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The Garden opens theatrically in San Francisco and Berkeley on 5/1 - more theatres added in Los Angeles

Academy Award Nominee Best Documentary Feature "It's tempting to call "The Garden" a story of innocence and experience, of evil corrupting paradise, but that would be doing a disservice to the fascinating complexities of a classic Los Angeles conflict and an excellent documentary that does them full justice." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times The Garden A Film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy SAN FRANCISCO Lumiere Theatre 1572 California Street at Polk San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 267-4893 Screening Times for 5/1-5/7/09 Fri-Sun: 2:30 5:10 7:10 9:30; Mon-Thu: 5:10 7:10 9:30 Special Appearances: On Friday 5/1/09 Producer/Director Scott Hamilton Kennedy will do Q/A after the 5:10 and 7:10 screenings On Saturday 5/2/09 Co-Producer Dominique Derrenger will do Q/A after the 7:10 screening BERKELEY Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue at Ashby Berkeley, CA 94705 Showtimes (510) 433-9730 Screening Times for 5/1-5/7/09  2:30, 4:45, 7:00, & 9:15 Special Appearances: On Friday 5/1/09 Co-Producer Dominique Derrenger and farmers Tezo and Rufina Juarez will do Q/A after the 7:00 screening On Saturday 5/2/09 Producer/Director Scott Hamilton Kennedy will do Q/A after the 2:30 and 7:00 screenings MORE LOS ANGELES THEATRES (check theatres for show times and special guests) Downtown Independent 251 S. Main Street Los Angeles, 90012 (213) 617-1033 Laemmle's Playhouse 7 673 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, 91101 (626)844-6500 Edwards University Town Center 64245 Campus Drive Irvine, CA 92612 (949) 854-8818

OTHER CONFIRMED CITIES 25-Apr Kansas City   AMC Mainstreet   27-Apr Newport, RI   Jane Pickens   1-May San Francisco   Landmark Theaters 1-May Berkeley   Elmwood 8-May New York, NY   Cinema Village   15-May Phoenix   Valley Art   15-May DC   E-Street   22-May Santa Rosa   Rialto Lakeside   22-May Waterville, ME   Railroad Square   5-Jun Grand Rapids, MI   UICA   9-Jun Normal, IL   Normal Theatre   6/11-6/14 Saratoga, NY   Saratoga Film Forum   6/12-18/09 SLC, UT   Broadway   19-Jun Tucson, AZ   The Loft   6/26-6/28 Houston, TX   MFA Watch the TRAILER, and pass it on to friends!  I promise that if they like the trailer  they will like the film!

RUSSELL SIMMONS & ALLAN HOUSTON @ ELEW FAME ROUTE PERFORMANCE

Binside TV had the pleasure of attending an exclusive Fame Route Performance by ELEW at "The Gates". The Gates is Manhattan's newest and luxurious restaurant lounge. Guests were served an array of decadent appetizers and sipped on Rose's cocktails. The event was held to benefit the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and the Allan Houston Foundation.



Jazz pianist, Eric "ELEW" Lewis, played his own rock opera renditions of popular songs by Coldplay, The Killers and Evanesance. 



ELEW received applause from the audience which included Russell Simmons, Julie Henderson, NBA star Allan Houston and Jeffrey Wright (Cadillac Records). 


ELEW is definitely a star on the rise and a talent to watch. We were amazed and captivated by his electric live performance.

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OCTOMOM PAID A VISIT BY SOCIAL SERVICES RADAR ONLINE VIDEO

According to Radar Online Social Services finally decided to do their jobs and paid Octo-mom, Nadya Suleman, a visit.  Why is it taking so long to rescue those kids from Octo crazy?  Watch Nadya's explanation for the visit.

The La Habra Police Department and Social Services of Orange County paid a visit to Nadya Suleman's home Wednesday. Suleman says they told her they were there to investigate a claim of neglect. Detectives and child welfare officials were in the home in the early afternoon on Wednesday before returning for a 45 minute interview on Wednesday afternoon. After the meeting, the officials left and no children were removed from the home.

