Tickets for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s New Orleans satellite screenings are now on pre-sale for members. Ticket sales will open for the general public on Friday, Jan 15 at 12 p.m. These screenings will be held safely outdoors at The Broadside with very limited capacity. It is recommended you become a member to start booking your tickets now and to guarantee your seats. See more info and FAQs here.
There will be two screenings daily at 6:15 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
The screening of Ma Belle, My Beauty will be preceded by a reception at The Broadside on February 2 at 5 p.m. with cast & crew in attendance. The film screening begins at 6:15 p.m. and will be followed by a Q&A with New Orleans-based director Marion Hill, and actors Idella Johnson and Hannah Pepper. The reception will be open to ticket holders only.
Ma Belle, My Beauty tells the story of newlywed musicians Bertie and Fred adjusting to their new life in the beautiful countryside of France. It’s an easy transition for Fred, the son of French and Spanish parents, but New Orleans native Bertie grapples with a nagging depression that is affecting her singing. Lane—the quirky ex who disappeared from their three-way relationship years ago—suddenly shows up for a surprise visit, bringing new energy and baggage of her own.
New Orleans-based producer Josh Penn will be in attendance for an introduction for Users and Philly D.A.
Acclaimed filmmaker Natalia Almada captures the ruthless locomotion of technology in Users. Her camera flies with ferocious speed alongside jet streams, trains, trucks, and underwater cables that carry data at the speed of light. But just as her lens documents the power of frenetic human invention, so does it dive into technology’s greatest existential competitor: rising oceans, crackling fires, scorched mountain tops—a planet at war with so-called societal progress.
In Philly D.A., civil rights attorney Larry Krasner called out policies that caused Philadelphia to become the major city in America with the most incarcerations. More than 75 times, he sued police officers who perpetuated corruption and brutality. This made him an unlikely candidate for district attorney, but in 2017 he launched an election campaign that promised to reform the system. Passionate in his beliefs, and buoyed by activists committed to ending mass incarceration, Krasner set out to revolutionize his city’s criminal justice system from the inside.
For the complete lineup of Sundance films, click here.