The Film Stage is here at Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. We kicked off things yesterday seeing the Shorts Program Vol. 1, Project Nim, and a midnight screening of Silent House. A few hours of sleep later, we shuttled over to Press HQ in an attempt to secure tickets for Kevin Smith‘s Red State. Before any films began yesterday, Sundance officially kicked off with an opening press conference from Founder and President of Sundance Institute Robert Redford, Sundance Institute Executive Director Keri Putnam, and Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper. We’ve culled together a few highlights, which you can see below.