Saturday July 4, 2009 6:11 PM MDT

Park City, Utah:

Reality T.V. meets World Cinema Audience and Directing Awards winner Afghan Star. Catch Afghan’s next singing idol in theatres across the country.

Are you the next filmmaker to premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival? Submissions now open! Click here for info.

The Insider talks to Sam Rockwell about talking to himself in outer space at the ‘09 Festival premiere of Duncan Jones’ Moon, which is now playing in NYC and LA.

Burmese reporters turn the cameras on corruption. Anders Østergaard’s moving documentary Burma VJ hits select cities this week.

Now playing in theatres! A Sundance Film Festival reunion of Y Tu Mamá También costars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna in Carlos Cuarón’s Rudo Y Cursi.

Over 1,500 volunteers made the ‘09 Festival a remarkable event. In honor of National Volunteer Week, we salute those who dedicate their time to make all Sundance Institute programs possible.

Sundance celebrates Earth Day! Read about how Festival filmmakers put on their activist hats to save the environment. 

A 2009 Festival premiere and supported by the Feature Film Program, Steven and Derick Martini’s Lymelife is now playing in theatres. Read about other Feature Film Program supported films.

Shorts filmmakers gathered in Salt Lake City for a special Short Film Showcase, part of the Sundance Institute Film Series. Catch next month’s Film Music Showcase in Park City.

Now playing in theatres across the country, Sin Nombre is Cary Joji Fukunaga’s harrowing first feature. Fukunaga answered the audience’s questions after his Festival premiere.

Q&A: Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Q&A: Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Robert Townsend, the director of Why We Laugh, answered the audience’s questions along with the film’s producers after a recent screening of the movie.  READ ARTICLE

Meet the Artist: Bronson Attempts to Explain the Unexplainable

Meet the Artist: Bronson Attempts to Explain the Unexplainable

Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn explores the violent twists, turns, and cul-de-sacs in the life story of boxer-turned-prisoner-turned-artist BronsonREAD ARTICLE

» Short Shot: The Labor of Love Behind I Knew It Was You Richard Shepard’s documentary short, I Knew It Was You, celebrates the impact of the brief but wildly accomplished life of unheralded actor John Cazale.

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