Perhaps the most surprising thing about the program announcement for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival released on Tuesday is how much it looks like the program announcement for any other year of the Sundance Film Festival. Taking place over seven days instead of the usual 11, the 2021 festival will showcase 72 feature films, down from around 120 in 2020. Sundance 2020 was among the last major film events before the world began to shut down. In an interview this week, Lister-Jones acknowledged, “I don’t think we would have made this film, this exact film, if not for the pandemic, for sure.”AdvertisementRuth Negga, left, and Tessa Thompson appear in “Passing” by Rebecca Hall, an official selection at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. For Sundance 2021, exactly 50% of the projects in the festival are directed by one or more women, with 51% directed by one or more artists of color.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 15, 2020 20:03 UTC