Howdy redditors. Iโm Gregory Barnes the writer and director of The Touch of the Masterโs Hand. It won the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize for Best US Fiction and after a year of playing festivals, itโs online!
You can watch it here
Filmed in a Mormon meetinghouse, Masterโs Hand follows a Mormon missionary troubled by an unnatural temptation, who must confess the humiliating depths of his pornography addiction to his Mission President.
Hereโs a short video intro to get to know me and the movie
Iโm looking forward to chatting all about movies, mormons, and mormons in movies.
EDIT: updated a link
One awards season is already hard enough to follow, but now we have two? And the festival is back to full size this year, even if it is still sadly virtual. Well, let's get to it. Utah's Sundance Film Festival is back once again, taking place from January 20โ30 on laptop screens everywhere. Films premiering at the festival include:
Alice, Krystin Ver Linden
Am I OK?, Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne
Call Jane, Phyllis Nagy
Cha Cha Real Smooth, Cooper Raiff
Dual, Riley Stearns
Fresh, Mimi Cave
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye trilogy, Coodie & Chike
Living, Oliver Hermanus
Lucy and Desi, Amy Poehler
Sharp Stick, Lena Dunham
To the End, Rachel Lears
We Need to Talk About Cosby, W. Kamau Bell
When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg
2nd Chance, Ramin Bahrani
892, Abi Damaris Corbin
Plus dozens more in and out of competition.
Trailer here: https://vimeo.com/649693808
This is my first year participating and I'm just going through the guide to see what I want to watch most (and what I have time for).
So many good documentaries! So little time! What are you guys checking out this year/have you watched any so far?
Edit: not sure why Iโm getting downvoted for this, the festival is an event that has a lot of local sponsors and promotes Canadian filmmaking, maybe itโs the wrong sub for it but was curious to see what people might be watching!
