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2022 Sundance Film Festival Beyond Film


The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Beyond Film lineup produced by the Festival, all of which are free to the public. These thought-provoking and entertaining talks and events will include three conversation series (Power of Story, Cinema Cafe, and The Big Conversation) and more. The Festival takes place from January 20 - 30, 2022 on an enhanced online platform at Festival.Sundance.org and on New Frontier’s Spaceship, a bespoke immersive platform, and in person at seven Satellite Screens venues around the country during the Festival’s second weekend.   

From artist talks to daily meetups and immersive experiences, these Beyond Film events will include artists from this year’s program including Eva Longoria BastònKaren GillanDakota JohnsonKeke PalmerAmy Poehler, and Emma Thompson, bringing the art and craft of storytelling from the screen to wherever Festival audiences gather. Additional Beyond Film speakers include actor Roberta ColindrezAfrican American Policy Forum’s Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, director Cheryl Dunye, playwright Jeremy O. Harris, showrunner Sterlin Harjo, producer Lisa Joy, leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate, and climate legal advisor Farhana Yamin 

 

Additional Beyond Film programming includes a daily talk show (“How to Fest: Daily”); a solo performance with multiple Emmy Award-winning artist, Lynette Wallworth; a sneak peek and conversation with the directors of Oscar’s Comeback about black film pioneer, Oscar Micheaux; Artist Spotlights with XR/VR/new media creators showing work in the New Frontier section; a conversation around the climate crisis; and more. In addition to the Sundance programming, our Satellite Screen partners will have conversations (in-person and online) running the last weekend of the Festival (Jan 28 – 30.) The Festival Village also launches today, full of partner–produced cultural programming in our online “main street” and community hub. As part of that, the Sundance ASCAP Music Café will also return for its 24th year.  

 

BEYOND FILM LINE-UP 

 

POWER OF STORY 

The Sundance Film Festival’s Power of Story events looks to deepen public engagement with the art of storytelling, delve into cinema culture, and celebrate artists whose work propels and reinvents the form as we know it. Presented by Netflix

 

ARTISTS UNBOUND 

Sunday, January 23, 3-4:30 p.m. 

Exciting boundaryless artists from a wide cross section of creative practices join us to make sense of the boxes artists can be confined to, how the culture shapes these boxes, and the freedom found in exploding them. The fearlessness of these transgressive visionaries is a testament to creative integrity and its unbreakable link to independence. Presented by Netflix. 

Featuring: Jeremy O. Harris (Zola), Roberta Colindrez (Vida), and Zackary Drucker (Framing Agnes

Moderated by Alex Jung (Vulture) 

 

CINEMA CAFE 

Saturday, January 22–Tuesday, January 25 

A series of informal chats brings together special guests for thought-provoking encounters.  

Presented by Audible. 

 

CINEMA CAFE: Karen Gillan (Dual) and Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande). Moderated by Shirley Li (The Atlantic)  

Saturday, January 22, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 

 

CINEMA CAFE: Eva Longoria Bastón (La Guerra Civil) and Amy Poehler (Lucy & Desi

Moderated by Mandalit del Barco (NPR) 

Sunday, January 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

 

CINEMA CAFE: Dakota Johnson (Cha Cha Real SmoothAm I Ok?)  and Keke Palmer (Alice

Moderated by Hannah Giorgis (The Atlantic) 

Monday, January 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

 

CINEMA CAFE: Fresh Faces 

John Early (My Trip to Spain), Lily McInerny (Palm Trees and Power Lines), and Donald Elise Watkins (Emergency

Moderated by Joey Soloway (Transparent)  

Tuesday, January 25, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

 

THE BIG CONVERSATION 

The Big Conversation tackles science, art, culture, and the movements that are fueling the imaginations of today’s independent artists. A compelling selection of speakers discuss topics centered on the themes of this year’s program and explore broader trends in art and culture around the world. In considering how artists — through their practice and their work — make meaning of the world, we’re reminded that it’s the big conversation that connects us to the big ideas. 