Suleman says she thinks her son Aidan's teacher made the call to authorities after he went to school with a black eye and a bite mark on his back from one of his siblings. The Octo-Mom said the teacher had put a note in her son's backpack, but she hadn't seen it until Tuesday, and assumes the teacher alerted authorities when she didn't respond. Suleman said she doesn't expect a follow-up visit and that she isn't upset that the officials investigated the claims. [ RADAR ONLINE]

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MEL GIBSON & GIRLFRIEND OKSANA GRIGORIEVA GO PUBLIC AT X-MEN WOLVERINE PREMIERE

Mel Gibson made a public appearance with his mistress at the red carpet premiere of X-Men Wolverine in LA. This the first time that Gibson and his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva have gone public with their relationship and made things official.  PEOPLE confirmed the identity of Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva and shared details about the nasty divorce between Mel Gibson and his wife Robyn Moore of  more than 30 years.

More than two weeks after his wife filed for divorce, Mel Gibson and girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva made their first public appearance at the X-Men Origins: Wolverine screening in L.A. Tuesday.

Holding hands, the 53-year-old actor -- in a black suit with a dark gray shirt -- and Grigorieva, 38, did not stop to pose for photographers, instead rushing inside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

As Us Weekly previously reported Grigorieva is a Russian singer who is signed to the his record label, Icon Records. She was hired to compose a song for Gibson's upcoming thriller Edge of Darkness. The two got close on the Massachusetts set last summer but always tried to be discreet about their relationship.

"They would come out and attempt to walk around separately, but then at the end of the day, they both returned to the same hotel," the on-set source told Us. "She was there on and off for a week, but it was clear she had no business there other than to be with Mel." [US WEEKLY]

HEIDI MONTAG & SPENCER PRATT FAKE WEDDING & PHOTO OP SHOWMANCE HONEYMOON PICS

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt continued their showmance tour after their fake wedding for their MTV hit reality show "The Hills." The photo op couple seized the opportunity to show some PDA's for the cameras without letting a little swine flu get in the way. Speidi was caught wearing swine flu face masks at LAX airport. According to Contact Music the Speidi wedding was staged for ratings. 

HEIDI MONTAG and SPENCER PRATT's Pasadena, California wedding will be another fake ceremony, according to U.S. reports.
The Hills stars staged a bogus ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in November (08) and now they're doing it again.
Sources tell In Touch magazine that Saturday's (25Apr09) wedding at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena is nothing more than a phony ceremony for the series finale of The Hills.
An insider tells the publication, "It’s all set up by the producers of MTV to get people to watch. It’s just a plot line. They’re not really getting married."
The magazine reports the wedding will be staged on a closed set with the entire The Hills cast in attendance.
Meanwhile, new reports suggest Montag will wear a dress designed by Monique Lhuillier for the big day and she'll be dripping in more than $1 million (£690,000) of on-loan jewellery. Her sister, Holly Montag, will serve as maid of honour with Pratt's sister Stephanie as her bridesmaid.
The reception will reportedly be held at Wolfgang Puck's Cut steakhouse in Beverly Hills. [CONTACT MUSIC]

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KIM KARDASHIAN TALKS ABOUT HER CELLULITE + KIM KARDASHIAN PHOTOS

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Kim Kardashian tells Life & Style that she has cellulite and is proud of her cottage cheese thighs.  Kim K posed for a untouched photo shoot after her Complex Magazine photoshop controversy to prove that she was proud of her curves.  Kim Kardashian also declares that her body and "assets" aren't fake because she hasn't had plastic surgery at all. Click here to read the article.

Kim Kardashian spent a night out with her sister Khloe Kardashian at a Pepsi Throwback Launch Party. Pepsi, roller skates, headbands and 80's spandex is always fun. Click here for more celebrity photos.

CELEBRITY PHOTOS HALLE BERRY, KIM KARDASHIAN, PARIS HILTON, HEIDI KLUM, VANESSA HUDGENS, ASHLEY TISDALE

Halle Berry attended the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Los Angeles Industry Screening at Grauman's Theater.



Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Brittany Snow were spotted at the LG "Rumorous Night" Launch Party Hosted By Heidi Klum.







Alexis Bledel and  Mary Kate Olsen were at the Matthew Williamson H&M launch.




Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian were seen around town.


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JULIA ROBERTS DROPS F BOMBS DURING TOM HANKS TRIBUTE VIDEO

The Lincoln Center Film Society held a swanky bash to honor Tom Hanks. Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron and Steven Spielberg were among the A list celebrities who were in attendance to pay tribute to Tom Hanks and his successful career. Click here for more red carpet photos.

Julia Roberts gave a funny speech dedicated to Tom Hanks.

The Pretty Woman gave a cursing  tribute and was swearing like a sailor.  We didn't know Julia Roberts could drop so many f-bombs. Only Julia could get away with saying she didn't like Tom Hank's accent in The Terminal. Funny!! [spotted @ popcrunch]

Roberts proclaimed, "Alright well, it's late and I'm paying my babysitter overtime and I have to pee. So Tom, everybody f-----g likes you. All my bits are gone. Listen, I had lunch today with Rita [Wilson, Hanks' wife], and her t--s were here [motioned high] and her waist was here [motioned small] and her a-- was like that [motioned high], so what can I tell you that's new? Tom Hanks, what the f--k?"

She went on, “I love the Cohen brothers, but the hair Tom [in 2004's Ladykillers], I didn't even know what the f--k that movie was about!" And regarding “The Terminal” she quipped, "You in the airport with the accent? It was a pass for me. Airport? Were you just an immigrant lost? I didn't know. I love you, and I didn't know what to do, really. God, I’m wearing the same f-----g dress tonight as your publicist!"

Julia finally concluded her bizarre tirade, saying, "Listen, I've got to get home. But this much we know ... I will say this: Tom Hanks, I love you." [GOSSIP GIRLS]

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KANYE WEST AMAZING MUSIC VIDEO

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Kanye West debuted his new music video "Amazing" directed by Hype Williams.

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 12 PROJECTS FOR 2009 JUNE DIRECTORS AND SCREENWRITERS LABS

Sundance Institute today announced the 12 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from June 2-26, 2009.  Under the leadership of Michelle Satter, Director of the Sundance Feature Film Program, and the artistic direction of Gyula Gazdag, the projects selected for this year's program include emerging filmmakers from the United States, China, India, Morocco, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.



The core of the Feature Film Program, these Labs provide an opportunity for filmmakers to develop distinctive new work under the guidance of accomplished Creative Advisors in an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and risk-taking.

 

The projects and participants selected for the June Directors Lab from June 2-20 are:

 

·         All Fall Down/Jonathan Wysocki (writer/director), U.S.A.

·         Beasts of the Southern Wild/Benh Zeitlin (co-writer/director) and Lucy Alibar (co-writer), U.S.A.

·         Goodnight Moon/Elgin James (writer/director), U.S.A.

·         My Brother the Devil/Sally El Hosaini (writer/director), U.K./Egypt

·         Porfirio/Alejandro Landes (writer/director), Brazil/Ecuador

·         The Narrow Frame of Midnight/Tala Hadid (writer/director), Morocco/U.S.A.

·         On the Ice/Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (writer/director), U.S.A.

·         The Story of Ram/Ritesh Batra (writer/director), U.S.A./India

 

These Fellows will be joined at the June Screenwriters Lab from June 21-26 by the following projects and participants:

 

·         The American People/Keith Davis (writer/director), U.S.A.

·         Hello, I Must Be Going/Sarah Koskoff (writer) and Todd Louiso (director), U.S.A.

·         Land/Jan-Willem van Ewijk (co-writer/director) and Abdelhadi Samih (co-writer), Netherlands/Morocco

·         Little Wings/Emily Tang (co-writer/director) and Chow Keung (co-writer), China

 

"We're thrilled to be supporting such an exciting and inspired group of emerging independent artists," said Satter.  "Their work explores the richness of the human condition in an increasingly global community, telling specific, personal stories with humor, audacity, and grace.  We're confident they will each flourish in the creative and challenging atmosphere of the June Lab, where they will have the opportunity to push the boundaries of their craft and do the deep exploration needed to realize the full potential of their material."

