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A woman in a green wig and tights dances down a stairwell.Vera Drew in The People's Joker

Just as The People’s Joker was preparing to premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, a “strongly worded letter” arrived that threatened immediate legal action if Vera Drew’s scrappy, bold feature debut went ahead with its multiple planned screenings.…  Read more

By Mar 18, 2024

“The Experience of Being an Outsider Is a Universal One”: River Gallo and Esteban Arango on Ponyboi

A man leans over a femme-presenting person's shoulder. They gaze into each other's eyes.Ponyboi, courtesy of Sundance Institute.

On a dreary Valentine’s Day in New Jersey during the early aughts, intersex laundromat employee and sex worker Ponyboi (River Gallo) finds themselves embroiled in a bungled drug deal. Estranged from his family and afraid of coming clean to his…  Read more

By Jan 20, 2024

“The Millennial Decline That’s Taking Place in the Present Moment”: Theda Hammel on Stress Positions

A white man with wet hair leans out of a window on a bright day.John Early in Stress Positions

Premiering in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Stress Positions—the feature debut from writer, director and star Theda Hammel—takes place during the not-so-distant summer of 2020. While this setting immediately evokes recollections of quarantine, protest movements…  Read more

By Jan 19, 2024

Getting Friends and Strangers to Watch Your Short Film: Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa on Good Condition and The Event

Hugo De Sousa in Good Condition

Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film, The Event, in which a filmmaker wakes up his roommate…  Read more

By Oct 26, 2023


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