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Round out your Festival experience with music, art, and conversation. From solo acts and bands performing throughout the Festival to panels and discussions that bring emerging and veteran filmmakers together with industry leaders, Offscreen offers a cultural outlet for Festivalgoers outside the theatre.

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saturday, January 21, 3:00 p.m. (PAone21eA)Egyptian TheatreTicket required

Over the course of the independent film movement, there’s been a major transformation in the landscape of nonfiction filmmaking. We’ve seen the role documentary work can play: from changing societies and communicating diverse human experiences to addressing political and social issues and entertaining audiences with extraordinary and inspiring stories. Meet three figures who have been at the center of changing the face of documentary film, expanding its audience, and redefining its impact.

Power of story: “In the BegInnIng . . .” friday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. (PAthr22eA)Egyptian TheatreTicket required

Writers may not always have the last word, but they do have the first. Whether it’s theatre, film, or television, the power of a story begins with the vision of a writer, a blank page, and a world of limitless possibility. We’ve invited a distinguished group of writers to explore the mystique of the creative process and how ideas travel from the brain to the page, and to share some of the work they admire.

Nick Fraser has worked as a reporter and television producer and has been the commissioning editor of Storyville since it started in 1997. Storyville films have won more than two hundred awards, including several Academy Awards, Griersons, Emmys, and Peabodys, as well as a Sundance Jury Prize.

Sheila Nevins, President of HBO Documentary Films, is a highly regarded producer credited with nearly one thousand documentary films, which have earned numerous Academy Awards, Emmys, Peabodys, and most recently a DGA Honor. During her long tenure at HBO, Nevins has cultivated many new talents and set the standard for cutting-edge documentaries.

Soledad O’Brien (moderator) is an anchor and special correspondent for CNN/U.S. and has reported breaking news from around the globe in addition to producing award-winning, critically acclaimed documentary films.

Robert Redford is recognized the world over for the roles he has played and the projects he has directed or produced throughout a distinguished stage and film career. He is an environmentalist and advocate for social responsibility and political involvement and has nurtured countless innovative voices through his nonprofit Sundance Institute and Film Festival.

Stephen Gaghan is an Academy Award–winning writer and director whose feature-film work includes Traffic and Syriana, which he also directed. His production company, Unsupervised, has many film and television projects in development.

Caryn James (moderator) is a film and television critic who writes the “James on screenS” blog for IndieWire.com. Previously, she was film critic and chief television critic for The New York Times and authored the novels Glorie and What Caroline Knew.

Anna Deavere Smith is an actress and playwright, best recognized for her roles in The West Wing and, currently, Nurse Jackie. She is credited with creating a new form of theatre—part docudrama, part poetic—in work such as Fires in the Mirror, Twilight: Los Angeles, and Let Me Down Easy. She is a professor at New York University.

Andrew Stanton is an Academy Award–winning writer and director best known for his groundbreaking animation films, including Finding Nemo, Toy Story, and WALL•E. He currently serves as vice president of creative for Pixar Animation Studios, which he joined in 1990 as one of its earliest employees.

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Global issues demand innovative solutions, and documentary film is increasingly showcasing the unprecedented efforts of social-issue change makers around the world. At this special discussion event celebrating the five-year partnership between Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation, Skoll President and CEO Sally Osberg moderates a thought-provoking dialogue among award-winning filmmakers—including clips from their work—and innovators who are impacting millions. Invited panelists include Paul Farmer (founding director of Partners in Health), Jehane Noujaim (director of Control Room), Bunker Roy (founder of Barefoot College), and other special guests.

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Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer is the Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University; chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; and a founding director of Partners In Health (PIH), an international nonprofit organization that provides direct health care services and undertakes research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty.

Jehane Noujaim is an award-winning director and producer (Control Room, Startup.com, Shayfeen.com) and 2006 TED Prize winner. She founded Pangea Day, which was broadcast internationally;

featured films, speakers, and music; and can be watched online at www.pangeaday.org Together with Mona Eldaief, she is codirecting Solar Momas, a feature-length documentary chronicling the experience of three Barefoot College students.

Bunker Roy was moved to respond to India’s 1967 famine and traveled to Tilonia, Rajasthan, to help rural villagers improve their lives. The organization he founded in 1972, Social Work and Research Centre, which came to be known as Barefoot College, has trained hundreds of solar engineers and teachers—women, dropouts and unemployable youth—in remote villages in 16 Indian states over the past 30 years.

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fIlM churchsunday, January 29, 10:00 amWhat could be more divine than 10 days of watching film? Finish off your Sundance Film Festival experience by sharing a near-spiritual moment with Festival Director John Cooper, and Director of Programming Trevor Groth, who will offer nondenominational tales of the Festival that was. Joining us in sermon will be a variety of special guests, including a few who took awards home the night before (if they can be found the morning after!). Confess your likes and dislikes. All will be forgiven.