 

ACOUSTIC RANGE 

Saturday, January 22, 2-3:30 p.m. 

Reflecting on how artists respond to what’s happening around the world, this conversation  focuses on electrifying musicians and their creative process heightening the cinematic story through music and ambience. With origins in live performance, this group has expanded their reach to composing for feature length films, animation and musicals, and will be discussing their work premiering at Sundance and beyond. 

Featuring: Daniel Hart (The Green Knight), Saul Williams (Neptune Frost), and Drum & Lace (Summering

Moderated by Dan Wilcox (KCRW) 

 

FOUR HISTORIES OF REBEL ART 

Sunday, January 23, 2-2:30 p.m.  

At this special event celebrating Sundance Institute’s 40th anniversary, we take a joyous look into the rebel histories of award-winning, renowned filmmakers who premiered their shorts and debut films at the Festival. We’ll explore what their stories mean for the future of Sundance, consequent trailblazers, and independent cinema.  

Featuring Christine Choy (The Exiles), Cheryl Dunye (Greetings from Africa), Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs

Moderated by Eugene Hernandez (Deputy Executive Director of Film at Lincoln Center) 

 

THE STORY OF US: RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE 

Monday, January 24, 2-3:30 p.m. 

Legal Scholar and civil rights advocate Kimberlé W. Crenshaw returns to the Sundance Film Festival to moderate a conversation interrogating how censorship, legislation, and storytelling are creating a distorted national narrative, and the crucial role of new cinematic genres in challenging these myths.  

Featuring: CJ Hunt (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah), David Blight (Sterling professor of American History, Yale University), Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny), Việt Thanh Nguyễn (Pulitzer Prize-winning writer) 

Moderated by Kimberlé W. Crenshaw (Executive Director, African American Policy Forum) 

 

MACHINE YEARNING 

Tuesday, January 25, 2-3:30 p.m. 

Cinema’s fascination with robots and machine intelligence goes back almost as far as cinema itself, even if some of film and television’s greatest characters might not pass the Turing test (though, eerily, others would). Today’s study of robotics, engineering, artificial intelligence, neural networks , etc. yields an array of fascinating applications, new technologies, and complex questions, and the artificial beings once so fanciful to Fritz Lang or Philip K. Dick now involve as much science as fiction. Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 

Featuring: Cynthia Breazeal (Associate Director, MIT Media Lab), Lisa Joy (Westworld), Kogonada (After Yang

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HOW TO FEST: DAILY 

Consider this a new part of your morning routine — a way to get your mind right and set the tone for your Festival adventures ahead. Our host, Festival director Tabitha Jackson, will bring together artists, programmers, and film lovers to explore themes that are driving the festival and the projects featured in it. Daily from January 21-25 at 10 a.m. MT on festival.sundance.org

Presented by Acura 

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BEYOND FILM PRESENTS 


HOW TO LIVE (After you Die) 

Monday, January 24, 9-11 p.m. 

Renowned for her crystalline, deeply humane reflections on spirituality, technology, and the natural world, multiple Emmy Award-winning artist Lynette Wallworth turns the lens on herself in the solo performance HOW TO LIVE (After You Die). With tenderness, intimacy, and wry humor, Wallworth recounts her coming-of-age in a radical Christian community and, by travelling through her acclaimed works, charts an artist’s journey to reclaim her voice. This presentation will be followed by a live conversation with Lynette Wallworth and moderated by Tabitha Jackson. 

Performance by Lynette Wallworth 

 

OSCAR’S COMEBACK 

Monday, January 24, 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. 

Director Lisa Collins and Co-Director Mark Schwartzburt have created an epic that brilliantly transports black film pioneer Oscar Micheaux into our politically polarized present. Seventeen years in the making, Oscar’s Comeback, features profoundly resonant themes and an incredible kaleidoscope of characters, including Micheaux as the godfather of independent cinema. This special showcase will include a lively conversation with the creators and a sneak peek at  scenes from the 5 hour film.  

