Sasha Urban editorWarnerMedia Access Festivals, a film festival program designed to support emerging filmmakers, is expanding into the U.S.
with its debut today at the Sundance Film Festival.The WarnerMedia talent development program offers a handful of filmmakers the chance to attend major festivals and thus benefit from the networking and professional development opportunities offering by rubbing elbows with industry insiders at high-level festivals.
The WarnerMedia Access Festivals initiave launched at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, which unfolded in September as a hybrid virtual and in-person event, and expanded to other festivals in Canada.Sundance begins today as a virtual event for the second consecutive year amid the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three yet-to-be-announced filmmakers have been chosen to receive broad access to attend Sundance events over the next 10 days.
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