Sundance Film Festival: Frida (2024, R)
Thursday, Oct. 15 · 7 pm - 9 pm Longmont Museum 400 Quail Rd., Longmont, CO 80501
Frida 2024 | R, 87 min.
Followed by a conversation with the film’s director Carla Gutiérrez.
A magical journey into the life of an icon, told in her own words through diaries, letters, essays and interviews, and brought to life with lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork. Frida premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won an award for editing.
Carla Gutiérrez is an Emmy and Eddie nominated documentary filmmaker. Her directorial debut FRIDA, about iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, premiered at Sundance 2024 where it won the prestigious Jonathan Oppenheim Award for Best Editing. FRIDA (TIME Studios, Imagine Documentaries) is an Amazon MGM Studios original. Her work as an editor includes the Oscar nominated films RBG – about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – and LA CORONA. Carla edited JULIA, about renowned chef, and television personality Julia Child (Telluride, Toronto Film Festivals, CNN Films); and PRAY AWAY (Tribeca, Telluride, Netflix Original). Her work has received awards at Sundance, Tribeca, Berlinale, Outfest, the Critic’s Choice Awards, the National Board of Review Awards and the DuPont Columbia Awards. She has been a creative adviser for the Sundance Edit Lab, and a mentor for the Firelight Producers’ Lab, The Karen Schmeer Diversity Program, and the Tribeca Film Fellows program. Carla is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and the American Cinema Editors. She received a Masters in Documentary Film from Stanford University.
This program is part of our Thursday Nights @ the Museum series. Join us every Thursday from Sept. 3 until Dec. 10 for concerts, films, and free talks in the Longmont Museum’s Stewart Auditorium.
