Backstage at Sundance 2008

» Oscar Win for Once's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

HP has a special place in its heart for Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, as they were gracious enough to give HP a live performance of this Oscar-winning song on a snowy January day during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Take a look and listen.

» Quincy Coleman & band perform live at Sundance 2008

» Need inspiration? Check out these women

As my colleague Kate Sheofsky pointed out in her earlier blog post, Game On, Sundance is a place to get inspired. I found inspiration in many different places – not the least of which was my meeting with two women who are making their way through the male-dominated area of documentary filmmaking, Susan Turley and Annie Roney.

» In the Age of Web 2.0, Do Film Critics Matter?

Do you read film reviews before or after you see a film? Or not at all? How does the film critic influence your interpretation of the film? Personally, I read reviews after I have seen the film, to validate my likes, dislikes and interpretations. And if I am at odds with the critic, I simply assume my opinion to be of superior, concluding that the critic "simply did not get it", or clearly missed out on some of the vital nuances! As another chapter of Sundance closes and we settle into the humdrums of daily life, I muse upon one of the panels attended about the importance of film critics, especially in the age of web 2.0.

» Game On

» HP Printing Studio for Professional Photographers

Cindy Maestas
Interactive Marketing

Tom Hubbard at the HP Printing Studio Photo by Cindy Maestas

Hello from Sundance! I have been working most of the week in the HP Printing Studio in the basement of the Sundance House at the Kimball Art Center. The Printing Studio is a hands-on place for credentialed and professional photographers to go to print their photos on several available HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printers. The studio is equipped with a Mac and two PCs with Photoshop, so it’s a great way for photographers to come and print (for free!) the fabulous photos taken around and about on the streets, movies and parties at Sundance. Throughout the week we have printed dozens of beautiful fine art quality photos for the many photographers who come to the event …

» HP interviews Amy Redford

» Rooftop, fireside performance by The Submarines

» Laços - Ties, Relationships, and the Winner of HP/YouTube's Project:Direct

by Sibel Satiroglu
WW Interactive Marketing

Last night was the screening of Laços by Adriana Falcão, the beautifully poetic and melodic six-minute short film from Brazil with “something to say”. It is the winner of the first-ever international film contest called Project:Direct on YouTube, sponsored by HP. Under the umbrella of IPG’s What Do You Have to Say campaign, the requirements for film submission included a passing of a photo and the tag line, “What Do You Have to Say?”

» Another kind of picture-maker

by Lisa Tucker
WW Interactive Communications

Besides the many people at Sundance calling themselves filmmakers, there is another genre of folks here also taking pictures. With so many celebrities on hand, there are massive amounts of photographers here taking photographs. One such person is Todd Williamson, freelance photographer working Sundance on behalf of WireImage.

» Need a Feel-Good? Henry Poole is Here

I had an opportunity to see the movie, Henry Poole is Here the other day at Sundance. Before I could even blog about it, I heard that Overture Films just bought the rights to the film for a cool $3.5 million. So, it looks like everyone is going to get a chance to see this movie in your local theater. Would I recommend you do so? Well, it depends.

» One movie review you’ll never read

Kate Sheofsky
Web Content Manager

Let me start by saying I went to film school. And for several years I belonged to a screenwriting group. Then, to further prove my commitment to the art of storytelling, I emptied my bank account and went and got myself an MFA in creative writing. Writing movie reviews should be right up my alley. I should enjoy writing them, and probably even be good at it. Yet, when I sat down to try to write a review for Merry Gentleman, I felt my eyelids get heavy, my head tilt back and I woke up an hour later wiping drool off my chin. It shouldn’t be this way …

» A comedy starring a man, his lost cat, and an HP All-in-One Printer.
HP interviews the directors of "Goliath".