2019 Sundance Film Festival

Hilary Swank is not usually associated with the sci-fi genre. But at this year’s Sundance Festival, the Golden Globe-winning actress stars in I Am Mother a post-apocalyptic thriller by first-time Australian director Grant Sputore.

Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s “Women Breaking Barriers: Where Are We Now?” panel. The panel which built on last year’s event was moderated by HFPA members Elisabeth Sereda and Silvia Bizio.

The Last Tree, presented in the World Drama section at this year’s Sundance festival, is written and directed by Shola Amoo and is a semi-autobiographical film. Femi (played by Sam Adewunmi), is a British kid of Nigerian heritage: he is 10 years old when, after a happy childhood in the rural white idyllic community of Lincolnshire, he moves to a diverse, poorer inner London neighborhood to live with his biological mother.

It was a capacity crowd that convened at Sundance Headquarters on Main Street for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Women Breaking Barriers: Where Are We Now? panel. The panel, which built on last year’s event, was moderated by HFPA members Elisabeth Sereda and Silvia Bizio.

PARK CITY  --  It was the same room – the legendary Egyptian theater atop Main Street. The usual time and date: Opening Day Thursday at 1 pm sharp.

This Thursday, January 24, marks the opening of yet another edition of Robert Redford’s film festival in Utah. This year’s film line-up is impressive as are some of the fest’s sideshow attractions.