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LOS ANGELES, CA, July 30, 2026 — The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced the promotion of Trista Schroeder to General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer (GC/COO). Schroeder’s expanded role is effective immediately.

By Jessica Herndon

For editor Affonso Gonçalves, the work of shaping a film doesn’t begin in the cutting room. It starts much earlier, with the decisions a director makes about how to tell the story, like where to place the camera, which performance to capture, and why a particular shot needs to exist in the first place.

“Editing is,...

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When I think about the Sundance Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado (January 21–31, 2027), I think about you, our artists, our supporters, industry and audiences, and how excited I am for each of you to discover this beautiful place rooted in community. It’s all happening in le...

By Bailey Pennick

One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. While we can learn a lot about the filmmakers from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival through the art that these storytellers share with us, there’s always more we can learn about th...

Marco Rosas at the 2026 Sundance Institute Directors Lab (Courtesy of Sundance Institute, Photo by Gabe Rovick)

By Ramona Flume

Few relationships in filmmaking run as close, or as consequential, as the one between an editor and their director. The partnership can produce a...