Featuring: Lisa Collins, Mark Schwartzburt (Oscar’s Comeback) 

In conversation with: Jacqueline Stewart (Chief Artistic and Programming Officer, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures) 

 

SUNDANCE COLLAB AT THE FESTIVAL 

Sundance Collab is a digital destination for independent artists at all stages of their creative journeys to learn and connect. This global community is a safe and nurturing space of inclusion and belonging. Learn more at https://collab.sundance.org 

 

SUNDANCE COLLAB ROUNDTABLE: MY SHORT FILM’S LONG JOURNEY TO SUNDANCE 

Friday, January 21, 4:30-6 p.m. MT 

A candid roundtable discussion with Festival filmmakers about the process of getting their short films made and seen, from conception through Sundance exhibition, and a sneak peek at their films playing at this year's Festival. Following the conversation, we invite attendees to stay for casual networking in breakout rooms.  

Featuring: Olive Nwosu (Egungun), William David Caballero (Chilly and Milly), and Sky Hopkina (Kicking the Clouds)              

Moderated by Liz Nord (Director of Content, Sundance Collab) 

 

SUNDANCE COLLAB CREATOR MEETUP: NAVIGATING YOUR FIRST MAJOR FILM FESTIVAL 

Thursday, January 27, 2022, 10-11:30 a.m. MT 

Creator Meetups feature candid discussions with artists and media professionals around timely and critical issues in the film and television industry, followed by breakout groups where creators can meet and continue their conversations. Join us for a discussion with Sundance filmmakers on how to prepare for, and make the most out of, your first major film festival experience. 

Featuring: Kara Durrett (Producer, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul) and Chase Joynt (Director, Framing Agnes

Moderated by Abiram Brizuela (Director, Sundance Artist Community

 

 

DAILY ARTIST MEETUPS 

Presented by the Sundance Collective 

The Festival’s Daily Artist Meetups provide an opportunity for Festivalgoers to meet independent storytellers from the Sundance Institute artist community and beyond. Each session is preceded by a thought-provoking conversation between Sundance Artists and leads from various Institute programs.  

 

Friday, January 21, 11:30-1:00 PM. 

Daily Artist Meetup: Welcome To The 2022 Sundance Film Festival 

Featuring: Tabitha Jackson (Director, Sundance Film Festival & Public Programs), Gina Duncan (Producing Director, Sundance Institute), Shari Frilot (Chief Curator, New Frontier and Sr. Film Programmer, Sundance Film Festival), Karim Ahmad (Director, Outreach & Inclusion, Sundance Institute), Brenda Coughlin (Director, Engagement & Advocacy, Sundance Institute) 

 

Saturday, January 22, 11:30-1:00 PM.  

Daily Artist Meetup: The Leap From Short To Feature 

Featuring: Francisca Alegría (Writer/Director, The Cow Who Sang A Song Into the Future),  Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny) 

 

Sunday, January 23, 11:30-1:00 PM.  

Daily Artist Meetup: Cinema from Kahiki to Kaimukī   

Featuring: Alika Maikau Tengan (Writer/Director, Every Day In Kaimukī)  

Moderator: Cheryl Hirasa, (Interim Executive Director, Pacific Islanders in Communications) 

 

Monday, January 24, 11:30 - 1:00 PM.  

Daily Artist Meetup: Creative Financing, A Case Study on Jockey 

Featuring: Clint Bentley (Writer/Director/Producer) and Greg Kwedar (Writer/Producer) 

 

Tuesday, January 25, 11:30 - 1:00 PM. 

Daily Artist Meetup: The Future Of Streaming 

Featuring: Leaders from top streaming services.  

 

 

CALLING ALL ARTISTS: THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS RECRUITING 

Presented by Women at Sundance 

Friday, January 21, 2-3:30 p.m.   

