Sundance 2018 Film Guide

LAST UPDATED JANUARY 15, 2018
2018 PRINTABLE PROGRAM GUIDE

U.S. DRAMATIC
THE COMPETITION
FILMS AMERICAN ANIMALS
The unbelievable—but mostly true—story of four
young men who mistake their lives for a movie and
attempt one of the most audacious art heists in
U.S. history.
BURDEN
After opening a KKK shop, Klansman Michael
Burden falls in love with a single mom who forces
him to confront his senseless hatred. With nowhere
to turn after leaving the Klan, Burden is taken in by
Many of these films have not yet been rated by
an African American reverend and learns tolerance
the Motion Picture Association of America. Read Fri. 1/19, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sat. 1/20, noon, The Grand, SLC through their combined love and faith.
the full descriptions and choose responsibly.
Sat. 1/20, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sun. 1/21, 6:15 p.m., PC Library, PC
Sun. 1/21, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Tue. 1/23, noon, Eccles, PC
Films are generally followed by a Q&A with Wed. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Thu. 1/25, 9:15 p.m., The MARC, PC
the director and selected members of the cast Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
and crew. Sat. 1/27, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Sat. 1/27, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
All films are shown in 35mm and DCP.

BLAZE EIGHTH GRADE
Special thanks to Dolby Laboratories, Inc., for A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave
its support of our digital cinema projection. the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw of contemporary suburban adolescence as she
music movement. He gave up paradise for the sake makes her way through the last week of middle
of a song. school—the end of her thus-far-disastrous eighth
Sun. 1/21, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC grade year—before she begins high school.
Tue. 1/23, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Fri. 1/19, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Thu. 1/25, 6:15 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Sat. 1/20, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/26, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC Sun. 1/21, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sat. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Wed. 1/24, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Thu. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
BLINDSPOTTING Fri. 1/26, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
A buddy comedy in a world that won’t let it be one.

I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW
DAY ONE The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for
one lucky recluse—until a second survivor arrives
Thu. 1/18, 5:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
with the threat of companionship.
Fri. 1/19, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 1/20, 9:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Sun. 1/21, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Wed. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Mon. 1/22, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Thu. 1/25, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC Tue. 1/23, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Wed. 1/24, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC
Fri. 1/26, 11:45 a.m., The MARC, PC
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U.S. DRAMATIC
COMPETITION
THE KINDERGARTEN THE MISEDUCATION NANCY TYREL
TEACHER OF CAMERON POST Blurring lines between fact and fiction, Tyler spirals out of control when he realizes
When a Staten Island kindergarten teacher 1993: After being caught having sex with the prom Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she he’s the only black person attending a birthday
discovers what may be a gifted five-year-old queen, a girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy was kidnapped as a child. When she meets weekend party in a secluded cabin.
student in her class, she becomes fascinated center. Based on Emily Danforth’s acclaimed and a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years Sat. 1/20, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
and obsessed with the child—spiraling downward controversial coming-of-age novel. ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief— Sun. 1/21, 9:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
on a dangerous and desperate path in order to and the power of emotion threatens to overcome Tue. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Preceded by I LIKE GIRLS all rationality.
nurture his talent. Wed. 1/24, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Mon. 1/22, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC Sat. 1/20, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Sat. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/19, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Tue. 1/23, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Sat. 1/20, 6:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Mon. 1/22, 10:00 p.m., The Ray, PC
Thu. 1/25, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sun. 1/21, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Fri. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Tue. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
WILDLIFE
Thu. 1/25, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Sat. 1/27, 3:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Montana, 1960: A portrait of a family in crisis.
Sat. 1/27, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Based on the novel by Richard Ford.
LIZZIE MONSTER SORRY TO BOTHER YOU Sat. 1/20, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sun. 1/21, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
“Monster” is what a prosecutor calls 17-year-old In an alternate present-day version of Oakland,
Based on the 1892 murder of Lizzie Borden’s honors student and aspiring filmmaker Steve Mon. 1/22, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
family in Fall River, Massachusetts, this tense black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers Fri. 1/26, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Harmon. Charged with felony murder for a crime a magical key to professional success—which
psychological thriller lays bare the legend of Sat. 1/27, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
he says he did not commit, Steve begins a dramatic propels him into a macabre universe.
Lizzie Borden to reveal the much more complex, journey and complex legal battle that could leave
poignant, and truly terrifying woman within—and him spending the rest of his life in prison. Sat. 1/20, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
her intimate bond with the family’s young Irish Sun. 1/21, 9:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC
housemaid, Bridget Sullivan. Mon. 1/22, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Mon. 1/22, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Tue. 1/23, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Wed. 1/24, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Thu. 1/25, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/26, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/20, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/26, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Sat. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Sun. 1/21, 12:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Sat. 1/27, 9:00 a.m., Park Ave., PC
Fri. 1/26, noon, Temple, PC THE TALE
MONSTERS AND MEN An investigation into one woman’s memory as she’s
This interwoven narrative explores the aftermath forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship
of a police killing of a black man. The film is told and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the Based on the filmmaker’s own story.
act, an African American police officer, and a high
Sat. 1/20, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.
Sun. 1/21, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri. 1/19, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC Thu. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Sat. 1/20, 4:00 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Fri. 1/26, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sun. 1/21, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sat. 1/27, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
Tue. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Wed. 1/24, noon, PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/26, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
U.S. DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
BISBEE ’17 THE DEVIL WE KNOW HALE COUNTY THIS KAILASH
An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border Unraveling one of the biggest environmental MORNING, THIS EVENING English and Hindi with English subtitles
finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation scandals of our time, a group of citizens in West Composed of intimate and unencumbered As a young man, Kailash Satyarthi promised
of 1,200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they moments of people in a community, this himself that he would end child slavery in his
Locals collaborate to stage re-creations of their discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic film is constructed in a form that allows the lifetime. In the decades since, he has rescued
controversial past. chemical—now found in the blood of 99.7 percent viewer an emotive impression of the historic more than eighty thousand children and built a
Sat. 1/20, 8:15 p.m., Prospector, PC of Americans—into the local drinking water supply. South—trumpeting the beauty of life and the global movement. This intimate and suspenseful
Sun. 1/21, 5:45 p.m., Tower, SLC Sun. 1/21, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC consequences of the social construction of film follows one man’s journey to do what many
Mon. 1/22, 2:45 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC race, while simultaneously being a testament believed was impossible.
Thu. 1/25, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Thu. 1/25, noon, Temple, PC to dreaming.
Fri. 1/26, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC DAY ONE
Fri. 1/19, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 1/27, 12:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sat. 1/20, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Thu. 1/18, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
CRIME + PUNISHMENT Sat. 1/20, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
Over four years of unprecedented access, the story HAL Tue. 1/23, noon, Sundance Resort
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Wed. 1/24, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower Hal Ashby’s obsessive genius led to an Sat. 1/20, 12:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Fri. 1/26, noon, Park Ave., PC
cops and one unrelenting private investigator unprecedented string of Oscar-winning classics, Wed. 1/24, noon, Temple, PC
who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to including Harold and Maude, Shampoo, and Being Thu. 1/25, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
expose illegal quota practices and their impact on There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese, INVENTING TOMORROW
young minorities. and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the English and Spanish/Indonesian KUSAMA - INFINITY
Fri. 1/19, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC 1980s, Ashby’s uncompromising nature played out with English subtitles English and Japanese with English subtitles
Sat. 1/20, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce. Take a journey with young minds from around the Now one of the world’s most celebrated artists,
Sun. 1/21, noon, SLC Library, SLC Mon. 1/22, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC globe as they prepare their projects for the largest
Wed. 1/24, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Yayoi Kusama broke free of the rigid society in
Tue. 1/23, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC convening of high school scientists in the world,
Fri. 1/26, noon, PC Library, PC which she was raised and overcame sexism,
Thu. 1/25, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Sat. 1/27, noon, Sundance Resort Fri. 1/26, 9:15 a.m., Holiday 2, PC racism, and mental illness to bring her artistic
(ISEF). Watch these passionate innovators find the vision to the world stage. At 88 she lives in a
Sat. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC courage to face the planet’s environmental threats mental hospital and continues to create art.
DARK MONEY while navigating adolescence.
Sun. 1/21, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Dark money contributions, made possible by Sat. 1/20, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Tue. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, Sun. 1/21, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Thu. 1/25, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
flood modern American elections—but Montana Mon. 1/22, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Fri. 1/26, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
is showing Washington, DC, how to solve the Tue. 1/23, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Sat. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Wed. 1/24, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
problem of unlimited anonymous money in politics.
Sat. 1/27, noon, Temple, PC
Mon. 1/22, 3:15 p.m., The Ray, PC
Tue. 1/23, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Wed. 1/24, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 1/27, noon, Park Ave., PC
U.S. DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
THE LAST RACE ON HER SHOULDERS SEEING ALLRED THREE IDENTICAL
A cinematic portrait of a small-town stock car track English and Kurdish/Arabic with English subtitles Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal STRANGERS
and the drivers who call it home as they struggle Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived setbacks to become one of the nation’s most New York, 1980: Three complete strangers
to hold on to an American racing tradition. The genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the accidentally discover that they’re identical
avant-garde narrative explores the community and Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds’
its conflicts through an intimate story that reveals finds herself thrust onto the international stage as adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald joyous reunion catapults them to international
the beauty of grassroots auto racing. the voice of her people. Away from the podium, Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the fame, but it also unlocks an extraordinary and
Preceded by MARFA she must navigate bureaucracy, fame, and people’s nation and keep her in the spotlight. disturbing secret that goes beyond their own
good intentions. Sun. 1/21, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC lives—and could transform our understanding
Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Tue. 1/23, noon, Temple, PC Sat. 1/20, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Mon. 1/22, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC of human nature forever.
Sun. 1/21, 3:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Thu. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Thu. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Fri. 1/19, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Mon. 1/22, 11:30 a.m., Redstone 7, PC Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
Fri. 1/26, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sat. 1/20, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Tue. 1/23, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Sat. 1/27, 3:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sat. 1/27, noon, PC Library, PC Sat. 1/20, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 7:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Wed. 1/24, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
MINDING THE GAP

