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Educational workshops, podcasts from Avid filmmakers and advice on the art of editing for aspiring storytellers on the agenda

Avid Technology, Inc. announced that a wide variety of creative storytellers who used Avid systems will take center stage at this year‘s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah from January 18-28. Avid tools were used in nearly every category of competition this year, including Short Films, Dramatic Competition and World Cinema - and several of this year‘s entries were shot, edited and/or output to HD. For those who can not attend the festival, Avid will provide updates as well as host a number of podcasts and blogs on its newly-launched independent film Webpage at: www.avid.com/indie. more

Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT: January 19, 2007 — Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced that We Are the Strange, a 94 minute animation produced in the United States and whose workflow utilizes Blackmagic’s DeckLink Pro capture card, will be screened at Sundance Film Festival beginning January 19, 2007. In addition to being the only full length feature animation at Sundance, We Are the Strange is also unique in that it is composed of mixed media consisting of 3-D, stop motion, and 2-D, taking almost three years to complete. The film was produced, written and directed by M Dot Strange. Chaylon Blancett was brought aboard for post-production. more

“MySpace Nights at Tao” Feature Performances by Mos Def, Pharrell, Eagles of Death Metal, DJ Z-Trip, and DJ Momjeans (aka Danny Masterson)

MySpace.com, the world‘s leading lifestyle portal, announced today a variety of film and music events in Park City, UT, from January 19-23, 2007 in celebration of filmmakers and creative communities on MySpace. While in Park City, the company will present “MySpace Nights at Tao,” a reception for the Darfur documentary The Devil Came On Horseback, and an award to the X-Dance Film Festival‘s top director.

“We‘ve seen an incredible uptake for MySpace Film in the last year,” says Shawn Gold, SVP of Marketing, MySpace. “Artists around the world are using the network to share projects, discover new content, and communicate with others on a global scale. Creative communities descend on Park City this week and we look forward to celebrating their work.” more

As a complimentary piece to our bloggings, the panels offered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival will be made publicly available via podcasts for the first time ever through Zoom In Online. In addition to producing the podcasts, Zoom In Online built the platform to deliver festival content in near-real time at festival.sundance.org/2007 and on iTunes.

Zoom In Online will offer exclusive daily coverage of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival at www.zoom-in.com. The site will feature daily video blog posts by prominent independent film veteran Reid Rosefelt featuring interviews with filmmakers and celebrated industry veterans, as well as film reviews by Zoom In Online senior editor Annie Young Frisbie. Sponsored by Adobe, Rosefelt’s festival presentation on film marketing will also be available on the site. Along with filmmaker documentaries from the festival, Zoom In Online will continue to post its content after the close of the event as 2007 Sundance Film Festival projects make their theatrical debuts throughout the year. more

JVC announced that they are hosting HD HOUSE, a free four-day filmmaking conference that provides filmmakers with an opportunity to attend technology presentations and meet with industry experts. HD HOUSE will be held during the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals in Park City, Utah, January 19-22, 2007.

JVC ProHD camera user Robert Lynn, Director/Producer/Writer of longest continuous single shot film in American film history, Adrenaline, will be previewing his new film Havoc, a horror/thriller, at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 20 at HD HOUSE, 545C Main Street. Refreshments will be provided. more

Saratoga, CA, January 15, 2007 — Sundance 2007 will include three projects submitted by filmmakers whose post houses used the SCRATCH Data-Centric Workflow Solution for post production. ASSIMILATE congratulates Encore Hollywood, Filmworksfx-DFL, and PostWorks New York on the post production of their film projects accepted by the Sundance Film Festival, the premier showcase for independent American filmmakers.

Film Premiere: Resurrecting the Champ, a full-length boxing drama starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett, is directed, written and produced by Renaissance man Rod Lurie, who is known for the critically acclaimed political thriller The Contender (screenwriter/director) and Touchstone Television‘s Commander in Chief (creator, director, writer, producer). more

Park City, UT - Sundance Institute and Sundance Channel announced they will offer narrative, documentary, and animation shorts from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival for download via iTunes. The announcement solidifies Sundance’s commitment to leveraging technology to help filmmakers expose their work and bring the Festival to film fans around the world. A broad selection of short films from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival will be available for purchase and download priced at $1.99 (US) each on the iTunes Store beginning Monday, January 22, 2007.

“I have felt, from the earliest days, that if people really care about independent film, they should pay particular attention to short filmmakers, who are the best indicators of what is coming down the creative pike,” says Robert Redford, president and founder of Sundance Institute and founder of Sundance Channel. more

Celebrating their 9th year as the producers of the daytime Music Café, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will present an exciting and dynamic mix of songwriters and artists from across the musical spectrum and around the world at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

The Sundance/ASCAP Music Café continues to be one of the most popular draws at the Festival. It is dedicated to showcasing the exceptional talent of new, emerging and established artists, including solo acts and major bands, and is a place where independent filmmakers can meet and interact with film composers and songwriters to encourage collaboration between these two creative communities.

Daytime performances will be open to Festival credential holders from January 19 - 27, 2007. Performances will take place each day from 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM (4:00 PM - 6:45 PM on Friday, January 19). more

Sundance Institute announced details for the 2007 Sundance Film Festival‘s presentation of films by Native American and Indigenous filmmakers and the annual Native Forum. The Forum features a program of panel discussions, filmmaker workshops, and networking events that provide opportunities for Indigenous filmmakers to share their expertise and knowledge with each other and the larger independent film community. This year‘s Festival will provide a world stage for Native American and Indigenous filmmakers whose works include two short films and four features screening in the Competition and Spectrum Categories. The 2007 Festival includes work from Native American and Indigenous filmmakers from New Zealand, U.S.A., and the Philippines. The 2007 Sundance Film Festival runs Jan.18-28, 2007, in Park City, at the Sundance Resort, in Salt Lake City, and in Ogden, Utah. more

Park City, UT–Sundance Institute announced today the line-up of 64 films selected for the Independent Film and World Cinema Competitions for the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The premier showcase for the best new work by American and international independent filmmakers, the Sundance Film Festival‘s competitive categories provide audiences with opportunities to discover the most innovative new dramatic and documentary films from today‘s emerging independent filmmakers. In addition to the Competition categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections, to be announced tomorrow. more