First I want to thank Mr. Redford for his various organizations as they provide wonderful opportunities to us all who love good stories and movies. But it is with great appreciation that I thank the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival staffs for their unbiased and trustworthy decisions. We at Liquid Ice Entertainment knew that we were fighting an uphill battle given that the Sundance organizations primarily lean towards documentaries and docudrama’s.
Yet whether applying for the Sloan Commissioning Grant, or applying at the Sundance Film Festival, “Lost Angels[The Discovery]” being an action, drama, thriller, did well before we finally received our rejection letter(s).
In both instances the Sundance organization had nice things to say about our project. In 2009 Producer in Residence, Feature Film Program: “We became fans of your project”, and then this year in addition, “We felt your project had tremendous merit and potential”. So we live and learn from this and keep pushing ever forward.
So for those of you that may feel less than hopeful in terms of successfully making it into the Sundance Film Festival or receiving a grant from the Sundance Institute I say go for it! It never hurts to try and all they can do is say “Thanks, but no thanks…” to you. If you don’t try at the very least, then you’ll never know.
Have a wonderful holiday season and a very Happy New Year to you all!
Sincerely,
Renn Reed, President
Liquid Ice Entertainment
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