Artists are urgently needed to interpret the present crisis and imagine a climate-just future. Hear from our recruiters: youth and Indigenous movement leaders, policymakers, and scientists, and join the discussion about how we can work together collectively like never before.  

Recruiters: Andrea​ ​Ixchíu Hernández (Maya K'iche' leader and filmmaker, Guatemala), Geeta Persad (climate scientist, USA), Vanessa Nakate (climate justice activist, Uganda), Farhana Yamin (climate legal advisor, UK) 

Moderated by Megha Agrawal Sood (Head of Climate Story Unit, Doc Society), Emily Wanja (Global Community Manager, Climate Story Unit, Doc Society) 

 

RESTORING THE FUTURE 

Saturday, January 22, 4-6:00 p.m.  

The past two years have incubated new and evolving movements in the media arts system, creating pathways to a radically aspirational future. In this participatory worldbuilding experience, step into a portal to that future with artists, activists, and industry members. Together they will share prototypes, provocations, and artifacts from an imagined future media-arts ecosystem centered in justice, abundance, and joy.  

Featuring: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon (Producer, To The End), Andria Wilson Mirza (Director, ReFrame), Yasmin Dunn (Director of Education & Outreach, Hollywood Commission) 

Facilitated by: Karim Ahmad (Director, Outreach & Inclusion, Sundance Institute), Brenda Coughlin (Director, Engagement & Advocacy, Sundance Institute), Tony Patrick (Artist, Beyond the Breakdown, Sundance ‘21) 

 


NEW FRONTIER ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ON THE SPACESHIP 

 

Our Artist Spotlight series brings New Frontier artists into conversation with audiences about their provocative works and artistic practice in stimulating, informative, and engaging ways.  

 

Online, The Spaceship’s Cinema House will host Artist Spotlight presentations by each of the New Frontier artist teams. Afterward, artists will be available to mingle and engage in conversation with audiences. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: This is Not a Ceremony 

Friday, January 21, 1 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: ATUA 

Friday, January 21, 4 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: The Inside World  

Saturday, January 22, noon 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: On The Morning You Wake (To the End of the World) 

Saturday, January 22, 7 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Child of Empire  

Sunday, January 23, noon  

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Suga'- A Live Virtual Dance Performance 

Monday, January 24, 7 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: The State of Global Peace 

Tuesday, January 25, 6 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: They Dream in My Bones - Insemnopedy II  

Wednesday, January 26th, noon 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Diagnosia 

Wednesday, January 26th, 2 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Gondwana 

Wednesday, January 26, 8 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Seven Grams 

Thursday, January 27, 2 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Surrogate 

Thursday, January 27th, 7 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: 32 Sounds  

Wednesday, January 27, 9 p.m. 

 

New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Flat Earth VR 

Friday, January 28th, noon 

 

Web 3.0 / NFT Meetups  

Saturday, January 22, 2 p.m., Online  

Sunday, January 23, 2 p.m., Online 

Friday, January 28, 2 p.m, Online 

Facilitated by Amelia Winger-Bearskin (Banks Preeminence Chair AI & the Arts, University of Florida) & Jesse Damiani (Founder, Postreality Labs) 

 

ADDED NEW FRONTIER PROGRAMMING 

Once again, Festivalgoers who are attending The Spaceship can spend a night on earth in Amsterdam, at IDFA DocLab’s interactive playground do {not} play.  Experimental soulmates from the beginning, 2022 marks a sweet sixteen birthday for both New Frontier & IDFA DocLab.The Spaceship Filmmaker Receptions, online parties which will take place Jan 26-27, and are designed to enable filmmakers to meet their festival wide audiences.  

