(01/23/08) PAGEANT Premiers with National Media - Stewart Halpern Blog 2 Tonight was the Premier of PAGEANT and Holy Cow! Ron and I are on such a high. It was such a hectic and memorable day. A camera crew from the INSIDER came to our little condo...

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(01/22/08) Adrienne Gruben's U2 3D Blog Entry for Sunday January 20, Park City, Utah, 7PM - U2 3D had its world premiere at Sundance Saturday night at the Eccles theater at 9:45PM, and after a brief filmmaker & band Q&A, it screened again at midnight. With the festival run complete, the film now opens in theaters....

(01/21/08) Adrienne Gruben's U2 3D Blog Entry for Saturday Jan 19, Park City, Utah, 10AM - Catherine Owens, U2 3D's director, sat with me Saturday morning while she had her makeup done for the director's brunch, and marveled at how she got from the concept phase of our project four years ago to today. In between...

(01/21/08) Adrienne Gruben's U2 3D Blog Entry for Sat Jan 19, Park City, Utah, 1AM - Stress relieving did go too far with our group though. On the way home from the Festival HQ Marriott bar, Jason Free, Robbie Adams, his wife, director Amy Talkington and I spotted, through a window, a poor soul working on...

(01/21/08) Adrienne Gruben's U2 3D Blog Entry for Friday Jan 18, Park City, Utah, 10AM - I'm Adrienne Gruben with U2 3D here to say that the film and its crew have arrived at Sundance, and it is no small feat. In fact, I'm not sure we've all grasped that this means the train has almost...

(01/20/08) Poor blogging --- - I just got an email from James telling me that he had to post my blog b/c I hit the wrong button. I think by the time Sundance is over, I should get the hang of it... Had our premiere...

(01/18/08) Pageant at Outfest Brunch -

(01/17/08) "Pageant" Prepares for Slamdance - Stewart Halpern Blog It is 5am and the phone rings. All I can hear is screaming. After a minute or so I realize that it is my film partner Ron telling me that we got into Slamdance. Then all I...

(01/17/08) Yung Chang - Up The Yangtze! - The Love Boat Meets Apocalypse Now

(01/16/08) "Chronic Town" at Park City - Well, I've been invited to "blog" on indiewire.com and I'm not even sure if I'm doing this correctly. My name is Tom Hines and my film "Chronic Town" is playing in the Spectrum category, starting with our first screening on...

(01/16/08) Welcome to Park City Diaries 2008! - With Sundance and Slamdance kicking off later this week we see the return of indieWIRE's Park City Diaries, where we'll see a number of festival filmmakers blogging about their Park City experiences here at indieWIRE's Park City Diaries blog. We...

(01/29/07) iW VIDEO: Sundance Award Winners, Festivalgoers Name Their Favorite Films, and More - In the final issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, "Padre Nuestro" and "Manda Bala" win top prizes as iW VIDEO checks out the Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony, festivalgoers name some of their favorite films,...

(01/29/07) Tamara Krinsky: iklipz video: Broken English, Queer Brunch, Programmers & Sundance Channel party - As promised, more video goodies from the festival... BROKEN ENGLISH red carpet with director Zoe Cassavettes, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Justin Theroux. Sundance Channel party: THE SIGNAL sells, ThinkFilm's Mark Urman talks about acquiring festival winner IN THE...

(01/28/07) Tamara Krinsky: Final Sundance Thoughts - Highlights from the rest of my Sundance...thanks to all who helped out with interviews, information and invites! See you at the next fest. Cheers, Tamara Krinsky www.iklipz.com DOCUMENTARY magazine...

(01/28/07) Tamara Krinsky: Sundance Wrap - Reviews - Sundance winds down today, so we thought we’d give you a wrap up of thoughts on some of the films that myself and our guest bloggers saw throughout the week. Many thanks to Garrick Dion (Director of Development, Bold Films),...

