It’s time to rise and shine and greet the Sundance Film Festival! With so much going on each day, we’ve decided to set everybody up with the best Festival guide around: Sundance Film Festival Director, Tabitha Jackson.
With each episode of How to Fest: Daily, Jackson will bring together artists, programmers, and film lovers to explore themes that are driving the festival and the projects featured in it.
Consider this a new part of your morning routine — a way to get your mind right and set the tone for your Festival adventures ahead. You provide breakfast, and we’ll provide the stories.
Stay tuned and come back each day to watch the next episode of How to Fest: Daily.
January 21
In this episode, Festival programmer Ana Souza chats with Chloe Okuno, director of Watcher (U.S. Dramatic Competition), and Festival director Tabitha Jackson talks with Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Osah — writers, directors, and producers of jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Premieres). Tabitha also highlights some of today’ films and special events happening in Beyond Film and Festival Village.
January 22
In this episode, Festival director Tabitha Jackson chats with Phyllis Nagy, director of Call Jane (Premieres), and Festival programmer Shari Frilot talks with Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, creators of the New Frontier project The Inside World.
January 23
In this episode, Festival director Tabitha Jackson chats with Rita Baghdadi, director of Sirens (World Cinema Documentary Competition) and Bill Nighy, lead actor in Living (Premieres). Tabitha also highlights the L.A. Times Talks @ Sundance Film Festival Q&A with Lena Dunham and the cast of Sharp Stick (presented by Chase Sapphire).
January 24
In this episode, Festival director Tabitha Jackson chats with Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, directors and producers of AM I OK? (Premieres), and Festival programmer Basil Tsiokos talks with Reid Davenport, director of I Didn’t See You There (U.S. Documentary Competition). Tabitha also highlights the L.A. Times Talks @ Sundance Film Festival Q&A with the film team of AM I OK? (presented by Chase Sapphire), and she sets the stage for “Creativity and Collaboration: Empowering Every Voice,” a panel presented by Adobe.
January 25
In this episode, Festival director Tabitha Jackson chats with Kogonada, director of After Yang (Spotlight), and Festival programmer Sudeep Sharma talks with Joe Hunting — writer, director, and producer of We Met in Virtual Reality (World Cinema Documentary Competition). Tabitha also highlights the L.A. Times Talks @ Sundance Film Festival Q&A with the film team of God’s Country (presented by Chase Sapphire).