 

SUNDANCE ASCAP MUSIC CAFÉ 

Friday, January 21–Monday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. daily 

The Sundance ASCAP Music Café returns to its virtual stage in the Festival Village, marking its 24th year celebrating the discovery of new musical voices and film’s marriage of sight and sound. From January 21 to 24, the Café will feature two days of musical performances from acclaimed talent and rising stars and two days dedicated to ASCAP Screen Time conversations with top ASCAP composers and collaborators from around the globe. Musical performances will include The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical creators Barlow & Bear, six-time Grammy-nominee Brandy Clark, award-winning actor/singer Evan Rachel Wood and Grammy-nominated guitarist/singer-songwriter Zane Carney as EVAN + ZANE, three-time Emmy-nominated Only Murders in the Building composer Siddhartha Khosla and more. Additional information can be found here

 

Daily programming, panels, and events from partners will also be available at: https://festival.sundance.org/village/  


 

Women @ Sundance  

Women at Sundance is made possible by leadership support from The David and Lura Lovell Foundation, The Harnisch Foundation, and Adobe. Additional support is provided by Kimberly Steward, Paul and Katy Drake Bettner, Barbara Bridges, Abigail Disney, and Pierre Hauser—Like a River Fund, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Suzanne Lerner, Cristina Ljungberg, Susan Bay Nimoy, Ann Lovell, Zions Bank, Visionary Women, Gruber Family Foundation, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, and an anonymous donor. 

 

New Frontier Alliance  

The Sundance Institute New Frontier Program is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Adobe, Canon U.S.A., Inc., Dell Technologies, Metaplex Studios, Meta Quest, RAIR Tech, Rally, and Unity. 

 

The Sundance Film Festival 

The Sundance Film Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most groundbreaking films of the past three decades, including Flee, CODA, Passing, Summer Of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Clemency, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Zola, On The Record, Boys State, The Farewell, Honeyland, One Child Nation, The Souvenir, The Infiltrators, Sorry to Bother You, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Hereditary, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, The Big Sick, Mudbound, Fruitvale Station, WhiplashBrooklynPreciousThe CoveLittle Miss SunshineAn Inconvenient TruthNapoleon DynamiteHedwig and the Angry InchReservoir Dogs and sex, lies, and videotape 

The Festival is a program of the non-profit Sundance Institute. 2022 Festival sponsors include: Presenting Sponsors – Acura, AMC+, Chase Sapphire, Adobe; Leadership Sponsors – Amazon Studios, DIRECTV, DoorDash, Dropbox, Netflix, Omnicom Group, WarnerMedia, XRM Media; Sustaining Sponsors – Aflac, Audible, Canada Goose, Canon U.S.A., Inc., Dell Technologies, IMDbPro, Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold, Rabbit Hole Bourbon & Rye, Unity Technologies, University of Utah Health, White Claw Hard Seltzer; Media Sponsors – The Atlantic, IndieWire, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Shadow and Act, Variety, Vulture. Sundance Institute recognizes critical support from the State of Utah as Festival Host State. The support of these organizations helps offset the Festival’s costs and sustain the Institute’s year-round programs for independent artists. sundance.org/festival 

Sundance Institute 

As a champion and curator of independent stories for the stage and screen, Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists in film, theatre, film composing, and digital media to create and thrive. 

Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, the Institute's signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs, dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in the U.S. and internationally. Sundance Collab, a digital community platform, brings artists together to learn from each other and Sundance advisors and connect in a creative space, developing and sharing works in progress. 


The Sundance Film Festival and other public programs connect audiences and artists to ignite new ideas, discovering original voices, and build a community dedicated to independent storytelling. Sundance Institute has supported such projects as Clemency, Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysZola, On The Record, Boys State, The Farewell, HoneylandOne Child NationThe Souvenir, The Infiltrators, Sorry to Bother You, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Hereditary, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, The Big Sick, Mudbound, Fruitvale StationCity So Real, Top of the Lake, Between the World & Me, Wild Goose Dreams and Fun Home. Join the Sundance Institute on FacebookInstagramTwitter, and YouTube. 

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