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The doors are open again at Cinema Café, where the culture of conversation is reinvigorated. Our series of informal chats brings together special guests for thought-provoking encounters and fascinating dialogue.
+ MoreThe doors are open again at Cinema Café, where the culture of conversation is reinvigorated. Our series of informal chats brings together special guests for thought-provoking encounters and fascinating dialogue. Previous Cinema Café guests have included Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion, Eugenio Derbez, Lena Dunham, Norman Lear, Kumail Nanjiani, Saoirse Ronan, Spike Lee, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Radha Blank, Ira Glass, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charlie Kaufman, Ice-T, Winston Duke, Eva Victor, Mstyslav Chernov, Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya, Marlee Matlin, Chloë Sevigny, Celine Song, D. Smith, and many others.
Events located at the Filmmaker Lodge are free for all Festival badge holders and attendees with a Festival ID attached to a 2026 Sundance Film Festival account.
Access is provided on a first-come, first-served basis and is subject to seating availability. No ticket or pre-registration is required to attend.
This talk will be livestreamed and a recording will be posted approximately 24 hours later.
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is an Academy Award nominee and a winner of Emmy, BAFTA, Peabody, Sundance, and Image Awards. Her films include Selma, 13th, Middle of Nowhere, A Wrinkle in Time, and Origin. She has created seven television series, including the acclaimed When They See Us and Queen Sugar. Founder of the narrative change collective ARRAY, DuVernay holds honorary doctorates from Yale and Morehouse.
Barbara Kopple is a two-time Academy Award–winning and 10-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in 2023. Throughout her career, she has directed and produced upward of 50 films, including Harlan County, USA and American Dream.
The Sundance Film Festival’s Power of Story conversation looks to deepen public engagement with the art of storytelling, delve into cinema culture, and celebrate artists whose work propels and reinvents the form.
The Big Conversation tackles science, art, culture, and the movements that are fueling the imaginations of today’s independent artists.
The doors are open again at Cinema Café, where the culture of conversation is reinvigorated. Our series of informal chats brings together special guests for thought-provoking encounters and fascinating dialogue.
The doors are open again at Cinema Café, where the culture of conversation is reinvigorated. Our series of informal chats brings together special guests for thought-provoking encounters and fascinating dialogue.
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