Screenings will be held at the Broad Theater between January 28 – February 3, 2021.
New Orleans Film Society is participating in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival as a partner where New Orleans will be one of the Festival’s Satellite Screens. Screenings will be held at the Broad Theater between January 28 – February 3, 2021. The nonprofit Sundance Institute unveiled plans yesterday for the seven-day 2021 Sundance Film Festival, offered digitally via a custom-designed online platform (festival.sundance.org) alongside drive-ins, independent arthouses, and a network of local community partnerships. The online expression of the Sundance Film Festival will provide global access for storytellers and audiences alike to come together, experience artists new work, connect with one another, and participate in conversation. All films in the program will be available online in the United States, with certain films opting for global availability. The full talks and events program, as well as the New Frontier section for XR and emerging media, will be available globally. The Festival runs January 28 through February 3, 2021.
Fallon Young, Executive Director of the New Orleans Film Society said “Last month, New Orleans Film Society mounted our 31st New Orleans Film Festival, creatively reimagined for our current moment. We gathered in a physically distanced way to experience transformative art as a community, and the interest and participation from our audiences proved, once again, how much New Orleans values access to new, independent films from a widely diverse slate of filmmakers. That is why we are thrilled to be a collaborator of the Sundance Film Festival as a Satellite Screen. As part of this partnership, New Orleans Film Society will create customized local programming and present feature films from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival at The Broad Theater in New Orleans, fostering greater access to bold new voices in independent cinema.”
“Even under these impossible circumstances artists are still finding paths to make bold and vital work in whatever ways they can,” says Tabitha Jackson, in her first year as Festival Director. “So Sundance, as a festival of discovery, will bring that work to its first audiences in whatever ways we can. The core of our Festival in the form of an online platform and socially distanced cinematic experiences is responsive to the pandemic and gives us the opportunity to reach new audiences, safely, where they are. And thanks to a constellation of independent cinema communities across the U.S. we are not putting on our Festival alone. At the heart of all this is a belief in the power of coming together, and the desire to preserve what makes a festival unique — a collaborative spirit, a collective energy, and a celebration of the art, artists, and ideas that leave us changed.”
“Our Festival footprint has changed this year, but we are excited to bring an incredible community together in new ways to engage with new artists and new stories — whether they’re joining us for the first year or have been for decades,” said Sundance Institute Executive Director Keri Putnam. “Our ambition is for everyone to come
together, safely, wherever they may be, and participate in screenings on our platform at the same time. The
Sundance team has consulted with artists, worked with incredible partners, and built a plan to welcome new
audiences and capture a true Festival spirit.”