(01/27/07) iW VIDEO: Crispin Glover on "EVERYTHING IS FINE," Memorable Sundance Moments, Jeff Dowd on Distribution, A Review of "Protagonist" and More - In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Filmmaker Crispin Glover discusses his film "It is fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE," filmmakers share memorable Sundance moments, Jeff "The Dude" Dowd talks about the future of distribution,...

(01/27/07) iW VIDEO: Pucci and Deschanel on "The Go-Getter," Ira Glass Chats About TV Version of "This American Life," A Review of "The Pool," and More - In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Actors Lou Taylor Pucci and Zooey Deschanel talk about their film, "The Go-Getter," "The Devil Came on Horseback" Filmmaker Annie Sundberg chats with "This American Life" host...

(01/27/07) Grace Lee: Slamdance wrap-up - Flew back to Los Angeles yesterday, where I immediately came down with a cold I'd been suppressing for the past few days. I guess all that Airborne and Emergen-C that we stockpiled in our condo didn't do much good. All...

(01/26/07) Matthew Ross: Slamdance, Part II - Perhaps if I came to Park City with a feature I'd be jealous that my Slamdance screening wasn't packed with buyers, or that Variety, indieWIRE and the other trades weren't knocking down my door in early January to profile me...

(01/26/07) Matthew Ross: Slamdance, Part 1 - I have nothing but positive things to report about Slamdance and everyone who helps make it happen. I'm not saying that because they accepted my film -- if I was wasn't happy with my screening went down, I just wouldn't...

(01/26/07) Matthew Ross: who are these people? - On my way home from Park City in 2005 (I was covering it for Filmmaker magazine), I made a promise to myself never to go back again unless one of my films was playing there. Thank god I kept it....

(01/26/07) OFF THE GRID: Slamdance Update #3 - The only disappointing part about Slamdance/Sundance for Team "Off The Grid" is that we've been so busy that we've barely seen any movies! I know! Don't you feel sooo bad for us?! Luckily, in the last few days we...

(01/26/07) Tamara Krinsky: Sundance Sunday - Snow Angels, WIF, Participant, Discovery & more - A day in the life of Park City, Sundance Style, as reported on by myself and guest bloggers Amotz Zakai, Garrick Dion, Ryan Seashore and Sheri Fults. Tamara Krinsky www.iklipz.com: SEE. SHOW. SHARE. Documentary magazine GETTING HERE RYAN: My alarm...

(01/26/07) Matthew Ross: better late than never - Ok, I was supposed to do a proper real-time report about what I went through at Park City with my short, Lola, which screened at Slamdance. But I'm already home. And it's not because I'm lazy or took a great...

(01/25/07) Tamara Krinsky: iklipz video: Discovery Films on working with indie filmmakers - Most people think of Discovery Networks as a huge corporation spanning the globe...which is true...but what many don't realize is that nestled inside the Discovery juggernaut is Discovery Films, the theatrical documentary division. They've been involved with high profile films...

(01/25/07) OFF THE GRID | Slamdance Update #2 - The second screening of our film "Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa" was on Monday. We weren't as nervous as the first time, and it went great. People seem to really be responding to the film the way...

(01/25/07) "Internet celebs" at The Daily Reel - Who needs movies...over at The Daily Reel, self-proclaimed "internet celebrities" Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam weigh in on the star side of Sundance, looking for famous people on Main St. Earlier this week, the went out in search of...

(01/25/07) SOIF: Interview with "Waitress" Actors Keri Russell and Jeremy Sisto - In the lastest State of Independent Film, Loren interviews "Waitress" Actors Keri Russell and Jeremy Sisto....

(01/25/07) rally in park city - Scott Bieben send along the following information about a rally in Park City on Thursday... FILMMAKERS RALLY AGAINST WAR + TROOP SURGE AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - THU JAN 25 No more chances for Bush. When: Thursday January 25th,...

(01/25/07) Chris Bowman: Interview With Hubbel Palmer - Hubbel wrote and stars in a film I directed, AMERICAN FORK, screening at this year's Slamdance. It's a story about a grocery clerk who's convinced he's destined for greatness, and the people around him (Billy Baldwin, Mary Lynn Rajskub...

