Sundance 2021 Deals: The Complete List of Festival Purchases So Far

With a slimmer lineup and much of the action taking place online rather than in Park City, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival will be anything but normal.

But if early sales activity is any indication, the hybrid virtual/in-person festival will still serve as a key acquisitions market for distributors.News of the first deals broke on December 16, the day after Sundance revealed its full slate of 72 features.

That’s when Bleecker Street announced it has acquired North American rights to Nikole Beckwith’s “Together Together” and Magnolia Pictures revealed it has nabbed Rodney Ascher’s Midnight section pick “A Glitch in the Matrix.”While those two movies come from established filmmakers, over half of the festival lineup comes from first-time feature directors.

Over 90 percent of the slate are world premieres.That suggests there is plenty of opportunity for the discovery of hidden gems.

But with streaming — coupled with satellite screenings

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