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No Film School writers, Alyssa Miller, GG Hawkins, and Ryan Koo discuss the opening weekend of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. \nWe share why it has been so great to be back at Sundance in person. Also, we speak to a Powderkeg development executive about the future of indie films. \nIn this episode, we talk about\u2026\n\nThe difficulty in choosing what to go to due to all the options\n\nApproaching your Sundance experience as if you are a character in a script\n\nSharing our various objectives and goals for the festival\n\nTheories on the budget cuts Sundance has made\n\nThe lack of distribution of the films at the festival\n\nAppreciating the happy energy of filmmakers at Sundance\n\nPowderkeg\u2019s purpose for going to the festival\n\nHow important it is to build relationships in this industry\n\nStaying true to your voice by not chasing mandates\n\n\nWe also discuss the following Sundance films: \n\nBirth/rebirth\n\nIn My Mother\u2019s Skin\n\nCassandro\n\nClaudio\u2019s Song\n\nChanshi\n\nFantastic Machine\n\nMagazine Dreams\n\n\n\nMemorable Quotes\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to watch a movie in the middle of your work day and feel like you\u2019re actually at a festival.\u201d [0:50]\n\n\u201cPart of the filmmaker experience at Sundance is knowing where you sit in the pecking order.\u201d [4:30]\n\n\u201cEven if you have a film in the festival, it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re getting into the party.\u201d [8:07]\n\n\u201cThe reality of Sundance is ditch or be ditched. And it\u2019s gonna happen to you and you just have to accept it and go with the flow.\u201d [8:19]\n\n\u201cBe honest, be authentic and put yourself out there.\u201d [35:05]\n\n\n\nMentioned\nAdobe\nAlyssa Miller\nGG Hawkins\nRyan Koo\nPowderkeg\n\nFind No Film School everywhere:\nOn the Web\nhttps://nofilmschool.com/\n\nFacebook\xa0\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool\n\nTwitter\xa0\nhttps://twitter.com/nofilmschool\n\nYouTube\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool\n\nInstagram\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool\n\nGet your questions answered on the podcast by emailing editor@nofilmschool.com!\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices