Sundance Film Fest adds panel discussion with Richard LinklaterDecember 21, 2015 - 18:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Sundance Film Festival has added a panel discussion with Richard Linklater and Jason Reitman along with the world premiere of Douglas McGrath’s documentary “Becoming Mike Nichols” to its program, Variety reports. The festival also announced it will screen three films from the Sundance Collection at UCLA: John Sayles’ “City of Hope,” Kelly Reichardt’s “River of Grass” and Nicole Holofcener’s “Walking and Talking.” “Becoming Mike Nichols” will have its broadcast premiere on Feb. 22 on HBO. The festival runs from Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, and includes 103 world premieres. It will present 123 feature-length films, representing 37 countries and 49 first-time filmmakers, including 30 in competition. These films were selected from 12,793 submissions, including 4,081 feature-length films and 8,712 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 1,972 were from the U.S. and 2,109 were international. Photo: Ecufilmfestival.com Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. |