Sat. 1/27, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC THE SENTENCE Thu. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Sat. 1/27, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Three young men bond together to escape volatile Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a
families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING 15-year sentence in federal prison for her
adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations With unprecedented access to pivotal artists tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring
threaten their decade-long friendship. and the white-hot market surrounding them, this years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory
film dives deep into the contemporary art world, minimum drug sentencing’s devastating
Sun. 1/21, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC consequences, captured by Cindy’s brother, follows
holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and
Tue. 1/23, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC her and her family over the course of 10 years.
Wed. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
our times—where everything can
Thu. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC be bought and sold. Sat. 1/20, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Fri. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Fri. 1/19, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Sun. 1/21, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Sun. 1/21, noon, Temple, PC Mon. 1/22, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Tue. 1/23, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Wed. 1/24, noon, Sundance Resort
Thu. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Fri. 1/26, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/26, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Sat. 1/27, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
WORLD CINEMA
DRAMATIC
COMPETITION
AND BREATHE NORMALLY DEAD PIGS HOLIDAY PITY
English and Icelandic/Creole English and Mandarin/Shanghainese English and Danish with English subtitles Greek with English subtitles
with English subtitles with English subtitles A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of The story of a man who feels happy only
At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness,
two women’s lives will intersect—for a brief a sensitive busboy, an expat architect, and a and violence in a dark modern gangster tale with such need for pity that he’s willing to do
moment—while trapped in circumstances disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the everything to evoke it from others. This is the
unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic thousands of dead pigs float down the river Turkish Riviera. life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
mother and an asylum seeker from toward a rapidly modernizing Shanghai. Sun. 1/21, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/19, 8:45 p.m., Prospector, PC
Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as Based on true events. Tue. 1/23, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Sat. 1/20, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
both strategize to get their lives back on track. Fri. 1/19, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Wed. 1/24, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Mon. 1/22, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Mon. 1/22, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Sat. 1/20, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Thu. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Thu. 1/25, 10:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
Tue. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC Mon. 1/22, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Sat. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC Fri. 1/26, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Thu. 1/25, 8:45 p.m., Prospector, PC Thu. 1/25, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Fri. 1/26, 9:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC
Sat. 1/27, noon, Broadway 6, SLC
LOVELING THE QUEEN OF FEAR
Portuguese with English subtitles Spanish with English subtitles
BUTTERFLIES THE GUILTY On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only Only one month left until the premiere of
Turkish with English subtitles Danish with English subtitles a few days to overcome her anxiety and regain her The Golden Time, the long-awaited solo show
In the Turkish village of Hasanlar, three siblings Alarm dispatcher Asger Holm answers an inner confidence before sending her eldest son out by acclaimed actress Robertina. Far from being
who neither know each other nor anything about emergency call from a kidnapped woman; after a into the world. focused on the preparations for this
their late father, wait to bury his body. As they start sudden disconnection, the search for the woman new production, Robertina lives in a state of
to find out more about their father and each other, and her kidnapper begins. With the phone as his DAY ONE continuous anxiety that turns her privileged
they also start to learn more about themselves. only tool, Asger enters a race against time to solve life into an absurd and tumultuous landscape.
a crime that is far bigger than he first thought. Thu. 1/18, 9:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Mon. 1/22, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/19, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Sun. 1/21, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Wed. 1/24, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Sun. 1/21, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/19, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Mon. 1/22, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Mon. 1/22, noon, Temple, PC Sat. 1/20, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Tue. 1/23, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Fri. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC Tue. 1/23, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Wed. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC Fri. 1/26, 4:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
Thu. 1/25, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Thu. 1/25, 4:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Sat. 1/27, 10:00 a.m., Holiday 4, PC
Fri. 1/26, noon, Sundance Resort
Sat. 1/27, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
WORLD CINEMA WORLD CINEMA
DRAMATIC DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION COMPETITION
RUST UN TRADUCTOR ANOTE’S ARK GENESIS 2.0
Portuguese with English subtitles Spanish/Russian with English subtitles English and Kiribati with English subtitles English and Russian/Yakut/Korean/Chinese
Tati and Renet were already trading pics, A Russian Literature professor at the University of How does a nation survive being swallowed with English subtitles
videos, and music with their cellphones, and Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child by the sea? Kiribati, on a low-lying Pacific atoll, On the remote New Siberian Islands in the
on the last school trip they started making eye victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when will disappear within decades due to rising sea Arctic Ocean, hunters search for tusks of extinct
contact. However, what could be the beginning they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment. Based levels, population growth, and climate change. mammoths. When they discover a surprisingly
of a love story becomes an end. on a true story. This exploration of how to migrate an entire nation well-preserved mammoth carcass, its resurrection
Sat. 1/20, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/19, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC with dignity interweaves personal stories of will be the first manifestation of the next great
Sun. 1/21, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sat. 1/20, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC survival and resilience. technological revolution: genetics. It may well turn
Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Sat. 1/20, 11:59 p.m., Tower, SLC Fri. 1/19, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
our world upside down.
Thu. 1/25, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Sat. 1/20, 6:45 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Sat. 1/20, 8:45 p.m., Park Ave., PC
Fri. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC Thu. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Tue. 1/23, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Sun. 1/21, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Fri. 1/26, 10:00 a.m., Holiday 4, PC Wed. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Wed. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
TIME SHARE Thu. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Thu. 1/25, 9:00 a.m., Park Ave., PC
(TIEMPO COMPARTIDO) YARDIE Fri. 1/26, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC Fri. 1/26, 12:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC
Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses

Spanish with English subtitles
his brother’s assassination, a powerful don gives THE CLEANERS MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.
Two haunted family men join forces in a English and Tagalog with English subtitles English and Tamil with English subtitles
him a home. Ten years later he is sent on a
destructive crusade to rescue their families mission to London. He reunites with his girlfriend When you post something on the web, can you be Drawn from a never-before-seen cache of
from a tropical paradise, after becoming and their daughter, but then the past catches up sure it stays there? Enter a hidden shadow industry personal footage spanning decades, this is an
convinced that an American time-share
with them. Based on Victor Headley’s novel. of digital cleaning, where the internet rids itself of intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and
conglomerate has a sinister plan to take
their loved ones away. Sat. 1/20, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC what it doesn’t like: violence, pornography, political musician who continues to shatter conventions.
Sun. 1/21, noon, PC Library, PC content. Who is controlling what we see ... and Sun. 1/21, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 1/20, 5:15 p.m., Prospector, PC Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC what we think?
Sun. 1/21, 9:15 p.m., Tower, SLC Mon. 1/22, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Wed. 1/24, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Tue. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Mon. 1/22, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Fri. 1/19, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Thu. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Thu. 1/25, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/26, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Sat. 1/20, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri. 1/26, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC Fri. 1/26, 9:00 a.m., Park Ave., PC
Sat. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Sat. 1/20, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Wed. 1/24, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 1/27, 1:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
WORLD CINEMA
DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
OF FATHERS AND SONS OUR NEW PRESIDENT SHIRKERS WESTWOOD: PUNK,
Arabic with English subtitles English and Russian with English subtitles In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore’s first ICON, ACTIVIST
Talal Derki returns to his homeland, where he The story of Donald Trump’s election told entirely indie road movie with her enigmatic American Dame Vivienne Westwood: punk, icon,
gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying mentor Georges—who then vanished with all provocateur, and one of the most influential
their daily life for over two years. His camera and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film originators in recent history. This is the first film
focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, Russian media that reveals an empire of fake news is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los to encompass the remarkable story of one of the
providing an extremely rare insight into what it and the tactics of modern-day information warfare. Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of true icons of our time as she fights to maintain her
means to grow up in an Islamic caliphate. Georges’s vanishing footprints. brand’s integrity, her principles—and her legacy.
DAY ONE Sun. 1/21, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/19, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Preceded by WILD WILD WEST: A BEAUTIFUL
Mon. 1/22, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sun. 1/21, noon, Sundance Resort
Thu. 1/18, 6:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC RANT BY MARK BRADFORD
Mon. 1/22, 11:00 a.m., Egyptian, PC Tue. 1/23, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC Thu. 1/25, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Sat. 1/20, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Wed. 1/24, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Fri. 1/19, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Fri. 1/26, 3:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC Sun. 1/21, noon, Redstone 7, PC
Fri. 1/26, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sat. 1/20, 11:59 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Mon. 1/22, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sat. 1/27, 11:45 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Thu. 1/25, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Wed. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Fri. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC THIS IS HOME Thu. 1/25, 10:00 a.m., Holiday 4, PC
THE OSLO DIARIES English and Arabic with English subtitles
English and Hebrew/Arabic with English subtitles A POLAR YEAR This is an intimate portrait of four Syrian families A WOMAN CAPTURED
In 1992, Israeli-Palestinian relations reached an Danish/Inuit with English subtitles arriving in Baltimore, Maryland, and struggling to Hungarian with English subtitles
all-time low. In an attempt to stop the bloodshed, find their footing. With eight months to become
Anders leaves his native Denmark for a teaching self-sufficient, they must forge ahead to rebuild A European woman has been kept by a family
a group of Israelis and Palestinians met illegally position in rural Greenland. As soon as he arrives, their lives. When the travel ban adds further as a domestic slave for 10 years—one of over
in Oslo. These meetings were never officially he finds himself at odds with tight-knit locals. Only complications, their strength and resilience are 45 million victims of modern-day slavery.
sanctioned and were held in complete secrecy. through a clumsy and playful trial of errors can put to the test. Drawing courage from the filmmaker’s presence,
They changed the Middle East forever. Anders shake his Eurocentric assumptions and she decides to escape the unbearable oppression
Sun. 1/21, 6:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC embrace their snow-covered way of life. Sat. 1/20, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC and become a free person.
Mon. 1/22, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Sun. 1/21, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sun. 1/21, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Mon. 1/22, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Fri. 1/19, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Mon. 1/22, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Thu. 1/25, noon, Park Ave., PC Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
Fri. 1/26, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 1:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Fri. 1/26, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Wed. 1/24, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Fri. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Fri. 1/26, 6:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC
Sat. 1/27, 12:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC Sat. 1/27, 11:30 a.m., Holiday 1, PC
PREMIERES
BEIRUT COME SUNDAY A FUTILE AND JULIET, NAKED

English and Arabic/French with English subtitles Internationally renowned pastor Carlton Pearson— STUPID GESTURE Annie is the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan,
A U.S. diplomat flees Lebanon in 1972 after a experiencing a crisis of faith—risks his church, The story of comedy wunderkind Doug Kenney, an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe.
tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is family, and future when he questions church who co-created National Lampoon magazine, When the acoustic demo of Tucker’s celebrated
called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives doctrine and finds himself branded a modern-day Caddyshack, and Animal House. Kenney was at record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release
to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind. heretic. Based on actual events. the center of the ’70s comedy counterculture that leads to an encounter between Annie and the
Sun. 1/21, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC gave birth to Saturday Night Live and a whole elusive rocker himself. Based on the novel by
Mon. 1/22, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Mon. 1/22, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC generation’s way of looking at the world. Nick Hornby.
Tue. 1/23, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC
Thu. 1/25, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Wed. 1/24, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Fri. 1/19, 6:45 p.m., Eccles, PC
Wed. 1/24, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sat. 1/27, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/26, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Sat. 1/20, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Thu. 1/25, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/27, 9:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Sun. 1/21, 3:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC
Fri. 1/26, 11:59 p.m., Tower, SLC
Mon. 1/22, noon, Sundance Resort
THE CATCHER WAS A SPY Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC
English and Japanese/Italian/French/German/

