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Audiences to Discover Broad Range of Aesthetically Diverse Dramatic and
Documentary Films at Festival in January 2006

In the first of four program announcements, Sundance Institute today
announced the line-up of films for the Independent Feature Film and World
Cinema Competitions in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January
19-29, 2006, in Park City, Utah. The Competition categories provide audiences
with a first look at the most compelling new dramatic and documentary films
from emerging independent filmmakers. As the premier showcase for the best new
work of American independent and international filmmakers, the Sundance Film
Festival screens films that embody creative risk-taking, diversity, and
aesthetic innovation.

For the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, 120 feature films were selected
including 84 World Premieres, 18 North American Premieres and 15 U.S.
Premieres representing 29 countries with 48 first time feature filmmakers.
These films were selected from 3,148 feature submissions composed of 1,764
U.S. feature films and 1,384 international feature films. These numbers
represent an increase from 2005 when 1,385 U.S. feature films and 1,228
international films were considered.

"This year’s program reflects all the exceptional qualities we’ve come to
associate with independent film. Every category is filled with fresh,
original voices with quality storytelling that take risks and will not be
mistaken for typical mainstream fare," said Geoffrey Gilmore, Director of the
Sundance Film Festival. "Additionally, in this, the second year of the
Festival’s World Cinema Competition, we were particularly impressed with the
originality and caliber of this year’s crop of international filmmakers, with
stories to tell from South Africa, China, South Korea, Denmark, to Argentina,
Bosnia and Lebanon."

The Independent Feature Film Competition is the heart of the Sundance Film
Festival program and has introduced audiences to many of the best American
independent films and filmmakers of the past 22 years. Launched in 2005, The
World Cinema Competition reflects the Festival’s commitment to international
film and to stimulating creative dialogue among cultures. The dramatic and
documentary sections of the Independent Film and World Cinema Competitions
each present 16 films, for a total of 64 films that screen in competition.

"This Festival has always been about independent films with independent
spirit and aesthetic and ideological diversity. This year, we found many
talented first time directors making original films in content and style and
we’re excited to share with audiences these American and international
cinematic discoveries," said John Cooper, Director of Programming.

Festival films screen in nine sections: Documentary Competition, Dramatic
Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic
Competition, Spectrum, Frontier, Park City at Midnight, Sundance Collection
and Premieres. Feature films selected for Spectrum, Frontier and Park City at
Midnight categories will be announced on Tuesday, November 29. The Premieres
section will be announced on Wednesday, November 30 and the Short Film program
will be announced on Monday, December 5. A complete list of films and other
information is available at www.sundance.org.

The Sundance Film Festival is a core program of Sundance Institute, a
nonprofit organization dedicated year-round to the discovery and development
of independent film and theatre artists and audiences. 2006 marks the 22nd
year of the Festival and the Institute’s 25th anniversary.
Anniversary-related activities will take place throughout 2006 and will be
announced at the Festival.

American films selected to screen in Dramatic and Documentary Competitions
are eligible for a number of jury awards including Grand Jury Prizes,
Cinematography Awards and Directing Awards. Other jury awards include the
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award sponsored by Utah Film Commission and presented
to a film in Dramatic Competition. New this year is a Documentary Editing
Award presented to the editor of a documentary film in competition. The
Alfred P. Sloan Prize will also be presented to an outstanding dramatic
feature film for the quality of its presentation of science or technology
themes. Films in the Independent Feature Film Competition will also be
eligible for the Dramatic and Documentary Audience Awards. Films screening in
the World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competition are eligible for the
World Cinema Jury Prizes and World Cinema Audience Awards.

INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM COMPETITION: DOCUMENTARY
From explorations of cultural trends and political movements to
examinations of deeply personal issues that define individual lives,
documentary films offer unique opportunities to understand our world in new
ways. This year’s 16 selections were chosen from 760 submissions by American
Filmmakers. Whether from the diverse stories of Shia, Sunni and Kurdish
Iraqis against a backdrop of war, to stories of families dealing with cancer,
wrongful convictions, illegal immigration and portraits of Jazz artists and
crossword puzzle aficionados, these films represent the spectacular
variety — thematically and stylistically — of the best new work in American
nonfiction filmmaking.

