2012 Guide to the Sundance Twitterverse

As technology moves relentlessly forward, the smart phone has become an everyday item for the general populous, and with it social networks have continued to grow with explosive propensity. For massive events like film festivals, Twitter has become the go-to info stream for up to the second updates on who, what, and where things are happening around town, and of course has become an instant method in which to gauge a film’s popularity/critical reception. We’ve collected a list of Twitter accounts from the filmmakers, actors and folks behind the scenes in the U.S. Drama/Doc Comps, Premiere categories and NEXT section. Click on the twitter accounts (below) to follow folks such as Christine Vachon, Mike Birbiglia, the Tim and Eric guys for some lively feeds where the secrets of Park City will be revealed. And don’t forget to follow the IONCINEMA.com team @ioncinema — Nicholas Bell (NB), Eric Lavallee (EL) and myself, Jordan Smith (JS) will be tweeting from this channel.

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – @BeastsTheMovie
Producer: Michael Gottwald – @gottswana
Producer: Dan Janvey – @djanvey
Producer: Josh Penn – @joshcpenn
Writer: Lucy Alibar – @lucyalibar
Cinematographer: Ben Richardson – @benrichardson

• The Comedy
Star: Tim Heidecker – @timheidecker

• The End of Love – @endoflovemovie
Director and screenwriter: Mark Webber – @likemark

• Filly Brown – @FillyBrown
Star: Gina Rodriguez – @hereisgina

• The First Time
Stars: Dylan O’Brien – @dylanobrien
Victoria Justice – @VictoriaJustice
Halston Sage – @halstonsage

• For Ellen
Producer: Jen Gatien – @JenGatien
Cinematographer – Reed Morano – @reedmorano
Star: Jon Heder – @hederjon
Star: Margarita Levieva – @LevievaMaggie

Hello I Must Be Going
Writer: Sarah Koskoff – @skoskoff
Producer: Hans Ritter – @hansCritter

• Keep the Lights On – @ktlomovie
Director: Ira Sachs – @irasachs

• LUV
Director: Sheldon Candis – @sheldoncandis
Stars: Common – @common
Dennis Haysbert – @HaysbertDennis
Donald Glover – @mrdannyglover

• Middle Of Nowhere – @MiddleNowhere
Director and screenwriter: Ava DuVernay – @AVADVA
Star: Omari Hardwick – @OmariHardwick

• Nobody Walks
Co-writer: Lena Dunham – @lenadunham

• Safety Not Guaranteed – @SNGmovie
Director: Colin Trevorrow – @colintrevorrow
Stars: Mark Duplass – @MarkDuplass
Aubrey Plaza – @evilhag

• Save the Date
Director: Michael Mohan – @michaelmohan
Star: Alison Brie – @alisonbrie

• Simon Killer
Borderline Films – @BLFILM_NYC
Producer: Matt Palmieri – @mattpalmieri
Director and screenwriter: Antonio Campos – @antoniocampos1
Editor: Zachary Stuart-Pontier – @zacedits

• Smashed – @SmashedMovie
Director: James Ponsoldt – @jamesponsoldt
Stars: Aaron Paul – @aaronpaul_8
Mary E. Winstead – @M_E_Winstead

• The Surrogate
Stars: Helen Hunt – @HelenHunt
William H. Macy – @WilliamHallMacy

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
• Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry – @AWWNeverSorry
Director: Alison Klayman – @aliklay
Producer: Adam Schlesinger – @aschlesnyc

• The Atomic States of America
Directors: Don Argott – @dargott
Sheena M. Joyce – @SheenaMJoyce

• Chasing Ice
Director: Jeff Orlowski – @jefforlowski
Star: James Balog – @earthvisiontrst

• DETROPIA – @DetropiaTheFilm
Co-director: Heidi Ewing – @HeidiLoki

• ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare – @EscapeFire
Co-director: Matthew Heineman – @MattHeineman

• Finding North
Co-director: Lori Silverbush – @lsilverbush

• How to Survive a Plague – @SurvivePlague
Director: David France – @davidfrance

• The Invisible War – @Invisible_War

• Marina Abramović The Artist is Present – @marinafilm

• ME at the ZOO – @thezoo_
Star: Chris Crocker – @ChrisCrocker

• The Other Dream Team – @otherdreamteam
Director: Marius Markevicius – @marsoner8

• The Queen of Versailles
Director: Lauren Greenfield – @lgreen66

• Slavery By Another Name
Writer and Co-executive Producer: Douglas A. Blackmon – @douglasblackmon

• Love Free or Die: How the Bishop of New Hampshire is Changing the World
Director: Macky Alston – @MackyAlston

• We’re Not Broke
Directors: Karin Hayes – @karinhayes, Victoria Bruce – @Vickcyn

PREMIERES
• 2 Days in New York
Star: Chris Rock – @chrisrock

• Arbitrage – @arbitragemovie
Director and screenwriter: Nicholas Jarecki – @njarecki
Producer: Justin Nappi – @JustinNappi
Stars: Richard Gere – @Richard_Gere
Brit Marling – @writ_darling
Tim Roth – @TimRothLieToMe

