Joana Vicente has been named CEO of the Sundance Institute. She is slated to assume that role on November 1.
Vicente spent the past three years as executive director and co-head of the Toronto International Film Festival. Prior to that, she served for nearly a decade as the executive director of the not-for-profit Independent Filmmaker Project (now the Gotham Film & Media Institute).
The hiring of Vicente caps a comprehensive search by the Sundance Institute to find a successor to Keri Putnam who stepped down as CEO earlier this year after a decade of leading the Institute.
Vicente has firsthand knowledge of the deep commitment Sundance has to independent creators through programs that support artists seeking production, financing, and distribution. As the co-founder and president of Open City Films since 1994, she produced four Sundance Institute–supported lab projects and has had 13 movies debut at the Festival, including the triple-winner Three Seasons and Grand Jury Prize–winner Welcome to the Dollhouse.
Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton among hosts for “SNL” season 50
Fresh off her Emmys win, Jean Smart will kick off the landmark 50th season of "Saturday Night Live."
NBC on Thursday announced the lineup of hosts for the season, which premieres Sept. 28. Joining Smart on the first show will be Jelly Roll as the musical act. He was also at the Emmys, singing during the ceremony's in memoriam segment.
It will be Smart's first time hosting "SNL."
Comedian Nate Bargatze will host on Oct. 5, with Coldplay as the musical guest.
Ariana Grande will host Oct. 12, with musical guest Stevie Nicks.
"Beetlejuice" star Michael Keaton will host on Oct. 19, the last show before Halloween, and Billie Eilish will be that night's musical guest.
The host on Nov. 2 will be "SNL" alum John Mulaney, with breakout sensation Chappell Roan as the music guest.
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