(01/24/07) Zack Godshall: LOW AND BEHOLD news - Not knowing what to expect...the festival has gone well so far. Had our Press and INdustry screening yesterday. A few things have come up about it already. ACCESS HOLLYWOOD Eddie Rouse, who plays Nixon in the film, is going to...

(01/24/07) iW VIDEO: David Gordon Green on "Snow Angels"; "Rocket Science" Kids, A Review of "Grace is Gone," and More - In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Director David Gordon Green chats about his latest film, "Snow Angels," Reece Daniel Thompson and Anna Kendrick talk about their lead roles in "Rocket Science," Anthony Kaufman...

(01/23/07) State of Independent Film Interview with "Savages" Director Tamara Jenkins - Fox Searchlight Executive Stephanie Allen, sits down with "The Savages" director Tamara Jenkins, and talks about the experience of having her movie premiere at Sundance....

(01/23/07) Tamara Krinsky: iklipz SFF video: THE SIGNAL - Interviews with the cast, directors and producer of The Signal (Midnight section), which explores what happens when every cell phone, radio and television suddenly begins broadcasting the same mysterious signal over and over, with chaotic results. For more video coverage...

(01/23/07) Tamara Krinsky: SFF Sat - Zombies, Traffic and the lovely Ms. Shelley - Saturday’s Sundance adventures, featuring contributions from iklipz.com VP of Content and Acquisitions Seth Nagel, literary manager Sheri Fults of Elysian Entertainment and Echo Lake Productions VP Amotz Zakai....

(01/23/07) iW VIDEO: Parker Posey and Zoe Cassavetes on "Broken English"; Director Martin O'Brien Talks Biodiesel, A Review of "Abu Ghraib," and More - In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Actress Parker Posey and Director Zoe Cassavetes chat about their Sundance film, "Broken English," Director Martin O'Brien talks about biodiesel, Anthony Kaufman reviews "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib,"...

(01/22/07) iW VIDEO: Gregg Araki Is All Smiles; Mia Farrow Supports "Devil Came on Horseback"; Musician Alexi Murdoch, and More - In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Filmmaker Gregg Araki talks about his Sundance film, "Smiley Face," Mia Farrow speaks out at "The Devil Came on Horseback" press conference, musician Alexi Murdoch performs at...

(01/22/07) Tamara Krinsky: Gilmore & Ziegfeld's View From The Inside - Brad Gilmore, casting director of Justin Lin’s Finishing the Game and actor/comedian Michael Ziegfeld, co-starring in David Wain’s The Ten, share more of their experiences of coming to Sundance with a film. BRAD GILMORE: Finishing the Game premieres Finishing...

(01/22/07) Grace Lee: Halfway through the festival - One screening down, one to go. I'm still recovering from our world premiere of AMERICAN ZOMBIE at Slamdance on Saturday. The screening was sold out on the first day of the festival and the wait list was pretty long that...

(01/22/07) Zack Godshall: LOW AND BEHOLD Premieres - Hello... The film I directed - LOW AND BEHOLD - premiered last night at the Prospector. It was a thrill to see this film with an audience, the largest audience with which I've ever watched one of my own films....

(01/21/07) State of Independent Film Covers the "Savages" Premiere - In the latest issue of The State of Independent Film, Loren catches up with Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Sundance world premiere of Fox Searchlight's "Savages."...

(01/21/07) Zack Godshall: LOW AND BEHOLD poster - My buddy Greg stumbles off the escalator at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. LOW AND BEHOLD premieres tonight at the Prospector Theater at 5:30 just after the Saints game. Hope you can check it out. --z...

(01/21/07) iW VIDEO: Slamdancer's Talk About What Makes Their Festival Special; iW Reviews "Weapons," iPOP Captures The Scene, and More - In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Slamdance Co-Founder Dan Mirvish, President and Co-founder Peter Baxter, and other Slamdancers talks about what makes their festival special, indieWIRE writer Anthony Kaufman reviews "Weapons," iPOP hits...

