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How To Prep For Sundance and Become an Indie Sensation

Posted by Carlos Aguilar

Tue, Jan 15th, 2013

"Some Sundance Film Festival dreams are just that--pure fantasy based simply on nighttime visions of that first trip to Park City. Other artists fantasize with a foot in prior experience, an earlier Sundance visit in support of a feature, or short film, or work as a producer.

For any aspiring filmmaker, there is no set path to take to Sundance, but there are some guidelines for those looking to introduce themselves to the Sundance ecosystem, some 45K publicists, acquisition execs, reporters, actors, agents, and festival staff.

Step one, of course, is making the film that will make the cut. And there are many paths to that goal, a limitless number of stories and genres and formats that will do the trick--diversity in storytelling is the overarching theme behind the 119 feature-length films and the far-flung filmmakers representing the 2013 class of the Sundance Film Festival.

Once you’ve taken care of that detail, there is the pause for celebration. And that is one consistent Sundance pattern, one shared by filmmakers from Brooklyn to Mumbai: total, utter disbelief upon receiving word that your movie will be part of the 2013 edition of Sundance, taking place January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah."

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