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January 28, 2008
It's a wrap
Well, another Sundance film festival has come to an end. It has been a pleasure blogging about it for the Connecticut Post.
Isabel Vega and I ended up being unable to get together to shoot her video. Crazy logistics sabotaged us but she seems to have had a good festival and I wish her the best of luck with her film. I will be watching the Oscars and rooting for "La Corona (The Crown)," her short documentary, to win!
Mark Poirier sent an email saying it's great to be back in Connecticut but he will always remember the audience reaction to his screenwriting debut, "Smart People."
And really, that is what the Sundance film festival is about at its heart. The festival was created to give independent (unassociated with a studio) filmmakers the chance to get their films exposure, and an audience.
And while this year definitely saw the largest influx of celebrities to date - and the distraction they caused - there were a lot of new filmmakers who will always be able to view this year's festival as a marker in their careers. The point where they first felt they had made it as filmmakers.
And if a film festival can give these artists that type of boost then I say keep it coming... I suspect they will.
Thank you everyone who has followed this blog. I really appreciate the encouragement and feedback and hope to be back to blog for you here again.
Posted by Modlin on January 28, 2008 2:49 AM
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