diff --git a/content/news/90-sundance2017.md b/content/news/90-sundance2017.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ffa37a6a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/90-sundance2017.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +author: reilly +title: 'Movie Soup for the Soul' +date: '2017-01-19 00:16:00' +cover: 'sundance-banner.png' +--- +In the film business, there’s an annual party in the mountains to celebrate independent film and kick off the new year in movies. + +The 2017 edition begins today. + +You know it as the Sundance Film Festival. It has given a voice to many young filmmakers over the years: Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, the Coen brothers, Robert Rodriguez, Errol Morris, Cary Fukunaga, Damien Chazelle Ryan Coogler… + +Luckily, we have LBRY, which is way cheaper than booking a hotel in Park City. + +[Our October film BELLFLOWER](https://lbry.io/news/bellflower-movie), from Oscilloscope Labs, had its 2011 debut at Sundance. (Watch it at lbry://bellflower) In fact, the O-scope crew is probably walking into the next great LBRY gem right this moment at [the Egyptian](https://www.visitparkcity.com/listing/egyptian-theatre/15000/)... + +A year after BELLFLOWER, yours truly (read: me) attended Sundance for the first time... + +![HELLION](/img/news/sundance-inline.jpg) + +>Little seven-year old, Petey, falls prey to his older brothers' hellion ways. + +This little six minute gem directed by Kat Candler went on to play 40 film festivals and two years later was adapted into a [feature film starring Aaron Paul and Juliette Lewis](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3186318/). See it at lbry://hellion + +Without *Hellion* and our [November film *Cinema Six*](https://lbry.io/news/singletree), I would not be here today with LBRY. So here’s to keeping the dream of great indie film alive. + +**Not on LBRY yet?** [Get an invite here](https://lbry.io/get). Or if you’re a creator, skip the wait and email reilly@lbry.io.