Sundance ’13 Blog: Surviving Seeing 30 Films in 10 Days at a Festival

I unabashedly, unequivocally love film festivals. Even after 7 years straight of attending 11-day long fests all over the world, I still love them. Sundance 2013 has just wrapped up and I’m on my flight home from Utah now, thinking back over the last 10 days, the 30 films I saw, the people I met, the experiences that defined this year at Sundance. It was another unforgettable, exciting, iconic year for me. In fact, one of the best in a long time. I saw a grand total of 30 films, something I haven’t done since 2007/2008 when I first started attending this fest. Everything worked out perfect, and while I’m exhausted, I’m extremely happy. 30 films in 10 days?! You read that right. I’m incredibly proud of hitting the 30 film mark this year. While some of my colleagues usually end up seeing upwards of 35 to 40 films, for the …