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This event is free as part of PAM’s Free First Thursday, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

THE EXPERIENCE

Join us for a live recording of The Film That Blew My Mind podcast! Hosts John Cooper and Tabitha Jackson, both former directors of the Sundance Film Festival, will be joined on stage by filmmaker Andrew Ahn (The Wedding Banquet; Fire Island) for a lively conversation on the film that blew his mind.

ON STAGE:

Andrew Ahn

Andrew Ahn is a queer Korean American filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. Ahn’s feature FIRE ISLAND (Searchlight Pictures) starring Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, and Margaret Cho is currently streaming on Hulu. The film won the Ensemble Tribute at the 2023 Gotham Awards. Ahn’s sophomore feature DRIVEWAYS, written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Best Lead Actress for Hong Chau.

Ahn’s first film SPA NIGHT premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in US Dramatic Competition and won a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance. The film went on to win the 2017 John Cassavetes Film Independent Spirit Award. Ahn has directed fiction and documentary television for Netflix, FX, HBO Max, CBS, Sundance Channel, and KCET.

He has promoted diversity in the arts by mentoring youth filmmakers through programs like Pacific Arts Movement’s Reel Voices, Outfest’s OutSet, and the Sundance Institute’s Native Filmmaker Lab. He graduated from Brown University and received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

John Cooper and Tabitha Jackson with The Film That Blew My Mind podcast

Filmmakers, actors, and creators of all kinds answer one simple question: What is the film that blew your mind?! 

No film is off limits as each episode centers around one guest and one film that has had a profound impact on their life, work, and art. Co-hosts John Cooper and Tabitha Jackson—former directors of the Sundance Film Festival—call upon decades at the forefront of independent film to bring their insider knowledge, live experiences, and signature chemistry to conversations that dive straight into the heart and soul of cinema.