This month marks the last Sundance in Park City. Last year, Slamdance did the same. Who knows, maybe next year Cannes will leave France!

Times are changing fast – and with increased competition, new exhibition models, and existential questions around financing, there’s no better time to discuss the future of the Film Festival as an institution.

Just two days before we bring the party to Mormon country one last time, we’ll be joined by a panel of active and veteran programmers to look under the hood of the festival system and prognosticate about where it might be going.

Panel:
Kiva Reardon – Former Lead TIFF Programmer
Summre Garber – Former Slamdance Programmer
Darol Olu Kae – Former ARRAY Programmer
Paul Sbrizzi  – Mammoth Lakes FF Programming Director

We are partnering with Slamdance’s MADE IN LA program to bring you 3 shorts to be exhibited along with our panel discussion. 

APT MGR (2025) — Directed by Ian MacInnes
Apt Mgr is the account of the filmmaker’s experience living next to Bob, his 85-year-old landlord and neighbor, when Bob professes his love for and begins to stalk the filmmaker. The film delves into the complex relationship between Documentarian and Subject in the filmmaker’s attempt to cope with the fear of being hunted, being watched, and of being the object of obsession.

Bita Joon (2025) — Written & Directed by Sara Boutorabi

On a seemingly prosaic day in the life of Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer comes to grips with her changing relationships with her family as life transforms, evolves and slips away.

Audio Description (2025) — Written & Directed by Luke J. Salewski / Produced by Lee Pugsley

After making a wish on his birthday, a lonely visually impaired man finds his world turned upside down by an unexpected encounter.

WEDNESDAY January 21, 2025  7:00PM Doors/7:30PM Showtime Coaxial Arts  1815 Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 $10 Donation (NOTAFLOF)