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Friday, December 15, 2023
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Kristen will be honoured with the Sundance Institute Visionary Award on opening night of the Sundance Film Festival
The second annual Sundance Institute Visionary Award recognizes a notable Sundance Institute alum’s contributions to the field of independent film and dedication to maintaining an independent spirit. This year’s award is being given to Kristen Stewart, who fully embodies the spirit of our mission and values. She is an Academy Award–nominated actress for her performance as Princess Diana in Spencer and was the first American actress to receive a César Award for her role in Clouds of Sils Maria. After her star rose in The Twilight Saga, she made her directorial debut, Come Swim, at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
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“We are thrilled to honor the immensely talented Kristen Stewart at our Opening Night Gala,” said Joana Vicente, CEO of the Sundance Institute. “Kristen’s captivating performances across a wide, diverse body of work make her a truly unique talent. With over ten Sundance films under her belt, she has always remained committed to the art of independent cinema. We are excited to welcome her back to the festival and can’t wait to see what she has in store for our 40th year.”
Stewart also commented on her upcoming honor.
“Sundance’s purity, lack of fussy pretension and its commitment to supporting independence in an industry that doesn’t always value the radical or the sidelined is what makes it by far the homiest place for me to go see, discuss and present films,” said Stewart. “Truly honored to be acknowledged by this beloved institution.”
More on the event:
On January 18, join us at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years Presented by Chase Sapphire®, with additional support by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, Acura, and Google TV. This inspiring evening celebrating artists and sharing delicious food and drink will honor notable Sundance alumni Christopher Nolan, Celine Song and Maite Alberdi, as well as former Sundance Institute Board Chair and trustee, Pat Mitchell.
This is a unique opportunity to celebrate the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival as we honor our legacy and our mission — to support the future of independent storytelling. By attending this highly anticipated opening night gala, you will kick off the 2024 Festival with a passionate group of like-minded Sundance supporters and the artists we support while contributing to Sundance Institute grants, mentorships, and other critical resources that enable artists to bring their stories to life.
We hope to see you at our 2024 Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years Presented by Chase Sapphire® at the DeJoria Center in Kamas, Utah, starting at 7:15 p.m. The dinner and program will begin at 8:30 p.m. Shuttle service between the Eccles Theatre in Park City and the DeJoria Center will be available. Valet parking and self-parking will be available at the DeJoria Center.
Monday, December 11, 2023
Audio: Listen to Kristen's conversation for Chanel's 'The Power of Literature' episode done in Manchester, UK - 8 December
Friday, December 8, 2023
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
'Love Me' and 'Love Lies Bleeding' will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2024
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LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Midnight
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
Following her critically acclaimed first feature Saint Maud, Rose Glass makes her Sundance Film Festival debut with a bombastic, larger-than-life sophomore effort. An off-the-wall, rambunctious lesbian love story crashes into a family drama of the darkest ilk in this muscular thriller. As a small-town gym and a ravine just outside city limits become the playground for all flavors of mischief and mayhem, a heightened Americana sensibility and Glass’ deliciously distinctive, bold style create a world that is at once familiar and entirely fresh. Helmed by Sundance regular Kristen Stewart (Speak, Adventureland, Certain Women) and Katy M. O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding is somehow as sweetly romantic about loyalty as it is doggedly hedonistic. With a vaulting imagination and its roots in deeply human places, this film packs a gut punch unlike any other.
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LOVE ME
US Dramatic Competition
Long after humanity's extinction, a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love.
As filmmakers Sam & Andy demonstrate in their wildly imaginative debut feature, telling the love story of a smart buoy and an orbiting satellite that spans a billion years and probes the mysteries of being and consciousness requires legit storytelling dexterity. Love Me’s whimsically philosophical, shape-shifting structure ingeniously weaves together the real, the virtual, and the surreal. Its star-crossed, web-paired metallic protagonists — inhabited in different forms by Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun — awkwardly navigate romance and companionship, equipped only with untold petabytes of archived web data, social media, and online videos. Awash in these mediated experiences and fabricated expressions of love and identity, they yearn to understand who they are, whether their feelings are real, and for that matter, whether they are real.
The Sundance Film Festival runs January 18 to 28 2024.
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