 

Over the course of the Directors Lab, the Fellows work with an accomplished group of Creative Advisors and professional production crews, shooting and editing key scenes from their scripts.  Through this intense, hands-on process, the Fellows workshop text, collaborate with actors, and find a visual language for their film in an atmosphere where experimentation is encouraged.  Directors Lab Fellows also join in the week-long Screenwriters Lab with four additional projects to participate in individualized story sessions under the guidance of established screenwriters. 

 

Gyula Gazdag returns for his 13th year as Artistic Director of the Directors Lab.  This year's other Creative Advisors include:  Robert Redford, Michael Almereyda, John August, Ronan Bennett, Walter Bernstein, Joan Darling, Caleb Deschanel, Lisa Fruchtman, John Gatins, Michael Goldenberg, Keith Gordon, Susannah Grant, Randa Haines, Catherine Hardwicke, Ed Harris, Etgar Keret, Michael Lehmann, Peter Medak, Walter Mosley, Jeremy Pikser, Howard Rodman, Susan Shilliday, Stewart Stern, Wesley Strick, Joan Tewkesbury, Tyger Williams, Alfre Woodard, and Doug Wright.

 

The participants and project selected for the 2009 June Directors Lab are:

 

All Fall Down/Jonathan Wysocki (writer/director), U.S.A.:  When a nine-year-old suburban boy makes the ill-fated decision to dress up as Osama bin Laden on Halloween 2001, the fragile underpinnings of his dysfunctional family are exposed. 

 

After starting his career in theatre, Southern California native Jonathan Wysocki went on to obtain an MFA in Film Production at UCLA, where he wrote, directed and edited four short narratives, including the award-winning films The Way Station and The Vessel Pitches.  He currently teaches Film Studies at Chapman University and is a feature programmer for the Los Angeles Film Festival.

 

Beasts of the Southern Wild/Benh Zeitlin (co-writer/director) and Lucy Alibar (co-writer), U.S.A.:  In this epic comedy, a ferocious ten-year-old girl refuses to evacuate her home in the Louisiana Delta without her dying father as the Southern Apocalypse descends upon them.

 

Raised by two folklorists in Queens NY, Benh Zeitlin is a director, animator, and composer for the Court 13 coterie.  Director of award-winning shorts Egg, Origins of Electricity, I Get Wet and Glory at Sea, he currently resides in New Orleans, where he is developing two feature films and transforming Glory at Sea's ship, the U.S.S Jimmy Lee, into a rolling, popcorn making movie projector cum Mardi-Gras float in preparation for carnival 2010.

 

Lucy Alibar was raised in north Florida and south Georgia.  Her plays have been performed at Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Cherry Lane, and Dixon Place, as well as theaters in Avignon, Montreal, and Johannesburg.  She is a playwright in residence at Ensemble Studio Theatre and an Affiliated Artist of New Georges. 

 

Goodnight Moon/Elgin James (writer/director), U.S.A.:  Amidst the stark landscape of the Salton Sea, two 14-year-old girls test the limits of their friendship when one follows the other in an escape to Los Angeles, only to discover that the boredom of home may be better than learning to survive in the big city.

 

As a homeless teenager, Elgin James founded a national street gang that robbed drug dealers to give money to charity. After a life spent torn between violence and altruism, James crawled out of the criminal lifestyle and settled in Los Angeles. The following year, he shot a short film version of Goodnight Moon, which ultimately sold to THINKFilm.  

 

My Brother the Devil/Sally El Hosaini (writer/director), United Kingdom/Egypt:  Two teenage brothers must face their prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being young, Arab, British and Muslim on the streets of gangland London, post 9/11.

