“There Are Thousands of Stories Like This”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Self Custody’ Director Garrett Patten, Star Adrian Grenier
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“There Are Thousands of Stories Like This”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Self Custody’ Director Garrett Patten, Star Adrian Grenier
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📢 Paging documentary filmmakers! This Black History Month, we’re celebrating the vibrant creators shaping the future of cinema — like Emmy-nominated filmmaker Dawn Porter, director of John Lewis: Good Trouble. 🖤
Social issue documentaries take on some of our most pressing global concerns and, at the same time, create major challenges for filmmakers in terms of ethics, authorship, and presenting stories as truthfully as possible. Learn how to navigate these waters in order to make your film the most authentic and impactful it can be.in Dawn Porter's Sundance Master Class as she shares real-world examples and reveals a set of questions and tools to help you hone the story you are trying to tell and ensure that it meets the ethical standards necessary to give it credibility and meaning.
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The Alexia Grant application deadline is coming up fast! 💰
The Alexia Grant supports photographers and filmmakers who use visual storytelling to document important global and social issues. It aims to fund projects that inspire change, promote cultural understanding, and shed light on underreported topics.
What do you get? 🏆
Winners receive grants of up to $20,000 to produce impactful documentary photography or film projects. Additional grants between $500 and $15,000 are awarded in specific categories.
Who’s eligible? 🌎
Open to photographers and filmmakers worldwide, including both professionals and students.
🗓 Deadline: 13th February 2026.
https://newhouse.syracuse.edu/centers/the-alexia/
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What’s the Secret Sauce for a Great Sundance Party? Brilliant Consulting’s Danielle Pelland Looks Back on 21 Years of Curating Main Street’s Hottest Hangs
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Pelland has thrown hundreds of Sundance parties, and while some are a blur, she still remembers Selena Gomez singing in a furniture store, Nick Jonas requesting Craig’s and Elle Fanning singing karaoke.
Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan-Starrer ‘Josephine’ Wins Two Top Awards at Sundance
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Sundance Goes Wild for Paul Dano in First Public Appearance Since Quentin Tarantino Comments
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Steph Curry’s Directorial Debut Just Won a Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival
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Curry and Ben Proudfoot focused a lens on Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.’s speechwriter. Other prizes went to ‘Crisis Actor,’ ‘Jazz Infernal,’ ‘The Boys and the Bees’ and ‘Living With a Visionary.’
Neon Lands Sundance Queer Horror ‘Leviticus’
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sundance-neon-horror-leviticus-1236486022/
Guillermo Del Toro Wows Netflix’s Sundance Party With Intimate Surprise Performance
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The Oscar-winning ‘Frankenstein’ filmmaker sang nearly a full concert with a mariachi band inside a Park Avenue home filled with guests like The Daniels, Elijah Wood, producers Jonathan Wang and Janet Yang.