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Aug. 31, 2024
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Actor Bobby Naderi grooves to the music of Filmstrip, one of the bands that trekked out to Park City to promote the Sundance premiere of the Eyad Zahra film, “The Taqwacores.” Naderi is one the stars of the film about the burgeoning Muslim punk scene. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Muslim punk rockers Shahjehan Khan, right, and Basim Usmani, of the Taqwacore band, “The Kominas,” play a set at the Star Bar to celebrate premiere of the Eyad Zahra film, “The Taqwacores,” which is in competition at the festival. The birth of the Muslim punk scene is often credited to the novel “The Taqwacores,” by Michael Muhammad Knight, a Rochester, N.Y.-raised writer who converted to Islam in his teens. Knight coined the book’s title from the Arabic word “Taqwa,” which means piety or God-fearing, and the word hardcore. The 2003 book portrayed an imagined world of living-on-the-edge Muslim punk rockers and inspired many real-life South Asian musicians, photographers, writers and filmmakers to forge their own artistic community. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Members of Taqwacore bands -- the Kominas, Al-Thawra and Filmstrip -- and various Taqwacore “scenesters” (members of the unofficial but closely-knit Taqwacore artistic community) crash and chill in a large room they’ve been sharing in a condo during the Sundance Film Festival. The bands were in town to play concerts to promote the Eyad Zahra film, “The Taqwacores,” which is in competition at the festival. They’ve been on tour of several cities and this was the last stop. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Movie goers wait for the
Graffiti of a boy with pink angel wings, possibly the work of graffiti artist Banksy, is found on the outside of a parking garage in downtown Park City. Sundance’s Spotlight Surprise film was a
World-record holding dirt bike legend Larry Linkogle reveals his tattoo while promoting the
Actress Kristen Stewart at the premiere of her new film, “The Runaways,” at Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah. Stewart plays the role of Joan Jett in the film about the 1970s all-female rock band. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Kristen Stewart waves goodbye to the media after doing a series of photo shoots and interviews for the premiere of “The Runaways.” (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Director Sultan Sharrief, left, and actor Julian Gant promote their new movie, “Bilal’s Stand,” by working on an ice sculpture on Main Street. “Bilals Stand,” written and directed by Sharrief, screens in the NEXT category at Sundance and premieres Monday at the festival. It’s the story of Bilal, a Detroit high school student, and his struggle to pursue higher education. Ice sculpting is part of the character’s creative outlet. “It’s about my life and my family ... growing up in Detroit,” said Sharrief. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Parker McCormick, 19, and Haley Douglas, 18, of Salt Lake City check out the scene and catch a movie. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Film goers are caught in a reflection against a window that announces the
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Attendees at the dinner party for the premiere of the new
Actor Mark Ruffalo, right, and writer Christopher Thornton celebrate the premiere of their new film, “Sympathy for Delicious,” at the
Sundance festival-goers attend the “Celebrity Tweetup for Haiti,” where moviemakers, celebrities and movie fans use Twitter hoping to raise money to aid the people affected by the earthquake. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The band 2 a.m. Club performs at the Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe on Main Street in Park City, Utah on Sunday. Artists such as the Fray, Richard Marx and LeAnn Rimes will play the club during the film festival. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Moviegoers wait in a long line in 20-degree weather Friday for the new Nancy Holofcener film, “Please Give,” outside the Eccles Theatre during the
With little parking available during the
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A band of mariachis performs for festival goers along Main Street. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Movie goers run across Main Street during a snowstorm. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Festival goers listen to the music of Tyler Hilton as he performs at the Fatali Gallery. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A couple walk near a billboard where filmmakers have left posters featuring their movies that are being screened during the
Movie goers wait for a bus near a heat lamp during another chilly night. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Heidi Ewing, left, and Rachel Grady, co-directed the
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Park City Television videographer Mike Bradshaw films an installation by artist Tracy Snelling titled “Border Town” inside an exhibit space called New Frontier on Main. It will feature many video installations by artists visiting Park City,
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt describes his installation piece alongside other video artists who are exhibiting video installations inside an exhibit space called New Frontier on Main. Gordon-Levitt will be appearing in the new film “Hesher,” which is being screened at Sundance. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Swiss artist and filmmaker Pipilotti Rist does an interview in front of her video installation titled “Lobe of Lung: The Saliva Ooze Away to the Underground,” inside an exhibit space called New Frontier on Main. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Artist and farmer Matthew Moore stands in front of his video and vegetable stand installation, “Lifecycles,” inside New Frontier on Main. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Swiss artist and filmmaker Pipilotti Rist presents her video installation, “Lobe of Lung: The Saliva Ooze Away to the Underground,” inside New Frontier on Main. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
New graffiti, possibly the work of graffiti artist Banksy, is seen on a power box at the Gateway Center in Old Town in Park City,
Main Street starts to bustle with traffic and pedestrians two days before the start of the 2010
Jay Smith, 52, walks down Main Street, which is decorated with flags that announce the upcoming
Olivia Sprung, 5, walks along a snow-layered sidewalk on Main Street in Park City, where a mural pays homage to the filmmaking process. The Sundance festival begins Thursday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Lights decorate Main Street in Park City, Utah, in advance of the Sundance Film Festival. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Snow blankets Park City, Utah, where the Sundance Film Festival will begin Thursday and run through Jan. 31. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Snows falls over Main Street and a pair of visitors in front of the Egyptian Theatre. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Actor David Strathairn, who stars in “Howl,” makes his way into the Eccles Theatre to watch the premiere. Strathairn stars with
Fans and moviegoers stand outside the Eccles Theatre, where the premiere of “Howl” was being screened Thursday night. Fans still hoped to get last-minute tickets to the sold-out screening. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The lobby of the Eccles Theatre before the premiere of “Howl” on Thursday night. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Filmmaker Michael Moore makes his way through the lobby of the Eccles Theatre to take in the premiere of “Howl.” (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Sundance volunteer Dylan Reiff looks over posters of some of the Sundance Film Festival’s featured films inside the Filmmaker Lodge in Park City. Volunteers on Thursday were still decorating the Filmmaker Lodge, where filmmakers can gather and discuss movies and host panel discussions. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Sundance volunteer Carolina Castaneda, 27, from
Snows falls in front of the Egyptian Theatre in Park City on opening day of the Sundance Film Festival. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Aug. 31, 2024