DAMSEL Sat. 1/27, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Dutch with English subtitles Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures THE HAPPY PRINCE
across the American frontier to marry the love of English and French/Italian with English subtitles
A KID LIKE JAKE
The true story of Moe Berg: professional baseball
his life, Penelope. As Samuel, a drunkard named A Brooklyn couple has always known that
player, Ivy League graduate, attorney who spoke The last days of Oscar Wilde—and the ghosts
Parson Henry, and a miniature horse called their four-year-old son is more interested in
nine languages—and a top-secret OSS spy who haunting them—are brought to vivid life. His
Butterscotch traverse the Wild West, their fairy tale princesses than toy cars. But when
helped the U.S. win the race against Germany body ailing, Wilde lives in exile, surviving on the
once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring his preschool director points out that his
to build the atomic bomb. flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him,
the lines between hero, villain, and damsel. gender-nonconforming play may be more than
Fri. 1/19, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC as the transience of lust is laid bare and the true
Tue. 1/23, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC a phase, the couple is forced to rethink their
Wed. 1/24, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC riches of love are revealed.
Wed. 1/24, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC roles as parents and spouses.
Thu. 1/25, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC Sun. 1/21, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sat. 1/27, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Tue. 1/23, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sat. 1/27, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Mon. 1/22, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
Sun. 1/28, 12:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Wed. 1/24, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC
Sun. 1/28, 6:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Wed. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
COLETTE DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T Sun. 1/28, 3:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC
Sat. 1/27, 6:45 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sun. 1/28, 1:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
A young country woman marries a famous literary
GET FAR ON FOOT
entrepreneur in turn-of-the-century Paris; at her John Callahan has a talent for off-color jokes … and HEARTS BEAT LOUD LEAVE NO TRACE
husband’s request, Colette pens a series of best- a drinking problem. When a bender ends in a car In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a father and daughter
accident, Callahan wakes to learn he’s permanently A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious
selling novels published under his name. But as her become an unlikely songwriting duo in their last
confined to a wheelchair. In his journey back from existence in Forest Park—a beautiful nature reserve
confidence grows, she transforms not only herself summer before she leaves for college.
rock bottom, Callahan finds beauty and comedy in near Portland, Oregon—rarely making contact
and her marriage but also the world around her.
the absurdity of human experience. CLOSING NIGHT
with the world. But a small mistake tips off the
Sat. 1/20, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC authorities, sending them on an increasingly erratic
Sun. 1/21, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/19, 9:45 p.m., Eccles, PC journey in search of a place to call their own.
Sat. 1/20, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/26, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sun. 1/21, 6:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC
Sat. 1/20, 3:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Sat. 1/27, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC Sat. 1/20, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Wed. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Fri. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Sun. 1/28, 12:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Sun. 1/21, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/27, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sat. 1/27, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/26, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sat. 1/27, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sun. 1/28, 10:00 a.m., Sundance Resort
PREMIERES DOCUMENTARY
PREMIERES
THE LONG DUMB ROAD PUZZLE AKICITA: THE BATTLE CHEF FLYNN
Two very different men at personal crossroads Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, OF STANDING ROCK Ten-year-old Flynn transforms his living room into a
meet serendipitously and take an unpredictable discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles that Standing Rock, 2016: the largest Native American supper club, using his classmates as line cooks and
journey through the American Southwest. unexpectedly draws her into a new world—a world occupation since Wounded Knee. Thousands serving a tasting menu foraged from his neighbors’
Fri. 1/26, 9:30 p.m, Eccles, PC where her life unfolds in ways she could never of activists, environmentalists, and militarized backyards. With sudden fame, Flynn outgrows his
Sat. 1/27, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC have imagined. police descend on the Dakota Access Pipeline in bedroom kitchen and mother’s camera and sets
Tue. 1/23, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC a standoff between oil corporations and a new out to challenge the hierarchy of the culinary world.
generation of Native warriors. This chronicle
OPHELIA Wed. 1/24, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/27, 6:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC captures the sweeping struggle, spirit, and
Tue. 1/23, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Wed. 1/24, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
A mythic spin on Hamlet through a lens of havoc of a people’s uprising. Thu. 1/25, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
female empowerment: Ophelia comes of age
as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and WHAT THEY HAD Tue. 1/23, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
her singular spirit captures Hamlet’s affections. Bridget returns home to Chicago at her brother’s
Thu. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC THE GAME CHANGERS
Sat. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, urging to deal with their mother’s Alzheimer’s and James Wilks, an elite special-forces trainer and
Ophelia finds herself trapped between true father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. winner of The Ultimate Fighter, embarks on a
love and controlling her own destiny. Sun. 1/21, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
BAD REPUTATION quest for the truth about nutrition and uncovers
Mon. 1/22, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Mon. 1/22, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC A look at the life of Joan Jett, from her early the world’s most dangerous myth.
Tue. 1/23, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Tue. 1/23, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort years as a founder of The Runaways and her first Fri. 1/19, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Thu. 1/25, noon, Sundance Resort Fri. 1/26, 6:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC meeting with collaborator Kenny Laguna in 1980 Sat. 1/20, noon, Sundance Resort
Fri. 1/26, 9:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC Sat. 1/27, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC to her enduring presence in pop culture as a Sun. 1/21, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Sat. 1/27, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC rock ’n’ roll pioneer and feminist icon. Mon. 1/22, 9:15 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Tue. 1/23, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC*
Mon. 1/22, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
PRIVATE LIFE Tue. 1/23, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC *Townie Tuesday screening for Summit County locals.
A couple in the throes of infertility try to maintain Pass holders must waitlist.
their marriage as they descend deeper into
the weird world of assisted reproduction and
domestic adoption. When their doctor suggests BELIEVER GENERATION WEALTH
third-party reproduction, they bristle. But when Imagine Dragons’ Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds English and Mandarin/Russian/Icelandic
Sadie, a recent college dropout, re-enters their is taking on a new mission to explore how the Lauren Greenfield’s postcard from the edge of
life, they reconsider. church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising the American Empire captures a materialistic,
suicide rate among teens in the state of Utah, image-obsessed culture. Simultaneously a personal
DAY ONE
his concern with the Mormon church’s policies journey and historical essay, the film bears witness
sends him on an unexpected path for acceptance to the global boom-and-bust economy, the
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC
and change. corrupted American Dream, and the human costs
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Sat. 1/20, 8:45 p.m., The MARC, PC of late-stage capitalism, narcissism, and greed.
Sat. 1/20, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Sun. 1/21, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Sat. 1/27, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Mon. 1/22, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC DAY ONE
Tue. 1/23, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sat. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC Thu. 1/18, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/20, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Sun. 1/21, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
PREMIERES
HALF THE PICTURE QUIET HEROES STUDIO 54 BEAST
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in In Salt Lake City, Utah, the socially conservative, Studio 54 was the pulsating epicenter of 1970s In a small island community, a troubled young
Hollywood, successful women directors tell the religious monoculture complicated the AIDS hedonism: a disco hothouse of beautiful people, woman falls for a mysterious outsider who
stories of their art, lives, and careers. Having crisis, where patients in the entire state and drugs, and sex. The journeys of founders Ian empowers her to escape from her oppressive
endured a long history of systemic discrimination, intermountain region relied on only one doctor. Schrager and Steve Rubell—two best friends from family. When he comes under suspicion for
women filmmakers may be getting the first glimpse This is the story of her fight to save a maligned Brooklyn who conquered New York City—frame a series of brutal murders, she learns what she’s
of a future that values their voices equally. population that everyone else seemed willing to this history of the “greatest club of all time.” capable of as she defends him at all costs.
Tue. 1/23, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC just let die. Sun. 1/21, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Fri. 1/19, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Wed. 1/24, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Sun. 1/21, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Mon. 1/22, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Mon. 1/22, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Thu. 1/25, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC Tue. 1/23, noon, Egyptian, PC Tue. 1/23, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Tue. 1/23, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/26, 7:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Fri. 1/26, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC Sat. 1/27, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sat. 1/27, 11:59 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS
Girl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness tycoon, RBG THE DEATH OF STALIN
Academy Award winner: Jane Fonda has lived a life An intimate portrait of an unlikely rock star: Justice WON’T YOU BE MY The internal political landscape of 1950s Soviet
of controversy, tragedy, and transformation—and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With unprecedented NEIGHBOR? Russia through a darkly comic lens. In the days
she’s done it all in the public eye. This is an intimate access, the filmmakers show how her early legal Fred Rogers used puppets and play to explore following Stalin’s collapse, his core ministers
look at one woman’s singular journey. battles changed the world for women. Now this complex social issues: race, disability, equality, tussle for control; some want positive change,
Sat. 1/20, 2:15 p.m., The MARC, PC 84-year-old does pushups as easily as she writes and tragedy, helping form the American concept but others have more sinister motives. Their one
Sun. 1/21, 9:00 a.m., The Ray, PC the blistering dissents that earned her the title of childhood. He spoke directly to children and common trait? They’re all just desperately trying
Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC “Notorious RBG.” they responded enthusiastically. Yet today, his to remain alive.
Fri. 1/26, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Sun. 1/21, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC impact is unclear. Have we lived up to Fred’s Fri. 1/19, 6:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC
Sat. 1/27, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Mon. 1/22, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC ideal of good neighbors? Sat. 1/20, 5:45 p.m., The MARC, PC
Thu. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Sat. 1/27, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
OPENING NIGHT
KING IN THE WILDERNESS Sat. 1/27, 8:45 p.m., Park Ave., PC
From the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 Fri. 1/19, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC FOXTROT
to his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. ROBIN WILLIAMS: Fri. 1/19, 7:00 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC English and Hebrew/German
remained a man with an unshakable commitment COME INSIDE MY MIND Sat. 1/20, noon, Temple, PC with English subtitles
to nonviolence in the face of an increasingly Fri. 1/26, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
This intimate portrait examines one of the world’s Michael and Dafna are devastated when army
unstable country. This is a portrait of the last Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
most beloved and inventive comedians. Told largely officials show up at their home, announcing the
years of his life. through Robin’s own voice and using a wealth of death of their son Jonathan. While his sedated wife
Mon. 1/22, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC never-before-seen archival footage, the film takes rests, Michael spirals into a whirlwind of anger only
Tue. 1/23, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC us through his extraordinary life and career and to experience one of life’s unfathomable twists,
Sat. 1/27, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC reveals the spark of madness that drove him. which rivals his son’s surreal military experiences.
Sun. 1/28, 3:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Fri. 1/19, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Fri. 1/19, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Sat. 1/20, 8:45 a.m., PC Library, PC Tue. 1/23, noon, PC Library, PC
Sun. 1/21, 12:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Fri. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Sat. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Sat. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
SPOTLIGHT NEXT
I AM NOT A WITCH SWEET COUNTRY 306 HOLLYWOOD CLARA’S GHOST

English and Bemba/Nyanja/Tongan English and Aboriginal Australian English and Italian with English subtitles Over the course of a single evening at the Reynolds
with English subtitles with English subtitles When two siblings undertake an archaeological family home in Connecticut, Clara, fed up with the
After a minor incident, nine-year-old Shula is In 1920s Australia, a middle-aged Aboriginal excavation of their late grandmother’s house, they constant ribbing from her self-absorbed showbiz
exiled to a witch camp, where she is told that if man’s comfortable life is upended by a newcomer’s embark on a magical-realist documentary journey family, finds solace in and guidance from the
she escapes, she’ll be transformed into a goat. arrival. Wanted for murder in the bloody aftermath from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, supernatural force she believes is haunting her.
As she navigates through her new life, she must of a violent shoot-out, he must flee into the from fashion to physics, in search of what life Fri. 1/19, noon, PC Library, PC
decide whether to accept her fate or risk the dangerous outback with his wife. remains in the objects we leave behind. Sat. 1/20, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC
consequences of seeking freedom. Fri. 1/19, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Sat. 1/20, 6:45 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
DAY ONE Wed. 1/24, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Tue. 1/23, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Sat. 1/20, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Mon. 1/22, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Thu. 1/25, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Thu. 1/18, 6:00 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 1/27, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Fri. 1/19, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
THE RIDER Sat. 1/20, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort AN EVENING WITH
After a tragic riding accident, young cowboy and YOU WERE NEVER Sun. 1/21, noon, Broadway 6, SLC BEVERLY LUFF LINN
rising rodeo-circuit star Brady Jandreau is told REALLY HERE Wed. 1/24, 8:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Lulu Danger’s unsatisfying marriage takes a
that his competition days are over. In an attempt Joe, a traumatized veteran unafraid of violence, fortunate turn for the worse when a mysterious
to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job man from her past comes to town to perform an
search for new identity and tries to redefine his spins out of control, his nightmares overtake him A BOY, A GIRL, A DREAM. event called “An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
idea of manhood in America’s heartland. and a conspiracy is uncovered, leading to what On the night of the 2016 presidential election, For One Magical Night Only.”
Fri. 1/19, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC may be his death trip—or his awakening. Cass, an LA club promoter, takes a thrilling and Sat. 1/20, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 1/20, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Fri. 1/19, 9:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC emotional journey with Frida, a Midwestern visitor. Sun. 1/21, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
Mon. 1/22, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Sun. 1/21, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC She challenges him to revisit his broken dreams— Tue. 1/23, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 1/27, 6:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC Tue. 1/23, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC while he pushes her to discover hers. Fri. 1/26, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Sat. 1/27, 12:15 p.m., The Grand, SLC
Mon. 1/22, noon, PC Library, PC
Tue. 1/23, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Wed. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., Tower, SLC MADELINE’S MADELINE
Wed. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Madeline got the part! She’s going to play the
Sat. 1/27, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC
lead in a theatre piece! Except the lead wears
sweatpants like Madeline’s. And has a cat like
Madeline’s. And is holding a steaming hot iron
next to her mother’s face—like Madeline is.
Tue. 1/23, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Wed. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
Fri. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
NEXT
NIGHT COMES ON WE THE ANIMALS ARIZONA LORDS OF CHAOS

Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention Us three, us brothers, us kings. Manny, Joel, and Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, this Based on truth (and lies), this dark drama is about
on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her Jonah tear their way through childhood and push darkly comedic story follows Cassie Fowler, a precocious teenager, Euronymous, who wants
past, she embarks on a journey with her against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny a single mom and struggling realtor whose life to spread evil, chaos, and true Norwegian black
10-year-old sister that could destroy their future. and Joel grow into versions of their father, and Ma goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder. metal. When Euronymous invites a mysterious
Fri. 1/19, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces Sat. 1/20, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC loner, Varg, to join his “Black Circle,” a rivalry
Sat. 1/20, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC an imagined world all his own. Mon. 1/22, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC sparks, leading to unexpected consequences.
Sun. 1/21, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Sat. 1/20, noon, PC Library, PC Fri. 1/26, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Tue. 1/23, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Wed. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC Mon. 1/22, 9:15 a.m., The Ray, PC Sat. 1/27, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC Wed. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Thu. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC Wed. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Thu. 1/25, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Thu. 1/25, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
ASSASSINATION NATION Sat. 1/27, 10:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
SEARCH Fri. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort

