Sundance 2015: Day 8
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. Festival Day 6 I’m writing this the following day, since Day 8 was my longest yet. I think I got to bed somewhere around 3:00am but it’s a little bit fuzzy. After putting in a few hours […]
Sundance 2015: Day 7
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. Festival Day 5 It’s getting harder to post good photos since my days now are mostly spent at the Film Office or seeing films, but I’ll keep trying to put up at least one a day. Today […]
Sundance 2015: Day 6
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. Festival Day 4 Even though my boss, FOC (Film Office Coordinator) Kevin had offered to cover off the morning office shift, I was still up pretty early. Today it warmed up into the 50s Fahrenheit (not even […]
Sundance 2015: Day 5
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. Festival Day 3 I had a slightly better night’s sleep last night (thanks earplugs!) but was still up around 7:30am. I didn’t need to be at the Egyptian Theatre until 10:00am but ended up down on Main […]
Sundance 2015: Day 4
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. Festival Day 2 Incredibly busy day today. We had the first screening of Shorts Program 2 at 11:30 but we were there at 10:30 for a press line. Before that, I’d been at the Film Office since […]
Sundance 2015: Day 3
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. Festival Day 1 The festival officially kicked off today and so I was at the Film Office by 7:30am to get ready for a day of “checking in” filmmakers. It’s a fairly complicated process that involves giving […]
Sundance 2015: Day 2
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. T-1 day until festival begins So I actually got out of bed to write this, since I don’t want to get behind so early in the festival. Today was a day filled with training. I learned a […]
Sundance 2015: Day 1
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. T-2 days until festival begins My travel day began very very early. In fact it really began last night. I packed and headed to bed around 8pm, knowing I’d have to get up again at 2am. My […]
Sundance 2015: Before I Go
Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 20th to February 1st. Back in September, I completed my second year working as a Venue Liaison for the Toronto International Film Festival. After the first year, I remember thinking “I’ll never do that again!” 16-hour days filled with stress, crowds, […]
January 2015 Audience Award Winner
Thanks to everyone who attended last night, and congratulations to Monia Chokri, whose Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire walked away with our Audience Award prize! Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire – 13 votes Day 40 – 9 votes This Is It – 6 votes Unicorn Blood – 4 votes The Champ – 4 votes Pop The Grapes – 4 votes (40 […]