Sundance 2021 Wrap: The Show Must Go On
There’s a poetic circularity to the fact that the community viewing adventure of a film festival has been adapted to fit the privacy of our homes
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Sundance 2021: ‘The Pink Cloud’ Is A Prophetic Pandemic Film
It’s somewhat lyrical that the definitive quarantine film of this generation came into existence before the coronavirus did
Sundance: Try Harder! Is A Docu on the Ivy League Aspirant Culture
The cameras of Try Harder! follow the Ivy League aspirants of Lowell High through their senior year
Sundance 2021: Docu-Drama Captains Of Zaatari Is Uneven
It often seems like the makers have a set narrative style in their heads – they aggressively shape the story rather than letting the story shape the film
Sundance 2021: Fire In The Mountains Is A Triumph
This story is of a reactive India rather than an original one – a recognition of the fated, not the isolated
Sundance 2021: Fire In The Mountains Is Powerful
Through the snapshot of one family, struggling to stay afloat, director Ajitpal Singh constructs a strident critique of globalized India
Sundance 2021: Refugee documentary 'Flee' Is Ingenious
The film uses a beguiling mix of hand-drawn animation, charcoal drawings and archival footage to speak about the love story of a boy whose religion doesn’t allow homosexuality
Sundance 2021: CODA is Hilarious, Heartwarming and a Classic Indie Tearjerker
Writer-director Siân Heder tells the story of 17-year-old girl from a tiny coastal town who is born to deaf parents
Sundance 2021: Interview With Lata's Director Alisha Tejpal
The 22-minute short, which is in Competition, focusses on a domestic labourer in an upper-class home in Mumbai.
Sundance 2021: “In The Same Breath” Reframes The Pandemic As A War
The United States’ handling of the villainous outbreak is juxtaposed against China’s handling of its shadowy origin story
Sundance 2021: A Teenage Girl Fights Bureaucracy In “Wiggle Room”
The short film is a genuine, lived-in world where redemption is only as bright as the light of day