Sat. 1/27, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC This is a 1,000 percent true story about how the
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a quiet, all-American town of Salem absolutely MANDY
desperate father breaks into her laptop to look lost its mind. Pacific Northwest, 1983 AD: Outsiders Red
for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely WHITE RABBIT Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and
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on computer screens. A dramatic comedy following a Korean American Mon. 1/22, 12:15 p.m., The Ray, PC peaceful existence. When their pine-scented
Sun. 1/21, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
performance artist who struggles to be Wed. 1/24, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the
Tue. 1/23, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC authentically heard and seen through her Thu. 1/25, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into
Thu. 1/25, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC multiple identities in modern Los Angeles. Sat. 1/27, 11:59 p.m., Tower, SLC a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody
Fri. 1/26, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Preceded by LAZERCISM vengeance and laced with fire.
Sat. 1/27, noon, SLC Library, SLC
Fri. 1/19, 3:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC HEREDITARY Fri. 1/19, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
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After their reclusive grandmother passes away,
SKATE KITCHEN Tue. 1/23, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
the Graham family tries to escape the dark fate
Sun. 1/21, 3:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Wed. 1/24, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Thu. 1/25, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Camille’s life as a lonely suburban teenager they’ve inherited. Sat. 1/27, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 1/27, 9:15 a.m., Holiday 2, PC
changes dramatically when she befriends a group Sun. 1/21, 11:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into
this raw New York City subculture, she begins to
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Tue. 1/23, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
NEVER GOIN’ BACK
understand the true meaning of friendship as well Wed. 1/24, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC Jessie and Angela, high school dropout BFFs, are
as her inner self. Sat. 1/27, noon, Redstone 7, PC taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their
Sun. 1/21, 9:30 p.m., PC Library, PC house got robbed, rent’s due, they’re about to get
Mon. 1/22, 8:15 a.m., Egyptian, PC fired, and they’re broke. Now they’ve gotta avoid
Wed. 1/24, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC eviction, stay out of jail, and get to the beach, no
Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC matter what!
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Tue. 1/23, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
INDIE EPISODIC
PIERCING AMERICA TO ME INDIE EPISODIC PROGRAM 1 INDIE EPISODIC PROGRAM 2

In this twisted love story, a man seeks out an This limited series captures a yearlong look at
unsuspecting stranger to help him purge the dark one of Chicago’s most progressive and diverse
PAINT THIS CLOSE
torments of his past. His plan goes awry when he public schools, located in suburban Oak Park. A half-hour comedy/drama that follows the English and American Sign Language
encounters a woman with plans of her own. Unprecedented in scope, the series is both adventures and exploits of three young artists living with English subtitles
A playful psycho-thriller game of cat-and-mouse, intimate and epic in its storytelling as it explores in Brooklyn, as they struggle to make it not only in Best friends Kate and Michael, who are deaf, try
based on Ryū Murakami’s novel. America’s charged state of race, culture, and the art world but in life. to balance their personal and professional lives.
education today. She’s newly engaged and struggles to grow at
Sat. 1/20, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC FRANCHESCA work, while he battles self-destructive writer’s
Sun. 1/21, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Episodes 1–3 (Part 1)* Comedian Franchesca Ramsey finds communion block after having his heart broken. As they tackle
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and culture in this short-form series that explores their own issues, their friendship is put to the test.
Episodes 4–5 (Part 2)* beauty and fashion in the digital age. This episode
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Tue. 1/23, 9:00 a.m., The Ray, PC finds Franchesca escaping ubiquitous internet THE MORTIFIED GUIDE
*Attendees will receive a ticket to part 2 upon arrival at trolls as she spends the day with friend Michelle Real people share their childhood writings and art
REVENGE part 1. Buteau getting an ornate Japanese gel manicure. in front of total strangers, offering a comedic look
English and French with English subtitles Episodes 1–5 at the biggest issues of adolescence, from first
Thu. 1/25, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC HALFWAY THERE loves to fitting in. Based on the Mortified stage
Three wealthy married men get together for their Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
annual hunting game in a desert canyon. This time, When recovering addict Jimmy Bishop finds shows, books, podcast, and film, this uproarious
one of them has brought along his young mistress, his sober living facility teetering on the edge of docuseries celebrates the awkward insecurities
who quickly arouses the interest of the other two. bankruptcy, he is forced to take in his wealthy, that shaped us all.
Things get dramatically out of hand as a hunting alcoholic mother as a client. Her arrival solves
his immediate financial crisis but also unleashes Tue. 1/23, 6:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
game turns into a ruthless manhunt. Wed. 1/24, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
every other problem he has struggled his whole life
Fri. 1/19, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC to contain. Thu. 1/25, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
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Thu. 1/25, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
SUMMER OF ’84
Summer, 1984: a perfect time to be a carefree
15-year-old. But when neighborhood conspiracy
theorist Davey Armstrong begins to suspect his
police officer neighbor might be the serial killer all
over the local news, he and his three best friends
begin an investigation that soon turns dangerous.
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Wed. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
INDIE EPISODIC
INDIE EPISODIC PROGRAM 3 INDIE EPISODIC PROGRAM 4 INDIE EPISODIC PROGRAM 5 INDIE EPISODIC PROGRAM 6
MR INBETWEEN TAMMY’S TINY TEA TIME I’M POPPY LEIMERT PARK
Father, ex-husband, boyfriend: tough roles to A short-form animated series about a maladjusted Join internet sensation Poppy as she enters the Three friends share a house in South Los Angeles’s
juggle in the modern age. They’re even harder 42-year-old woman with the emotional capacity real world for the very first time and quickly Leimert Park. Despite being married, beats-maker
when you’re a hitman. Ray Shoesmith must of a child who shrinks to the size of her toys and realizes that fame and fortune come at a price, Mickey hasn’t orgasmed in three months; Bridget
navigate his chilling business while also forces them to entertain her, before the show plays with secret societies, dangerous fanatics, and mistakes sex for love while assisting a visiting artist;
maintaining friendships, parental responsibilities, several completely unrelated animated shorts. a very envious mannequin named Charlotte. and Kendra shoots videos of her sexual encounters
and a fledgling romance. with the goal of landing her own art show.
THE SHOW ABOUT THE SHOW CHERRIES
HIGH & MIGHTY (SEASON 2) After a long separation, two sisters are forced THE ADULTERERS
After years of being perpetually stoned, drunk, In season 2, Caveh and Mandy break up over to come together. When the man that once got Two co-workers engaged in an extramarital affair
and jobless in the hood, Chelo Chavez needs to the show. Caveh gets involved with a fan, but between them reappears, a triangle emerges and discover an unexpected but limited intimacy,
get his shit together. After emerging unscathed the pressure of having every aspect of their they find themselves in a similar place as they were unlocking a secret world where creativity and
from multiple gunshots delivered by a mysterious relationship made public begins to erode that years before: suffocating, infuriating, and incredibly freedom can blossom. How long can they sustain
man in a flower truck, Chelo discovers that he relationship as well. The show becomes a familiar. Home. this fleeting magic in the shadow of reality?
has superhuman powers—but only when he’s runaway train that Caveh struggles to keep from
drunk or high. being derailed. SUSANELAND Tue. 1/23, noon, Park Ave., PC
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Surreal and darkly comedic vignettes from one
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Wed. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
TROPICAL COP TALES young woman’s life are the basis for this short-form
Two burned-out city cops, Keymarion “Primetime” episodic series. Susane means well, she has good
Weeyums and Demetrius “Meechie” Franks, intentions, but she finds herself challenged when
relocate to a tropical paradise for a relaxing she winds up in awkward situations.
twilight to their careers. It ends up being the
most vicious, menacing place on earth—not even THE PASSAGE
slightly relaxing. Phil is a wide-eyed mute on the run after escaping
captivity. His scatterbrained ineptitude keeps
Tue. 1/23, 2:45 p.m., Park Ave., PC getting him in trouble, but two agents hired to
Wed. 1/24, 6:15 p.m., The Ray, PC recapture him always seem to be one step behind.
The result is a series of misadventures that take the
trio around the globe.
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Wed. 1/24, noon, Park Ave., PC
SHORTS PROGRAMS
SHORTS PROGRAM 1 SHORTS PROGRAM 2

DAY ONE FRY-UP CHEER UP BABY
An intimate portrayal of what could be a family’s A young woman who was sexually assaulted
MEN DON’T WHISPER WORLD OF TOMORROW last day together, set against the urban backdrop by a stranger on the subway is rendered with
After being emasculated at a sales conference, EPISODE TWO: THE BURDEN OF of North London. psychological menace and sensory dislocation
gay couple Reese and Peyton set out to do the OTHER PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS in this elliptical tale.
most masculine thing they can think of—sleep Written entirely around candid audio recordings HOME SHOPPER
with some women. of Don Hertzfeldt’s five-year-old niece, Episode In a loveless marriage, Penny finds solace in the JULIUS CAESAR WAS BURIED
Two finds Emily Prime swept inside the brain of an hypnotic escape of the home shopping channel. IN A PET CEMETERY
ARIA incomplete backup clone of her future self, who’s When things take an unexpected turn with her A short documentary portrait of the greatest pet
Greek with English subtitles on a mission to reboot her broken mind. husband, the channel proves to be her saving cemetery in the world.
Athens, present day: Seventeen-year-old Aria, grace … or was it the problem all along?
who is working at Jimmy’s kebab place, is DON’T BE A HERO THE CLIMB
waiting for a driving lesson from her father. A middle-aged woman battles loneliness and EMERGENCY Kyle is depressed, and a weekend bike ride
boredom by robbing banks on her lunch break. Faced with an emergency situation, a group of with his best friend, Mike, should help. Fresh air.
GARFIELD But after the adrenaline rush wears off, she still young Black and Latino friends carefully weigh Camaraderie. Exercise. But Mike has something
Krishna wakes up in a strange place, with a strange has to deal with her deeply unhappy life. Inspired the pros and cons of calling the police. to say that might ruin the ride.
guy. As she pieces together how she got there, she by a true story.
realizes that the reasons may be bigger than just SWAMP WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER
the night before. Emberá/Spanish with English subtitles Macedonian with English subtitles
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Sat. 1/20, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Oscar and his family live in a humble country A hardheaded tomboy spots the unlikely solution
ZION Sat. 1/27, 4:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC house threatened by a massive hydroelectric to all of her problems in an all-male religious ritual.
A portrait of Zion Clark, a young wrestler who was project. In the face of uncertainty and sorrow
born without legs and grew up in foster care. at leaving the land where they were born, his Fri. 1/19, noon, Temple, PC
grandparents decide to end it all. Sat. 1/20, noon, Redstone 7, PC
Thu. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC
SHORTS PROGRAMS
SHORTS PROGRAM 3 SHORTS PROGRAM 4

