Live From Sundance: Festival Favorites, Acquisitions, and the Good/Bad/Ugly of Networking

On today’s episode, No Film School founder Ryan Koo, writer Alyssa Miller, and podcast co-host GG Hawkins discuss their favorite aspects of Sundance 2023. They discuss the most impactful films they watched, the nature of networking at the festival, and the exciting film acquisitions that occurred. 

In this episode, we talk about…

• Sundance films that we loved
• Mutual exhaustion and excitement everyone experienced at Sundance
• Understanding the currency of human emotion
• How, without Sundance, it would be difficult for certain films to be made
• Why you don't need a full scale production to make a brilliant film
• Having to navigate relationships in the industry with a guard up 
• The value in making connections in such a concentrated amount of time
• Multiple $20 million acquisitions for independent filmmakers

Memorable Quotes

• “Diversity in emotion. The entirety of the human experience is found in this slate.” [1:32]
• “The currency of human emotion…will probably be one of the hardest things for A.I. to define.” [10:20]
• “Wow! Movies are so alive and well. Independent film is so alive and well.” [29:21]
• “You really bond when you’re freezing.” [30:26]
• “You are your own business as a filmmaker, and you have to be making these connections.” [37:50]

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