(01/21/07) Tamara Krinsky: "Screech" vs. Gary Coleman video clip - In of my more bizarre Sundance moments, I interviewed Dustin Diamond, aka "Screech" from Saved By the Bell, about his "Schwag-a-thon" competition with Gary Coleman. I have not seen Coleman thus far at the festival to confirm that this competition...

(01/21/07) Tamara Krinsky: SXSW party video clip - SXSW producer Matt Dentler gives a preview of his fest's programming, SIFF vets dole out tips on surviving the week and DJ Spooky talks about his ReBirth of a Nation project and the concept of "Director as DJ." For more...

(01/20/07) The Chasing Ghosts Arcade - Here are some pics of the Chasing Ghosts Arcade at 333 Main Street. All games are set to free play. Stop by and see us!...

(01/20/07) OFF THE GRID | Slamdance Report #1 - Two years ago we started shooting "Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa" (visit www.myspace.com/offthegridmovie) in a the middle of the desert in New Mexico. We followed a fringe community of teenage runaways, drifters and Gulf War vets who...

(01/20/07) Homeless at Sundance - Second day of the festival and we are finally able to post our first entry. Our first few hours in Park City were EPIC. Here is a summary of what happened at the crimescene: We arrived in Salt Lake a...

(01/20/07) TAMARA KRINSKY: SUNDANCE FRIDAY - travel, parties & The Ten premiere - Thanks to guest bloggers Amotz Zakai (Echo Lake Productions) and Michael Ziegfeld (cast, THE TEN) for contributing to this report! Tamara Krinsky iklipz.com DOCUMENTARY magazine THE JOURNEY TAMARA: It started with a 6:35am flight Friday morning. Which meant my alarm...

(01/20/07) Zack Godshall: in Park city - Hello...Made it to Park City late Thursday night after a long wait in Baton Rouge and extended layover in Dallas. But I'm here now and getting pretty excited for our premiere tomorrow night at 5:30. Almost the whole crew showed...

(01/20/07) iW VIDEO: Sundance's John Cooper on "Focus on Film"; Short Doc Maker Cynthia Wade, A Review of "Chicago 10", and More - In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming John Cooper talks about "Focus on Film" and having a cool job, Filmmaker Cynthia Wade discusses her short documentary "Freeheld," indieWIRE...

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(01/20/07) Grace Lee: Swag, swag and more swag... - Arrived in Park City yesterday and still getting used to the altitude, the cold, and the lay of the land. Slamdance gathered all its filmmakers together for a welcome session up at the cozy Treasure Mountain Inn on Thursday. It...

(01/19/07) Tamara Krinsky: Amotz Zakai on "The Night Before Sundance" - A few words from guest blogger Amotz Zakai, Vice President, Echo Lake Productions, who`s coming to the festival with Away From Her, which his company produced, and his client's film Waitress. ~Tamara Krinsky iklipz.com DOCUMENTARY magazine The Night Before Sundance...

(01/19/07) PlanetOut Party at Sundance - indieWIRE is a proud sponsor for the PlanetOut Party at Sundance this Saturday. Below is the official invite from our friends at PlanetOut. All are welcome! PlanetOut Party at Sundance Celebrating the best in gay & lesbian short films. Join...

(01/19/07) Chris Bowman: AMERICAN FORK - How do you encapsulate a sprawling film in a single image? AMERICAN FORK is about Tracy Orbison, a gentle giant; the supermarket clerk checking your groceries, the eyes peering out through the gaps in the milk cartons. One day he...

(01/19/07) iW VIDEO: Brett Morgen and "Chicago 10"; Redford on Buzz, Park City iPOP Favorites and More - In the premiere issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Filmmaker Brett Morgen talks about "Chicago 10," the opening night film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, while Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford weighs in on...