MAUDE COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO WAR PAINT CAREFUL HOW YOU GO
Teeny thought it was just another routine Hindi/Marathi with English subtitles A young black girl in South LA experiences a series A darkly comic psychological horror, which visits
babysitting job—until she’s shocked to meet In a city that houses millions, Smita discovers of events at the convergence of racism and sexism three women as they indulge their taste for
the client. As the day goes on, Teeny decides to a strange prerequisite to renting a house in during the Fourth of July holiday. recreational cruelty. Careful how you go …
become the woman she had no idea she always middle-class Mumbai. She would make an ideal
wanted to be … until she gets caught. tenant, except for one glaring flaw—she is an FOR NONNA ANNA THE VIOLENCE OF A CIVILIZATION
Indian woman without a husband. English and Italian WITHOUT SECRETS
THE FISHERMAN A trans girl cares for her Italian grandmother. An urgent reflection on indigenous sovereignty,
Spanish with English subtitles PAINTING WITH JOAN She assumes that her nonna disapproves of the undead violence of museum archives, and
A humble Cuban fisherman is having a harsh Are you curious about Minnesota’s #3 her—but instead discovers a tender bond in postmortem justice through the case of the
winter on the open sea. For the sake of his family public-access painting show? Painting with Joan their shared vulnerability. “Kennewick Man,” a prehistoric Paleo-American
and against all odds, he needs to capture a is coming to the Sundance Film Festival! man whose remains were found in Kennewick,
fish tonight. Watch Joan paint beautiful snowy mountains THE TURK SHOP Washington, in 1996.
and debate extraterrestrial sexuality with herself! Swedish with English subtitles
INTIMITY WYRM
A comedy about structural racism in the workplace.
As she is showering, dressing, and putting on FAUVE Wyrm has two days to get his first kiss or he’ll be
her makeup, a woman bares her soul. French with English subtitles NEVADA held back as part of the school district’s No Child
Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a Left Alone program and forced to wear his My.E.Q.
A young couple’s romantic weekend getaway
WREN BOYS seemingly innocent power game with Mother is interrupted by a birth-control mishap in this
Remote Monitoring collar throughout high school.
On the day after Christmas, a Catholic priest Nature as the sole observer. stop-motion animated comedy. Fri. 1/19, noon, Sundance Resort
from Cork drives his nephew to prison. Sat. 1/20, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Sun. 1/21, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
NUUCA Sat. 1/20, noon, Broadway 6, SLC
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English and Hidatsa with English subtitles Sat. 1/20, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri. 1/26, 10:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
Fri. 1/26, 1:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
The oil boom in North Dakota has brought tens
of thousands of new people to the region, and
with that has come an influx of drugs, crime,
and sex trafficking.
SHORTS PROGRAMS
SHORTS PROGRAM 5 ANIMATION SPOTLIGHT

BLUE CHRISTMAS THE RIGHT CHOICE MANIVALD EYE BAGS
On Christmas Eve, 1968, in a Scottish With the help of an adviser, a husband and wife Manivald is still living at home with his retired Cantonese with English subtitles
coastal town, a debt collector goes to work must answer three seemingly harmless questions mother. The day before his 33rd birthday, a hot Through monologue, Talia describes her chronic
to avoid confronting his wife’s worsening to create their perfect designer baby. young wolf named Toomas comes to fix their insomnia. She does not know its cause and spends
psychosis at home. washing machine. A love triangle develops, which many painful nights awake. When Talia meets Ah
AGUA VIVA leaves Manivald increasingly frustrated. Gum, a goldfish who lives in her eye bags, they
JUDITH LOVES MARTHA A Chinese manicurist in Miami attempts to develop an interesting relationship.
A wily 87-year-old New Yorker, Judith Godwin describe feelings she doesn’t have the words for. [O]
is one of very few women of the Abstract A film that imitates nature in its manner of THE DRIVER IS RED
Expressionist movement. A creative awakening END OF THE LINE operation, depicting animated cycles in a world Argentina, 1960: A true crime story of how secret
in college led her to produce the brilliant, A lonely man goes to the pet store and buys entirely based on sound frequency and vibration. agent Zvi Aharoni hunts down one of the highest-
gestural paintings for which she is renowned. a tiny man in a cage. ranking Nazi war criminals on the run.
A BRIEF SPARK BOOKENDED
MUD (HASHTŁ’ISHNII) MATRIA BY DARKNESS JEOM
On her last day, Ruby faces the inescapable Galician with English subtitles A hand-drawn animated tale about love in an Korean with English subtitles
remnants of alcoholism, family, and culture. Faced with a challenging daily routine, Ramona increasingly dark world. A father and a son both have the same big
tries to take refuge in her relationships with her birthmark on their butt. Believing that the two
SET ME AS A SEAL daughter and granddaughter. PLUR birthmarks are connected, the son scrubs his
UPON THINE HEART A claymation adaptation of a series of actual father’s birthmark to remove it—but he just can’t
Hebrew with English subtitles Sat. 1/20, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC voicemails received after making out with someone
Mon. 1/22, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
get rid of it.
A gay sauna encounter between a young man at a rave.
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and an older man becomes an unexpected lesson THE BURDEN
about love.
Thu. 1/25, noon, PC Library, PC GLUCOSE Swedish with English subtitles
Sugar was the engine of the slave trade that
A dark musical enacted in a modern shopping
brought millions of Africans to America. Glucose
center next to a large freeway. The employees
is sweet, marketable, and easy to consume, but its
of the various commercial venues deal with
surface satisfaction is a thin coating on the pain of
boredom and existential anxiety by performing
many disenfranchised people.
cheerful musical numbers, but the apocalypse is
a tempting liberator.
Sun. 1/21, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Thu. 1/25, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
SHORTS PROGRAMS
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS PROGRAM 1 MIDNIGHT SHORTS PROGRAM

A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN VOLTE GREAT CHOICE ULTRAVIOLET
Months before the start of World War II, 22,000 Polish with English subtitles A woman gets stuck in a Red Lobster commercial. Thai with English subtitles
Americans gathered in New York’s Madison Square Zuzia, 12, has been training for two years and A woman named Kanchana and several scorpions
Garden to rally in support of Nazism. has an extraordinary role topping the acrobatic DEER BOY explore collaborative survival approaches in a
pyramid. At the start of a new season, it’s clear that A hunter’s son is born with antlers. A reflection on posthuman future in which all living beings are
THE TRADER (SOVDAGARI) she’s lost some grace and lightness. A growth spurt how each man kills the thing he loves. considered equal. Interspecies sociability, the
Georgian with English subtitles may be the culprit. Anthropocene, and speculative fabulations unfold
Gela sells secondhand clothes and household HAIR WOLF in a futuristic and enchanted world.
items in places where money is potatoes. SYMPHONY OF A SAD SEA In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the
Spanish with English subtitles local residents fend off a strange new monster: THE BLAZING WORLD
VOX LIPOMA Hugo, a Mexican child and victim of violence, flees
white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from Margaret has been plagued with dreams of a
Swedish with English subtitles black culture. strange world since she was a little girl. After a
his hometown with one single dream: crossing to
A short about Ingmar Bergman’s power, sexuality, the United States to meet his father and leave his mysterious man with a map visits her one night,
THURSDAY NIGHT she decides to give in to the incessant calls of
and facial lipoma that gives him no rest. past behind.
An elusive stranger pays Bimbo a visit in the The Blazing World.
BABY BROTHER MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES middle of the night to deliver a vital message.
The director’s baby brother moves back in Filmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to better understand THE SHIVERING TRUTH
BLACK An omnibus of painfully riotous daymares
with his parents. his emotionally distant late father through the
Japanese with English subtitles dripping with dream logic—a slate of emotional
personal belongings he left behind … including a
stack of dirty VHS movies. Narrated by David Wain. A pair of astronauts is trapped on an orbital space parables from the deepest caverns of your
station due to unexpected nuclear war on Earth. unconscious, lovingly animated in stop-motion.
They lost contact with Earth, and all attempts to In other words, it is the Truth.
Sun. 1/21, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC communicate with their base or anybody else
Fri. 1/19, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Thu. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Park Ave., PC have failed.
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Sat. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
END GAME RX EARLY DETECTION A CANCER

English and Farsi with English subtitles JOURNEY WITH SANDRA LEE
Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this work When Sandra Lee is stunned after her routine
follows visionary medical practitioners who are annual mammogram delivers a breast cancer
working on the cutting edge of life and death—and diagnosis, she takes a courageous journey
dedicated to changing our thinking about both. through diagnosis, treatment, and recovery as
her experience becomes a call for early detection.
Sun. 1/21, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
Mon. 1/22, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Wed. 1/24, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sat. 1/27, 8:30 a.m., Holiday 1, PC
SPECIAL EVENTS FROM THE
COLLECTION
THE KING RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: AN EVENING WITH TODD HAYNES SMOKE SIGNALS
Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE In the 30 years since he burst onto the indie scene, When Victor’s estranged father, Arnold, dies in
musical road trip across America in his 1963 CULTURAL PHENOMENON Todd Haynes has established himself as one of Arizona, he must leave his home on an Idaho
Rolls-Royce explores how a country boy lost his A retrospective of VH1’s Emmy-winning RuPaul’s the most distinctive voices in American cinema. reservation to retrieve Arnold’s ashes. Victor’s
authenticity and became a king while his country Drag Race on the heels of its 10th season, and a A special conversation with Haynes, his longtime friend Thomas offers to fund the trip, but only
lost her democracy and became an empire. panel hosted by RuPaul with executive producers collaborator—producer Christine Vachon—and if he can accompany Victor. Together they
Thu. 1/25, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, along with moderator Richard Linklater explores Haynes’s undertake a journey filled with discovery about
Tom Campbell and the senior vice president of early work, including clips from notable, recently their personal and cultural identities.
original programming for MTV, VH1, and Logo, restored gems. Fri. 1/26, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
LENNY Pamela Post. Sat. 1/20, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s newsletter
Fri. 1/26, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
comes to life in this pilot, in which a diverse group
of filmmakers explore sex, identity, culture, and
death around the theme “women in pursuit.” THE TRADE
Preceded by EVE English and Spanish with English subtitles
Tue. 1/23, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC A character-driven vérité docuseries that explores
Thu. 1/25, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC the opioid epidemic from the intimate perspectives
Sun. 1/28, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC of growers, addicts, and law enforcement on both
sides of the border. This interwoven narrative
transcends the headlines to convey, with humanity
PASS OVER and nuance, the scope and gravity of the crisis.
A provocative riff on Waiting for Godot, capturing
Wed. 1/24, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
the poetry, humor, and humanity of this urgent and
Thu. 1/25, 8:45 a.m., PC Library, PC
timely play, Pass Over is about two young black Sat. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
men talking shit, passing the time, and dreaming
of the promised land.
Fri. 1/26, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
WILD WILD COUNTRY
Sat. 1/27, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC When a mysterious guru and his disciples
Sun. 1/28, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC purchase a 64,000-acre ranch in desolate,
rural Oregon—and build a $125 million utopian
society—a war erupts with neighboring ranchers,
pitting one way of life against the other and
forcing both sides to take actions neither thought
imaginable.
Wed. 1/24, 9:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Sun. 1/28, 10:00 a.m., Tower, SLC
KIDS
FILMS AND PERFORMANCES
LU OVER THE WALL ★ NARCISSISTER ORGAN PLAYER
Kai is a lonely teenage boy who lives in a small Japanese/French/German/Russian/Spanish/ This hybrid performance/documentary film
fishing village. One day, he meets and befriends Lu, Dutch/Italian/Swedish/Hindi/Finnish/Norwegian/ explores how ancestral data is stored in our bodies,
a fun-loving mermaid whose singing is hypnotic to Bulgarian/Portuguese impacting the lives we lead. On the personal level,
all who hear it. But the townspeople have always This film, compiling shots of clear nighttime skies the film investigates how the artist’s complex family
thought that mermaids bring disaster … from throughout film history in chronological history compelled her to create the masked, erotic
Sat. 1/20, noon, SLC Library, SLC order, reveals that what humans may regard as performance character Narcissister.
Sun. 1/21, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC an absolute image is actually quite unstable. Fri. 1/19, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Sat. 1/27, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC This instability occurs not only from evolving Sat. 1/20, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
technological parameters but also as a result Sun. 1/21, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
of period-specific trends in culture. Sat. 1/27, 5:30 p.m., Holiday 1, PC
SCIENCE FAIR
Fri. 1/19, 3:00 p.m., Sundance Resort
English and Portuguese/German
with English subtitles
Sun. 1/21, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC A THOUSAND THOUGHTS
Tue. 1/23, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Nine high school students from around the Wed. 1/24, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
A live cinema portrait of the legendary classical
globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and, of course, Sat. 1/27, 9:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC music group the Kronos Quartet. Green narrates
hormones on their journey to compete at the the film, and Kronos performs the soundtrack
international science fair. Facing off against 1,700 live. A meditation on music itself—the act of
of the smartest, quirkiest teens from 78 different DEEP ASTRONOMY AND THE listening closely to music, the experience of
countries, only one will be named Best in Fair. ROMANTIC SCIENCES feeling music deeply, and the power of music
to change the world.
Sat. 1/20, 3:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC A live sci-fi event presented in the form of two
Sun. 1/21, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC master classes, featuring music, animation, and Mon. 1/22, 6:00 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Tue. 1/23, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC artwork. Topics include the colonization of other Mon. 1/22, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Sat. 1/27, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC planets, sentimentality reform, transdimensional
drifting, the proper way to view the universe, and
the reason that humans exist.
WHITE FANG
Fri. 1/19, 9:00 p.m., Park Ave. PC
An updated reimagining of Jack London’s classic
Mon. 1/22, 9:00 p.m., Park Ave. PC
novel, this thrilling tale of kindness, survival, and
the twin majesties of the animal kingdom and
mankind traces the loving and magnificent hero
White Fang, whose intense curiosity leads him
on the adventure of a lifetime.
Preceded by HEDGEHOG’S HOME
Sun. 1/21, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Sun. 1/21, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
EXHIBITIONS
NEW FRONTIER AWAVENA FRANKENSTEIN AI: TENDAR
AT THE RAY English and Portuguese/Yawanawá A MONSTER MADE BY MANY TendAR is a humorous and provocative installation
1780 Park Ave. The Yawanawá, an indigenous Amazonian people, By challenging dystopian perspectives around that combines interactive storytelling, AR, and
Park City see immersive technologies as tools they can artificial intelligence, this immersive experience emotion/face recognition technology to promote
Tickets are required and co-opt to share their connected worldview. Inviting reimagines Shelley’s seminal work to examine discussion about current topics in biometric data
are available during artist Lynette Wallworth to their community, the cultural ramifications of pervasive, ubiquitous and artificial intelligence. Your guide: a fish-like
individual ticket sales (online the Yawanawá share the visions of Hushahu, technology. Participants interact with an artificial creature who amusingly analyzes the partners
and at main box offices). their first woman shaman, and our technology intelligence, co-creating a shared narrative around collaborating in the experience, their emotions,
eWaitlist also available renders visible the luminous world they have the implications of unleashing this naive, intelligent and the world around them.
always known. “monster,” both mythical and imminent, into Installation powered by Google
Friday, January 19– the world.
New Frontier at The Ray New Frontier at The Ray
Tuesday, January 23
2:00–9:30 p.m. New Frontier at Kimball Art Center
Wednesday, January 24– ELASTIC TIME VR_I

