Sundance 2013, Pt. 7: (Re)Connecting the Field

The 2013 Sundance Film Festival is over and OUT! And for me and my road-trip partner, we couldn’t have picked a more opportune time to leave. The cloudless, sunny ski resort town we found when we arrived the first weekend … Continue reading Sundance 2013, Pt. 7: (Re)Connecting the Field

Sundance 2013, Pt. 6: Assessing the Frenzy

It’s Saturday, the final weekend of the Sundance Film Festival, as as the award announcements are wrapping up in Park City, I am back home in relatively warm Los Angeles getting back to the business of programming a springtime Asian … Continue reading Sundance 2013, Pt. 6: Assessing the Frenzy

Sundance 2013, Pt. 5: Uphill Climb

A few curios from my abbreviated week of blogging (and Facebooking and Instagramming and Tweeting) from Park City: • People respond more palpably to opinions and reviews sent via Twitter and Instagram. In this age of “I want it NOW … Continue reading Sundance 2013, Pt. 5: Uphill Climb

Sundance 2013, Pt. 4: Infinite Shades of Drama

I thought that after experiencing BEST FRIENDS FOREVER at the Slamdance Film Festival during my first day in Park City, there was nowhere to look but up for the narrative works screening at the Sundance Film Festival. I felt that … Continue reading Sundance 2013, Pt. 4: Infinite Shades of Drama

Sundance 2013, Pt. 3: Inside the Filmmaker’s Toolbox

I haven’t had a day like this in such a long time. Screening films in a live theater setting, that is. There is a part of me that, because of time pressures, reaches for the preview screeners of films in … Continue reading Sundance 2013, Pt. 3: Inside the Filmmaker’s Toolbox