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Kevin Hart’s LOL, Sundance Institute Launch WomenWriteNow Screenwriting Fellowship
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Kevin Hart’s LOL, Sundance Institute Launch WomenWriteNow Screenwriting Fellowship

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 8, 2021July 8, 20212

Laugh Out Loud, Kevin Hart’s comedy network, has partnered with the nonprofit Sundance Institute to launch Women Write Now, a screenwriting fellowship for Black women …

Comedy films making premieres at Sundance 2020
Movies / News

Comedy films making premieres at Sundance 2020

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

The Sundance Film Festival has announced its programming slate for 2020. Last year, Amazon emerged as the big distributor of comedies, acquiring both Last Night …

Episode #277: Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe
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Episode #277: Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 22, 2019October 22, 2019

Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe are an award-winning writing and directing team based in Los Angeles. They became friends and collaborators while performing together in New York City …

Sundance Institute launches Comedy Central Fellowship
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Sundance Institute launches Comedy Central Fellowship

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 26, 2019July 26, 2019

The Sundance Institute in Utah will start devoting more time and space to comedy, thanks to a brand-new comedy fellowship from Comedy Central. The Sundance …

David Wain’s Doug Kenney/National Lampoon biopic, Robin Williams documentary both will premiere at 2018 Sundance Film Festival
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David Wain’s Doug Kenney/National Lampoon biopic, Robin Williams documentary both will premiere at 2018 Sundance Film Festival

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 30, 2017

The Sundance Film Festival has announced its slate of world premieres for January 2018, and among them are two notable new comedy projects. Futile and …

Frankie Shaw’s SMILF jumps from Sundance short film to Showtime series
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Frankie Shaw’s SMILF jumps from Sundance short film to Showtime series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 11, 2017

Frankie Shaw’s short film, SMILF, won the jury award at the Sundance Film Festival a couple of years ago and garnered further interest from Showtime. …

Episode #116: Derek Waters
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Episode #116: Derek Waters

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 10, 2016

Derek Waters is the co-creator and star of Drunk History, which has won both an Emmy and a Sundance Film Festival award and is now …

Norman Lear documentary will help open 2016 Sundance Film Festival
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Norman Lear documentary will help open 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2015

Sundance, the annual kick-off of film festival season, has announced most of its 2016 lineup. While a number of comedians will head to Utah in …

Jemaine Clement talks future Flight of the Conchords tour, special possibilities
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Jemaine Clement talks future Flight of the Conchords tour, special possibilities

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 30, 2015

In case you missed it, Jemaine Clement has been at the Sundance Film Festival this week presenting a new film he stars in called People, …

In her own words: Tig Notaro on the decision to reveal her scars most truthfully and literally onstage
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In her own words: Tig Notaro on the decision to reveal her scars most truthfully and literally onstage

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 25, 2015January 25, 20151

Tig Notaro has the first and more dramatic documentaries about her recent life debuting this month at the Sundance Film Festival. Tig will screen five …

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