Sundance suddenly has a hacking problem.
James Sweeney UnprecedentedA selection of the Sundance Film Festival which became a double winner after the Friday award ceremony, was removed from the online projection portal of the Fest after clips surfaced on social media platforms. The move intervened a few hours after Isabel Castro’s documentary on the superstar of the deceased Selena Quintanilla, Selena y los dinosSimilar hacking has been removed. This film has also become a favorite of the festival after having taken a trophy prize for the special jury prize for the United States for the narration of archives.
“The film Unprecedented Was a victim of a copyright violation on various social media platforms, so the festival in partnership with the filmmakers made the decision to withdraw the film from the online platform of the Sundance Film Festival. We regret that online ticket holders can no longer access the film, “according to the festival in an official declaration, confirming that all unique ticket holders who bought the film would receive a good for another selection. “We recognize and regret the disappointment that this can cause. However, part of our commitment to defending independent filmmakers is to ensure that they can protect the art they have created – now and in the future.
We take the violation of copyright very seriously and intend to cooperate fully with the local, state and federal police on all questions related to hacking. »»
Finally, the platform will be “fully available for all remaining films” for the rest of the weekend. The situation marks the first time in the four years of projection of the online festival that copies and pirated clips found themselves online. Sundance quickly pivoted in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic to offer an online platform, which was very well received by filmmakers and the public to extend accessibility to the festival. It is still too early to say how hacking will have an impact Indiewire“We intend to keep the platform of the Film Sundance Festival entirely available for all remaining films.”
For UnprecedentedWho won an audience prize as well as a special jury price for acting for his star Dylan O’Brien, clips from the film surfaced on X (formerly Twitter) as well as Tiktok. O’Brien has become a trendy subject on the first also in an unfortunate turn of events, because the main clip going around was a sex scene which is a spoiler in the film. Sweeney and O’Brien play mourning brothers and sisters who meet in a group of twin mourning and build a friendship, and the scene reveals events that are better kept as a surprise. The film is a title of acquisitions.
The party responsible for pirated clips was not an online popular person on Saturday. “The one who disclosed this film of Sundance is honestly so loser,” posted Nadira Begum, freelance writer. “Risse the future of online access to film festivals (just when they started to feel a little more accessible!) For a few seconds of sequences … was it worth it?”
The online part of the film festival is open until February 2.
Selena y los dinos
With the kind authorization of Sundance Institute