Friday, January 26 A mixed-reality interactive documentary about
HERO Blending art with technology, VR_I resulted from
noon–9:30 p.m. space-time, narrated by astronomer Tony Stark An immersive, large-scale installation that explores the encounter between Swiss choreographer
Saturday, January 27 (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). humanity in our modern era of civilian warfare. Gilles Jobin and the founders of Artanim,
10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. A real-time hologram of your body is integrated In this vérité VR experience with multi-sensory Caecilia Charbonnier and Sylvain Chagué. In
into the observatory room. Using the controllers, engagement, participants embark upon their own this contemplative virtual dance piece, five
you bend space and time to your will, creating primal journey. When everyday life is disrupted spectators, immersed together and in real time,
NEW FRONTIER black holes, wormholes, and time portals. by profound crisis, only human connection can use avatars to investigate a performance among
AT KIMBALL New Frontier at The Ray
inspire hope. surprising effects of scale.
ART CENTER New Frontier at Kimball Art Center New Frontier at Kimball Art Center
New Frontier at The Ray
1401 Kearns Blvd. EXPERIENCE REALISTIC
Park City
TOUCH IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Open to credential holders HaptX brings realistic touch to virtual reality
Friday, January 19– for the first time. The innovative technology lets
Sunday, January 21 VR users feel the shape, movement, texture,
2:00–7:00 p.m. and temperature of digital objects. By providing
Monday, January 22– advanced haptic feedback and natural interaction,
Friday, January 26 HaptX enables unprecedented levels of realism
noon–7:00 p.m. in virtual experiences.
Saturday, January 27
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
VR EXPERIENCES
THE BOX VR BAR BATTLESCAR SPHERES: SONGS OF SPACETIME
AT THE RAY at Music Café New York City, 1978: When Lupe, a Puerto Rican Dive into the heart of a black hole and uncover
1780 Park Ave. 751 Main St. American teen, meets fellow runaway Debbie, the the hidden songs of the cosmos. In this interactive
Park City Park City Bowery’s punk scene and the Lower East Side are VR experience, the breakthrough discovery of
This venue houses the New The VR Bar at Music Café is their playground. This coming-of-age narrative gravitational waves transforms how we see the
Frontier VR Mobile Programs. where you can experience a explores identity through animation and immersive universe. Fall into the darkness, and you will find
Tickets are required and are selection of the official New environments as Lupe’s handwritten journals guide the light.
available during individual Frontier Mobile VR Program, users through her year. New Frontier at The Ray
ticket sales (online and at plus hot, late-breaking VR New Frontier at The Ray
main box offices). content created by some of
eWaitlist also available the most exciting companies WOLVES IN THE WALLS
in the field—plus hosted CHORUS (CHAPTER 1)
Friday, January 19– cocktails! Open to Crystals, lasers, monsters, heroines. Transform All is not as it seems when eight-year-old Lucy’s
Saturday, January 27 credential holders into fantastical female warriors in this social virtual imagination proves to be reality. Help her discover
Friday, January 19 reality experience. Six people can band together to what’s hiding inside the walls of her house in
8:00–9:30 p.m. battle evil in this epic journey of empowerment, all this immersive fable, based on the work by Neil
Hosted by Oculus orchestrated to the song “Chorus” by Justice. Gaiman and Dave McKean and choreographed by
Saturday, January 20 New Frontier at The Ray acclaimed theatre company Third Rail Projects.
8:30–10:30 p.m. New Frontier at The Ray
Hosted by Comcast Ventures DICKGIRL 3D(X)
Sunday, January 21 DICKGIRL 3D(X) is the non-binary version of EVA ZIKR: A SUFI REVIVAL
9:30–10:30 p.m. v3.0, an avatar purchased online and appropriated English and Arabic
Hosted by Dell by the artist. Through DICKGIRL 3D(X), the viewer
This interactive social VR experience uses song
Monday, January 22 becomes a post-human pleasure seeker in an
and dance to transport four participants into
8:30–10:30 p.m. encounter with a submissive, clay-like sculpture.
ecstatic Sufi rituals while also exploring the
Hosted by Intel New Frontier at Kimball Art Center motivations behind followers of this mystical
Thursday, January 25 Islamic tradition still observed by millions
8:30–10:30 p.m. SPACE EXPLORERS: A NEW DAWN around the world.
Experience the journey of NASA astronauts New Frontier at Kimball Art Center
as they navigate the trials and sacrifices of
their training and missions. An immersive VR
experience that shines a light on mankind’s most
ambitious endeavor to understand our planet,
our universe, and our origins.
New Frontier at Kimball Art Center
VR EXPERIENCES
VR MOBILE PROGRAM 1 VR MOBILE PROGRAM 2 VR MOBILE PROGRAM 4
ISLE OF DOGS BEHIND THE MASTERS OF THE SUN THE SUMMATION OF FORCE
SCENES (IN VIRTUAL REALITY) In 1983, Los Angeles was spared from utter In a moonlit suburban yard, two brothers battle
This virtual reality experience places the viewer destruction driven by an ancient evil. The ghetto one another in a mythic game of cricket. A study
inside the miniature world of Wes Anderson’s became ground zero for a drug epidemic that of the motion, physics, and psychology of elite
upcoming stop-motion animated film, face-to-face transformed citizens into soul-sucking zombies sport; a cosmic, dreamlike, and darkly beautiful
with the cast of dogs as they are interviewed on through Z-Drops, until a ragtag crew used one metaphor for life.
set while the crew of the film works around you weapon to take their city back: hip-hop.
to create the animation you are seeing.
Fri. 1/19, 7:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC ON MY WAY
Sun. 1/21, 7:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC In a Tesla, multiple Yung Jakes rap about money,
DINNER PARTY Wed. 1/24, 1:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC cars, drugs, and things of that nature, among
Sat. 1/27, 10:30 a.m., The Box at The Ray, PC interactive elements.
A short virtual reality thriller that dramatizes the
incredible story of Betty and Barney Hill, who in
the 1960s reported the first nationally known UFO MICRO GIANTS
abduction case in America. VR MOBILE PROGRAM 3 A computer-generated VR experience that gives an
unprecedented and highly engaging perspective
EYES IN THE RED WIND DISPATCH of insect life. When you enter into the micro world,
Friends and family members gather to throw A small-town police dispatcher faces the tiny flowers and insects in normal life now become
a “soul scooping” ritual to pacify the soul of a greatest challenge of his career during an mighty trees and beasts.
drowned man. A possessed shaman reveals the all-night crime spree.
murderous truth behind the death, and lust and
Sun. 1/21, 3:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC YOUR SPIRITUAL TEMPLE SUCKS
secrets come to the fore.
Mon. 1/22, 3:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC English and Mandarin with English subtitles
Thu. 1/25, 7:30 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC Mr. Chang arrives at his “Spiritual Temple,” a place
THE SUN LADIES VR Fri. 1/26, 1:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
that represents one’s destiny. To solve his marital
An in-depth look at the personal journey of Xate Sat. 1/27 1:30 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
crisis and financial problems, he summons his
Shingali: from her roots as a famous singer in guardian—The Thunder God. They attempt to tidy
Kurdistan, through ISIS sex slavery, and to her his life, which turns out to be a big mistake … with
new life as a soldier on the front lines as she starts hilarious consequences.
a female-only Iraqi fighting unit called
the Sun Ladies. Sat. 1/20, 7:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
Mon. 1/22, 7:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
Fri. 1/19, 3:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC Wed. 1/24, 7:30 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
Tue. 1/23, 3:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC Fri. 1/26, 5:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
Wed. 1/24, 5:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC Sat. 1/27, 4:30 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
Thu. 1/25, 5:00 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
Fri. 1/26, 7:30 p.m., The Box at The Ray, PC
OFFSCREEN
The Sundance Film Festival’s Power of Story series looks to
Power of Story and other select Offscreen events
will be live-streamed. Check sundance.org for details.
deepen public engagement with storytelling, explore cinema

culture, and celebrate artists whose work propels the form.
Presented by Dropbox
POWER OF STORY PANELS

