Sundance. Since 1978, that word has sent shivers (the good kind) through independent filmmakers worldwide. One of the largest and selective film festivals in the world, Sundance is a destination for some...and a lifestyle for others. Held every January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah, it's the club everyone wants to be a part of, but it's one of the most eclectic to define. Just acceptance to the festival is an honor.

MCA-i has invited three individuals who have either worked at Sundance, had a film selected and shown there, or has smoozed with top named producers, actors, and directors there to our February 12 meeting...

A graduate of Lindenwood University, Andrea Sporcic Klund is a Missouri Film Office Specialist who has spent over ten years Missouri and its filmmakers. Andrea is responsible for the Missouri Film Production Guide and Missouri Film News (letter). A film producer and director herself, Andrea is constantly promoting Missouri as a location and destination, and she fosters independent filmmakers and their work wherever she goes. She has attended not only Sundance numerous times, but also many other festivals, large and small, throughout the U.S.

Filmmaker Brian Jun graduated from Webster University with a BA Film Production in 2001. After a screening of his student film "For Jimmy Brown" at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival in October 2001, he was invited into the talent program Fox Searchlab. Born in Alton, Illinois, Brian's first feature film, Steel City (2006) won the Sundance Channel Emerging Director Award at the 2006 St. Louis Film Festival. The film also received a nomination for the grand prize jury award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006.

Anthony (Tony to his friends) Cabral is a hard, fast St. Louis native, who is known for his work on The Tomb (2009), The Frontier Boys (2012) and Shadow People (2013). Tony has worked with many St. Louis emerging filmmakers as their AD (just look at his IMDB page), and he has worked with Director Brian Jun on Joint Body in 2011 as his Second Assistant Director. Recently moved to Chicago when he was accepted in the DGA, Tony has worked the Sundance Film Festival for many years and will share his experiences with everyone.  

So come find out more about what it is like to experience Sundance!

DATE:

Wednesday, February 12

TIME:

6:30pm networking, 7:00pm meeting 

PLACE:

Lindenwood University

Young Hall

St. Charles, MO

DIRECTIONS:

Take 70 West to First Capitol/Highway 94 and turn right toward St. Charles. 

Go past the Water Tower and when the road turns into a Y, bear left and go past the stoplight to next stoplight. 

Turn right on Watson, and the theater is in the building on the right as you pull in. 

Look for the attached greenhouse.

COST:

Members: free

Non-members: $10

Students with valid ID: $5   

Looking forward to seeing you on February 12,  !!!