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Sundance 2019: Day 13

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 11 Happy to say that not overindulging last night made getting up to pack at 8:00am much less painful than last year. Nevertheless, the work and play and disrupted sleep and eating schedules of the […]

Sundance 2019: Day 12

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 10 I slept very late today since I wasn’t going to be seeing any films. We were advised to make ourselves available for the whole day to prepare for the Awards Ceremony but Bobby told […]

Sundance 2019: Day 11

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 9 Another hour in the office this morning, and then off to the enormous Eccles Theatre to see To The Stars, a rural 50s story about two misfit young women. Great performances, really nice black […]

Sundance 2019: Day 10

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 8 Another very quiet day in the office which allowed me to see two films. At noon, there was a volunteer screening of Penny Lane’s documentary Hail Satan?, which was an excellent examination of the […]

Sundance 2019: Day 9

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 7 Slept in today, as might be expected, and didn’t get into the office until just before noon. Nothing really happening, but today was “Puppy Day” so Bobby and I piled into a car with […]

Sundance 2019: Day 8

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 6 Today was mostly spent preparing for the big Shorts Awards party. I spent a few hours in the office, but then went home from 4:00-6:00pm for a nap. My job at the party was […]

Sundance 2019: Day 7

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 5 First of all, if I met you at the festival-filmmaker “speed dating” event at Slamdance this afternoon, welcome! The site doesn’t always look like this. You can click here to see what our festival […]

Sundance 2019: Day 6

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 4 I slept until after 9:00am this morning and didn’t get into HQ until nearly 11:00am. After Bobby and I went over the day’s schedule, he received a message from the filmmakers of End inviting […]

Sundance 2019: Day 5

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 3 Bobby let me go straight to our first screening venue this morning, allowing me to sleep in a little bit. I met him at 10:30am at the historic Egyptian Theatre on Main Street, where […]

Sundance 2019: Day 4

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Sundance Film Festival from January 22nd to February 3rd. Festival Day 2 Back in the office at 8am for what might be my longest work day of the festival. I checked in a few more filmmakers before Bobby and I left at 1pm for the premiere […]