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 Time Again, Pt. 1: On the Ground

It’s winter and if you’re familiar with my ongoing programming activities on behalf of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, you know what that means…it’s time for the annual cold-weather film festival program research trek. Having skipped last year’s Sundance Film Festival, I never thought I’d experience the absolute discomfort of putting up with wet snow and white-out conditions again for awhile. Then again, the relative ease of getting around a big city like Berlin made me forget why I’ve always looked on Park City with a sense of love/hate… Continue reading Sundance Time Again, Pt. 1: On the Ground