PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 19: (L–R) Madison Davenport, Nina Bloomgarden, Brittany O’Grady, Devon Terrell, David Thompson, Reina Hardesty, and Greg Jardin attend the 2024

André Holland and Steven Soderbergh (photo by Shutterstock for Sundance) By Bailey Pennick Filmmakers Lodge was packed for a very special edition of Cinema Café,

Thea Hvistendahl, writer-director of “Handling the Undead,” steps to the microphone to answer a question at the post-premiere Q&A on January 20 at the 2024

Justice Smith and David Alan Grier (photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance) By Bailey Pennick “I always tried to get these magical Negro parts, but

PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 19: (L–R) Sarah Brocklehurst, Saoirse Ronan, and Amy Liptrot attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival “The Outrun” premiere at the

(L-R) Malia Ann, Natalie Jasmine Harris, Yero Timi-Biu, Myah Overstreet and Jazmin Renee Jones (Photo by Donyale West/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) by Jacob Graff

Steve Newburn, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, David Zellner, Yvonne Lambert, Nathan Zellner, Josh Lambert and Toto Miranda (George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival)

Attending the premiere of “Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye” on January 19 at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival were (from left) Jay

Writer-director Jianjie Lin talks with a reporter at the premiere of his film “Brief History of a Family” on January 19 at the 2024 Sundance

Sue Bird and Jay Ellis at Cinema Café at Filmmaker Lodge in Park City, Utah (Photo by Stephen Greathouse/ Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By

By Lucy Spicer The energy is palpable at Prospector Square Theatre for the premiere of Short Film Program 1 at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.