The films screening in Documentary Competition are:

A LION IN THE HOUSE (Directors: Steven Bogner, Julia Reichert) — Five
diverse families — each with a child fighting cancer — navigate the ups and
downs of treatment over six years, while maintaining hope in this complex
portrait of human resilience. World Premiere.

AMERICAN BLACKOUT (Director: Ian Inaba) — A stylish hard hitting
documentary that recounts the fascinating career of Representative Cynthia
McKinney (D-GA) and the suppression of the black vote historically and during
the recent Presidential elections in Florida and Ohio. World Premiere.

AN UNREASONABLE MAN (Directors: Henriette Mantel and Stephen Skrovan) —
Using rarely seen archival footage and over forty recently conducted on-camera
interviews, this documentary traces the career of Ralph Nader from quixotic
consumer advocate to upstart presidential candidate to public pariah. World
Premiere.

CROSSING ARIZONA (Director: Joseph Mathew) — A balanced, far-reaching
look at a range of human stories unfolding in the midst of Arizona’s illegal
immigration crisis. World Premiere.

GOD GREW TIRED OF US (Director: Christopher Quinn and Tom Walker) — Four
boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering
Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety. World Premiere.

GROUND TRUTH: AFTER THE KILLING ENDS (Director: Patricia Foulkrod) —
Reveals how the military trains our soldiers for war, the reality of combat in
Iraq and the effects of this war on our soldiers coming home. World Premiere.

IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS (Director: James Longley) — Contemporary Iraq is
illuminated in three chapters that follow the diverse stories of Iraqis
against a backdrop of war, occupation and ethnic tension. World Premiere.

SMALL TOWN GAY BAR (Director: Malcolm Ingram) — A voyage to the deep
South to tell a tale of the struggle for community and expression in the face
of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression. World Premiere.

SO MUCH SO FAST (Directors: Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan) — A
black-humored cliffhanger of romance, guerrilla science and the redefinition
of time. When Stephen Heywood finds out he has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease),
his brother Jamie becomes obsessed with finding a cure and the woman who’s
falling in love with Stephen has a decision to make. World Premiere.

THIN (Director: Lauren Greenfield) — With unprecedented access and an
unflinching eye, THIN documents 4 women struggling with anorexia and bulimia
at a residential facility for the treatment of eating disorders in South
Florida. World Premiere.

‘TIS AUTUMN — THE SEARCH FOR JACKIE PARIS (Director: Raymond De
Felitta) — Explores legendary jazz vocalist Jackie Paris’ meteoric rise,
enigmatic career and mysterious life while probing the question of how much we
need to know of an artist’s personal story to appreciate their art. World
Premiere.

THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT (Directors: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg) —
The wrongful conviction of a black man for a white woman’s rape and murder
offers a provocative, haunting examination of a fear-based, racially-biased
community and criminal justice system. World Premiere.

TV JUNKIE (Director: Michael Cain) — From the time he was born Rick knew
he had a special purpose. If he could only record it he might be able to
figure out what it is. 46 years, 5000 hours of video and over 3000 photos
later he may have figured it out. World Premiere.

WIDE AWAKE (Director: Alan Berliner) — A first-person account of
filmmaker Alan Berliner’s struggle with sleeplessness, as both a blessing and
a curse. Portrait of an artist as an insomniac. World Premiere.

WORDPLAY (Director: Patrick Creadon) — An in-depth look at The New York
Times crossword puzzle and its editor Will Shortz, and the wonderfully unique
and loyal fan base he has built and nurtured during his 12-year tenure at the
paper. World Premiere.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET (Directors: Linda Goldstein Knowlton
and Linda Hawkins Costigan) — A behind-the-scenes look at the unexpected
dynamics of adapting the most-watched children’s television show for audiences
in some of the world’s political hotspots and incorporating locally relevant
themes. World Premiere.

INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM COMPETITION: DRAMATIC
American independent cinema yields some of the most exciting and highly
anticipated film in the world. These 16 films were selected from 1,004
submissions. From disaffected Latino youth finding family to a southern woman
finding love, this section is filled with coming of age comedies and dramas,
stories of love and addiction with some characters seeking forgiveness for
past sins. These films represent the diverse subjects and perspectives that
constitute the vision and creativity of American independent filmmakers.

