Monday, January 19, 2009

The Sundance Film Festival: Movies! Movies! Movies!

It's official! The 2009 Sundance Film Festival is a go!

This world -class movie making event will run through January 25th. Showing more than 100 films. The festival has been a Park City, Utah event since 1981.

On the sidebar are a few links to help my readers who may not be able to attend the festival or those who feel a little overwhelmed by the 100-plus films available for viewing.

The site at festival.sundance.org features videos from this year's festival. "Storytime" is a series of videos about what's happening at this year's festival. "Snackbox" is a collection of short videos about the independent film

There are archives that look back at last year's festival. The site also includes slide shows, filmmaker profiles and interviews, and a daily collection of news from the event.

This year, Sundance will have a presence on the social networking site Facebook (see link on sidebar). At Facebook, there will be videos, trailers, interviews and reviews.

Meanwhile, the Slamdance Film Festival, also held in Park City, has its own site at www.slamdance.com that will feature filmmaker profiles and news. The Slamdance Film Festival runs each year in Utah during the same time as the Sundance Film Festival. The Slamdance Film Festival began in 1995, competing with Sundance to provide what some consider a truer representation of independent film-making. It supports directors starting out with little or no budgets.

Go ahead Click on the links on the sidebar and enjoy Utah's Sundance Film Festival!

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