(01/19/07) Tamara Krinsky: THE TEN's Michael Ziegfeld - Sundance has gotten so big that there`s no way that one person can see and do everything. To that end, we`ve asked a few guest bloggers to chronicle their experiences this week for iklipz. We`ve got a mix of SFF newbies...

(01/18/07) Zack Godshall: Baton Rouge Air - My flight to Salt Lake was cancelled this morning thanks to the abnormal freezing rain we're getting down here. So I'm stuck in Baton Rouge for a few more hours and will more than likely miss the opening festivities in...

(01/18/07) Grace Lee: AMERICAN ZOMBIE - Hello there – Glad to be a part of this…I’m Grace Lee and I am the director of AMERICAN ZOMBIE, which will be premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival in the narrative competition section. AMERICAN ZOMBIE tells the story of...

(01/17/07) Tamara Krinsky: No Sleep til Sundance - After a 3 year absence from the Park City fiesta, I am finally headed back to the land of snow and Redford. I've spent the past three years attending Toronto instead and it's been very civilized (and warm). A friend...

(01/16/07) Zack Godshall: LOW AND BEHOLD - LOW AND BEHOLD [teaser 1]Add to My Profile | More Videos LOW AND BEHOLD is a film set in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is something of a document of a time and place. A kind of patchwork mosaic of images...

(01/16/07) Marco Williams: "Banished" - Hello, this is Marco the director of the documentary, "Banished." Please check out my website: banishedthefilm.com for clips and other good stuff. So, what is "Banished" about? It is about a little know history in America when white residents of...

(01/16/07) Meet the (Park City) Bloggers - The Sundance Film Festival kicks off later this week and a number of festival filmmakers are already on board to blog about their Park City experiences here at indieWIRE's Park City Diaries blog. Among those who will be writing online...

(01/15/07) "Zoo" - Here's a first peek at the one-sheet for a Sundance documentary competition film that will surely be talked about this year at Sundance Film Festival. The documentary "Zoo," from director Robinson Devor ("Woman Chaser," "Police Beat"), is about a...

(01/15/07) party tickets, for a price - While Sundance organizers move to stop the re-selling of festival tickets online and local officials pursue a crackdown on Park City prostitution, an individual who identifies him or herself as "Chris Ryan" is shrewdly marketing a party grid via...

(01/13/07) PRESS RELEASE: 2007 Sundance Film Festival Short Films to Premiere on iTunes - announced by the Sundance press office yesterday... Sundance Institute and Sundance Channel Announce Availability of Festival Narrative, Documentary and Animation Shorts on iTunes Park City, UT –January 12, 2006– Sundance Institute and Sundance Channel today announced they will offer narrative,...

(01/10/07) "Cocalero" - Sundance World Doc Competition (trailer) - Alejandro Landes' "Cocalero" looks at labor leader Evo Morales' run for the Bolivian presidency in 2005 in the wake of a U.S. push against the country's coca crops....

(01/10/07) Welcome: Park City 2007 - This is the new and improved "Park City Diaries," presented by indieWIRE. It will feature filmmaker festival journals and links to clips, trailers and video podcasts. (We invite you to recommend video links.) Get the latest from Park City at...

(01/26/06) Last chance to see Letters from the Other Side Friday - A second contingent of friends arrived today, including Karla, who sings so beautifully in my documentary, Letters from the Other Side, WHICH BY THE WAY IS PLAYING ONE MORE TIME, TOMORROW, FRIDAY, 6:00 P.M., at Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main...

(01/26/06) cam archer says...photo time... - photos taken during the dance... cameron and micki crashed out. stephanie, me, my brother nate + sunny. thecla niebel, the production designer on 'wild tigers' left behind some of her hair. (always designing) djuna bel as she acknowledges the importance...

(01/24/06) cam archer says...your last chance? - to see 'wild tigers i have known' on the big screen here at sundance... TONIGHT! 9:15 pm at the HOLIDAY in PARK CITY! i will be there of course! i feel like a club promoter with this particular blog. but...

