Can Social Media Predict Sundance Film Award Winners?

Will social media buzz be any indication of who’s going to win a Sundance award tonight? If it is, here’s what we should see. [...]

The Social Side of SundanceThe Social Side of Sundance

Last year I attended the Sundance Film Festival for the first time, and was struck by how much I relied on fellow festival goers to decide which films I should go see. So I returned this year with the intention of diving into the role of social media in independent film-from the FestivalGenius rankings to Facebook page, Twitter hashtags to Kickstarter funding. [...]