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Actress Savannah Lathem, left, actor A Martinez ,center, and actress Alexia Rasmussen, right, poses at the premiere of "California Solo" during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

Sundance Film Festival Celebrity Photos

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 10:49am

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James Murphy from the film "Shut Up And Play The Hits," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will)

Sundance Film Festival January 25

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:06am

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Kirsten Dunst, left, and Lizzy Caplan, cast members in "Bachelorette," pose together at the premiere of the film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Sundance Film Festival January 24, 2012

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 2:26pm

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Actress Elizabeth Olsen attends the "Liberal Arts" premiere party hosted by Chase Sapphire at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (Photo: Evan Agostini for Chase Sapphire)

Sundance Film Festival 01/23/12

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 11:43am

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FILE - In this June 21, 2011 file photo, comedian and actor Tracy Morgan arrives at a news conference with Kevin Rogers, right, in Nashville, Tenn. The publicist for comedian and "30 Rock" cast member Tracy Morgan says the actor wasn't drinking when he collapsed Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)

Tracy Morgan of '30 Rock' collapses at Sundance

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 10:01am

PARK CITY -- The publicist for comedian and "30 Rock" cast member Tracy Morgan says the actor wasn't drinking when he collapsed at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

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Ogden truly the best place for a grassroots Sundance experience

Mark Saal Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 5:24am

The annual three-ring spectacle that is the Sundance Film Festival is under way, and we all know what THAT means.

Avoid. Park. City.

Seriously. Avoid it like the plague. Avoid it like a rush-hour stretch of Interstate 15 through Utah County. Avoid it like a fellow ward member in the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon.

Mark my words, people: Nothing good can ever come of a trip to Colorado's westernmost city in mid-to-late January.

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Sundance Institute president and founder Robert Redford addresses the audience before the opening night premiere of "The Queen of Versailles" at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

2012 Sundance Film Festival Day One

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Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 12:08pm

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A film crew shoots footage down Main Street during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Sundance Film Fest opens with 4 films, new snow

Sandy Cohen The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 2:03pm

PARK CITY, Utah — A fresh dusting of snow over Park City heralded the opening of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.

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Sundance Film Festival enthusiasts brave the cold to line up outside Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden on Saturday to receive ticket-purchase appointment cards. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Shivering for Sundance

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 11:15pm

OGDEN -- Sundance Film Festival enthusiasts lined up outside Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden on Saturday to receive ticket-purchase appointment cards.

The cold didn't faze them, though Steven and Terri Ballard rested while waiting in line.

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The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will feature a short film, “ ’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card,” about two brothers forced to reunite after their father’s death.

Short-film lineup for Sundance unveiled

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 10:43pm

OGDEN -- For those who prefer their Sundance Film Festival in small bites, the festival on Tuesday announced its 2012 short-film program.

The 64 films were chosen from a record 7,675 submissions, a significant increase over 2011.

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Among the films announced for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival is “2 Days in New York,” starring Chris Rock and Julie Delpy as a former couple struggling with their differing cultural and racial backgrounds and the needs of their child.

Sundance premieres, documentary premieres revealed

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 12:05am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Monday announced films in the premieres and documentary premieres categories.

Among the selections are "Robot and Frank," about what happens when an old man's grown children install a robot as his caretaker. Actors include Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden and Liv Tyler. "Robot and Frank" is the film selected to screen at the festival's Salt Lake City opening gala.

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FILE - In this July 22, 2008, file photo, actors John C. Reilly, left, and Will Ferrell pose backstage at MTV Studio's in Times Square for MTV's "Total Request Live" show in New York. Reilly and Ferrell will star in "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie," the story of two filmmakers who get the most colossal budget ever, only to have it all go wrong. The film will showcase at Sundance Film Festival in January. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

Will Ferrell's 'Billion Dollar Movie' heads to Sundance

David Germain The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 5:05pm

LOS ANGELES -- Here's a dream come true for cash-strapped filmmakers: A billion-dollar movie budget.

Next month's Sundance Film Festival, the top showcase for independent cinema, includes the comedy "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie." It's the story of two filmmakers who get the most colossal budget ever, only to have it all go wrong.

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In this film image released by Sundance Film Festival, Gina Rodriquez is shown in a scene from "Filly Brown." The film will be competing at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. (AP Photo/Sundance Film Festival, John Castillo)

Sundance Film Festival promises an eclectic slate

John Horn Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 10:24am

Actor Mark Webber has visited the Sundance Film Festival several times -- his movies "Good Dick," "The Good Life" and "Weapons" traveled there previously -- but the 31-year-old indie film veteran had never been to Park City, Utah, as a director. Until now.

In selecting the 32 films for their 2012 narrative and documentary competitions, Sundance programmers cast a wide net, but some of the picks announced Wednesday by festival director John Cooper and programming head Trevor Groth inevitably featured familiar faces, albeit some in new jobs -- like Webber.

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Sundance festival had $70 million impact on Utah

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 8:28am

PARK CITY -- A report by the University of Utah's Bureau of Economic and Business Research says the 2011 Sundance Film Festival brought nearly $6 million in tax revenue to Utah.

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(Associated Press file photo) Photographer Tim Hetherington, 40, attends The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures awards gala in New York in January. Hetherington was killed in Misrata, Libya, on Wednesday while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces.

Co-director of acclaimed Sundance documentary, photographer killed in Libya

Ben Hubbard, Standard-Examiner staff, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 10:16pm

MISRATA, Libya -- Two Western photojournalists, including an Oscar-nominated film director, were killed Wednesday in Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Two others working alongside them were wounded.

British-born Tim Hetherington, co-director of the documentary "Restrepo" about U.S. soldiers on an outpost in Afghanistan, was killed inside the only rebel-held city in western Libya, said his U.S.-based publicist, Johanna Ramos Boyer. The city has come under weeks of relentless shelling by government troops.

Chris Hondros, a New York-based photographer for Getty Images, was also killed. His work appeared in major magazines and newspapers around the world, and his awards include the Robert Capa Gold Medal, one of the highest prizes in war photography.