Festival Director James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 21st to February 2nd.
I’m incredibly excited to be returning to Park City for the fifth time in the past six years. My 2019 was much better than my 2018, with my health getting better all the time and my cataracts corrected by surgery back in the spring. I’m feeling a tiny bit sick as I get ready, but it’s just a tickle in the throat. Hopefully nothing to be concerned about.
Nevertheless, I’m privileged to be returning to the Artist Relations department, and very happy to be working on the US Shorts programme again. I’m looking forward to meeting my colleagues, especially Terry, the US Shorts coordinator. Once again there seem to be a lot of new faces this year in Artist Relations, and I’m eager to meet everyone, as well as to catch up with old friends. I fly down on Monday evening, when I’ll spend a night in Salt Lake City before riding to Park City with Shuttle Queen™ Susan on Tuesday morning.
I’ve seen quite a few of the Sundance shorts already and hope to see the rest soon. I also look forward to meeting and making connections with filmmakers, so I can bring some great films to our Toronto screen for our 2020 festival.
In what’s become a bit of a tradition, I’ll mention the number of granola bars I’ll be bringing along. This year, it’s a measly 5, which I think are left over from last year, so may not even be edible! I hope you’ll follow along with my festival adventures again.