In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle give a snippet of the recently concluded Academy Awards. In the feature segment, Daniel interviews Sundance Director Eugene Hernandez on the success of this year’s festival and how the organization has remained a bridge between artists and the audience.
Episode Resources:
What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:24 The Oscars
- 05:18 Oscars’ Best Picture nominees
- 13:11 How’s Park City?
- 14:34 First Sundance Festival
- 17:54 What does Sundance mean to the film industry?
- 23:04 17,000 film submissions this year
- 27:55 From festival discovery, acquisition, and distribution to audience
- 33:31 Nurtured and supported by Sundance institute
- 37:10 Independent editorial voice
- 42:48 What worked and didn’t work post pandemic?
- 45:56 Recovery of art house and nonprofit cinemas update
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