IMDb coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film
Festival includes a celebrity portrait studio, video interviews
with top stars and filmmakers, and an IMDb STARmeter Award
presentation to Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly
Sundance Institute’s “Opening Night: A Taste of
Sundance Presented by IMDbPro” to honor Luca Guadagnino, Ryan
Coogler, W. Kamau Bell, and Nikyatu Jusu
IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world's most popular
and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and
celebrities, will feature exclusive, on-the-ground coverage of the
2023 Sundance Film Festival across the IMDb site, apps, and social
channels, offering hundreds of millions of entertainment fans
around the world an inside peek at the biggest news, titles, and
stars in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort, Utah.
As an official festival sponsor, IMDb will produce exclusive
celebrity portraits and interviews with leading actors, writers,
and directors of titles including Bad Behaviour, Cat Person,
Fairyland, Flora and Son, Magazine Dreams, and Theater Camp in The
IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village on January 20-23.
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IMDb coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film
Festival includes a celebrity portrait studio, and video interviews
with top stars and filmmakers in The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival
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IMDbPro (www.imdbpro.com), the essential resource for
entertainment industry professionals, is the presenting sponsor of
Sundance Institute’s “Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance Presented
by IMDbPro” celebration on January 19. Hosted on the first night of
the Sundance Film Festival, the event will celebrate the Sundance
Institute and artists changing the face of independent cinema.
Honorees include Luca Guadagnino (Bones and All), Ryan Coogler
(Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny), and W.
Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby). “A Taste of Sundance”
will raise crucial funds for the essential work Sundance Institute
does year-round, including grants, mentorships, critical resources,
and hosting the festival.
At The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village—open January
20-23—celebrity photographer Corey Nickols will capture exclusive
photos and slow-motion videos with casts and filmmakers in the IMDb
portrait studio. IMDb will also produce original video interviews
with select casts in the custom video studio. Coverage will be
featured on the IMDb site, apps, and social channels, reaching
hundreds of millions of entertainment fans around the world. IMDb
customers can add their most anticipated festival titles to their
IMDb Watchlist to be notified when they’re available in theaters or
streaming. Access to The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village is
by invitation only.
Additionally, IMDb will present a “Fan Favorite” STARmeter Award
to Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly. Connelly will star as
Lucy in the upcoming film Bad Behaviour, debuting at the festival,
and most recently dazzled fans as Penny Benjamin in the 2022
blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick (recently ranked as one of the IMDb
Top Movies of the year). IMDb STARmeter Awards recognize the most
popular stars on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart, which is determined
by the actual page views of the more than 200 million fans who
visit IMDb every month. Connelly consistently trends on the IMDbPro
STARmeter chart and recently ranked as the #40 most popular star of
2022. Previous IMDb STARmeter Award recipients at the Sundance Film
Festival include Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Braun, Mindy Kaling,
Bill Skarsgård, and Peter Dinklage. Learn more about IMDb STARmeter
Awards at imdb.com/starmeterawards.
“The Sundance Film Festival is renowned for its legacy of
discovering the boldest and brightest new stars and stories, and we
are thrilled to amplify this work by bringing exclusive coverage of
the festival to hundreds of millions of fans around the world on
IMDb,” said Col Needham, founder and CEO of IMDb. “We look forward
to connecting with professionals at ‘Opening Night: A Taste of
Sundance Presented by IMDbPro,’ and offering premium experiences
and opportunities for them to promote their work in The IMDb Studio
at Acura Festival Village.”
On January 20, at 2:30 p.m. MST, IMDb and Prime Video will host
the “Authentically Successful” panel, featuring a discussion
between community leaders who are paving the way for authentic and
inclusive productions. Panelists include Alex Schmider, director of
Transgender Representation at GLAAD; Andria Wilson Mirza, director
of ReFrame; Crystal Echo Hawk, founder and executive director of
IllumiNative; Kyle Bowser, senior vice president of the NAACP
Hollywood Bureau; and Nic Novicki, founder of the Easterseals
Disability Film Challenge. The panel will be moderated by Latasha
Gillespie, global head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and
Accessibility for Amazon Studios and Prime Video, with an
introduction from Nikki Santoro, chief operating officer of IMDb.
This event takes place at the Acura Energy Stage at Acura Festival
Village at 480 Swede Alley and is open to the public.
During the festival, fans can see exclusive IMDb interviews and
photo galleries at imdb.com/sundance and on IMDb social media
channels including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and
Twitter. IMDb will also share an exclusive peek into all of the
behind-the-scenes action from The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival
Village, available by following #IMDbStudio.
IMDbPro members on the standard plan can quickly and easily
access detailed information about Sundance Film Festival movies,
filmmakers, cast, and crew. IMDbPro standard membership includes
the following: detailed contact and representation information;
tools for members to manage and showcase their IMDb profile,
including selecting their primary images and the credits they are
best “known for”; exclusive STARmeter rankings determined by page
views on IMDb; the IMDbPro app for iPhone, iPad, and Android;
IMDbPro Track, which empowers members to receive personalized
entertainment industry news and notifications on the people and
film and TV projects they want to follow; and a convenient feature
that generates custom digital assets to promote their work on
social media and other platforms. IMDbPro also offers a free
membership plan with features for professionals to self-identify
and manage the display of information about themselves and their
careers on IMDb and IMDbPro and limited access to industry news,
research, and cast and crew notices. Join IMDbPro today at
www.imdbpro.com.
About IMDb
IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for
information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities. Products and
services to help fans decide what to watch and where to watch it
include: the IMDb website for desktop and mobile devices; apps for
iOS and Android; and X-Ray on Prime Video. IMDb also produces IMDb
original video series and podcasts. For entertainment industry
professionals, IMDb provides IMDbPro and Box Office Mojo. IMDb
licenses information from its vast and authoritative database to
third-party businesses worldwide; learn more at developer.imdb.com.
IMDb is an Amazon company. For more information, visit
imdb.com/press and follow @IMDb.
About Acura
Acura is a leading automotive nameplate that delivers Precision
Crafted Performance – a commitment to expressive styling,
high-performance and innovative engineering, all built on a
foundation of quality and reliability. The Acura lineup currently
features four distinctive models – the next-gen Integra sport
compact, TLX sport sedan, the RDX and MDX sport-utility vehicles,
along with high-performance Type S variants. Acura’s first
all-electric model will be an SUV, the ZDX and ZDX Type S, and will
arrive in 2024. All Acura vehicles sold in America are made in the
U.S., using domestic and globally sourced parts.
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