• Dare Movie Trailer

    By Peter Sciretta September 29th, 2009

    Adam Salky's feature directorial debut Dare premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The movie is based on Salky's 2005 short film which was met with acclaim at film festivals. The feature length version stars Emmy Rossum in a story about what happens when "a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa (Rossum) that she hasn't…

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  • VOTD: The Sundance Phone Call

    By Peter Sciretta January 13th, 2009

    The Sundance Film Festival is the mecca of American film festivals. I'm not sure you can understand how important it is for a first time independent filmmaker to get his film into Sundance unless you are one -- it is almost anything. Sundance has launched the careers of filmmakers like Darren Aronofsky, Kevin Smith, Jared…

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  • VOTD: Adam Salky's 2005 Short Film Dare

    By Peter Sciretta January 6th, 2009

    Adam Salky's feature directorial debut Dare premieres at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival (photos seen below). The movie is based on Salky's 2005 short film which was met with acclaim at film festivals. The feature length version which premieres at Sundance stars Emmy Rossum in a story about "three very different teenagers discover that, even…

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  • 2009 Sundance Film Festival Competition Films Announced

    By Peter Sciretta December 5th, 2008

    The Sundance Institute has announced the first half of the line-up for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Included in the first press release are the films in competition in the Drama and Documentary segments. 3,661 feature-length films were submitted this year, which is 37 more films than last year. For the 2009 Sundance Film Festival,…

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