The Sundance Film festival

by Tatiana Hadarova

The Sundance Film Festival, held annually since 1978 in Utah has always been known in its home country and also abroad as the largest independent film festival in the US. The main purpose of its founders (Sterling Van Wagenen, Charles G. Allison and Robert Redford) was to make this film festival as a premier showcase for new work from American and also from international independent film makers. In mid 80's festival came through some financial difficulties, but since the Sundance Institute has been formed, Robert Redford has become a symbolic chairperson and its move from late summer to mid winter has been done, the Sundance Film Festival started to grow away. Many of independent film makers, including Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino or Jim Jarmusch had their breakthrough at Sundance and this festival also helped to bring wider attraction to film such as The Blair Witch Project, Sex, lies and videotape, El Mariachi or Clerks. Over the decades the festival has grown from the "low-profile venue" for small budget,independent creators outside the Hollywood system to a big commercial media show connected with celebrities, paparazzi and luxuries. Fortunately, in recent years the management of the Sundance tries to distance from all these distractions and would like to form the festival into what it used to be by pushing the filmmakers, as well as festival goers to "focus on film".

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