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Sundance International Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute
307 West 200 South
Suite 5002
UT 84101 Salt Lake City, Utah
USA

phone +1-801- 328-3456
fax +1-801- 575-5175
http://www.sundance.org
email: festivalinfo@sundance.org

Director
Mr. Geoffrey Gilmore

Director of Programming
Mr. John Cooper

Executive Director
Mr. Kenneth Brecher

Managing Director
Mr. Jill Miller

Year of Foundation 1978

Event Date  from 18 January 2007 till 28 January 2007

in Park City, United States


ections International Narrative Feature Film (longer than 70 min., must be completed after 2003); World Cinema Documentaries (longer than 50 min., must be completed after 2003); World Cinema International Shorts (under 70 min.); Premieres, Park City at Midnight, Frontier (experimental and avant-garde films), Shorts, American Spectrum; Native Forum; From the Sundance Collection; Panel Discussions

Genres Documentary Films, Feature Films Cinema, Independents, Short Films

Terms of Entry must be an U.S. premiere; Competition films cannot have been screened at a previous festival; no prior TV exposure; Films (Short / Feature/ Documentary) must have less than 50% U.S. financing

Subtitles English subtitles necessary

Format 16mm, 35mm, DV

Registration Deadline  Early Submissions Deadline (Shorts, Features and Documentaries): 18 August 2006
Official Deadline (Shorts): 1 September 2006
(Features and Docs): 11 September 2006

Fees $35 (short film), early submission $25
$50 (feature and docs length film), early submission $35

Attendance Figures 29,000

Participants of the Film Industry Attended by representatives of major American distributing and world sales companies, scouts of talent agencies, participation by programmers of all major film festivals as well as foreign distributors specialized in independent productions.
Very closely watched by worldwide film industry.

Prizes/Awards Grand Jury Prize (Drama, Documentary), Audience Award, Awards (Documentary, Drama), World Cinema Audience Award, The Directing Award, The Excellence in Cinematography Award (Documentary, Drama), Special Prizes, Waldo Salt Screening Award; Freedom of Expression Award

German Films 2007
WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION - DOCUMENTARIES
Comrades in Dreams by Uli Gaulke
WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION - DRAMATIC
Khadak by Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens (DE/BE)
Sweet mud by Dror Shaul (IS/DE)

Prizes for International Films

Number of Films Shown approx. 100

Media Coverage 949 journalists from 24 countries; in the US, this renowned festival has broader press coverage than the Cannes Film Festival, international TV and print media (trade papers) cover the festival

Specific Characteristics The winner of the short film competition automatically qualifies for the OSCAR competition for the Best Short Film.

Evaluation The most important festival for US independent productions. The section "World Cinema" is dedicated to foreign films and offers an opportunity to discover new talents. For foreign fimmakers the "World Cinema Audience Award" offers a platform to the US market. 2005 the festival initiated a competition section for foreign films as well.

Accreditaton fees for industry representatives are rather high. Especially foreign productions require intense press and marketing activities. The Sundance Online Festival is part of the main festival and one of the first film festivals with internet films and programs, inlcuding shorts, animation films and interactive works. www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.com