Indie Directors: Sundance Film Fest 2020–Angel Manuel Soto

An award-winning filmmaker from Santurce, Puerto Rico, Angel Manuel Soto is the director of Charm City Kings, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Fest.

Sundance Film Fests 2020: Awards in All Categories

The 2020 Sundance Film Fest awarded its grand jury awards to Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, a semi-autobiographical glimpse into the Korean American director’s Arkansas upbringing, and Boys State, a look at an impassioned class of politically inclined Texas teens who participate in an annual mock-government competition.

Summertime: Estrada’s Follow-Up to Blindspotting (Sundance Film Fest 2020)

Sundance Film Fest 2020–Two years after he debuted his first feature, Blindspotting, at the Sundance Film Fest, Carlos López Estrada returned with Summertime, an odyssey through Los Angeles boasting a huge ensemble of characters, including taggers, cooks, and would-be-rappers.

Miss Juneteenth: Channing Godfrey Peoples’ Feature Debut at 2020 Sundance Film Fest

Channing Godfrey Peoples makes a striking debut with Miss Juneteenth, a tale dealing with a struggling single mom named Turquoise.

Night House, The: David Bruckner’s Supernatural Thriller, Starring Rebecca Hall

Searchlight is acquiring the worldwide distribution rights to The Night House, a supernatural thriller that premiered to strong reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Fest. Directed by David Bruckner and starring Rebecca Hall, the deal is valued at roughly $12 million. If you want to know more about Sundance and Independent Cinema, please read my […]