Sundance

Despite COVID-19, how major international film festivals delivered robust versions of themselves

A touch of foresight — as well as passion, planning and a willingness to scrap just about everything — is what prevented some of the major international film festivals to become casualties of the unpredictable pandemic.

​Hungama Crossblade Music Festival has left its imprint in the ever-growing music scene in India

​Hungama Crossblade Music Festival had all the ingredients of a fine Indian music festival. A Punjabi music festival which spanned across two days, from 28, 29 January 2017, it combined different genres of music.

Sundance Film Festival 2021: Writing With Fire, Indian documentary about Khabar Lahariya, wins audience award

Writing With Fire, which marks the feature debut of directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, follows the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women.

Sundance 2021 winners: Questlove's docu Summer of Soul, indie drama CODA snag top honours

CODA, about a teenage girl struggling to support her deaf family, also won the top Sundance audience award, and prizes for directing and ensemble cast.

Watch: Trailer of Flee, Riz Ahmed, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's animated Sundance documentary released

Flee, which tells the story of a man's journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan, had its premiere Sundance Film Festival 2021 on 28 January.

Sundance Film Festival 2021 to offer unique virtual reality projects, more Black representation

The Sundance Film Festival 2021 will take place from 28 January to 3 February.

Sundance Film Festival unveils 2021 lineup, including Robin Wright, Rebecca Hall's debut directorials

Over half of the feature films this year are from first-time directors and across the 140 total projects, 50 percent were directed by one or more women and 51 percent by one or more artists of colour.

Sundance Film Festival opts for predominantly virtual 2021 edition, will host socially distanced screenings

Sundance Film Festival will premiere over 70 films on a custom online platform during the seven-day event, beginning on 28 January 2021, and will also hold screenings in several US states including Alabama, California and Ohio.

The Forty-Year-Old Version movie review: Radha Blank's Sundance breakout hit is a sharp comedy about artistic compromise

The real triumph of The 40-Year-Old Version is of course Radha Blank, who announces herself as a fiery new cinematic voice.

Firstpost at Sundance: First impression reviews of dystopian thriller I am Mother, Naomi Watts' The Wolf Hour

The Wolf Hour is a sombre indie exercise in psychological drama with plenty of potential but sadly, none of it pays off.