Interterm Class Takes Students to Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival has become the most important film festival in the U.S. for independent filmmakers. And on January, 20 Biola students had the opportunity to attend the festival and receive credit for a three-credit course.
Students accepted into the class traveled to the festival's site in Park City, UT to attend film screenings and sit in on lectures by some of Hollywood's top directors and producers. The Interterm course was scheduled for five days of the ten-day festival: January 25 through January 30.
The course's $1,250 price tag included tuition costs, lodging and ten screening passes. Members of Park City churches provided lodging for the students.
The Sundance Film Festival is sponsored by The Sundance Institute as a venue to encourage the exhibition of new independent films. The Sundance Institute, founded by actor Robert Redford in 1981, acquired the 26 year-old film festival in 1985. Formerly known as The United States Film Festival, the Institute officially renamed the festival in 1991.
Photo by Park City, UT Chamber & Visitors Bureau