The annual event, held in Park City, Utah, is basically a cineaste’s dream come true.
The Sundance Film Festival, the celebration of independent films that has unfolded each year in snowy Park City, Utah, since 1978, is basically a cinephile’s dream come true.
Here's the marquee of the Egyptian Theatre — located on the very steep Main Street, a hub for the festival action — on the first day of this year's festival. It's where some of the approximately 200 films at Sundance each year screen.
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This is what Park City looks like before the people arrive and make it impossible to walk down Main Street.
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So pretty. So empty. So temporary.
As member of the press, you’re given a press pass, which gets you into the Press & Industry screenings, and 10 tickets for public screenings.
Here's the Sundance Film Festival box office. These festivalgoers are probably trying to plan out their time at the fest. Part of that is luck and timing, as there are undoubtedly screenings that you want to see happening at the same time as others.
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Even with the P&I and public screening tickets, you end up spending a huge chunk of each day waiting in line.
Like, nearly all the time you're not at a screening, you're waiting in line to get into a screening. People approach you constantly to see if you have extra tickets they can buy off of you. Or if they can charge their phone using your charger. Mostly though, you end up talking about movies with the people standing next to you because you'll likely be smushed up against them for at least an hour before the screening starts.
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