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SUNDANCE
LONDON: CINEMA CAFÉ AND MUSIC CAFÉ
EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES
ANNOUNCED
INDIVIDUAL
TICKETS FOR FILMS AND PANELS ON SALE
TODAY
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London,
4 April 2012 — Sundance Institute
and The O2 announced today the programme of events and
performances that will take place in the unique Cinema Café and
Music Café spaces at the first-ever Sundance London film and
music festival, 26-29 April at The O2.
Both the
Cinema Café and Music Café are elements of the Sundance Film
Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A. – the premier independent
film festival in the United States – and will take place in
festival hub the Sundance London Inc Club, located on the ground
floor of The O2. Events at the Cinema Café were programmed by
Sundance Institute, and performances at the Music Café were
produced by the American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP).
Admission
to the Cinema Café and Music Café is non-ticketed and for guests
18 and older only. Sundance London “Credential” holders receive
priority access while all other patrons with a ticket to a
Sundance London event are admitted on a first-come, first-served
basis. Credentials can be purchased at
www.sundance-london.com.
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival,
said, “Key to the success of the Sundance Film Festival is
providing shared spaces and experiences for attendees, which is
precisely our aim with the Cinema Café and Music Café. The
line-up of events and performances announced today complement our
film, music and panel programming and offer an additional
opportunity for festival attendees to interact with each other as
well as the visionary artists whose work will be presented at the
first-ever Sundance London.”
Today at
10:00 a.m. GMT / 5:00 a.m. EST / 2:00 a.m. PST marks the
beginning of individual ticket sales for films and panels at
Sundance London. To purchase tickets or for more information,
visit
www.sundance-london.com.
Previously
announced events and performances for Sundance London include the
Opening Night event An Evening With Robert Redford And T Bone
Burnett; a rare intimate concert performance by Placebo;
Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird performing Maxinquaye; a
performance by Rufus and Martha Wainwright following the world
premiere of Lian Lunson’s film about the music of their mother,
folk singer Kate McGarrigle; and screenings of 14 feature-length
and eight short films from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in
Park City, Utah, U.S.A.
CINEMA CAFÉ
Cinema
Café was created to inspire dialogue about film in a relaxed,
engaging environment where there are no boundaries as to where
the experience can go and anything can happen. It is a recent
addition to the signature events at the Sundance Film Festival
each January, where it’s fast becoming a favorite with patrons
and filmmakers alike. The artists participating are linked to a
subject or idea but the form of these events is open to their
interpretation.
The Cinema Café will
be located in the festival hub, the Sundance London Inc Club,
located on the ground floor of The O2. Events are non-ticketed
and for guests 18 and older only. Credential holders receive
priority access while all other patrons with a ticket to a
Sundance London event are admitted on a first-come, first-served
basis. This venue has limited capacity. Credentials can be
purchased at
www.sundance-london.com.
Friday, 27
April
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Table Read:
FARMING, with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
(actor/writer/director)
Join actor Adewale
Akinnuoye-Agbaje (GI Joe, The Bourne Identity, LOST, OZ)
for a look inside the creative process of filmmaking as he
directs a live table read of his compelling true story FARMING; a
young African boy's search for love and belonging within a brutal
skinhead subculture. Adewale participated in the Sundance
Institute Screenwriters & Directors Labs and was awarded an
Annenberg Film Fellowship Grant from the Institute for the
script.
Saturday, 28
April
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Bring the
Noise: Music in My Film
Since the days of
silent films music has played a crucial role in the power of
cinema, triggering a wide range of emotional reactions. This
impact and the creative process behind it will be discussed by:
Gina Rodriguez, who stars in Filly Brown as a young
woman trying to make it as a rapper; Michael Olmos, director of
Filly Brown; and Terence Nance, who directed and created
much of the music for An Oversimplification Of Her
Beauty. Hosted by John Nein, Senior Programmer for the
Sundance Film Festival.
Sunday, 29
April
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Making
LUV
Director Sheldon
Candis and producer Jason Michael Berman will discuss their
journey in making their film, LUV. Providing insights
into the director/producer relationship they will cover how they
assembled their phenomenal cast (Common, Danny Glover, Dennis
Haysbert, Michael K. Williams, Meagan Good) as well as share
anecdotes about the obstacles and blessings they encountered.
Hosted by David Courier, Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film
Festival.
MUSIC CAFÉ
The Music Café is a
dynamic showcase for live performances by emerging and
established artists and bands from across the musical spectrum in
an intimate setting. These performances, with the exception of
the Gibson Spotlight at Sundance London contest in association
with Absolute Radio, were produced by the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which for years has
produced a showcase for attendees of the Sundance Film Festival
in Park City, Utah, U.S.A. to experience live music performances.
