2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Last year's Sundance Film Festival was one of the few major fests that were able to hold their event traditionally. But as the pandemic continues almost a year later, the 2021 Sundance has to adjust like many other festivals had to do over the past year with a virtual festival. Running from January 28th to February 3rd, which is a shortened window for the fest, the majority of the 120 films will be screened online. With a new director, Tabitha Jackson, on board, the decision was made to expand beyond it's Utah home with some screenings held at drive-ins, arthouse cinemas and arts organizations to bring customized local programming to communities across the country.

Some highlights that will premiere at the festival include, "Ailey", a look at the visionary African-American choreographer and founder of his own company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; "Land", the directorial debut by actress, Robin Wright and stars as a woman who leaves her old life behind after a tragic event to live in the forest in the Rocky Mountains; Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga star in "Passing", the directorial debut from actress, Rebecca Hall, about two African-American women who were childhood friends and now one is "passing" as white; Writer-director Ninja Thyberg returns to Sundance with "Pleasure", a feature film that expands on her 2014 short about a Swedish woman coming to the States to begin work in adult films; The story of how the beloved and groundbreaking children's television series, "Sesame Street" was created in "Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street"; "The World To Come", a drama set in eighteenth-century upstate New York about two lonely, married women who find themselves emotionally connected starring Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, and Casey Affleck; "Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir", a documentary on the acclaimed author of "The Joy Luck Club" and the final film of director, James Redford; Acclaimed filmmaker, Nanfu Wang navigates the origin and spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan to the US with "In The Same Breath"; and "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World" explores the complicated life of actor, Björn Andrésen who found instant fame after starring in Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of "Death in Venice" at the age of fifteen.







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2021 Sundance Film Festival