The path that led “CODA” and “Summer of Soul” to Oscars this year began when both won prizes at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
A new crop of films began its own march forward Wednesday, when Sundance announced the program for the 2023 festival — the first in-person gathering for the event since the pre-pandemic days of January 2020.
Organizers had planned to bring in-person screenings back at last year’s festival, but switched to an online-only event a few weeks before it was set to begin due to a COVID surge. So this year the festival — which runs from Jan. 19-29 — looks to be a mixture of a strong return and something new.
