2012 Sundance Film Festival  The 2012 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 until January 29, 2012 in Park City, Utah.  64 short films were selected for the festival from 7,675 submissions, including 27 international shorts from 3,592 submissions. The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) web documentary "Bear 71" premiered January 20 in an installation at the festival's New Frontier multimedia program. The NFB documentary "Payback", based on Margaret Atwood's "", and the documentary "A Place at the Table", also premiered at the festival.