• Bachelorette
Director and screenwriter: Leslye Headland – @molotovcocktail
Stars: Kirsten Dunst – @kirstendunst_
Isla Fischer – @IslaFisher1121

• California Solo – @californiasolo
Director and screenwriter: Marshall Lewy – @MarshallLewy
Producer: Mynette Louie – @mynette
Stars: Savannah Lathem – @SavannahLathem
Kathleen Wilhoite – @KathWilhoite

• Celeste and Jesse Forever
Stars: Emma Roberts – @RobertsEmma
Elijah Wood – @woodelijah
Andy Samberg – @ANDYSAMBERG_

• For A Good Time, Call…
Director: Jamie Travis – @JamieTravis
Co-Screenwriter: Katie Anne Naylon – @itskatieanne
Star: Seth Rogen – @Sethrogen

• Goats
Executive Producer: Juan Carlos Segura – @Jcsegura09

• Lay The Favorite
Star: Laura Prepon – @LauraPrepon

• Liberal Arts
Star: Elizabeth Olsen – @OlsenElizabeth

• Predisposed
Production Company: @armianpictures
Star: Tracy Morgan – @RealTracyMorgan

• Red Hook Summer
Director: Spike Lee – @SpikeLee

• Red Lights
Director and screenwriter: Rodrigo Cortés – @rodrigocor7es
Stars: Robert DeNiro – @TheRobertDeNiro
Elizabeth Olsen – @OlsenElizabeth

• Robot and Frank
Producer: Sam Bisbee – @sambisbee

• The Words
Stars: Olivia Wilde – @oliviawilde
Zoe Saldana – @zoesaldana
Producer: Michael Benaroya – @MichaelBenaroya

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
• About Face
Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders – @tgsfilm
Stars: Christy Turlington – @Cturlington
Christie Brinkley – @seabrinkley

• Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Stars: Tony Hawk – @tonyhawk
Steve Caballero – @steviecaballero

• The D Word: Understanding Dyslexia – @TheDWordMovie
Director: James Redford – @jred5562

• Ethel – @Ethel_Movie
Director: Rory Kennedy

• A Fierce Green Fire – @fiercegreenfilm
Associate Producers: Marc Weiss – @MarcNWeiss
Craig Phillips – @craigary

• Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
Director: Ice-T – @FINALLEVEL

• Under African Skies
Director: Joe Berlinger – @joeberlinger

PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT
• Black Rock – @BlackRockMovie
Director and Star: Katie Aselton – @duplaselton
Producer: Adele Romanski – @adeleromanski
Star: Lake Bell – @lakebell

• Excision – @ExcisionMovie
Director and screenwriter: Richard Bates, Jr.
Stars: AnnaLynne McCord – @IAMannalynnemcc
Ariel Winter – @arielwinter1
Traci Lords – @thetracilords
Molly McCook – @mollyjmccook
Jeremy Sumpter – @jeremysumpter
Marlee Matlin – @MarleeMatlin
Natalie Dreyfuss – @NatalieDreyfuss

• Grabbers – @GrabbersMovie
Director: Jon Wright – @jonwri
Screenwriter: Kevin Lehane – @KevinLehane
Star: Russel Tovey – @russelltovey

• The Pact
Producer: Ross Dinerstein – @rossdinerstein
Stars: Casper Van Dien – @CasperVanDien
Agnes Bruckner – @agnesbruckner1

• Shut Up And Play The Hits – @LCD_SUAPTH
Director: Dylan Southern – @dansouthernly
Producer: Christine Vachon – @kvpi
Star: LCD Soundsystem – @lcdsoundsystem
Cinematographer – Reed Morano – @reedmorano

• Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Directors, Screenwriters and Stars: Tim Heidecker – @timheidecker
Eric Wareheim – @ericwareheim
Co-Star: Zach Galifianakis – @galifianakisz

• V/H/S
• Directors: Adam Wingard – @AdamWingard
David Bruckner – @bruckmachina
Ti West – @Ti_West

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• Compliance
Director and screenwriter: Craig Zobel – @craigzobel
Star: Pat Healy – @Pat_Healy

• I Am Not a Hipster – @notahipsterfilm

• KID-THING
Director, screenwriter and producers: David and Nathan Zellner – @zellnerbros

• Mosquita y Mari – @mosquitaymari
Director and screenwriter: Aurora Guerrero – @aurog24

• My Best Day
Director and screenwriter: Erin Greenwell – @mybestdaymovie
Stars: Harris Doran – @harrisdoran
Sonora Chase – @sonorachase

• Pursuit of Loneliness
Director and screenwriter: Laurence Thrush – @growthfilms

• Sleepwalk With Me
Director: Mike Birbiglia – @birbigs

• That’s What She Said – @TWSSmovie
Director: Carrie Preston – @Carrie_Preston
Screenwriter and Star: Kellie Overbey – @willafly

• 28 Hotel Rooms – @28hotelrooms
Editor: Joseph Krings – @josephkrings
Producers: Lynette Howell – @LynetteHowell
Samantha Housman – @SamanthaHousman