It's Sundance time again!
Park City's favorite local radio station, KPCW, is once again in the middle of all the action, emotion and filmmaking of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, running January 19th through January 29th. Once again, our veteran news team brings fresh interviews every morning with filmmakers, industry professionals and film festival insiders.
Times, dates and interviews names are subject to change.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017
2-hour Kickoff Event with KPCW's The Sundance Reel co-hosts John Wells and Nell Larson broadcasting LIVE from Whole Foods in Kimball Junction. The public is invited to check out the broadcast and then shop at Whole Foods - it's also KPCW's 5% Day, when five percent of the day's proceeds come back to KPCW.
9AM Hour
- Debbie LaBelle, Metro Marketing Team Leader for Whole Foods Utah
- Bryan Fogel, Director, Icarus, US Documentary Competition
- Susan Froemke & John Hoffman, Directors, Marion Horn, Producer/Author, Dusty Crary, Subject Rancher, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Documentary Premieres
- Jennifer Brae, Director & Subject, Omar Waslow, Husband, Unrest, U.S. Documentary Competition
- Christina Clusiau & Shaul Schwartz, Directors, Trophy, US Documentary Competition
10AM Hour
- Koi-Liang Wang, Director, Ruby Chen, Producer, Plastic China, World Cinema Documentary Competition
- Jessy Beshir, Director, Charlie Hoxie, Editor, Hairat, Shorts Program 1
- Catherine Bainbridge, Director Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, World Documentary
SUNDANCE ON THE WEEKEND
KPCW's year-round movie buff and Friday Film Review hosts talk film, Sundance and storytelling during the first weekend of the Sundance Film Festival. Joined by co-hosts in the film industry.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017
Sundance on the Weekend with Rick Brough and special guest host David D'Arcy.
8AM Hour
- Amanda Lipitz, Director, STEP, US Documentary Competition
- Gilliane Robespierre, Director & Co-Writer, Abby Quinn, Actor & Jenny Slate, Actor Landline, US Dramatic Competition
- Maggie Betts, Director, Liana Liberto & Rebecca Dayan, Novitiate, US Drama Competition
- Michael Larnell, Director, Roxanne Roxanne, US Dramatic Competition
- Brett Haley, Director, Hero, US Dramatic Competition
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9AM Hour
- Bob Berney - Amazon, John Sloss - Cinitec, Ann Thompson - Variety
- Allison Gullust, CNN Executive Chief Marketing Officer, The History of Comedy, Special Events & Legion of Brothers, Documentary Premieres
- Barak Goodman, Director, Oklahoma City, Documentary Premier
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017
Sundance on the Weekend with Rick Brough and special guest host Stacy Dymalski
8AM Hour
- Matt Ruskin, Director, Crown Heights, US Dramatic Competition
- Jose Maria Cabral, Director & Judith Rodriguez, Actor, Carpinteros (Woodpeckers), World Dramatic Competition
- Pedros Kos, Director, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Subject, Bending the Arc, Documentary Premier
- Patrick Bresnan, Director, Ivete Lucas, Co-Director & Kevis Burgess, Subject The Rabbit Hunt
9AM Hour
- Morgan Neville, ?Director & Christoph Niemann, Subject, Abstract: The Art of Design, Special Events, Docuseries Showcase
- Alexandre Philippe, Director, 78/52, Midnight
- Evgeny Afineevsky, Director & Kholoud Helmi, Subject, Cries from Syria, Documentary Premier
- Frances Lee, Director, Alec Secareanu & Josh O' Connor, Talent God's Own Country, World Cinema Dramatic Competition
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017
KPCW News Director Leslie Thatcher and guest co-host Linda Jager.
9AM - 10AM
- Jim Strouse, Director, The Incredible Jessica James, Premiers
- Mark Pellington, Director & Stuart Ross, Screenwriter, The Last Word, Premiers
- Rory Kennedy, Director and Laird Hamilton, Subject, Take Every Wave - The Life of Laird Hamilton
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017
KPCW News Director Leslie Thatcher and guest co-host Katie Eldridge.
9AM - 10AM
- Yance Ford, Director, Danny Glover, Executive Producer, Strong Island, US Documentary Competition
- Michael Showwalter, Director, The Big Sick, Premiers
- Alex & Andrew Smith, Directors, Walking Out, US Dramatic Competition
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
KPCW News Director Leslie Thatcher and guest co-host Katy Wang.
9AM - 10AM
- Laura Dunn, Director, Look and See - A Portrait of Wendell Berry, Documentary Premier
- Brian Knappenberger, Director, Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trails of a Free Press, US Documentary Competition
- Shawn Christensen, Director and Logan Lerman, Cast Member, Sidney Hall, Premiers
- Kitty Green, Director, Scott Macaulay, Producer, Casting Jonbenet, US Documentary Competition
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017
KPCW News Director Leslie Thatcher and guest co-host Barbara Bretz.
9AM - 10AM
- Ifunanya "Funa" Maduka, Director, Waiting for Hassana, Documentary Shorts Program
- Pascale Lamche, Director, Winnie, World Documentary
- Ramona S. Diaz, Director, Motherland
- Christine Turner, Director, Hold On, Short Program 4
- Michael Barnett, Director, The Mars Generation
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017
KPCW News Director Leslie Thatcher and guest co-host Mark Harrington
9AM - 10AM
- Sean Means, Film Critic & Entertainment Salt Lake Tribune, Sundance 2017 Films
- Rahul Jain, Director, Machines
- Stanley Nelson, Director, Tell Them We Are Rising
The Sundance Reel and Sundance on the Weekend are produced by Carolyn Murray.
2017 Coverage of the Sundance Film Festival is sponsored in part by:
