Sundance Film Festival

Asked by a Sundance Film Festival audience member how he felt about the pullout, Shamir answered wryly, "As a peacenik, I was glad things went smoothly. As a filmmaker, I was hoping for more trouble."

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" as Tara Lindman. She appears in the 2008 film "The Wackness as Union. At the Sundance Film Festival, co-star and Academy Award-winner Sir Ben Kingsley praised her by saying "Mary-Kate's portrayal of this girl is perfect - she's hysterical.

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"I really love movies and music. We've been to the Sundance Film Festival probably a dozen times," he said. While his guitar lessons didn't take well, he said, "I can listen with the best of them."

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"In this moment, when the entire film industry is undergoing a sea change, it is incredibly important to support artists and filmmakers who are moved to invent new ways of cinematic storytelling that adapt to the new landscape. The work of Blast Theory exemplifies an artistic vision that is located at the crossroads of art, film, and new media technology, and suggests a fresh new direction as our cinematic culture evolves," said Shari Frilot, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival.

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"Paranormal Activity" is a twist on the haunted house story as a couple tries to capture on camera the strange phenomena and apparitions afflicting them. "Paranormal Activity" might have a shot to duplicate the success of "The Blair Witch Project," a 1999 Sundance Film Festival discovery that rode Internet buzz to a $140 million domestic total. "When you have a movie playing this well and it has such a broad appeal, it certainly tells you that is a possible outcome," said Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount. "I certainly couldn't predict it yet, but nothing with this movie has been predictable so far."

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Cinematographer and Sundance Film Festival judge Frederick Elmes commented of Schreiber's work, "She lit it and used colors in a way that the camera responded.

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"An Education," opening Friday in Boston, she plays a schoolgirl who, in postwar London, is torn between pursuing her education at Oxford and being pursued by a man twice her age. Mulligan plays 16 to her then real-life 22; these days she's 24 but still willing to dial it down for the right role. "It's rare to find young characters who get that much of a journey or aren't just accessories to the main character," Mulligan says, talking about the movie that has brought her many firsts: starring role, Sundance Film Festival (or any film festival), full-blown press junket, even Oscar buzz. "I think you go where the good characters are, and I wouldn't say no to going back, but I wouldn't want to revisit old ground and play the same girl again. "

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"Blair" at the Enzian, then shipped it off to the Sundance Film Festival and into legend. "They opened my eyes to a whole new way of making movies with no budget, a very limited crew and one great idea," says director Oren Peli, whose micro-budget hit "Paranormal Activity" is an homage to "Blair." Films from "Cloverfield" to "District 9" have cashed in on shaky "found video"

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The film premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, where Trevor Groth said "More than an exploration one life, The Rainbow Man is a parable about alienation, the media, and the meaninglessness that often defines American life."

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"BNC has one of the best reputations in the industry and a proven track record developing integrated marketing strategies for their clients," said John Cooper, Director, Sundance Film Festival. "We are confident in their ability to provide much-needed junket and event space for the publicist and sponsor communities - space that is both accessible to Festival goers and in keeping with the Sundance Film Festival brand."

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