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Every year, at the end of January, it seems like Austin s film scene packs its collective bags and heads to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. This year, as the pandemic rolls on, Sundance is coming to Austin with a special series of screenings and panels presented by the festival and Austin Film Society. It all started last summer, said Holly Herrick, AFS head of film & creative media, when they reached out to us and said, Look, we re trying to reimagine the festival.
There s a lot of history between AFS and Sundance, far beyond the annual trip many of the staff take to the mountains for a first glimpse of the new crop of American and global indie cinema. The two organizations have been collaborating for years, whether it be showing the festival s short film selections in the AFS Cinema, or helping connect Texas filmmakers with Sundance. A lot of AFS Fellows have also gone through Sundance Institute Labs, said Herrick. This year, that collaboration has only gotten