The films screening in Dramatic Competition are:

A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (Director and Screenwriter: Dito
Montiel) — A writer recounts his teenage experiences in tough 1980s Astoria,
New York — where all his friends ended up dead, as junkies, or in prison —
exploring how he managed to emerge unscathed. World Premiere.

COME EARLY MORNING (Director and Screenwriter: Joey Lauren Adams) — The
story of a southern woman trying to escape her addictions and self-destructive
behavior to find true love. World Premiere.

FLANNEL PAJAMAS (Director and Screenwriter: Jeff Lipsky) — A magical
evening in a local diner sparks an intense courtship and an emotionally
mercurial marriage that challenges two New Yorkers to the core. World
Premiere.

FORGIVEN (Director and Screenwriter: Paul Fitzgerald) — On the eve of his
campaign launch for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a small town District Attorney
receives word that the governor has exonerated a death row inmate whom he’d
prosecuted five years earlier. World Premiere.

HALF NELSON (Director: Ryan Fleck; Screenwriters: Anna Boden and Ryan
Fleck) — An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an
unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
World Premiere.

HAWK IS DYING (Director: Julian Goldberger; Screenwriters: Harry Crews
(novel) and Julian Goldberger) — A Gainesville, Florida auto upholsterer
attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.
World Premiere.

IN BETWEEN DAYS (Director: So Yong Kim; Screenwriters: So Yong Kim and
Bradley Rust Gray) — When a recent Korean immigrant falls in love with her
best and only friend, their misunderstood affection for each other creates a
delicate relationship that is challenged by the demands of living in a new
country. World Premiere.

PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS (Director and Screenwriter: Maria Maggenti) — On
the rebound from her latest lesbian relationship, a New York writer finds
herself in two surprising and complicated love affairs in this
only-in-New-York screwball comedy. World Premiere.

QUINCEANERA (Directors and Screenwriters: Richard Glatzer and Wash
Westmoreland) — Disaffected Latino teenagers come of age in a gentrifying
community in Echo Park district of Los Angeles. World Premiere.

RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR (Director and Screenwriter: Chris Gorak) — Multiple
dirty bombs are detonated and spread deadly toxic ash and mass panic
throughout Los Angeles. With limited information, time and supplies, and in
the midst of city-wide chaos, a married couple struggles to survive. World
Premiere.

SHERRYBABY (Director and Screenwriter: Laurie Collyer) — After serving a
three-year prison sentence, a young woman quickly discovers that coming back
to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.
World Premiere.

SOMEBODIES (Director and Screenwriter: Hadjii) — Surrounded by eccentric
relatives, prankster classmates, and more-or-less rehabilitated ex-cons, a
Black college student stumbles along the path to responsible adulthood. World
Premiere.

STAY (Director and Screenwriter: Bob Goldthwait) — A youthful, impulsive
sexual encounter opens the door to a dark comedy about the complexities of
honesty. World Premiere.

STEEL CITY (Director and Screenwriter: Brian Jun) — In a small Midwest
town, two irresponsible brothers must come to terms with the lives they live
after their father is incarcerated for killing a woman. World Premiere.

STEPHANIE DALEY (Director and Screenwriter: Hilary Brougher) — A forensic
psychologist, seven months pregnant, is hired to learn the truth behind a
teenager’s denial of accusations that she concealed her pregnancy and
committed infanticide. World Premiere.

WRISTCUTTERS — A LOVE STORY (Director: Goran Dukic; Screenwriters: Goran
Dukic and Etgar Kerett) — An Offbeat Comedy, A Love Story, A Road Movie —
But Everybody’s Dead! World Premiere.

WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION: DOCUMENTARY
The last decade has seen an explosion of interest in American
documentaries, yet American audiences enjoy few opportunities to view
documentaries from beyond their own borders. The 16 films selected from 448
international submissions represent nine countries including Australia, Japan,
Switzerland and Mexico. The documentaries follow the global politics of
coffee, a rebellious Tibetan monk, bonds between a Japanese family broken by
political choices, and tales of migration and loss. These films invite us to
glimpse the staggering scope and complexity of the human experience.

