Party in a Box: The Story of the Sundance Film Festival

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How did a small festival once known as the United States Film Festival blossom into the Sundance Film Festival, one of the most significant independent film festivals of the world? In this twenty-year retrospective, one of the founders chronicles the emergence and shaping of the Sundance festival. This is an insider's account of the best and the brightest of the world of independent film, full of insights and comments from some of the most innovative filmmakers of our time. But it is also an irreverent, behind-the scenes glimpse of a young, ambitious organization that tried from its onset to change the course of cinematic history. Party in a Box goes beyond the story of the Sundance festival to examine where both the festival and independent films are headed. Also revealed are the criteria that have been and will be used for judging independent films at Sundance. This vital criteria, along with predictions about the festival's future, may not be what film goers expect, but one thing is certain, Sundance will continue to shape cinematic history. ISBN:9780879058616