Coming Quote by Sean Baker

Sundance is such an acquisition-frenzied, industry-centric experience, and at SXSW, many of the movies have distribution. And the focus is more on positioning the…

— Jason Blum

I love SXSW. I've made three films; they've all premiered at SXSW.

— Keith Maitland

What's so great about Sundance is that they only accept such a small handful of films per year for dramatic competition, so you know…

— Aaron Paul

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

— Marc Webb

Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a film there,…

— Gavin O'Connor

Sundance is incredible and has been very important for my career as a filmmaker, but it's also not the only route to success. There…

— Matthew Heineman

[Sundance is] giving people a chance - many first-time filmmakers. It carries that weight - if you bring something here, people connect with it…

— Elijah Wood

There's so many great films coming out. It's still kind of astonishing to me how certain films get ignored, and that film ended up…

— Elvis Mitchell

I can't wake up every day and not thank Sundance. They're a great beacon of light for any independent film. Just to have a…

— Sam Levinson

Sundance claimed to be "rebellious" on all of their programs, but they are not. Most of the movies at Sundance were multi-million dollar pictures…

— Yony Leyser

Doing anything on a movie at Sundance is great.

— Nicholas Jarecki

When I went to Sundance back in 1998, indie film was all the rage, and Miramax was throwing down five or six million dollars…

— Brad Anderson