POWER OF STORY: CINEMA CAFÉ THE NEW CLIMATE BRAVE NEW STORY
CULTURE SHIFT #CinemaCafe #NewClimate #BraveNewStory
#PowerOfStory Friday, January 19–Saturday, January 27 • 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 23 • 2:30-4:00 p.m. Saturday, January 20 • 2:15–3:45 p.m.
Friday, January 19 • noon–1:30 p.m. Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor
Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Cinema Café is open to all Festival credential holders and the general Ticket Required
Ticket Required public as space allows. Please check the online program guide at As our society finds itself in increasingly
sundance.org/program for panelist listings. The impact of climate change has been felt entrenched positions, the relevance of radical
At a watershed moment in which America dramatically by Native communities in the storytelling can’t be overstated. Recognizing
grapples with gender, race, and the complex Strange things are afoot at Cinema Café. U.S. and around the world. Despite poisoned the power of art to reveal, artists are searching
nature of systemic change, an illustrious group Each morning at 11:30 a.m. in the Filmmaker resources, corporatism, and an existential for new stories and new ways of telling
of artists talk with Washington Post journalist Lodge, Cinema Café invigorates the culture of threat to their homelands, these vulnerable them. They’re demanding more of the form,
Sarah Ellison about their work, the power of conversation. Our daily series of informal chats communities rarely fall under the spotlight, questioning how it’s used to describe the
media, and the role creative choices play in rounds up special guests for thought-provoking and their stories go untold. This special world, looking at images and representation,
shifting culture and crystallizing the national discussions, complete with coffee and treats. New Climate discussion welcomes subverting dominant narratives and traditional
conversation. How do storytellers transform We are proud to present several Cinema Café Anote Tong, former president of the ways of seeing, and discovering a new
not only the arts and media fields but society discussions in collaboration with TimesTalks, disappearing islands of Kiribati; Tashka political cinema. Join Reinaldo Marcus Green
at large? What’s at stake in terms of the stories streaming engaging discussions with Festival Yawanawá, chief of the Yawanawá; moderator (Monsters and Men), RaMell Ross (Hale County
we tell and who tells them, and how will these filmmakers and New York Times journalists. Janaya Khan of Black Lives Matter, Canada; This Morning, This Evening), Brett Story
decisions shape our future? Sometimes, the most fascinating are the ones and others to deconstruct histories and (The Prison in Twelve Landscapes), Lynette
you didn’t expect. Cinema Café guests have mythologies around climate change, discuss Wallworth (Awavena), and others. Check
included Steve Coogan, Roger Corman, Julie how story and technology can share a hidden sundance.org for up-to-date information.
POWER OF STORY: ART OF FILM
WEEKEND Delpy, Dave Grohl, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Barbara point of view, and reveal creative initiatives
INDIES GO HOLLYWOOD Kopple, Spike Lee, Parker Posey, Samantha to combat current trends by changing minds.
Power, Ice-T, and many more. So bring your Check sundance.org for up-to-date information.
#PowerOfStory REFLECT: PORTRAIT NEW
FRONTIER
#ArtFilmWeekend questions and an open mind.
Friday, January 26 • 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
OF AI AS A YOUNG MAN
Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. ADAPTATION #NewFrontier
Ticket Required Sunday, January 21 • noon–1:30 p.m.
#StoryAdaptation
The Box at The Ray, 1780 Park Ave.
Friday, January 19 • 2:30–4:00 p.m.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Thor: Ragnarok. Twilight. Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor
Fast & Furious. A Wrinkle in Time. Pete’s Dragon. Is the age of AI filmmaking upon us? Moderator
The directors of many prominent studio films Sandra Rodriguez (Chomsky vs. Chomsky, Do
Whether it be a beloved novel, a work of
got their start at the Sundance Film Festival. Not Track), musician and tech entrepreneur
nonfiction, or even a story from somebody’s
From having shoestring-budget movies on the will.i.am (Masters of the Sun), writer/director
life, the adaptation from original source
fest circuit and DIY outlooks to being handed Samantha Gorman (TendAR, PRY), and
material to a feature film is a huge undertaking,
big-budget, big-responsibility franchises, working strategist Rachel Ginsberg (Frankenstein AI:
with many creative decisions lying in the hands
with A-list actors, and garnering mainstream A Monster Made by Many) look under the hood
of the adapter. Learn how writers approach
exposure—what does taking this kind of career of this frequently misunderstood technology
this process and how they’ve transformed an
leap mean to them creatively, professionally, to see how storytellers can use artificial
original work into a new creative piece.
and personally? A contingent of filmmakers who intelligence to enhance or reinvent their own
Check sundance.org for up-to-date information.
straddle both worlds discuss what motivates creative process.
them to work at this new level and how they view
both the advantages and myriad challenges.
OFFSCREEN
PANELS
FRESH FACES WONDER: RE-IMAGINING NEW
FRONTIER THE FUTURE OF INDIE TV THIS IS NOT A PANEL
#SFFFreshFaces OUR RELATIONSHIP TO SPACE #IndieTVFuture #NotAPanel
Sunday, January 21 • 2:15–3:30 p.m. #NewFrontier Wednesday, January 24 • 2:00–3:30 p.m. Thursday, January 25 • 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor Tuesday, January 23 • noon–1:30 p.m. Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor
This year’s Festival films feature a number of As the world of serialized content widens from In what has become a tradition at the Festival,
genuinely exciting young talents—fresh faces As humans race to reach Mars, these traditional broadcast and cable television to this year’s non-panel panel features Josephine
who have already begun to receive attention works explore the cosmos inside of us. streaming platforms, the way we consume Decker (Madeline’s Madeline), Jim Hosking
and acclaim for their remarkable work. They Cory McAbee’s one-man show, Deep content is changing rapidly. Where do (An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, Tropical
represent a new generation of actors, fulfilling a Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences, independent voices fit into this increasingly Cop Tales), Crystal Moselle (Skate Kitchen),
longtime promise of independent film: to bring interrogates humankind’s ongoing love competitive industry? There is more demand and Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You). Each
rich, complex characters to life through stories. affair with space, Eliza McNitt’s VR piece, than ever for different forms of episodic filmmaker was tasked with the following
Join Dominique Fishback (Night Comes On), SPHERES: Songs of Spacetime, transports content, but how do artists and investors find mission: to share objects, stories, or any
Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Monster; Monsters and viewers to two black holes that are their audience and make a return on their sensory representation that has influenced their
Men), Hari Nef (Assassination Nation), and colliding, and Johann Lurf’s film, called ★, investment? Join Stephanie Allain (Leimert work and helped shape their vision as artists.
Rachelle Vinberg (Skate Kitchen). Check lovingly chronicles images of the night sky. Park), Steven Soderbergh (THE KING), Needless to say, unpredictable inspiration and
sundance.org for up-to-date information Designer David Delgado, of NASA’s Bernie Su (chief creative officer, Canvas Media surprises can be expected.
Jet Propulsion Lab, will moderate. Studios), David Wain (A Futile and Stupid
Gesture) and others in conversation about the
BUILD: THE ARCHITECTURE NEW
FRONTIER
WAYS OF SEEING current state of independent television and ART OF FILM WEEKEND
what the opportunities are for the future.
OF VR NARRATIVE #WaysOfSeeingStory
Check sundance.org for up-to-date information.
#ArtFilmWeekend
#NewFrontier Tuesday, January 23 • 2:00–3:30 p.m. Friday, January 26–Saturday, January 27 • 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Monday, January 22 • noon–2:00 p.m. Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor
How we see science and its place in our PLAY: NEW
FRONTIER As part of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,
Virtual reality technology drops viewers inside world has a lot to do with who we see doing A WORLD-BUILDING WORKSHOP we are bringing back Art of Film Weekend,
the story—literally. So how does VR affect the it and what’s being done. The images and #NewFrontier a two-day (Friday, January 26–Saturday,
standard, three-act structure? Maureen Fan representations we engage with through Thursday, January 25 • 1:00–3:00 p.m. January 27) program of activities that brings
(Invasion!, Asteroids!) will ask writer popular culture spark our imagination, inform The Box at The Ray, 1780 Park Ave. together an unprecedented array of artists
Charlotte Stoudt (Dinner Party, Homeland), our values, and shape our understanding of to celebrate the art and craft of filmmaking.
writer/director Edward Robles (Dispatch, scientists, their work, technology, the natural If you could create a city from scratch,
Exploring cinema, body and soul, we go
Clouds Over Sidra), animator Bruna Berford world, and the cosmos. So it bodes well that what would you include? An all-star group
behind the scenes to look at the creative,
(Arden’s Wake, HENRY), and content strategist storytellers are exploring different ways of of creative talent, including Lance Weiler
collaborative spirit of artists at every stage of
Diana Williams (Star Wars universe, Carne seeing, bending those perceptions through (Frankenstein AI: A Monster Made by Many)
the process: writers, directors, producers, actors,
y Arena) to share their strategies for telling fresh stories and innovative approaches to and John Hsu (Your Spiritual Temple Sucks),
cinematographers, editors, production designers,
narratives in 360-degree environments. narrative, style, and performance. will collaborate with the audience to envision
art directors, costume designers, casting
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation a city of the future. Afterward, panelists will
directors, sound designers, composers, and the
discuss this feat of group stagecraft, plus
countless others who create movie magic.
share their own methods for inventing
believable storyworlds.
OFFSCREEN
PANELS HOSTED PRESENTATIONS
CREATIVE TENSIONS: IDENTITY ART OF FILM
WEEKEND PRODUCER’S CONFIDENTIAL ART OF FILM
WEEKEND FILM CHURCH FILM, CODE, AND CRAFT:
#ArtFilmWeekend #ArtFilmWeekend #FilmChurch THE TECH THAT’S PUSHING
#CreativeTensions #CreativeProducers Sunday, January 28 • 10:30 A.m.–Noon STORIES FORWARD
Friday, January 26 • 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Friday, January 26 • 2:00–3:30 p.m. Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor
The Shop, 1167 Woodside Ave. ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor Friday, January 19 • noon–1:30 p.m.
ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor
What could be more divine than 10 days of
Protagonists: Effie Brown and TBD In today’s challenging marketplace, creative film watching? Finish off your Sundance Film
Moderated by Christopher Hibma, Theatre Program producers are well served by an expansive Festival experience by sharing a near-spiritual From virtual cameras to collaborative
knowledge of audience building, marketing, moment with Festival director John Cooper storyboards, creators are using new modes
This is not your typical panel. Join us for Creative and distribution strategy. With Columbus and and director of programming Trevor Groth, of filmmaking to push the boundaries of their
Tensions: IDENTITY as we explore what we may Unrest, recipients of Sundance Institute’s who will offer non-denominational talks of own storytelling—with the help of an ever-
be afraid to talk about. In a world where polemics inaugural Creative Distribution Fellowship, we the Festival that was. Come confess your likes expanding toolbelt. Join Vimeo’s head of
are the norm and binaries form our views of examine two films that emerged from the 2017 and dislikes. Joining us for the sermon will Creator Labs, Casey Pugh; Unity’s head of
others, how do we talk about the shades of gray? Sundance Film Festival and chose to bypass all- be a variety of special guests, including a few cinematics, Adam Myhill; moderator Isabelle
From our politics to the stories we create (or are rights distributors. Danielle Renfrew Behrens, filmmakers who took home awards the night Riva, head of Made with Unity; and a group
allowed to create), what do we lose or gain by Jennifer Brea, Giulia Caruso, Lindsey Dryden, before (if they can be found the morning after!). of filmmakers as we explore emerging
becoming a tribe of tribes? An innovative event Alysa Nahmias, and moderator Chris Horton All will be forgiven. technologies and how you can use them to
concept created bySundance Institute’s Theatre (Sundance Institute) present case studies on make your next film.
Program, Creative Tensions is a collective getting your work seen. Presented by Vimeo
conversation expressed in movement, wherein
participants reveal where they stand on an
issue by virtue of where they stand in the room. UNEARTHING THE PAST ART OF FILM
WEEKEND
THE ART OF THE EDIT—
#ArtFilmWeekend
INSIGHTS FROM THE FRONT LINES
A continental breakfast will be served at Saturday, January 27 • 2:00–3:30 p.m. Friday, January 19 • 3:00–4:30 p.m.
11:00 a.m. This event is presented by the Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor
Sundance Institute Theatre Program and
Sundance Ignite in partnership with IDEO, Nonfiction filmmakers are employing Join a lively discussion with master editors
a global design company creating positive increasingly innovative approaches in order and post-production pros—working across
impact through design. Check sundance.org to visually and artfully engage with the past. genres from blockbuster and independent
for up-to-date information. Through creative uses of archival footage, film to episodic television—as they share their
personal- and biographical-storytelling latest insights on how to take the art and craft
filmmakers are excavating the past in order of editing to the next level. Learn as these
to re-contextualize the present and interrogate accomplished editors discuss the relationship
notions of truth. Check sundance.org for between editors and directors, the role editing
up-to-date information. plays in storytelling, and how technology helps
bring their creative vision to life.
Presented by Adobe
OFFSCREEN
HOSTED PRESENTATIONS
BLACKHOUSE FILMMAKER HOW TO GET YOUR FILM DOCS ON PBS—DISTRIBUTION 360º IMAGINING WORK IN AN NEW
FRONTIER
LODGE PANEL OUT THERE—THE DIGITAL Saturday, January 20 • 4:30–6:00 p.m. AI-INTEGRATED FUTURE
Friday, January 19 • 4:30–6:00 p.m. EXPERTS WEIGH IN Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor
Sunday, January 21
Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor 11:00 a.m.: Exhibition of residency story prototypes
Saturday, January 20 • 3:00–4:30 p.m.
ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor You’ve devoted five years of your life to making Noon: Discussion
Blackhouse returns to the Filmmaker Lodge your film—now what? PBS and WNET talk The Dell Den, 528 Main St.
with challenging and engaging conversation YouTube and TheWrap team up to explore the with acclaimed filmmakers about the evolving
about the most essential elements and players changing landscape of independent film. These distribution landscape. With more choices Emerging technologies are fundamentally
within black entertainment and media—film, days, all you need is a smartphone and the than ever, what is the right way forward? changing the nature of work. How do we ensure
television, digital, and VR. determination to make a movie, but formats Public media offers expanding avenues for it will result in a human-centered future? Can
Presented by The Blackhouse Foundation are changing as fast as the platforms that show distribution and a network of local stations and we design these surplus technologies to further
them. Join moderator Sharon Waxman, CEO and opportunities to attract new audiences. In a an equitable future? Artists and technologists
editor in chief of TheWrap, as she taps into the candid conversation, filmmakers discuss their from Sundance Institute’s New Frontier World
expertise of filmmakers, talent, and executives on experiences, festival releases, and the path that Building Residency share their experience of
THE JOURNEY TO SPACE: led them to partner with PBS.
how best to make, sell, and distribute film in the wrestling with these questions as they built
A VR PERSPECTIVE—IN Presented by PBS and WNET New York Public Media a vision of the future of work in Los Angeles
digital age. Panelists to be announced.
CONVERSATION WITH NASA Presented by YouTube 2037. Panelists include Alex McDowell
AND FELIX & PAUL STUDIOS MASS INCARCERATION: (Minority Report, World Building Institute),
Saturday, January 20 • noon–1:30 p.m. Tony Patrick (Batman and the Signal),
AN ANIMATED STORY Grace Lee (American Revolutionary), Lauren
Saturday, January 20 • 6:00–7:30 p.m. McCarthy (LAUREN, p5.js), Dr. Danny Lange
Emmy-winning Felix & Paul Studios will be ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor (vice president of AI and machine learning,
premiering their latest VR film, Space Explorers: Unity Technologies), and Brian Reaves
A New Dawn, at the Sundance Film Festival. Imprisonment is a brutal and costly response (chief diversity and inclusion officer, Dell).
Hear director Félix Lajeunesse and NASA to crime that traumatizes incarcerated people, The panel will be moderated by
astronaut Jessica Meir talk about the making their families, and communities. Lavette Victor W. Hwang (vice president of
of this groundbreaking virtual reality experience. Mayes, Jason Hernandez, and Johnny Perez entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation).
The panel will also discuss the collaboration know all too well how devastating and Presented by Dell and the Ewing Marion
with NASA and the use of VR technology life-changing incarceration is. Watch the Kauffman Foundation
to capture the essence of an astronaut’s premiere of three animated films that expose
preparation to go to space. America’s broken criminal justice system
Presented by Comcast Ventures through their eyes, followed by a discussion in
which they will share more about their journeys
and why we must end mass incarceration.
Presented by the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice
OFFSCREEN
HOSTED PRESENTATIONS
BEYOND BORDERS: CREATIVE SOUND FOR VR THE PEOPLE: THE IMPORTANCE THE NEW YORK TIMES
ASIAN AMERICANS INDEPENDENT FILM OF OPEN ACCESS TO TOOLS FOR ON RACE, SEX, AND POWER:
AND THE IMMIGRANT VOICE Sunday, January 21 • 3:00–4:30 p.m. CREATORS AND PUBLISHERS WHO CONTROLS THE STORY?
Sunday, January 21 • noon–1:30 p.m. ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor Monday, January 22 • noon–1:30 p.m. Monday, January 22 • 2:45–4:00 p.m.
ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor ClaimJumper, 573 Main St., third floor The Shop, 1167 Woodside Ave.
Great sound work isn’t just limited to
Asian American artists discuss the unique big-budget Hollywood blockbusters. Join Technology is often viewed as a barrier to Many of our culture’s foundational stories
challenges and opportunities of building and the filmmakers behind Blindspotting and immersive storytelling. Instead, it can be used to have historically been controlled by white
sustaining careers as immigrant filmmakers. I Think We’re Alone Now as they show clips enhance, amplify, and simplify the creative process. men. Now that women and people of color are
From unique access to communities and their and talk about how sound and music help Join Mozilla, Nonny de la Peña, and a panel of stepping up to both tell their own stories and
stories to the burdens of representing new them tell their stories. Panelists will include artists and creators as we explore how technology take the reins of distribution, what does the
viewpoints in a rapidly changing cultural Carlos López Estrada (director, Blindspotting) can be used to push the limits of storytelling. future hold for media and society? Join New
landscape and filmmaking industry, join us for and Reed Morano (director, I Think We’re Presented by Mozilla York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, who broke
this relevant and dynamic conversation about Alone Now), moderated by Glenn Kiser, the Harvey Weinstein story; New York Times
what it means to be an immigrant filmmaker director of the Dolby Institute. opinion columnist Charles Blow; and Sundance
today and in the future. Presented by Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
SPECIAL SCREENING & filmmakers in a conversation moderated by
Presented by the Center for Asian American New York Times: Op-Docs executive producer
Media (CAAM) PANEL WITH CANON U.S.A. Kathleen Lingo.
BEHIND THE CAMERA: Monday, January 22 • 3:00–4:30 p.m. Presented by the New York Times
WHERE DIVERSITY BEGINS
BMI ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Sunday, January 21 • 4:30–6:00 p.m. From the 5D revolution to the C700, Canon SLATE’S CULTURE GABFEST
MUSIC AND FILM, Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor has long been a staple in the indie world, AND REPRESENT LIVE
THE CREATIVE PROCESS supporting filmmakers every step of the way.
The recent Storytelling Unbound research Join Canon U.S.A. for a special screening Tuesday, January 23 • 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 21 • 2:00–4:00 p.m.
from Univision Communications shows that Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St.
The Shop, 1167 Woodside Ave. and a conversation with a celebrated
the need for more inclusive entertainment is cinematographer who will discuss the future
a top-five concern for young audiences today. Slate, with support from Dropbox, hosts a
What goes into creating a successful film score? of filmmaking and today’s game-changing tools
And one way to increase diversity in front special live show featuring Aisha Harris from
What makes for an effective director-composer that help artists explore their craft.
of the camera is to hire diversity behind it. Represent and Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner,
relationship? In addition to Sundance Institute Presented by Canon
In this panel, moderated by Fusion TV’s and Dana Stevens from Culture Gabfest, Slate’s
Composer Lab advisors, we partner filmmakers popular culture podcasts, for a fun and witty
Kimberly Brooks, we’ll hear from content
with the composers they work with to answer conversation on the latest culture news and
creators on what practices are helping
these and other questions in this inspired happenings. In addition to their signature banter,
storytelling keep up with the changing tastes of
roundtable discussion moderated by they will be joined on stage with some of the
America and setting the industry up for future fans.
Doreen Ringer Ross, BMI vice president of leading creators at the Festival to discuss their
Presented by Univision Communications Inc. /
film, TV, and visual media relations. Participants work and how they fuel their creative energy.
Fusion Media Group
will include director of the Sundance Institute Presented by Dropbox
Film Music Program Peter Golub.
Presented by BMI
OFFSCREEN
HOSTED PRESENTATIONS MUSIC EVENTS
THE EXPANDED VR LANDSCAPE: THE GENETICS OF STORYTELLING BMI SNOWBALL
OCULUS AND PARTNERS ON Friday, January 26 • 4:30–6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 23
THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St. Doors: 7:30 p.m., Show: 8:00–10:00 p.m.
The Shop, 1167 Woodside Ave.
Wednesday, January 24 • 3:00–4:30 p.m. This showcase is open to all credential holders as space permits.
The story may live in us, but if we can’t tell our
stories well, what difference will they make?
When it comes to DNA, ancestry, and genetic BMI invites you to the 16th annual Snowball
From music to documentary to illustrative VR,
science, this is where art and science can Music Showcase. This showcase is an intimate
creators are pushing boundaries for what’s
converge. Join Geralyn Dreyfous, co-founder night of music featuring a phenomenal mixture
possible. Hear from some of the leading creators
of Impact Partners and GameChanger Films, of emerging and iconic artists. Memorable
to hear how they are each approaching this
as she moderates a conversation between past performances have included Christina
evolution and what to expect in 2018.
two Sundance filmmakers, three of Utah’s top Perri, Donovan, Rodriguez, Death Cab
Presented by Oculus
genetic scientists, and Utah’s own Ancestry.com for Cutie, Devo, Allen Stone, K.T. Tunstall,
as they come together to unpack the question: Robert Randolph, Dawes, Dan Penn, Terence
THE COLOR How can artists and scientists work more Blanchard, Keb’ Mo’, Minnie Driver, and Rock
OF CHANGE SPOTLIGHT: closely together to more broadly communicate & Roll Hall of Famers Percy Sledge and Spooner
INCLUSIVE STORYTELLING the amazing advances in human understanding? Oldham, among others. This showcase is open
Presented by University of Utah Health to all credential holders 21 and up as space
Wednesday, January 24 • 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor permits. Check sundance.org for this year’s
lineup details.
Groundbreaking storytellers and artists
discuss their recent projects and the
importance of inclusive storytelling and A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC
staffing. This conversation will look closely at AND FILM—
the creative process from beginning to end and AN EVENING WITH JOAN JETT
will discuss why and how diversity is critical.
Saturday, January 20 • 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Presented by Color Of Change
The Shop, 1167 Woodside Ave.
As one of the first women to play hard rock,

