Sundance Institute Press
Sundance Institute Press
Welcome to the Sundance Institute Press Center!
Below you will find press information for the year-round initiatives of the Sundance Institute, including artist programs, Sundance Collab and the Sundance Film Festival. You can browse on your right-hand side to access fact sheets, visual assets, and (closer to Festival kick-off) how-to guides. Read on for FAQ’s. If you have not already signed up to be on the press list to receive information and news alerts from Sundance please do so here.
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Contact the Institute’s press team at press@sundance.org
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Sundance Film Festival
Accreditation for the Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Institute Press Office grants Festival press accreditation to a limited number of journalists. Due to limited supply, we may be unable to accredit freelancers who are not on assignment.
The regular window for Press Accreditation Applications for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival will open in late summer/early Fall–feel free to check back then for more details!
If you have any questions about the accreditation process, please email press@sundance.org
The Press Inclusion Initiative (PII), part of the Institute’s commitment and ongoing cultivation of a more culturally abundant press corps at the Sundance Film Festival through unrestricted stipends to facilitate in person or online attendance, closed applications on September 21, 2022.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Click here to be taken to our Flickr, where you can find leadership headshots and atmospheric photos from Sundance Institute events. Festival film stills, director headshots, and day-by-day photos of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will be available on our Dropbox account closer to festival. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please email press@sundance.org with your request.
Please email press@sundance.org with a detailed request and your deadline and we will see what’s possible.
If you are interested in covering other Sundance Institute programs, including our residential labs, workshops, or other public events, please email press@sundance.org.
Please fill out this form to request an interview with a Sundance Institute spokesperson or supported artist.
About the Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival, a program of the nonprofit, Sundance Institute, is the pre-eminent gathering of original storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and fresh perspectives. Since 1985, hundreds of films launched at the Festival have gone on to gain critical acclaim and reach new audiences worldwide. The Festival has introduced some of the most groundbreaking films and episodic works of the past three decades, including Fire of Love, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Flee, CODA, Passing, Summer Of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Clemency, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Zola, O.J.: Made in America, On The Record, Boys State, The Farewell, Honeyland, One Child Nation, The Souvenir, The Infiltrators, Sorry to Bother You, Top of the Lake, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Hereditary, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, The Big Sick, Mudbound, Fruitvale Station, Whiplash, Brooklyn, Precious, The Cove, Little Miss Sunshine, An Inconvenient Truth, Napoleon Dynamite, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Reservoir Dogs and sex, lies, and videotape. The program consists of fiction and nonfiction features and short films, series and episodic content, emerging media, and performances, as well as conversations, and other events. The Festival takes place both in person in the state of Utah and online, connecting audiences across the U.S. to bold new artists and films. The 2023 Festival takes place January 19–29. Be a part of the Festival at Sundance Film Festival and follow the Festival at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
The Festival is a program of the nonprofit Sundance Institute. To date, 2023 Festival sponsors include: Presenting Sponsors – Acura, AMC+, Chase Sapphire®, Adobe; Leadership Sponsors – Audible, DIRECTV, Netflix, Omnicom Group, Shutterstock, Stacy’s Pita Chips, United Airlines, XRM Media; Sustaining Sponsors – Canada Goose, Canon U.S.A., Inc., DoorDash, Dropbox, World of Hyatt®, IMDb, Lyft, MACRO, Rabbit Hole Bourbon & Rye, Stanley, University of Utah Health, White Claw Hard Seltzer; Media Sponsors – IndieWire, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Variety, Vulture, The Wall Street Journal. Sundance Institute recognizes critical support from the State of Utah as Festival Host State. The support of these organizations helps offset the Festival’s costs and sustain the Institute’s year-round programs for independent artists. festival.sundance.org
About Sundance Institute
As a champion and curator of independent stories, the nonprofit Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists across storytelling media to create and thrive. Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, the Institute’s signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs, dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in the U.S. and internationally. Sundance Collab, a digital community platform, brings a global cohort of working artists together to learn from each other and Sundance Advisors and connect in a creative space, developing and sharing works in progress. The Sundance Film Festival and other public programs connect audiences and artists to ignite new ideas, discover original voices, and build a community dedicated to independent storytelling. Sundance Institute has supported and showcased such projects as Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), CODA, Flee, Passing, Clemency, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Zola, On The Record, Boys State, The Farewell, Honeyland, One Child Nation, The Souvenir, The Infiltrators, Sorry to Bother You, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Hereditary, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, The Big Sick, Mudbound, Fruitvale Station, City So Real, Top of the Lake, Between the World & Me, Wild Goose Dreams and Fun Home. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.