This is my last piece on this year’s Sundance Film Festival, I promise. This time it’s my overview of the experience. First and foremost I had a great time. I was only there for maybe 85 hours, but I went
Yet Another Sundance Panel
Sorry if this is getting old, but hang on for just a little longer. Perhaps the panel I was most looking forward to attending was on Tuesday afternoon- immediately following the Obama inauguration. (A side note on the inauguration… I
More Sundance Panels
Another very interesting panel I attend was the new filmmaker panel co-sponsored by Variety and the Illinois Film Office. Eight first-time Sundance directors were there- three were women I am happy to say. All had films in the festival- the
Sundance Film Festival-panels
Sundance is over, the awards have been announced-Push won the Dramatic Prize and We Live in Public won for documentary. I saw neither. I had tickets to We Live in Public but I opted to watch Obama instead. I want
Absolut Mango
More specifics about panels an films at Sundance in a later post, but I wanted to share some of the non-cinema highlights of the festival. Along Main Street in Park City many storefronts are taken over by sponsors- The New
Sundance Short Documentary Program
This post was lifted from an email I sent my Flashpoint Academy Documentary students after seeing the Short Doc. program yesterday. Hello From Sundance, I have been to six screenings so far and by far the best one was the
Sundance Film Festival
Hello from Park City, Utah. I am at the Sundance Film Festival with Flashpoint Academy Academic Dean Paula Froehle. It’s my first Sundance experience and so far it has been a lot of fun, very informative, and we even got