Bridgette Bates

What’s the most casual, intimate, stimulating, and surprising setting to have a conversation with the people behind the films of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival? Each morning at 10:00 a.m. at Filmmakers Lodge, Cinema Café Presented by Chase Sapphire gathers up a couple of interesting folks to chat about interesting things. The discussion opens up to audience questions so you can ask what’s been burning a hole in your mind since watching the film, reading the book, following that actor. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll drink too much coffee.

Here’s this year’s lineup of Cinema Café participants. Oh and it’s FREE and open to the public as space permits–so get there early to grab a seat and morning yummies.

Friday, 1/21 – Bloody Fun: Roger Corman (Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel) and Rutger Hauer (Hobo With a Shotgun and The Mill & The Cross.)

Saturday, 1/22 – Breakthrough Performers: Corina Calderon (Benavides Born), Brit Marling (Sound of My Voice), and Adepero Oduye (Pariah), with Sharon Swart.

Sunday, 1/23 – Richard Ayoade (Submarine) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (ATTENBERG).

Monday 1/24 – James Marsh (Project Nim) and Buck Brannaman (Subject of Buck pictured above), with Charles Seibert

Tuesday 1/25 – Kevin Clash (subject of Being Elmo) and others

Wednesday 1/26 – Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Larry Beinhart (writer of novel Salvation Boulevard is based on), and others.

Thursday 1/27 – David Carr (Subject of Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times pictured above), Eugene Jarecki (Reagan), Amy Goodman with Stephen Engelberg

Friday 1/28 – Jon Foy (Resurrect Dead), Liz Garbus (Bobby Fischer Against the World) and others.

Saturday 1/29 – Surprise Guests

Sunday 1/30 – Film Church with Festival Director John Cooper, Director of Programming Trevor Groth, and Surprise Guests