Sundance Day 5: Hot Child in Park City
• Slamdance Film Festival Headquarters. Photograph by Jessica Mosby. •
The other night – as part of my new thing of talking to strangers (this will be discussed in greater detail in tomorrow’s blog) – I met this young Australian guy who had his short film accepted to the Slamdance Film Festival. Slamdance is held in Park City simultaneous with Sudance; it also happens to be held at the hotel next to mine. So my new acquaintance, Ruwan De Silva, just hopped on an international flight to be there when his film screened at Slamdance. I have a copy of his film, The Covenant of Mr Kasch, but [due to technical difficulties] I have not yet watched it. What impressed me so, is that Ruwan De Silva flew around the world without a hotel reservation; he just assumed it would all work out. I met him at my hotel as he was trying to book a room (there were none available). I don’t know how things ended up for him, but I’m hoping for all the best. And yes, one film screened at film festival can change your life – just ask Steven Soderbergh.
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Comments (1)
Your comments from Sundance are much appreciated! After watching days or inauguration coverage, I am enjoying being able to catch up with the happenings at Sundance. Have you seen Diablo Cody?
Posted by marigold | January 21, 2009 9:46 AM