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The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S. Held annually in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah as well as at the [http://www.sundanceresort.com Sundance Resort, the festival is the premiere showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival comprises competitive sections for American and independent dramatic and documentary films, and a group of non-competitive showcase sections, including the Sundance Online Film Festival. Controversially so, the festival has also become the premiere showcase for sponsors and "swag giveaways".
History
Sundance was started in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. At the time, the main focus of the event was to present a series of retrospective films and filmmaker panel discussions; however it also included a small program of films made outside the Hollywood system, commonly known as independent films.
Over the next several years factors helped propel the growth of Utah/US Film Festival. First was the involvement of actor Robert Redford. Redford, a Utah resident, became the festival's inaugural chairman and having his name associated with Sundance gave the festival great attention.
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BloggingSundance - Weblog for the festival.
CNN: Sundance 2002 - Coverage of the festival includes interviews, movie clips, photographs, and articles.
Indiewire Park City - News, gossip and streaming media clips from the major film festivals.
Sundance - A Festival Virgin's Guide - Online companion to a book about the festival. Festival history, information for attendees, FAQs, and related links.
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Sundance Channel - Guide for the Sundance TV channel which shows movies from past festivals including live coverage during the festival.
Sundance Film Festival - Official news, interviews, features and schedules for Sundance and Sundance Online.
Sundance Institute - Sponsor of the Sundance film festival with schedules and film submission criteria.
Yahoo! Sundance - Links, news, reviews and photographs.
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