It’s All In the storyfriday, January 20, 1:00 p.m.It is a common refrain that the Democratic Party has not been able to tell its story, that the environmental movement has lost its narrative, and so on. Recently in The New York Times, Emory University professor drew westen captured the frustration of an electorate hungry for a story showing that the government will protect the interests of the many against the few. Westen and special guests discuss why storytelling is embedded in the human psyche, and how the right story can change history.

dIstrIButIon Xsaturday, January 21, 1:00 p.m.With distribution becoming as complex as an intricate math problem, producers are asking, “Can you really do it yourself?” Split-rights deals and digital outlets offer vast potential, but how do you determine your film’s value in a shifting marketplace? How do you plot a strategy to attract the right audience and generate the greatest revenue stream? Select producers posit faux case studies aimed at industry luminaries in an attempt to solve this distribution equation.

in such funny times? Join Mike Birbiglia (Sleepwalk With Me), Mark duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed, Your Sister’s Sister), lauren Anne Miller (For A Good Time, Call . . .), and others as they explore whether comedy is the only way to cope with reality.

MovIng the MAssesthursday, January 26, 1:00 p.m.What is a movement made of? We live in an age when, for the first time in history, millions of people are engaged in movements urging equity and justice. From civil rights to the environment to the recent Occupy initiative, strides and setbacks have marked our history. Join special guests as we delve into the evolving nature of making change.

control fActorfriday, January 27, 1:00 p.m.Disaster scenarios in cinema go something like this: with scientific understanding comes the ability to control and, hence, to lose control. We are punished for our knowledge. But can good science make a good narrative? What if robots or viruses helped

ProfIts And lossessunday, January 22, 1:00 p.m.From healthcare to the environment to banking and beyond, corporations wield unprecedented power in our political system. Driven by special interests, awash in lobbying dollars, and evasive of any serious regulation, can corporations be compatible with the public good? Is there simply too much greed? Facing widening income inequality, an untenable healthcare system, and a government unable to articulate basic principles of equity and fairness, can we find a 99 percent solution? Join special guests from We’re Not Broke, DETRopIA, ESCApE FIRE, Finding North, and The Atomic States of America as they consider who profits and who loses from big business.

the wIde world of wItwednesday, January 25, 1:00p.m.Comedy is king—and queen—at this year’s Festival. A bumper crop of boundary-pushing indie comedies manages to find humor in family dysfunction, depression, alcoholism, existential crisis, and oddball love; who knew we were living

fIlMMAKer lodgeelks Building, 550 Main st., (second floor), Park city

friday, January 20–saturday, January 28, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.sunday, January 29, 9:30 a.m. to noon

Please see AdA accessibility on page 80.

open to all festival credential holders and the general public on a space-available basis. All events are held at the filmmaker lodge unless otherwise indicated.

humanity instead of wiping it out? Is there better living through brain chemistry? Anthropological biologist helen fisher (author of Why We Love), scott Burns (screenwriter of Contagion), Jake schreier (Robot and Frank) and moderator tracy day (cofounder and executive director of the World Science Festival) explore the limits of control and the positive potential of engineering our future. Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

sound thInKIng saturday, January 28, 1:00 p.m.Filmmakers routinely conceive of sound in limited terms—a supporting role in the visual medium, and the last step in the filmmaking process. But, as part of a film’s artistry and key component of storytelling, what if sound design existed in the earliest part of the creative process? In a mix of conversation and presentation, randy thom (director of sound design at Skywalker Sound), Kent sparling (sound designer and recording mixer at Skywalker Sound), and others present an audio tour of a world where sound and picture are one.

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every day at 10:00 a.m.friday, January 20–saturday, January 28

Strange things are afoot at Cinema Café. Each morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Filmmaker Lodge, Cinema Café invigorates the culture of conversation. With all your favorite stimulants on hand—coffee, treats, and delectable dialogue—our daily series of informal chats rounds up the unusual suspects. Sometimes the most fascinating discussion is the one you didn’t expect. So bring your questions and an open mind. How does the song go? “Start your day at Cinema Café.”

frIdAy, JAnuAry 20 TBA

sAturdAy, JAnuAry 219:30 A.M. stacy Peralta (BoNES BRIGADE) and Ice-t (SoMEThING FRoM NoThING: ThE ART oF RAp)

sundAy, JAnuAry 22 tIMestAlKs At cIneMA cAfé

spike lee (Red hook Summer) and dee rees (pariah)

MondAy, JAnuAry 23christopher dodd (Chairman and CEO of MPAA) and others.

tuesdAy, JAnuAry 24Mads Brügger (ThE AMBASSADoR), rick Alverson (The Comedy), tim heidecker and eric wareheim (Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie)

wednesdAy, JAnuAry 25tIMestAlKs At cIneMA cAfé

Julie delpy (2 Days in New York) and Parker Posey (price Check)

thursdAy, JAnuAry 26Katie Aselton (Black Rock), Ava duvernay (Middle of Nowhere), ry russo-young (Nobody Walks), and gina rodriguez (Filly Brown)

frIdAy, JAnuAry 27TBA

sAturdAy, JAnuAry 28ra’anan Alexandrowicz (The Law in These parts), Jennifer Baichwal (payback), yung chang (China heavyweight) and lauren greenfield (The Queen of Versailles)

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sundAnce AscAP MusIc cAféfriday, January 20–friday, January 27, 1:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.751 Main St., Park City

The Sundance Film Festival presents the Sundance ASCAP Music Café, a dynamic showcase dedicated to exceptional live performances of new, emerging, and established talent. Stop in during the day to hear a wide range of exciting songwriters and artists from across the musical spectrum in a program produced by ASCAP.

