Sundance Film Festival: Day 5

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Best news to come out on Sunday: no one lost any money. In an article from the NYTimes, we get a sense that no one wants to make the Grace is Gone mistake. More reviews are coming in via Variety (see clearly labeled headlines here and The Hollywood Reporter offers a morsel of reviews here. Over at Spout.com we have the daily musings of a couple of Park City virgins: 2 indie filmmakers who’ve never been invited to Sundance are Ronald Brownstein (Frownland) and Joe Swanberg (Hannah takes the Stairs) and they seem to be having a fun time discovering the fest. Finally, a new Sundance initiate was announced on Sunday put in place to support indie producers. Below: perhaps the most sought after docu.

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Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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