(01/24/06) Austin contingent photo - Photo of austin contingent at Slamdance/Maryland Film Commission Brunch: Heather Courtney, Spencer Parsons, Paul Gordon and the Maryland crab....

(01/24/06) Heather Courtney post-screening blur - Since my screening, the past few days have been a blur of meetings, finally seeing some other films, doing some press interviews, going to some parties. In reading the other filmmaker blogs, I am identifying with some of their frenzied...

(01/24/06) Josh and Jeff Crook: Big Day at Sundance - Been up at PC for a few days now and it is f-ing cold up here. Tonight is the world premiere of Salvage, our horror film, and we are looking forward to seeing it on a big screen. It's totally...

(01/23/06) Carlos Bolado - Thank you for reading and for your comments - Just a quick note to say thank you for reading this. And for writing comments. We are super busy but it's nice to know you are out there... Chao Hasta pronto...

(01/23/06) JACQUES THELEMAQUE - orbiting planets, in rotation - The festival is so massive, it is beginning to feel like a solar system with several planets in rotation. There's planet Serious Film (and Filmmaker), planet Hang, planet Indie, planet Poser Indie, planet Hollywood, planet pre-Hollywood, planet Party, planet Industry,...

(01/23/06) Carlos Bolado - Long weekend - Monday morning. Long weekend. Frenzy activity, cocktails and parties everywhere, bags of presents and stuff (beauty products, caps and lots of sh....) for everyone, of course more for the actors if they walk to a store, get the bag and...

(01/22/06) JACQUES THELEMAQUE - Just getting a feel for it - It's the third quarter of the Broncos - Steelers Championship game and the Broncos are getting spanked. Seems like a good time to post a blog....

(01/22/06) Salt Lake screening / Filmmaker brunch - American Hardcore had it's Salt Lake City screening last night (Sat. 7:30pm). It was great and was the first time that a genuine audience had seen the film. The screening felt great, they laughed in all the right places and...

(01/22/06) cam archer says...only in park city... - can i get by with such little sleep and so much free coffee. the screening's have been going well -- had two (of two) sell out so far. and i still haven't thrown up. but i have been nervous. i've...

(01/22/06) The scariest thing - I`m not afraid of working 48 hours on a set, or flying with a schizofrenic pilot in a helicopter from the sixties over a stormy Atlantic Ocean or dealing with the egos of all the people in show business. I`m...

(01/21/06) Malcolm Ingram-Sundance woooooo - OK....I agreed to blog...so ..I blog Its saturday....had a chance to drink things in...literally and proverbally It truly is an amazingly run festival....and the staff are absolutely awesome...always friendly...even when overwhelmed.... There really are two festivals at play.... The film...

(01/21/06) Carlos Bolado/Second Day in Sun......?. - Yesterday, we have our premiere. But before that happened. Our team (yes the same football team) wake up in the middle of night completely dry because of the weather. We were trying to breathe but there was no humidity in...

(01/20/06) Letters from the Other Side premieres ... - I said I would write more about Park City if I survived my first screening .. well a few hours after the screening, I am still breathing, so I guess I survived. Still too soon for deep reflections, but here...

(01/20/06) Did not sleep. Too many thoughts and a dream. - For a moment last night I had a dream where I saw industry and distributors sitting in their seats staring at me in the theater. They were all punked out. Dylan Leiner wth Spikey hair, Bob and Harvey in leather...

(01/20/06) All Coixet's suitcases are broken. - To go to Sundance from Barcelona you have to go to Madrid first then from madrid to NYC and from there to Salt Lake city, three flights in one day is more than a human being can tolerate without drugs....

(01/20/06) eug from iW: Blogs @ Sundance - In the Hollywood Reporter today, Anne Thompson looks at how blogs are changing the way people read about the Sundance Film Festival (including a plug for this very blog): As blogs become more successful, they are challenging traditional media, and...

