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Mike Plante

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer

Mike Plante is a filmmaker and festival programmer. He directed the feature documentary Be Like An Ant (2011) and many shorts including The Masque (2012) and The Polaroid Job (2016), which is available on the New York Times' Op-Doc website. He has produced feature documentaries by other directors, including Scrap Vessel (2009) and Giuseppe Makes A Movie (2014), which was released by Cinelicious Pics to theaters, bluray and streaming. Plante started working for film festivals as a programmer in 1993, and is currently a Senior Programmer for Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival, where he has worked since 2001. In 1998, he started writing and publishing the film zine Cinemad, which continues today as a blog and podcast.

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Belly by Julia Pott

Creator: Mike Plante

Belly by Julia Pott

Creator: Mike Plante
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Dear Mr. Shakespeare by Shola Amoo

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante

Dear Mr. Shakespeare by Shola Amoo

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante
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Dol (First Birthday) by Andrew Ahn

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante

Dol (First Birthday) by Andrew Ahn

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante
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Good Crazy by Toby Louie

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante

Good Crazy by Toby Louie

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante
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I think this is the closest to how the footage looked - אני חושב שזה הכי קרוב לאיך שהצילום נראה

Creator: Mike Plante

I think this is the closest to how the footage looked - אני חושב שזה הכי קרוב לאיך שהצילום נראה

Creator: Mike Plante
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The Pact by Nicholas McCarthy

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante

The Pact by Nicholas McCarthy

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante
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Tough by Jennifer Zheng

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante

Tough by Jennifer Zheng

Sundance Festival Shorts Programmer: Mike Plante
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Inside Look at Programming Shorts for the Sundance Film Festival

Senior Programmer, Sundance Festival: Mike Plante

Inside Look at Programming Shorts for the Sundance Film Festival

Senior Programmer, Sundance Festival: Mike Plante
Sundance​ Institute​ ​Shorts P​rogrammer Mike Plante breaks down ​how he curates the Sundance Festival shorts and what​​ makes a successful film​.
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