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Dreams & Embodiment for the Creative Process (with Chloé Zhao and Kim Gillingham)

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Dreams & Embodiment for the Creative Process (with Chloé Zhao and Kim Gillingham)

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We invite you to slow down and gather for a community-centered conversation led by filmmaker Chloé Zhao and creative dreamwork specialist Kim Gillingham.

Together, Chloé and Kim will open a space for listening: to dreams, the body, and the subtle inner movements that often guide creative work before it has language.

The session will include gentle prompts, guided exercises, and ways for participants to engage with their own inner images and intuitions. This is not a lecture or a performance, but a participatory experience shaped by curiosity, care, and conversation.

Chloé will reflect on how listening inward has informed her creative life, while Kim brings decades of experience helping artists work with dreams as a source of renewal, meaning, and direction.

Designed for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival community, the morning is meant to be an opportunity to reconnect with imagination, one another, and the quieter tools that sustain creative work over time.

Open to the public. RSVP highly encouraged. RSVP does not guarantee entry which will be first-come, first-served.

Event Location: 1167 Woodside Ave, Park City, UT 84060

Presented in partnership with Google and their 100 Zeros initiative.

Partner events are independently conceived and produced by sponsor and partner organizations. These events take place in official Festival locations and all organizations follow the Sundance Film Festival community agreement.

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Chloé Zhao

    Chloé Zhao is a Beijing-born writer, director, editor, and producer. Previous films include Songs My Brothers Taught Me, The Rider, Eternals, and Nomadland, which won three Oscars. Most recently, she directed, co-wrote, and co-edited Hamnet. She launched the production company Book of Shadows in 2023 and Kodansha Studios in 2025.

    Kim Gillingham

      Kim Gillingham, founder of Creative Dreamwork, guides artists to blend Jungian psychology with creative expression. Trained by Marion Woodman and Sandra Seacat, she views dreams as active collaborators. She worked with directors like Jane Campion and Chloé Zhao. Based in L.A., she leads worldwide workshops and private sessions for diverse artists.

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