Green room provided by Prudential Utah Real Estate.

Please check the AscAP website for daily updates at open to all festival credential holders (21 and up) on a space-available basis. this venue has limited capacity.

sundAnce MusIc cAfé: nIght sessIons

Introducing select evenings of official Festival music programming. A limited number of free tickets will be available to Festival credential holders. Follow us on Twitter @sundancefestnow to get the details on who is playing, and where and when to get tickets. Also check the Festival website for additional updates.

for 21 and over. tickets required. one ticket per credential holder.

tuesdAy,JAnuAry 242:00 p.m. Bailey Cooke2:40 p.m. Dayna Kurtz3:20 p.m. James McCartney4:00 p.m. Mike Viola and Ryan Miller

wednesdAy,JAnuAry 252:00 p.m. Erin Barra 2:40 p.m. Dayna Kurtz3:20 p.m. TBA4:00 p.m. Greg Laswell4:45 p.m. The All-American Rejects

thursdAy,JAnuAry 262:00 p.m. Greg Laswell2:40 p.m. Lisa Hannigan3:20 p.m. Ingrid Michaelson4:15 p.m. David Gray

frIdAy,JAnuAry 272:00 p.m. TBA2:40 p.m. Flying Lotus 3:20 p.m. Lisa Hannigan4:00 p.m. Ingrid Michaelson5:00 p.m. David Gray

frIdAy,JAnuAry 202:00 p.m. TBA2:40 p.m. Cris Cab 3:20 p.m. TBA4:10 p.m. Josh Kelley4:50 p.m. TBA

sAturdAy,JAnuAry 212:00 p.m. Cris Cab2:40 p.m. Jenny O.3:20 p.m. Josh Kelley4:00 p.m. John Forté and friends, featuring Natasha Bedingfield

sundAy,JAnuAry 222:00 p.m. Jenny O.2:40 p.m. David Nail3:20 p.m. Garland Jeffreys4:00 p.m. John Forté and friends, featuring Natasha Bedingfield

MondAy,JAnuAry 232:00 p.m. Jeremy Current2:40 p.m. David Nail3:20 p.m. Garland Jeffreys4:00 p.m. James McCartney4:40 p.m. Special Guest

David Gray Ingrid Michaelson The All-American Rejects Garland Jeffreys

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Sundance House Presented by HP638 Park Ave. (corner of Main St. and Heber Ave.), Park City

celeBrAtIon of MusIc In fIlMtBAOne of the most anticipated music events at the Festival, this year is going to be extra special! The lineup of artists, special details, and lots of surprises will be announced on the Festival website and on Twitter @sundancefestnow—so stay in touch to get all the latest details on this exciting night.

roundtABle dIscussIon: MusIc And fIlM, the creAtIve ProcessProduced By BMIwednesday, January 25, 11:00 a.m.sundance house Presented by hPopen to all festival credential holders and the general public as space permits.What goes into creating a successful film score? What makes for an effective director/composer relationship? There are answers to these questions and more in this inspired roundtable discussion, moderated by Doreen Ringer Ross, BMI vice president of film/TV relations. Participants include composers Peter Golub (director, Sundance Institute Film Music Program); Katie Aselton (Black Rock); Ryan Beveridge and Aurora Guerrero (Mosquita y Mari); Alec Puro and Jonathan Kasdan (The First Time); T. Griffin and Marshall Lewy (California Solo); Michael Bacon (Slavery by Another Name); Miriam Cutler (EThEL), Cliff Martinez (Arbitrage); Andrew Hollander (Sleepwalk With Me); and more TBA.

MusIc showcAse: BMI snowBAllProduced By BMIwednesday, January 25, 8:00 p.m.sundance house Presented by hP BMI invites you to an intimate evening featuring legendary folk-rock/pop troubadour Donovan, whose classic pop masterpieces include Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, and hurdy Gurdy Man. Donovan was one of the few artists to collaborate on songs with The Beatles, contributing lyrics and vocals to the song Yellow Submarine. Donovan was also invited by The Beatles to join them at Abbey Road Studios for the final orchestral overdub session for the Lennon-McCartney collaboration “A Day in the Life,” the grand finale of Sgt. pepper’s Lonely hearts Club Band. A limited number of free tickets will be available to Festival credential holders. Check out the Festival website for event updates and follow us on Twitter @sundancefestnow to get all the details including where and when to get tickets.

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