival open a lot of doors for independent directors and actors, it also promotes the            films.

n . Type of films such as: low-budget films, documentary films, feature length films, short films,  .  .   . American-made films, retrospective films. So basically any type of films, as long as they are qualitative.

n . Founded by Sterling Van Wagenen (1978)

n . To enter a film costs $35 to $100

 - What films won or are in contention at the festival in 2010/2011?

Grand Jury Prize: Documentary	Restrepo
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic	Winter's Bone
World Cinema Jury Prize	The Red Chapel
World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic	Animal Kingdom
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Honda	Waiting for Superman
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Honda	Happythankyoumoreplease
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary	Wasteland
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic	Undertow
Best of NEXT Presented by Youtube	Homewrecker
U.S. Directing Award: Documentary	Smash His Camera
U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic	3 Backyards
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary	Space Tourists
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic	Southern District
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award	Winter's Bone
World Cinema Screenwriting Award	Southern District
U.S. Documentary Editing Award - Joan Rivers	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

 - What is the role of a film festival? 

nTo promote new independent films and their directors since they are unknown. They bring the people who work on these films together, and grant homage to film culture. It is also a good source of finance for these people.

 - What makes a successful festival?

n . Being original

n . Share your audience

n . Start planning early

n . Gets a lot of public

n . Use budget wisely

n . Celebrate quality

 - Why are festivals still important for the film industry and the media in general?

n . Advertisement for movies

n . Express more ideas

n . Recognition for films

n . Propaganda for various brands

n . They work as theatrical distribution

 - Name some of the well-known films that have won in the festival you chose

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n . Saw

n . Garden State

n . Super Troopers

n . The Blair Witch Project

n . Better Luck Tomorrow

n . Primer

n . Reservoir Dogs

n . Little Miss Sunshine

n . El Mariachi

n . Moon

n . Clerks

n . Thank you for smoking

n . Sex, lies and videotape

n . The Brothers McMullen

n . Napoleon Dynamite