Sundance 2007 Rich Media Options
BY CYNDI GREENING, PARK CITY, USA — Since Sundance is the premiere film festival in the U.S., it’s not surprising that there are some great rich media options to better experience the festival. Here are links to some of the best offerings:
Meet the Artists offers short two or three-minute introductions to many of the film directors. You can view them sequentially (hit the small “NEXT” button on the lower left or (if you fully expand the viewing window) you can click on the name of the person you’d like to know more about. Some are more compelling than others. I thought the Q&A we got with PADRE NUESTRO’s Christopher Zalla was more revealing than this clip … but, others were quite interesting.
View the Shorts Online allows you to peruse some of this year’s selections. According to the programmers, over 4400 shorts were submitted. Only 72 were chosen. In their opinion, this is some of the best filmmaking in the world.
In the realm of simply amazing, the Sundance 2007 Podcasts can be downloaded for FREE at the iTunes store. You can listen to the Panel Discussion on MOVIES THAT MATTER in its entirety. The HISTORY IS MADE panel is also posted. These are great, great, great learning tools.
In year’s past, I’ve been gathering podcasts and videocasts of Sundance Q&A’s. You can monitor the CyndiGreening Podcasts at this link. I’ve got to locate the videocast link, yet.