Gibson Guitar will provide all backline and instrumentation for
bands to use in the Music Café.
The Music
Café will be located in the festival hub, the Sundance London Inc
Club, located on the ground floor of The O2. Performances are
non-ticketed and for guests 18 and older only. Credential holders
receive priority access while all other patrons with a ticket to
a Sundance London event are admitted on a first-come,
first-served basis. This venue has limited capacity. Credentials
can be purchased at
www.sundance-london.com.
Friday, 27
April
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
The Staves: The unique vocal harmonies and haunting
melodies of sisters Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor
have already seen them tipped for success by The Guardian,
iTunes, Time Out, and The Independent, among others. Known for
their jaw-dropping live performances, The Staves have toured with
The Civil Wars and Michael Kiwanuka.
Gibson
Spotlight at Sundance London contest in association with Absolute
Radio: Gibson Guitar has teamed with commercial radio
station Absolute Radio to offer one unsigned band or
singer-songwriter the opportunity to perform live at Sundance
London. Absolute Radio DJ Pete Donaldson will select the winner
to perform a brief live set at the Sundance London Inc Club and
play their track on his Sunday Night Music Club on Absolute
Radio. For details how to enter, visit
http://www.facebook.com/GibsonGuitarUK.
Beatrice Andersen is an 18-year-old
singer/songwriter. Since graduating from the prestigious Berklee
College of Music in Boston, Beatrice has been writing and
recording her debut album. Her sound combines big powerful
melodies with an uncomplicated organic sound.
Daughter: Members Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi
Aguilella write dark, ethereal and beautiful songs that
experiment delicately with a rich array of songwriting ideas and
yet remain intent on pouring out their soul pure and
unadulterated. The band have just returned from supporting Ben
Howard on his sold-out UK tour.
Saturday, 28
April
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Charlene Soraia: Charlene attended the Brit School
and was a contemporary of Adele. ‘Wherever You Will Go’ off her
debut album (‘Moonchild’) with Paul Stacey (Oasis/Black Crowes)
peaked at No.3 on the UK Singles Chart and has since passed
400,000 (Gold Status) sales.
Rams’ Pocket Radio: Rams’ Pocket Radio has earned
comparisons with the likes of Frightened Rabbit, and played with
Darwin Deez, Marina and the Diamonds and You Me at Six. His songs
are meticulously crafted and effortlessly epic, mixing elements
of pounding, piano-based pop with heavier rock sounds. Rams’
recently supported Snow Patrol on their european tour and will be
heading out around the UK in May supporting Get Cape Wear Cape
Fly.
Seye: Having made a name for himself playing guitar
for big-name pop artists such as Paloma Faith, The Noisettes and
Ellie Goulding, Seye’s sound is a melting pot of colourful music
and electronic beats, pulled together with a pure pop
sensibility.
Man Without Country: Man Without Country are a
modern duo with tour de force dynamics and a lingering afterburn
in both sound and vision. Their intensely atmospheric sonic
palette combines manic and eerie synth pulses, glacial guitar
ripples, heavy bass and haunting vocals that describe a
relentlessly compelling world view – uneasy, heavy,
confrontational.
Sunday, 29
April
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Cosmo Jarvis: Cosmo is a musical magpie who’ll go
anywhere, from hip hop to punk hoedown to gorgeous ensemble
orchestration. With his new album, ‘Think Bigger’, he adheres to
a singer-songwriter template tinged with alt-country
sensibilities. His music and films, including the contagious
shanty, Gay Pirates, have made him an online
phenomenon.
Escapists: Escapists are rapidly establishing
themselves as a future force of alt-indie. Their debut EP
‘Burial’ is charged with urgent guitars and counterbalanced by a
remarkable vocal delivery, speaking as much of the band’s dark
personal histories as their collective bright
futures.
Gabrielle Aplin: Gabrielle’s pared-down blend of
sweetly romanticised, introspective pop-folk hovers somewhere
between Ellie Goulding and Mumford & Sons and with her fresh,
new sonic perspective, clings fast to the adage that less is
more. She has played to sold-out audiences on four headline UK
tours. Gabrielle is currently in the studio recording her debut
album which will be released later this year.
Simon Lynge: Simon writes and performs mostly on
guitar with a style that produces bell-like harmonies that
splinter in gorgeous patterns around superb melodies. His work
has been compared to the likes of Paul McCartney, Paul Simon,
Elliot Smith, Nick Drake and other uncommonly gifted
artists.
