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We are so proud to be a part of the journey to Sundance for these four films. Congrats to all of the amazing filmmaking teams behind I WAS A SIMPLE MAN, WILD INDIAN, CRYPTOZOO and ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE!

ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE by Theo Anthony premiered on January 31 at Sundance! Learn more about the film on our website: https://cinereach.org/films/all-light-everywhere/ __ The observer effect is a term used in physics to describe the process in which the act of observation disturbs the system that’s being observed. Humans are such observersand we have our inherent limitations, biases, and blind spots that skew how we perceive and interpret. In his remarkable, kaleidoscopic essay film, Theo Anthony investigates the correlation between how we see things and the tools and practices involved in the act of seeing.

WILD INDIAN by Lyle Mitchell Corbine premieres at Sundance tomorrow, January 30, at 3 p.m.! Learn more about the film on our website: https://cinereach.org/films/wild-indian/ Makwa, a young Anishinaabe boy, has a rough life. He often appears at school with bruises he says he got falling down, but no one believes him. He and his only friend, Ted-O, like to escape by playing in the woods, until the day Makwa shockingly murders a schoolmate. After covering up the crime, the two boys go on to live very different lives. Now, as adult men, they must face the truth of what they have done and what they have become.

Don't miss Dash Shaw's CRYPTOZOO premiere at Sundance tomorrow, January 29, at 3 p.m.! Tickets are still available at tickets.festival.sundance.org. __ Cryptids are creatures whose existence is disputed or unsubstantiated. When Amber and Matt get lost in the woods during a sex date, they stumble upon a high-security fence. On the other side, they find a cryptida unicornthat would change their lives.... Military brat Lauren spent her childhood nights in a nightmarish state, until a mythical baku came to eat her dreams, releasing her from nocturnal torment. Lauren decides to dedicate her life to rescuing and sheltering cryptids from those who seek to exploit them, so she becomes a cryptozookeeper. But when Lauren’s and Amber’s paths cross, Lauren begins to wonder if displaying these rare beasts in confinement is better than enabling these mythical creatures to remain hidden and unknown.

I WAS A SIMPLE MAN by Christopher Makoto Yogi premieres at Sundance this Friday, January 29, at 3 p.m.! Learn more about the film on our website: https://cinereach.org/films/i-was-a-simple-man/ The rushing wind on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawai'i, never stops. It constantly rustles the leaves outside Masao’s house, providing a balmy sonic backdrop. Nature is both a driving force and a spiritual indicator in I Was a Simple Man, the second feature from writer-director Christopher Makoto Yogi. When Masao is healthy, his plants thrive; when a terminal sickness encroaches, the plants wither and die. The island’s ambient noisesthe waves, the wind, the birdsthread through the film’s time-shifting chapters, from the pre-World War II sugar plantations of Oahu to Hawai'i statehood to the present gentrification of Honolulu.