(01/20/06) twas the night before...American Hardcore - Finally tomorrow the public will see AMERICAN HARDCORE. 4 years of work all squeezed into a small theater at the Holiday theater at 3:15 pm. My first sundance screening. Shit, I think I'm nervous. But hell If there is at...

(01/20/06) eug from iW: Albertsons - There's already been a lot of talk about the grocery store...maybe too much talk? Well, Brian Brooks reports for iPOP (on indieWIRE) with a shot that captures the scene at the local Albertsons in Park City...including a chance encounter...

(01/19/06) Carlos Bolado -- Primer dia - Primer dia. Comienza el frio. Hola-Hello This will be a spanglish blog. Sometimes it will be in english and sometimes in spanish. Todo depende del estado de animo. Del cansancio del dia y del estado mental. Today -- first day...

(01/19/06) James from iW: Welcome to the Park City '06 Blog! (Updated) - indieWIRE has invited several filmmakers to blog about their experiences screening their films in Park City this year. Along with indieWIRE's daily coverage in Park City through January also check back here to get the latest. On board to blog...

(01/19/06) HEATHER COURTNEY at Slamdance - Arrived in one piece yesterday, greeted by a short but thorough blizzard (my editor Kyle Henry was nice enough to be the driver from Salt Lake City airport to Park City) ... what can I say about my first day...

(01/19/06) eug from iW: Suckdance?? - ...there's a term for Sundance I havent heard before. On his blog today, Anthony Kaufman weighs in with the intriguing title: "Suckdance: Money, Deals and Talent-Hunting in Park City". He then goes on to summarize the latest coverage from a...

(01/19/06) HOla from Barcelona - Hola, I`m isabel Coixet. this is the first time I`m going to Sundance and I`m excited, melancholic, anxious, paranoid, deliriously happy and fucking scared. In fact I`m thinking about NOT going. Yeah. I`ll stay in bed watching the Coast Ivory...

(01/19/06) It's wednesday night... - It's wednesday night here in small town Ohio, and our lights are burning. The plane leaves at 9am tomorrow and we've got to start packing sometime. It's all rushing by - so much going on, no time to process....

(01/19/06) JACQUES THELEMAQUE - My first blog ever - My first blog. Ever. In my life. 46 years, to be precise. I feel nervous. Breathy. I felt this way before. At sixteen....

(01/18/06) eug from iW: Wednesday on Main St. - More errands on the first full day in Utah as we gear up for our Sundance which has started to kick into full gear (get the latest in the special Park City section). The word for Wednesday was "S-N-O-W",...

(01/18/06) cam archer says...the night....itches? - so. i'm on edge. anyone who's talked to me over the last few days could agree with that. i woke-up this morning to find scratches on my body. self-inflicted, no doubt. disturbing all the same. and i guess i did...

(01/18/06) eug from iW: Calm before the (snow) storm - The indieWIRE crew arrived in Utah this afternoon, a few hours before the snow started to fall. Watching the news tonight...the weatherman is predicting between 1 - 2 feet of snow from the big winter storm heading our way;...

(01/17/06) AMERICAN HARDCORE on the radio - AMERICAN HARDCORE on the radio Jan 18th.

(01/16/06) cam archer says...hello... - oh my! tigers at sundance! hard to believe... look forward to sharing my heartaches, tales of dehydration (altitude sickness, inevitable) and all of the other things that happen to me during my trip to sundance. 'wild tigers i have known'...

(01/11/05) ChefDance! - No doubt the tastiest of the alternative festivals set for Park City next week will be "ChefDance," featuring ten nights of celebrity chefs and wine makers serving nightly private dinners (by invitation only) at Harry O's on Main St. in...

(01/05/05) Documentary About Cop Shooting at Sundance - It began as a small documentary by two teenage filmmakers about guns, death and grief at a Brooklyn housing project. Then, in the midst of production, one of the teens saw his best friend die in a freak shooting on...

(01/05/05) Freedom Cinema Festival Returns to Park City - The 2005 Freedom Cinema Festival: Park City has announced the film program selction and live events lineup for this year. The Freedom Cinema Festival will be held concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, from January 25...

