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2022 Sundance Film Festival: Beyond Film Line-Up Announced

13/01/2022

-- Park City, UT - The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Beyond Film lineup produced by the Festival, all of which are free to the public. These thought provoking and entertaining talks and events will include three conversation series (Power of Story, Cinema Cafe, and The Big Conversation) and more. The Festival takes place from January 20 30, 2022 on an enhanced online platform at Festival.Sundance.org and on New Frontier's Spaceship, a bespoke immersive platform, and in person at seven Satellite Screens venues around the country during the Festival's second weekend.

From artist talks to daily meetups and immersive experiences, these Beyond Film events will include artists from this year's program including Eva Longoria Bast n, Karen Gillan, Dakota Johnson, Keke Palmer, Amy Poehler, and Emma Thompson, bringing the art and craft of storytelling from the screen to wherever Festival audiences gather. Additional Beyond Film speakers include actor Roberta Colindrez, African American Policy Forum's Kimberl W. Crenshaw, director Cheryl Dunye, playwright Jeremy O. Harris, showrunner Sterlin Harjo, producer Lisa Joy, leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate, and climate legal advisor Farhana Yamin.

Additional Beyond Film programming includes a daily talk show ( How to Fest: Daily ); a solo performance with multiple Emmy Award-winning artist, Lynette Wallworth; a sneak peek and conversation with the directors of Oscar's Comeback about black film pioneer, Oscar Micheaux; Artist Spotlights with XR/VR/new media creators showing work in the New Frontier section; a conversation around the climate crisis; and more. In addition to the Sundance programming, our Satellite Screen partners will have conversations (in-person and online) running the last weekend of the Festival (Jan 28 - 30.) The Festival Village also launches today, full of partner-produced cultural programming in our online main street and community hub. As part of that, the Sundance ASCAP Music Caf will also return for its 24th year.

BEYOND FILM LINE-UP

Note: All event times are listed in MST (Mountain Standard Time).

POWER OF STORY

The Sundance Film Festival's Power of Story events look to deepen public engagement with the art of storytelling, delve into cinema culture, and celebrate artists whose work propels and reinvents the form as we know it. Presented by Netflix

ARTISTS UNBOUND

Sunday, January 23, 3-4:30 p.m.

Exciting boundaryless artists from a wide cross section of creative practices join us to make sense of the boxes artists can be confined to, how the culture shapes these boxes, and the freedom found in exploding them. The fearlessness of these transgressive visionaries is a testament to creative integrity and its unbreakable link to independence. Presented by Netflix.

Featuring: Jeremy O. Harris (Zola), Roberta Colindrez (Vida), and Zackary Drucker (Framing Agnes)

Moderated by Alex Jung (Vulture)

CINEMA CAFE

Saturday, January 22-Tuesday, January 25

A series of informal chats brings together special guests for thought-provoking encounters.

Presented by Audible.

CINEMA CAFE: Karen Gillan (Dual) and Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande). Moderated by Shirley Li (The Atlantic)

Saturday, January 22, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

CINEMA CAFE: Eva Longoria Bast n (La Guerra Civil) and Amy Poehler (Lucy & Desi)

Moderated by Mandalit del Barco (NPR)

Sunday, January 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CINEMA CAFE: Dakota Johnson (Cha Cha Real Smooth, Am I Ok?) and Keke Palmer (Alice)

Moderated by Hannah Giorgis (The Atlantic)

Monday, January 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CINEMA CAFE: Fresh Faces

John Early (My Trip to Spain), Lily McInerny (Palm Trees and Power Lines), and Donald Elise Watkins (Emergency)

Moderated by Joey Soloway (Transparent)

Tuesday, January 25, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

THE BIG CONVERSATION

The Big Conversation tackles science, art, culture, and the movements that are fueling the imaginations of today's independent artists. A compelling selection of speakers discuss topics centered on the themes of this year's program and explore broader trends in art and culture around the world. In considering how artists - through their practice and their work - make meaning of the world, we're reminded that it's the big conversation that connects us to the big ideas.

ACOUSTIC RANGE

Saturday, January 22, 2-3:30 p.m.

Reflecting on how artists respond to what's happening around the world, this conversation focuses on electrifying musicians and their creative process heightening the cinematic story through music and ambience. With origins in live performance, this group has expanded their reach to composing for feature length films, animation and musicals, and will be discussing their work premiering at Sundance and beyond.

Featuring: Daniel Hart (The Green Knight), Saul Williams (Neptune Frost), and Drum & Lace (Summering)

Moderated by Dan Wilcox (KCRW)

FOUR HISTORIES OF REBEL ART

Sunday, January 23, 2-2:30 p.m.

At this special event celebrating Sundance Institute's 40th anniversary, we take a joyous look into the rebel histories of award-winning, renowned filmmakers who premiered their shorts and debut films at the Festival. We'll explore what their stories mean for the future of Sundance, consequent trailblazers, and independent cinema.

Featuring Christine Choy (The Exiles), Cheryl Dunye (Greetings from Africa), Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs)

Moderated by Eugene Hernandez (Deputy Executive Director of Film at Lincoln Center)

THE STORY OF US: RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE

Monday, January 24, 2-3:30 p.m.

Legal Scholar and civil rights advocate Kimberl W. Crenshaw returns to the Sundance Film Festival to moderate a conversation interrogating how censorship, legislation, and storytelling are creati
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