Portrait Weekly: Sundance Field Guide 2023
Events, Panels, Parties, Films! Plus a few items for those at home.
Happy Thursday, friends, and welcome to the 77 people who’ve joined us since last week. If you’re headed to Park City, we’ve got one question for you:
Sign up for the Portrait House here! Warm up by the fire, drink a local beer, and enjoy an empanada on us. Check out our programs with the DPA, the DCA, Untold Content, Invisible Collective, and others.
For those staying home, don’t worry: many of the films below are available online — and the grants and job opps below shouldn’t be missed.
Let’s dive in!
Jean Ellen and Kasia
Co-Founders, Portrait
Field Guide: Park City or Bust
What’s Happening at the Portrait House and across Sundance 2023
Portrait House Happenings
Saturday, January 21st
12 pm: DPA Member Mixer. We're excited to partner with the Documentary Producers Alliance on their member reception. RSVP through DPA email/Slack.
3 pm: The Future of Impact In Film. Filmmakers, funders, and impact producers discuss sustainability, distribution, and creating social change. Co-hosted with Untold Content and Invisible Collective. Details and RSVP here.
Sunday, January 22nd
9 am - 2 pm: Open Lounge + Podcast Taping. Come get a drink, a bite, and a recharge by the fire. Top Docs podcast will be taping with Sundance filmmakers.
2 pm: Set Up (Not) to Fail with the DCA and DPA. Join as DCA and DPA members discuss how producers and DPs collaborate for success. Co-hosted with the Documentary Cinematographers Alliance. RSVP here.
4 pm: Sparkling Sundance Toast + Reception. Join us for this exclusive reception to wrap the weekend and start Sunday night off right. We’ll toast Portrait members whose work is featured at the Festival. RSVP here.
Elsewhere On Main Street
Updating Roundup of Events, Panels and Parties.
Compiled by The Hollywood Reporter.Audible Listening Lodge
Audible listening stations and filmmaker conversations with Variety.Deep-dives with filmmakers behind a selection of the Festival's hottest films.
Sunrise House
The official pan-AAPI house of the Sundance Film Festival.The LatinX House
Daily programming highlighting footprint made by Latinx creators.MPAC's Muslim House Presents: Party at The Park
Sunday night party with the founders of The Muslim House.
Did we miss your event? Share it on Portrait and we’ll update this roundup online.
Roll of Honor: Snowy Utah Edition
Portrait Member Work to Check Out at Sundance and Slamdance — and online
Going Varsity in Mariachi. This is the world of competitive scholastic mariachi. Portrait member Michael Crommett, DP.
Kylie. A young Black ballerina expresses her passion and pain in the inner-city neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Portrait member Nani Walker, Executive Producer.
Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles. Ukrainian sculptors who made religious statues now build anti-tank obstacles. Portrait member Daniel Lombroso, Producer.
Milisuthando. Milisuthando grew up within apartheid without knowing it was happening until it was over. Portrait members Milisuthando Bongela, Director, and Marion Isaacs, Producer.
Plan C. With restrictions rising, a team of providers launches Plan C to expand medication abortion acces. Portrait member Jess Jacobs, Executive Producer.
STILL: A Michael J Fox Movie. The actor recounts his journey with candor and humor. Portrait members Julia Liu and Clair Popkin, Cinematographers.
A Still Small Voice. An aspiring chaplain in spiritual care at Mount Sinai finds her way through 2020 and 2021. Portrait member Kellen Quinn, Producer.
The Stroll. The history of New York’s Meatpacking District told by the transgender women of color who created it. Portrait member Sara Kinney, DP.
The Tuba Thieves. A spate of robberies in Southern California schools had an oddly specific target: tubas. Portrait member Rachel Nederveld, Producer.
Victim/Suspect. One reporter discovers a surprising number women reporting sexual assault only to be charged with fabrication. Portrait members Jenni Morello, DP, and Elyse Kelly, Animation Director.
At Slamdance:
Starring Jerry As Himself. How an immigrant father was recruited by Chinese police to be an undercover agent. Portrait member Jonathan Hsu, Producer.
Charlie & The Hunt. A young girl faces her fears while setting out to recover a family treasure. Portrait member Michelle Clementine, cinematographer.
Did we miss your film? Share it on Portrait. We’ll update this roundup online.
Window of Opportunity
Weekly Jobs, Grants, Labs, Gear, and All-Important Deadlines
Coming Soon / Closing Soon: Grants + Intensives
Sundance 2023 Documentary Film Producers Track
Deadline February 15thSundance 2023 Feature Film Producers Track
Deadline February 15th
Women in Film Financing Intensive
Deadline February 13th
Jobs and Gigs Roundup
Have an opportunity? We’ll share it with the community.
Senior Producer, The Jen Psaki Show, MSNBC
Senior Video Editor, BBC Studios
Deputy Editor, BBC Worklife
Video Journalist, The Washington Post
Graphics Reporter, The Washington Post (Talk to Portrait member Daron Taylor about what it’s like at WaPo in animation and graphics!)
End Credits Scene of the Week
We’re loving the orange fits from Portrait member Keith Ochwat and the Show&Tell team. Please tell us those S&T cookies aren’t all gone yet? You’ll spot Jean Ellen by the coat she’s borrowing from a friend and the yaktrax she’s owned since college.
See you in Park City, friends!
— JE + K