this annual Festival-favorite event celebrates
the documentary Bad Reputation and its iconic
subject, Joan Jett. From day one, Jett stuck to
her guns, did things her way, and thoroughly
embarrassed anyone who dared to say girls
couldn’t rock hard. Programmed annually by the
Sundance Institute Film Music Program. Festival
Credential holders 21 and up receive limited
access to this event on a space-available basis.
OFFSCREEN
SUNDANCE ASCAP MUSIC CAFÉ
NOW HEAR THIS! MONDAY, JANUARY 22
2:00–2:30 p.m., TBA
Can you imagine the movies without music?
2:45–3:15 p.m., Shawn James
Neither can we, and that’s why ASCAP is proud
3:30–4:00 p.m., TBA
to continue the legacy of the Sundance ASCAP
4:15–4:45 p.m., Dark Rooms
Music Café. For 20 years running, we’ve
5:00–5:30 p.m., TBA
hosted intimate performances by our favorite
songwriters and artists, right in the heart of
the Sundance Film Festival. Come visit us to TUESDAY, JANUARY 23
find your new favorite music or the perfect 2:00–2:30 p.m., TBA
collaborator for your next project. Brought 2:45–3:15 p.m., Shawn James
to you by your friends at ASCAP—home to 3:30–4:00 p.m., Elliot Root
more than 640,000 of the world’s greatest 4:15–4:45 p.m., Brett Dennen
songwriters, composers, and music publishers. 5:00–5:30 p.m., TBA
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24

2:00–2:30 p.m., TBA 2:00–2:30 p.m., Elliot Root
2:45–3:15 p.m., TBA 2:45–3:15 p.m., Ruelle
3:30–4:00 p.m., Striking Matches 3:30–4:00 p.m., Mr Hudson
4:15–4:45 p.m., TBA 4:15–4:45 p.m., Brett Dennen
5:00–5:30 p.m., TBA 5:00–5:30 p.m., TBA
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 THURSDAY, JANUARY 25

2:00–2:30 p.m., Striking Matches 2:00–2:30 p.m., Crys Matthews
2:45–3:15 p.m., Madison Cunningham 2:45–3:15 p.m., Mr Hudson
3:30–4:00 p.m., TBA 3:30–5:00 p.m., CMA Songwriters Series
4:15–4:45 p.m., Ethan Gruska 5:15–6:00 p.m., Michael Franti
5:00–5:30 p.m., TBA
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 2:00–2:30 p.m., TBA
2:00–2:30 p.m., TBA 2:45–4:15 p.m., CMA Songwriters Series
2:45–3:15 p.m., Madison Cunningham 4:30–5:15 p.m., Michael Franti
3:30–4:00 p.m., Ethan Gruska 5:15–6:00 p.m., TBA
4:15–4:45 p.m., Dark Rooms
5:00–5:30 p.m., TBA

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LAST UPDATED JANUARY 15, 2018

2018 PRINTABLE PROGRAM GUIDE

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As one of the first women to play hard rock,

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