(01/05/05) Kevin Bacon to Receive 2005 Ray-Ban Visionary Award in Park City - Ray-Ban, The Creative Coalition, and Hollywood Life announced that Kevin Bacon will be honored with the 2005 Ray-Ban Visionary Award. The Visionary Award will be presented on Sunday, January 23, 2005 in Park City, Utah. The event will be held...

(01/05/05) Elliott Sharp at Slamdance Opening Night - Elliott Sharp, who composed music for Jonathan Berman's Slamdance '05 doc "Commune", will perform at the festival's opening night party on Friday, January 21st. Berman's doc, in the words of a description, "gets the nitty-gritty on free love, utopian dreams,...

(01/05/05) Sundance '05, Deal #1 - According to The Hollywood Reporter, via Reuters, Dimension Films has paid just under $4 million for the Australian Sundance '05 film, "Wolf Creek." The deal is said to include rights in North America, Latin America (excluding Brazil), Spain, South Africa,...

(01/04/05) AP | Short Doc on Brooklyn Cop Screening at Sundance - Tom Hays for the The Associated Press reports on "Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story." It began as a small documentary by two teenage filmmakers about guns, death and grief at a Brooklyn housing project. Then, in the midst...

(12/27/04) Sundance Music Cafe... - Fest organizers at Sundance unveiled plans for this year's Music Cafe, revealing the complete daytime lineup of artists (it is posted below). Also on tap at special nighttime events are performances by alaska!, Calexico, Daniel Johnston, Gary Louris,?Raz Mesinai and...

(12/20/04) PostWorks' Films to Screen at Sundance - PostWorks, New York, a full-service film and High Definition post facility and 2005 Sundance Institute Associate, congratulates several of its clients for having their feature films selected as part of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. “Murderball,” “Romántico,” “212” and Kevin...

(12/13/04) Slamdance Lineup Set - The lineup for the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival was announced tonight in Los Angeles. The festival will open with Amy Sewell's "Mad Hot Ballroom" and will close with a work-in-progress screening of Michael Franti's doc, "I Know I Am Not...

(12/05/04) VARIETY | Execs scramble for Sundance titles - In Variety, Ian Mohr looks at the race to rep Sundance titles: The majority of Sundance's slate -- from Steve Buscemi's "Lonesome Jim" to Noah Baumbach's "The Squid and the Whale" -- has been tracked by industryites from script stage...

(12/01/04) Texas in Focus - indieWIRE-hosted blogger Matt Dentler, from SXSW in Austin, weighs in with some insight on a trio of new Sundance Film Festival projects, from Kyle Henry's "Room" and Luke Savisky's "Frontier 6" in the festival Frontier program, to the doc competition...

(12/01/04) Ok, its 60... - While 63 titles were in fact announced by the festival on Tuesday, a fest rep emailed me last night to clarify that 3 of those are not feature length, meaning that 60 more features were added to the lineup, for...

(11/30/04) 63 More Sundance Films - With today's announcement of lineups for another six sections of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival program, the feature roster is complete. Organizers unveiled the films that will screen in the American Spectrum, Frontier, Park City at Midnight, Premieres, Special Screenings...

(11/30/04) "Police Beat" From Seattle - Sundance dramatic competition entry "Police Beat," directed by Robinson Devor and written by Charles Mudede, comes to the fest from Seattle, via its association with the local non-profit, ">Northwest Film Forum. Journalist Mudede is writer of the crime beat column...

(11/29/04) Early Reports on Sundance '05 - A few media outlets have already weighed in with reports on today's announcement of the Sundance '05 competition lineup: Reuters | AP | Variety | Hollywood Reporter | indieWIRE...

(11/29/04) Doing the Math - 60 films are in competition this year, among the lineup are 42 world premieres, 9 North American premieres and 9 U.S. premieres. Programmers received 2,613 feature film submissions, including 1,385 for the U.S. feature film competition and 1,228 international feature...