Sundance Institute

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS, THE INSTITUTE SEEKS TO - CONTINUED IN GENERAL FOOTNOTE 1

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM THE 2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED 139 FILMS AND PROJECTS 50%, OR 69, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 4% OR 6, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON-BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 50%, OR 70, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE ARTISTS OF COLOR; 15% OR 21 BY ONE OR MORE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED 71 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS, REPRESENTING 29 COUNTRIES AND 38 FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILMMAKERS. 14 FILMS AND PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED BY SUNDANCE INSTITUTE IN DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH DIRECT GRANTING OR RESIDENCY LABS. 66 OF THE FESTIVAL'S FEATURE FILMS, OR 93% OF THE LINEUP WERE WORLD PREMIERES. THESE FILMS WERE SELECTED FROM 14,092 SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING 3,500 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS. OF THE FEATURE FILM SUBMISSIONS, 1,377 WERE FROM THE U.S. AND 2,132 WERE INTERNATIONAL. OF THE 71 FEATURE FILMS, 46% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 3% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON- BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 42% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS BIPOC; 8% BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. IN THE U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 40% AS BIPOC. IN THE U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION, 64% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 73% AS BIPOC AND 9% AS LGBTQ+. IN THE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. IN THE WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 45% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE FESTIVAL SHOWCASED 50 SHORT FILMS, 4 EPISODICS ALONG WITH 14 NEW FRONTIER WORKS.

DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS NONFICTION FILMMAKERS WORLDWIDE IN THE PRODUCTION OF CINEMATIC DOCUMENTARIES ON CONTEMPORARY THEMES. ESTABLISHED IN 2002, THE PROGRAM IS A VIBRANT GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR INDEPENDENT NONFICTION STORYTELLING THAT INVESTS THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY FUND TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF NONFICTION FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. IN A CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE, THE FUND HAS BEEN A STABLE, PROGRESSIVE FORCE IN SUPPORTING WORK THAT HAS EXPRESSED THE WORLD IN CREATIVE, COMPLEX, BEAUTIFUL, AND PROVOCATIVE WAYS, AND HAS CREATED REAL CULTURAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT AROUND SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. THE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES CREATIVE LABS THROUGH UNIQUE RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOPS THAT BRING TOGETHER A WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY OF DIRECTORS, EDITORS, AND PRODUCERS DEDICATED TO BOLD, COURAGEOUS NONFICTION STORYTELLING.

FEATURE FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED AND CHAMPIONED MANY OF THE LEADING INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF THE PAST 35 YEARS WHOSE DISTINCTIVE, SINGULAR FILMS HAVE ENGAGED AUDIENCES INTERNATIONALLY. IT EMBRACES THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FROM THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, ENCOURAGING A RIGOROUS CREATIVE PROCESS WITH A FOCUS ON ORIGINAL AND DEEPLY RESONANT STORYTELLING. OVER THE YEARS, THE FEATURE FILM PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH AND YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT TO A NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS FROM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AND HAS BECOME A GLOBAL MODEL FOR SUPPORTING ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FICTION FEATURE WRITERS, DIRECTORS, WRITER/DIRECTORS, OR WRITER/DIRECTOR TEAMS THROUGH LABS, ALONG WITH YEAR-ROUND MENTORSHIPS, GRANTS AND CUSTOMIZED STRATEGIC SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM WORKS TO FOSTER SELF-EXPRESSION, RISK-TAKING, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY.

DESCRIPTION EXPENSES GRANTS REVENUE THEATRE 464,450 109,500 0 NATIVE PROGRAM 727,688 76,000 0 FILM MUSIC 180,039 0 0 OTHER 10,814,950 1,053,750 996,580

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM THE 2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED 139 FILMS AND PROJECTS 50%, OR 69, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 4% OR 6, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON-BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 50%, OR 70, WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE ARTISTS OF COLOR; 15% OR 21 BY ONE OR MORE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED 71 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS, REPRESENTING 29 COUNTRIES AND 38 FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILMMAKERS. 14 FILMS AND PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED BY SUNDANCE INSTITUTE IN DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH DIRECT GRANTING OR RESIDENCY LABS. 66 OF THE FESTIVAL'S FEATURE FILMS, OR 93% OF THE LINEUP WERE WORLD PREMIERES. THESE FILMS WERE SELECTED FROM 14,092 SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING 3,500 FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS. OF THE FEATURE FILM SUBMISSIONS, 1,377 WERE FROM THE U.S. AND 2,132 WERE INTERNATIONAL. OF THE 71 FEATURE FILMS, 46% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE WOMEN; 3% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE NON- BINARY INDIVIDUALS; 42% WERE DIRECTED BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS BIPOC; 8% BY ONE OR MORE FILMMAKERS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. IN THE U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 40% AS BIPOC. IN THE U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION, 64% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN; 73% AS BIPOC AND 9% AS LGBTQ+. IN THE WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION, 50% OF THE 10 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. IN THE WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 45% OF THE 11 DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE FESTIVAL SHOWCASED 50 SHORT FILMS, 4 EPISODICS ALONG WITH 14 NEW FRONTIER WORKS.

DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS NONFICTION FILMMAKERS WORLDWIDE IN THE PRODUCTION OF CINEMATIC DOCUMENTARIES ON CONTEMPORARY THEMES. ESTABLISHED IN 2002, THE PROGRAM IS A VIBRANT GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR INDEPENDENT NONFICTION STORYTELLING THAT INVESTS THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY FUND TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF NONFICTION FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE. IN A CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE, THE FUND HAS BEEN A STABLE, PROGRESSIVE FORCE IN SUPPORTING WORK THAT HAS EXPRESSED THE WORLD IN CREATIVE, COMPLEX, BEAUTIFUL, AND PROVOCATIVE WAYS, AND HAS CREATED REAL CULTURAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT AROUND SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. THE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES CREATIVE LABS THROUGH UNIQUE RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOPS THAT BRING TOGETHER A WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY OF DIRECTORS, EDITORS, AND PRODUCERS DEDICATED TO BOLD, COURAGEOUS NONFICTION STORYTELLING.

FEATURE FILM PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED AND CHAMPIONED MANY OF THE LEADING INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF THE PAST 35 YEARS WHOSE DISTINCTIVE, SINGULAR FILMS HAVE ENGAGED AUDIENCES INTERNATIONALLY. IT EMBRACES THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FROM THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, ENCOURAGING A RIGOROUS CREATIVE PROCESS WITH A FOCUS ON ORIGINAL AND DEEPLY RESONANT STORYTELLING. OVER THE YEARS, THE FEATURE FILM PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH AND YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT TO A NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS FROM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AND HAS BECOME A GLOBAL MODEL FOR SUPPORTING ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FICTION FEATURE WRITERS, DIRECTORS, WRITER/DIRECTORS, OR WRITER/DIRECTOR TEAMS THROUGH LABS, ALONG WITH YEAR-ROUND MENTORSHIPS, GRANTS AND CUSTOMIZED STRATEGIC SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM WORKS TO FOSTER SELF-EXPRESSION, RISK-TAKING, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY.

DESCRIPTION EXPENSES GRANTS REVENUE THEATRE 464,450 109,500 0 NATIVE PROGRAM 727,688 76,000 0 FILM MUSIC 180,039 0 0 OTHER 10,814,950 1,053,750 996,580