THE END

I’m throwing out blog posts because I get back at 1:00 am tonight and start my two-day j-term break with my super friends, another way to refer to your friends.

Park City is BEAUTIFUL.  And today happened to be the day it snowed the most. For example, here’s a photo of us at the token Sundance sign outside the Egyptian theatre.

I’ve been talking with the group, and some of us definitely want to return after we graduate, either as volunteers or soon-to-be regulars.  I feel a strange connection to the films at Sundance, and feel like I’m magically friends with the filmmakers simply because I got to experience their premieres.

Sundance knows how to finish with a bang too.  A few of us went to the Sundance Awards afterparty where fat beats were dropped and coat check went for miles.  I saw people who I had seen throughout the week, and there was a sort of camaraderie.  We wanted more electronica, but that’s beside the point.

So I’m going to wrap up this Sundance experience with just a couple thoughts.

I think it’s awesome that culture-makers come together for a week in a totally random city in Utah every year.

I love that spirituality is in almost every film.  People are searching.

It’s so easy to talk to strangers at Sundance.  You can start up conversation without feeling intrusive just about all the time during the week.

If you stand around by a wall in a theatre people think you’re a volunteer and ask you questions.

Hot tubs are great. Staying at the Fultons, which was basically a ski lodge just for us, made the trip that much more pleasant.

I hope to make it back in the future! Maybe as a producer of a Sundance film?!