We discuss the ups and downs of Sundance 2022, and chat about some of the festival’s fiction films, including Sharp Stick and Living.

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This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith

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How was Sundance 2022? (1:13)
Klondike (Maryna Er Gorbach) (9:25)
Girl Picture (Alli Haapasalo) (10:34)
The Sundance Bingo Card and the narrow view of Sundance programming (11:40)
Sundance needs more Indigenous films (17:18)
Why directors may not want to premiere at Sundance (20:40)
Sharp Stick (Lena Dunham) (24:18)
Living (Oliver Hermanus) (40:00)
Fresh (Mimi Cave) (48:10)
Cha Cha Real Smooth (Cooper Raif) (49:31)
Am I OK? (Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne) (55:17)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Sophie Hyde) 57:14)
Call Jane (Phyllis Nagy) (58:00)
A Love Song (Max Walker-Silverman) (59:32)
When You Finish Saving the World (Jesse Eisenberg) (59:53)
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (Adamma & Adanne Ebo) (1:03:29)
Nanny (Nikyatu Jusu) (1:04:21)
Conclusion (1:05:56)

Read our selections of the 10 best films of Sundance 2022
Read the source of the “blocking is everything” quote: Alex’s 2018 interview with Andrew Haigh
See Alex’s Sundance Bingo Card
Read Orla’s review of Fresh
Read an excerpt of Lindsay Pugh’s interview with The Worst Person in the World star Renate Reinsve
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