New Frontiers
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Sundance 2020 Final Dispatch: Softie, Farewell Amor, A Machine for Viewing, Infinitely Yours
Previously, when attending a premiere heavy festival like Sundance, I was usually lucky enough to be present as part of a team of programmers. We divided the screenings between all of us to cover as many of the films as possible. (There are spreadsheets and rating systems involved.) Watching films as a freelancer, I realized over the first few days at Sundance that I was playing it safe by watching films by filmmakers I was already familiar with for the guarantee that at least the film would appear finished at the screening. For programmers working at festivals like Sundance, what […]
by Abby Sun on Feb 19, 2020 -
Sundance Announces 45 Selections for Expanded 10th Anniversary New Frontier 2016 Edition
Sundance’s always vibrant New Frontier celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with an expanded program, announced today, of 30 virtual reality experiences, 11 installations, three feature films and one live performance. Expanding from last year’s Claim Jumper home base to include presentations at The Gateway, Swede Alley and the festival’s Homebase, New Frontiers will also offer viewers this year the opportunity to view VR work on mobile headsets throughout the festival. Says Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer and Chief Curator, New Frontier, Shari Frilot, in a press release, “This year’s program provides a sensory experience that powerfully transports audiences to […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 3, 2015 -
Lady Vengeance: Interview with Sundance Filmmaker Eve Sussman
Although Sundance is predominantly known for indie dramas and social issue documentaries, the New Frontiers section provides a loving home for particularly odd ducks. Unlike many projects in New Frontiers, which are presented as installations or other new media formats, Eve Sussman’s whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir was screened in a conventional theater. However, the film’s text, 300 bits of voiceover, 150 pieces of music, and 3,000 images are live-edited by an algorithmic computer dubbed the Serendipity Machine that creates a randomized sequence, meaning each screening is entirely unique. Not only does Sussman’s piece turn the idea of the mystery genre on its ear, […]
by Farihah Zaman on Jan 27, 2012 -
PROGRAMMER INTERVIEW: NEW LANDSCAPE FOR NEW FRONTIERS
Sundance programmer Shari Frilot watches all kinds of films for the festival each year, but she spends much of the her time smoking out the best, strangest, most relevant work for the New Frontiers section. Call it new media or transmedia or video-internet-3D film art; the best work in the section is indescribable. Until this year, New Frontiers was packed into a cavernous space inside the lower level of a shopping mall on Main Street. This year, they’re moving to the Miners Hospital, across from the Library. “Every year people would say, ‘Wait, where was New Frontiers?’ I missed that!’ […]
by Alicia Van Couvering on Jan 20, 2011
