Every January the Sundance Film Festival takes over Park City, Utah, but since 1995 the town has also played host to the festivals younger upstart sibling: Slamdance. Initially founded by a group of filmmakers who werent accepted into Robert Redfords showcase, the Slamdance Film Festival has gone on to become a vital event in its own right — and one of its early discoveries was Christopher Nolan. It screened at Slamdance in 1999, and tonight the festival honored the director with its inaugural Founders Award. Nolan then sat down to talk to the audience of filmmakers and fans about the lessons he learned as an indie filmmaker, his frequent collaborations with brother Jonathan, and how Brad Pitt helped Memento get made.
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