The films screening in World Cinema Documentary Competition are:

5 DAYS / Israel (Director: Yoav Shamir) — On August 15, 2005, Israel
began to evacuate 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip. In a unilateral
move by the Israeli government, they were removed from their homes to make way
for 250,000 Palestinians. With exclusive access to the Israeli Defense Forces
and the General in charge, seven film crews simultaneously follow key
characters during this historic five-day event. North American Premiere.

ANGRY MONK — REFLECTIONS ON TIBET / Switzerland (Director: Luc
Schaedler) — A portrait of the rebellious Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel, this
film reveals a face of old & present-day Tibet that runs against popular
cliches. North American Premiere.

BLACK GOLD / U.K. (Director: Marc Francis, Nick Francis) — A cinematic
journey that uncovers the world of coffee and trade from the struggling
Ethiopian bean grower to your coffee cup. World Premiere.

BY THE WAYS, A JOURNEY WITH WILLIAM EGGLESTON / France (Director: Cedric
Laty, Vincent Gerard) — A journey through the southern United States home of
William Eggleston considered "the father of color photography." Eggleston’s
persistent silence defies each truth revealed about his character. North
American Premiere.

DEAR PYONGYANG / Japan (Director: Yang Yonghi) — A Korean-Japanese
daughter explores her father’s fierce political loyalty to North Korea —
costly to the point of breaking up his family. North American Premiere.

THE GIANT BUDDHAS / Switzerland (Director: Christian Frei) — A film about
the destruction of the famous Buddha statues in Afghanistan. An essay on
fanaticism and faith, terror and tolerance, ignorance and identity. U.S.
Premiere.

GLASTONBURY / U.K. (Director: Julian Temple) — A staggering range of
music presented at England’s annual Glastonbury Festival, captures the spirit
of important social changes over the last 30 years. World Premiere.

I IS FOR INDIA / England/Germany/Italy (Director: Sandhya Suri) — A tale
of migration and belonging, told primarily through Super 8 films and audio
letters sent between India and England over a period of 40 years. World
Premiere.

IN THE PIT / Mexico (Director: Juan Carlos Rulfo) — According to Mexican
legend, whenever a bridge is built the devil asks for one soul, in exchange
for keeping the bridge standing. This film chronicles the daily lives of the
workers building a second deck to Mexico City’s Periferico freeway — their
hopes, dreams and struggle for survival. World Premiere.

INTO GREAT SILENCE / Germany (Director: Philip Groening) — The first film
ever to examine life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the mother house of the
legendary Carthusian Order. An austere, next to silent meditation on monastic
life in a very pure form. U.S. Premiere.

KZ / U.K. (Director: Rex Bloomstein) — A look at the way the town of
Mauthausen, formerly the site of a German concentration camp, faces the
ultimate demons of its dark past. North American Premiere.

NO ONE / Mexico (Director: Tin Dirdamal) — The story of Maria, a Central
American immigrant forced to leave her family in search of a better life. On
her way to the United States, she crosses Mexico where she encounters a
nightmare. U.S. Premiere.

THE SHORT LIFE OF JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZ / Germany (Director: Heidi
Specogna) — Behind the heroic tale of the first U.S. soldier to die in the
war in Iraq, there unfolds the story of a Guatemalan street child drawn into
war by the promise of a green card in a foreign country. World Premiere.

SONGBIRDS / U.K. (Director: Brian Hill) — Downview Prison in England is
host to 250 women who have committed crimes ranging from drug trafficking to
manslaughter, but these women are also mothers and caretakers. In a musical
set in the prison, the women sing about their lives and the crimes that led to
their imprisonment. North American Premiere.

UNFOLDING FLORENCE: THE MANY LIVES OF FLORENCE BROADHURST / Australia
(Director: Gillian Armstrong) — Flamboyant design pioneer Florence Broadhurst
lived a colorful life, but it is only now that her time has truly come, with
her bold, exotic wallpaper prints in huge demand internationally. World
Premiere.

VIVA ZAPATERO / Italy (Director: Sabina Guzzanti) — A critical and
playful look at censorship in Italy under Berlusconi contrasted with other
European nations. North American Premiere.

WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION: DRAMATIC
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition reflects Sundance’s commitment to
championing the independent spirit in filmmakers everywhere and to fostering
creative dialogue between divergent cultures. This year’s 16 selections were
chosen from 936 submissions representing 16 countries including France,
Denmark, Argentina, Philippines, Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon, Peru,
New Zealand, South Korea and Brazil. Whether following the adventures of a
precocious nine-year-old Chinese girl, an introverted taxidermist, an intrepid
amnesiac, or a Filipino boy finding his place in the world, these films will
transfix audiences.

The films screening in World Cinema Dramatic Competition are:

13 TZAMETI / France (Director and Screenwriter: Gela Babluani) —
Sebastien has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else. When
he reaches his destination, he falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of
mental chaos. North American Premiere.

ALLEGRO / Denmark (Director: Christoffer Boe; Screenwriters: Christoffer
Boe, Mikael Wulff) — After a long absence, a famous amnesiac pianist returns
to his native Copenhagen where he is contacted by a mysterious messenger who
leads him back into his forgotten past. North American Premiere.

THE AURA / Argentina (Director and Screenwriter: Fabian Bielinsky) —
Espinoza is an introverted taxidermist who secretly dreams of executing the
perfect robbery. On his first-ever hunting trip, in the calm of the
Patagonian forest, his dreams are unexpectedly made reality with one squeeze
of the trigger. North American Premiere.

THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS / Philippines (Director: Auraeus Solito;
Screenwriter: Michiko Yamamoto) — Young Maxi’s unquestioned devotion to his
family of small-time criminals in a Manila slum is undermined when he is
befriended by a principled young policeman. U.S. Premiere.

EVE & THE FIRE HORSE / Canada (Director and Screenwriter: Julia Kwan) —
Eve is a precocious nine-year-old growing up in a Vancouver Chinese immigrant
family where Confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions
abound. When Buddhism and Catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for Eve
and her prim authoritative sister, Karena, escalates into a fantasia of
catastrophe, sainthood and cultural confusion. U.S. Premiere.

GRBAVICA / Bosnia-Herzegovina (Director and Screenwriter: Jasmila
Zbanic) — A chilling story of a woman and her daughter as they fight to
survive in the painful aftermath of the recent Balkan war. World Premiere.

THE HOUSE OF SAND / Brazil (Director: Andrucha Waddington; Screenwriter:
Elena Soarez) — The story of a woman across three generations. In the remote
dunes of Brazil, Maria spends her life while an entire century passes by her,
her house and sand. U.S. Premiere.

KISS ME NOT ON THE EYES / Lebanon (Director and Screenwriter: Jocelyne
Saab) — An educated young Egyptian woman defends her artistic integrity as a
dancer and her social independence in the midst of modern Cairo’s culture
wars. U.S. Premiere.

LITTLE RED FLOWERS / China (Director: Zhang Yuan; Screenwriters: Ning Dai,
Zhang Yuan) — A parable about the nature and complexities of being compelled
to "fit in" to a regimented society set in a post-revolutionary Chinese
orphanage. World Premiere.

MADEINUSA / Peru (Director and Screenwriter: Claudia Llosa) — Madeinusa
is a sweet girl who lives in an isolated religiously zealous village in
mountainous Peru. Everything changes when a geologist from Lima arrives and
unknowingly reshapes Madeinusa’s destiny. World Premiere.

NO. 2 / New Zealand (Director and Screenwriter: Toa Fraser) — Nanna
Maria’s family has forgotten how to party. She’s going to change all that,
make them come alive with the heat and passion of the South Pacific. World
Premiere.

ONE LAST DANCE / Singapore (Director and Screenwriter: Max Makowski) — An
assassin is hired to kill the men responsible for kidnapping an important
man’s son. With every death, the killer gets closer to the last kidnapper’s
name … his own. World Premiere.

THE PETER PAN FORMULA / South Korea (Director and Screenwriter: Cho
Chang-Ho) — An adolescent boy confronts premature independence as his mother
lies in a coma and he experiences the first tugs of sexual desires with an
older woman. North American Premiere.

PRINCESAS / Spain (Director and Screenwriter: Fernando Leon de Aranoa) —
The story of two women who form an unbreakable friendship despite their
differences as they fight to make ends meet in the big city. U.S. Premiere.

