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When you’ve made it to Park City, you’re ready to zip up your fleece, watch some films, sample some restaurants, and get the whole show going. Whether you’ve flown from across the country or are a Park City local, you want to hit the ground with all the info you need to quickly move from point A to point B. This guide will help you navigate the Festival, and make the most of your trip.

If there’s one thing you don’t want to forget before you head to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, it’s this: the Sundance Film Festival mobile app. Below, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about the handy little guide—available for Android via Google Play and iPhone in the App Store. We guarantee it’ll provide you a whole new way to experience the Festival.

PARK CITY, UT—Sundance Institute announced today the addition of three world premieres: Gurinder Chadha’s IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE, Lisa Cholodenko’s THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT and Galt Niederhoffer’s THE ROMANTICS, to the films screening out of competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival opens January 21 and runs through January 31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. A complete list of films with their screening times is available at www.

Park City, UT-Sundance Institute announced today three seminal films selected for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival’s From the Collection screenings: Metropolitan directed by Whit Stillman; Poison, directed by Todd Haynes; and Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby. Each year the Festival presents retrospective screenings of influential feature-length films from the Sundance Collection at UCLA, paying tribute to significant works in the history of independent film and reminding audiences and our filmmakers of the importance of film preservation. The Sundance Film Festival will run January 21-31, 2010 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.

Los Angeles, CA – Sundance Institute today announced 23 film projects awarded grants across four funding categories which will receive financial and creative support from the Sundance Documentary Film Program. Three of the 23 projects are the first films to receive a grant from the Sundance Reach Fund, part of the Cinereach Project at the Sundance Institute. The Sundance Reach Fund provides emergency discretionary grants and support for risk-taking features and documentaries that evoke global cultural exchange and social impact.

PARK CITY, UTAH — Sundance Institute today announced eight films from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival scheduled to screen in eight different cities nationwide on the night of Thursday, January 28, 2010. The screenings are part of the inaugural Sundance Film Festival USA, a ground-breaking initiative designed to take the Festival experience to local art house audiences who support independent film throughout the year, and to stimulate conversation about the art of filmmaking. The Sundance Film Festival opens January 21 and runs through January 31, 2010.

As Festivalgoers prepare to travel from all over the world to attend the Sundance Film Festival, their journeys to Park City would never have been possible without the evolution of transportation methods from the blazing of the Oregon trail to the expansion of the transcontinental railroad. Advancements in transportation have literally paved the way for Park City as it stands today. Through the discovery of silver around Park City in 1868 and the completion of the railroad in 1869, Parley’s Park City was established with a population of 164.

Park City, UT – Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This year the Festival’s Short Film Program comprises 70 short films from U.S.

PARK CITY, UT – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the out-of-competition sections of Premieres, Spotlight, New Frontier and Park City at Midnight at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. As previously announced, the Festival this year will also feature, NEXT (<=>), a new section composed of eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Park City, UT—Sundance Institute announced today the preliminary list of official sponsors of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Led by Presenting Sponsors Entertainment Weekly, HP, Honda and Sundance Channel, these forward-thinking corporations reflect a commitment to sustaining the vitality of independent film, filmmakers and audiences. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Director N.C. Heikin premiered her documentary Kimjongilia at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.