Sundance
London
The first-ever Sundance London
takes place at The O2 26 – 29 April, 2012, and is a partnership
between Robert Redford, Sundance Enterprises, Sundance
Institute and AEG Europe. Sundance London will host the UK
premieres of films fresh from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival
as well as live music performances and events each evening,
including the previously announced Opening Night event An
Evening With Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett, Placebo in
concert, Rufus and Martha Wainwright sing Kate McGarrigle, and
Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird performing Maxinquaye. Also on
offer to Sundance London audiences will be unique opportunities
to attend panels and hear guest speakers talk about the part
they play in making films, documentaries and the role of music
in modern cinema. Sundance London is made possible by support
from: Presenting Partner – Sony Entertainment Network;
Supporting Partners – The Langham, London and Stella Artois®;
Official Providers – Air New Zealand, ASCAP, Dolby
Laboratories, Inc, Gibson Guitar Corp., HR Owen and Aston
Martin, MGM HD, US Embassy Office of Cultural Affairs, and
WorldView. Special thanks to AMC Networks, The BRITDOC
Foundation; BAFTA, BFI, Film London, and Sundance Channel. 30%
of proceeds go to the nonprofit Sundance Institute. For more
information or to purchase tickets for Sundance London please
visit
www.sundance-london.com or follow @SundancefestUK on
Twitter.
Robert
Redford
Robert Redford is an Academy
Award-winning actor, director and producer, a passionate
advocate for the arts and a leading environmentalist. He serves
as President of the non-profit Sundance Institute, which he
founded 30 years ago to foster independence, discovery and new
voices in American film and theatre. Mr. Redford also founded
the Sundance Channel, Sundance Resort, Sundance Catalog, and
Sundance Cinemas and the non-profit Redford Center. Though very
different in their activities and independent in their
operations, all of Mr. Redford’s Sundance entities share the
same core mission he has always held dear: a passionate
connection to new artists, new voices and new perspectives.
www.sundancegroup.net
Sundance
Institute
The Sundance Film Festival is a program
of Sundance Institute, a global nonprofit organization founded
by Robert Redford in 1981. Through its artistic development
programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and
playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support
independent film and theatre artists from the United States and
around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.
The Institute promotes independent storytelling to inform,
inspire, and unite diverse populations around the globe.
Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into
Brothels, Trouble the Water, Son of Babylon, Amreeka, An
Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, I Am My Own Wife, Light
in the Piazza and Angels in America. Join
Sundance Institute on
Facebook,
Twitter and
YouTube.
AEG
AEG
is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in
the world. It owns or operates some of the world’s best arenas
and theatres, numerous sports franchises including the Los
Angeles Kings (NHL) and LA Galaxy (MLS), and a collection of
companies dedicated to producing, promoting and presenting
world-class live entertainment.
In May 2005, AEG
Europe announced that it would transform the former Millennium
Dome and the surrounding area into the UK’s most exciting and
technically advanced music, sport and entertainment
destination. It was renamed The O2 and opened in June
2007.
The centrepiece of
the multi-million pound development is the 20,000 capacity
indoor arena, the most popular music arena in the world. There
is also a live music venue – indigO2 - with a capacity of
2,350, The O2 bubble – a state of the art exhibition space that
is host to the British Music Experience, a permanent,
high-tech, interactive music museum, an 11 screen cinema
complex, and a vibrant ‘Entertainment District’ featuring a
variety of bars, restaurants and leisure
facilities.
The O2 arena sold
more tickets than any other arena in the world last year
(breaking all previous records) – making it the most popular
music venue in the world for the fifth year
running.
AEG employs more
than 3,000 staff in over 45 operating companies worldwide. Its
international head office is in Los Angeles, and its European
headquarters is based in London.
Sony
Entertainment Network are proud to be Presenting Partner of
Sundance London. Sony Entertainment Network is the
ultimate destination for digital music, movies, games, and more
accessible across a wide array of connected devices through one
convenient account. The service incorporates Video Unlimited,
Music Unlimited and the PlayStation Network. Video
Unlimited is a global premium digital video service
with a growing library of over 80,000 of blockbuster movies and
hit TV shows. It gives users convenient, single account access
to great content across a wide variety of connected devices
both in the home and on the go. Music
Unlimited is a global cloud-based, digital streaming
music service that features an expanding catalogue of over 15
million songs. It gives music lovers convenient, single account
access to great music on a wide variety of connected devices
both in-home and on the go.
www.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com
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