 

Sally El Hosaini is an Egyptian-Welsh writer/director based in London. After making award-winning documentaries in Belgium, Yemen, and post-Saddam Iraq, she turned to writing and directing narrative short films.  Her short film The Fifth Bowl won a regional BAFTA Award, and her latest short, Henna Night, will play the Cannes Film Festival next month.

 

Porfirio/Alejandro Landes (writer/director), Brazil/Ecuador:  After years of waiting for his pension, a Colombian man confined to a wheelchair hijacks a plane with his unwitting teenage son in an effort to draw the attention of the President to his plight.

 

Alejandro Landes was born in Sao Paulo, and holds Colombian, Ecuadorian and Brazilian citizenship.  After graduating from Brown University in 2003 and working in the television, newspaper, and film development worlds, Landes made the feature documentary Cocalero, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.  The film went on to screen at 50 international film festivals and enjoyed theatrical distribution in more than 10 countries.  Landes was a Cannes Cinefondation resident in 2009. 

 

The Narrow Frame of Midnight/Tala Hadid (writer/director), Morocco/U.S.A.:  From North Africa to the bleak winter landscapes of Northern France and beyond, two refugees struggle to find their place in a world without borders.

 

Born in London, Tala Hadid splits her time between New York and Morocco. In 2000 she was awarded a fellowship to study film at the graduate film department at Columbia University.  Her thesis film, Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan, won the 2005 Cinecolor/Kodak Prize and received a Student Academy Award. It has screened and won prizes at numerous film festivals around the world, including the Panorama Best Short Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Hadid’s work has screened at the MOMA, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C, L’Institut du monde Arabe and the Cinémathèque Française in Paris and the Photographer’s Gallery in London.

 

On the Ice/Andrew MacLean (writer/director), U.S.A.:  On the snow-covered arctic tundra, at the top of the world in Barrow, Alaska, two Iñuit teenagers try to get away with murder.

 

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean is an Iñupiaq filmmaker born and raised in Alaska. As a short film, Sikumi (On the Ice) premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking and went on to many other awards at festivals around the world.  He is a recipient of a United States Artists Rasmuson Fellowship, the John H. Johnson Film Award, and the 2007-2008 Riese Award, among other honors.  MacLean holds his MFA in film directing from NYU.

 

The Story of Ram/Ritesh Batra (writer/director), U.S.A./India:  A chance encounter over the radio waves leads to an extraordinary friendship between the Prime Minister of India and an ordinary tea vendor, which ends up transforming a nation.

 

Born and raised in Bombay, India, Ritesh Joginder Batra is based in New York and attends the MBA/MFA dual degree program at the Tisch School of the Arts and Stern School of Business at NYU. In 2006, he was selected for the MAISHA Film Lab, and in 2007 completed the award-winning short film The Morning Ritual. Batra recently worked on a feature screenplay for director Santosh Sivan.

 

The participants and projects joining the directors at the 2008 June Screenwriters Lab are:

 

The American People/Keith Davis (writer/director), U.S.A.:  Deep in the heart of Alabama wiregrass country, a woman haunted by visions of the future struggles to find hope when a shattering loss fractures her family. 

 

A native of Ozark, Alabama, Keith Davis received his MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama and is an MFA candidate at NYU’s Graduate Film Program.  As a writer/director, his short Surface of Things screened at several festivals including Chicago International, AFI/Dallas and Palm Springs International ShortFest.  As an actor he has performed in film and television as well as on Broadway in Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington.  As an editor he has recently completed three short projects with Spike Lee. 

 

Hello, I Must Be Going/Sarah Koskoff (writer) and Todd Louiso (director), U.S.A.:  Divorced, childless, and demoralized, Amy Minsky's prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 40—until the unexpected attention of a bold teenage boy changes everything.

 

Sarah Koskoff is a writer living in Los Angeles.  She has also worked as an actor in film, television and theater.  Hello, I Must Be Going is her first screenplay. 

 

Todd Louiso is an actor and director.  His directorial credits include Love, Liza with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kathy Bates, and The Marc Pease Experience with Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller. 