SOLO DIOS SABE / Brazil/Mexico (Director: Carlos Bolado; Screenwriters:
Carlos Bolado, Diane Weipert) — On a lark in Tijuana, a young Brazilian art
student crosses paths with a roguish Mexican journalist, sparking a cascade of
events across both Mexico and Brazil. World Premiere.

SON OF MAN / South Africa (Director: Mark Dornford-May; Screenwriters:
Mark Dornford-May, Andiswa Kedama, Pauline Malefane) — A gripping journey of
love, deception and betrayal, SON OF MAN translates Jesus’ life to modern-day
South Africa, where a new politics of compassion incites revolution during a
military dictatorship. The next collaboration from Dimpho di Kopane, a South
African lyric theatre ensemble whose U-CARMEN garnered last year’s Berlin
Golden Bear. World Premiere.

What’s New for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival:

* World Cinema Competition: Documentary — This year, the category
expands from 12 to 16 international documentary films. Films selected
for the World Cinema Competition: Documentary are eligible for the World
Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award:
Documentary.

* Spectrum — This new out-of-competition category incorporates the
categories previously known as American Spectrum and Special
Screenings, and has expanded to include international dramatic and
documentary films. These changes allow for each of the six out-of-
competition categories to present international films.

* Closing Film — New this year a Park City Closing Film, the last
premiere of the Festival on Friday night, January 27, 2006.

* Documentary Editing Award — New to the Sundance Film Festival this
year is an award recognizing excellence in Documentary Film Editing.
Films in the Independent Feature Film Competition: Documentary are
eligible for this award.

* Salt Lake City Gala — This year, the Sundance Film Festival Salt Lake
City Gala is taking place on Friday night, January 20, 2006 in the
Jeanne Wagner Auditorium in the Rose Wagner Center. The Festival’s
presence in Salt Lake City is now concentrated along Broadway (300
South) to create a Sundance experience in Salt Lake City similar to
that in Park City.

Festival Sponsors
The 2006 Sundance Film Festival sponsors help sustain Sundance Institute’s
year-round programs to support independent artists, inspire risk-taking and
encourage diversity in the arts. This year’s Festival community includes:
Presenting — Hewlett-Packard Company, Entertainment Weekly, Volkswagen of
America, Inc., and Adobe Systems Incorporated; Leadership Sponsors — American
Express, Delta Air Lines, DirecTV, Intel Corporation and Sprint; Sustaining
Sponsors — Aquafina, Blockbuster Inc., CESAR Food For Small Dogs, L’Oreal
Paris, Moviefone, The New York Times, Sony Electronics Inc., Starbucks Coffee
Company, Stella Artois(R), Turning Leaf Vineyards, and the Utah Film
Commission.

Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for American and
international independent film. Held each January in and around Park City,
Utah, the Festival is a core program of Sundance Institute, a nonprofit
cultural organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981.

Presenting 120 dramatic and documentary feature-length films in nine
distinct categories, and 80 short films each year, the Sundance Film Festival
has introduced American audiences to some of the most innovative films of the
past two decades, including sex, lies, and videotape, Clerks, Smoke Signals,
In the Bedroom, American Splendor, Napoleon Dynamite, Born into Brothels, and
Me and You and Everyone We Know. Beyond the streets of Park City, the
official Website of the Sundance Film Festival, www.sundance.org, shares the
Festival experience with a global audience through the streaming of short
films and filmmaker interviews, combined with current news and box office
information.

Sundance Institute
Dedicated year-round to the development of artists of independent vision
and to the exhibition of their new work, Sundance Institute celebrates its
25th anniversary in 2006. Since its inception, the Institute has grown into
an internationally recognized resource for thousands of independent artists
through its Sundance Film Festival and artistic development programs which
provide a range of concentrated creative and financial support for fiction and
nonfiction filmmakers, screenwriters, documentary film editors, composers,
playwrights and theatre artists. The original values of independence,
creative diversity, and discovery continue to define and guide the work of
Sundance Institute, both with artists in the U.S. and, increasingly, with
artists from other regions of the world.

SOURCE: Sundance Institute

CONTACT: Jody Arlington or Irene Cho,
+1-801-328-3456, for Sundance Institute

Web site: http://www.sundance.org