So the Sundance Film Festival is underway, and there's one film I'm really pulling for. Rob Au is the visual effects supervisor for Der Ostwind, an entry in the Short Film competition. I also knew Ostwind's director Kohl Glass, a little, and he is a smart, talented filmmaker. Rob is brother-in-law to my (and Ian's) BYU roommate Rob Rogers, and Rob Au was even in the Intro. to Film class I TA'd at BYU. So I take most of the credit for this success. Good luck Rob!! If I was living in Salt Lake I'd get up to Park City and pass out buttons and stickers for you in a heartbeat.
Sundance Shorts (including Der Ostwind) and Docs are available to watch online here.
Also interesting is that "Napoleon Dynamite" director (and BYU alum) Jared Hess is on the jury for the Short film competition. There's two other members on the jury, so even if he wanted to play favorites, it probably wouldn't matter. In any case it's good to see BYU-ites continuing to represent at Sundance!
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I saw a little story about "Der Ostwind" on the news the other night. It looks pretty cool. They interviewed the BYU-alum who made it, and he seemed like a very cool guy. I'll have to check it out.
I will also stay tuned to the Sundance awards to see if they thank Cblakes for his great teaching and influence.
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