 

Land/Jan Williem van-Ewijk (co-writer/director) and Abdelhadi Samih (co-writer), Netherlands/Morocco: Lost between the contrasting worlds of visiting European tourists in the summer and the emptiness of his fishing village in the winter, a Moroccan windsurfer sets out on an ocean voyage towards Europe in an effort to make sense of his life.

 

Dutch filmmaker Jan-Willem van Ewijk has a Masters Degree in Aircraft Design and worked as an investment banker before writing, directing, producing, editing and starring in his debut feature film Nu. (Now), which he shot entirely with friends and family. Nu. screened at festivals around the world, including Montreal, Seattle and Paris, where it received the Grand Jury Prize at the European Independent Film Festival. 

 

Abdelhadi Samih, a Moroccan poet and playwright, has written and directed several plays for his Safi-based theatre group WHASHM. His award winning work includes The Symphony of Masks and Verses of Madness. Abdelhadi is president of the Safi Theatre Alliance.

 

Little Wings/Emily Tang (co-writer/director) and Chow Keung (co-writer), China:  The murder of a teenage prostitute, recently emigrated from China to Hong Kong, shakes the lives of her previously indifferent family members across the border.

 

Born in Sichuan Provence and raised in Beijing, Emily Tang received her Master of Arts in Drama in the Chinese National Institute of the Arts and attended the directing program at the Central Academy of Drama, which paved the way for her career as a director. In 2001, she directed her debut film Conjugation, which had its world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival. That same year, she emigrated to Hong Kong, where she now resides.

 

Born in Hong Kong, Chow Keung studied anthropology, sociology and media studies in Hong Kong and New York. Upon returning to Hong Kong, he worked for the Hong Kong Arts Centre and Hong Kong Film Critics Society before devoting himself full time to filmmaking. In 2003, he co-founded Xstream Pictures with Jia Zhangke and Yu Lik-wai.  He has produced 17 independent Chinese feature films, including Still Life (winner, Golden Lion Award, 2006 Venice International Film Festival), Useless  Diao Yinan’s Uniform (winner, Dragons and Tigers Award, 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival) and Emily Tang’s Perfect Life (winner, Dragons and Tigers Award, 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival).

 

Since 1981, the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program (FFP) has supported more than 450 independent filmmakers whose distinctive, singular work has engaged audiences worldwide. Program staff fully embrace the unique vision of each filmmaker, encouraging a rigorous creative process with a focus on original and deeply personal storytelling. Each year, up to 25 emerging filmmakers from the U.S. and around the world participate in a year-round continuum of support which can include the Screenwriters and Directors Labs, Composers Lab, Creative Producing Summit, ongoing creative and strategic advice, significant production and postproduction resources, a rough-cut screening initiative, a Screenplay Reading Series, and direct financial support through project-specific grants and artist fellowships. In many cases, the Institute has helped the Program’s fellows attach producers and talent, secure financing, and assemble other significant resources to move their projects toward production and presentation. In 2008 the FFP launched the Creative Producing Fellowship, a year-long program for emerging independent producers, which includes the Feature Film Creative Producing Lab, industry mentorship and financial support.

Over its 28 year history, the program has supported an extensive list of leading independent filmmakers and films including Cary Fukunaga's Sin Nombre, Sophie Barthes' Cold Souls, So Yong Kim's Treeless Mountain, Cherien Dabis' Amreeka, Cruz Angeles and Maria Topete's Don't Let Me Drown, Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer, Fernando Eimbcke's Lake Tahoe, Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s Half Nelson, Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know, Hany Abu-Assad’s Paradise Now, Debra Granik’s Down to the Bone, Josh Marston’s Maria Full of Grace, Peter Sollett’s Raising Victor Vargas, John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don't Cry, Tony Bui’s Three Seasons, Walter Salles’ Central Station, Chris Eyre and Sherman Alexie’s Smoke Signals, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight, Tamara Jenkins’ Slums of Beverly Hills, and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs.

 

Sundance Institute

Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film and theatre, and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival. Internationally recognized for its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Angels in America, Spring Awakening, Boys Don't Cry, Sin Nombre and Born into Brothels. www.sundance.org.