Words from Sundance staffers

What is your job at Sundance Film Festival?
Steve: Crowd Liasion at the Egyptian and Terri: Theater Team at the Holiday.

What do you do the rest of the year?
Steve, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco, Terri, Dental Hygienist.

Why did you decide to start working at SFF?
Terri, Love of films, Steve, initially tagging along!

If you have worked at SFF in previous years why do you return?
The opportunity to see films of course, however interacting wtih the volunteers and public, doing something different from our "other lives"

What is your most cherished memory from previous festivals?
Terri, meeting and talking with Jane Lynch, Steve, Meeting and working with the Egyptian crew.

What film are you most looking forward to seeing at SFF?
Haven’t figured this out yet.

If you’ve had a chance to preview any of the festival films, which ones are you recommending to friends?
So far, WASTELAND was superb. It is early so there will inevitably be more

How many films do you hope to see?
Terri, 3/day! Steve, probably only able to manage one per day, so around 10-12

What are your strategies for selecting which films to see and getting into screenings?
Reviewing the schedule and the actors/directors. Strategies vary, using volunteer tickets, wait lists, hustling from work and getting to the right place at the right time.

How does SFF differ from other film festivals that you have attended or worked at?
This is the only one we have attended.

If you have to choose between going to a film or a party how do you decide what to do?
Going to a film.

How do you deal with the cold and altitude in Park City?
Learn by experience! The altitude is no problem, layering, moving around help with the cold.

Will you be back for next year?
Yes!

Hilary Hart, who annually holds down the late-night shift at the Egyptian at the Sundance Film Festival, will be offering interviews with fellow workers from the San Francisco Bay Area during the course of the festival.