It's day one - and while there are no films, we've been busy getting settled, picking up our credentials, walking on Main Street and attending the press conference. We've never attended the press conference before and it was great. Robert Redford spoke at length about the origins of Sundance, the natural progression over the years as its grown from a festival where Redford had to stand outside to encourage people to come into the Egyptian to the current breadth of programming and international reach. And he mentioned our Sundance Cinemas twice during the conference as an entity that is fulfilling some of the core philosophies of Sundance by bringing good film to communities outside of Park City. I don't mind saying - I was proud to hear him say it. We stopped off to check out the New Frontiers exhibition at the old Miners Hospital. New Frontiers is a place where highly experimental installation artwork is displayed. Some new friends who are working on a film called Pandemic 1.0 were there. Still don't exactly understand what it's about or how it works...but it looked cool. Tonight is our annual dinner at Zoom. Will report tomorrow on that sure to be amazing meal.
Celebrity sightings = 0 (I don't count Redford). Caramel apples = 1 (glorious).
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