27th Sundance Film Festival
Festival poster
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| Opening film | Sing Your Song, Pariah, The Guard, Project Nim |
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| Closing film | The Son of No One |
| Location | Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah |
| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 20–30, 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Website | sundance |
The 27th annual Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20, 2011 until January 30, 2011 in Park City, Utah, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Sundance, Utah.
The festival opened with five screenings, one from each category in competition: Sing Your Song, Pariah, The Guard, Project Nim, and Shorts Program I. The New Frontier category opened with All That Is Solid Melts into Air. The closing night film was The Son of No One.
There were 750 sponsors of the festival and 1,670 volunteers. Attendance was initially estimated at 60,000 people.
10,279 films were submitted. 3,812 feature films were submitted, including 1,943 from the US and 1,869 internationally. From these, 118 feature films were selected and include 95 world premieres. 6,467 short films were submitted, 81 short films were selected to be screened and 12 shorts are viewable on YouTube. The festival had films from 40 first-time filmmakers (25 in competition), representing 29 countries.
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of the Sundance Institute said, "For an artist to make it to the Festival among 10,000 submissions is an incredible achievement in his or her own right."
For the second year in a row, Sundance Selects selected five films to make available nationwide through video on demand: Kaboom, Mad Bastards, Septien, These Amazing Shadows, and Uncle Kent.
For a full list of films appearing at the festival, see List of films at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
12 short films from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and 8 "classic" shorts were available to watch online at the YouTube Screening Room. Each series is scheduled to run for 6 weeks, beginning January 6, 2011, through February 3, 2011.
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