A thousand million percent life-changing, came the sparky response.
I tell the students every year that its a life-changing experience, Sipes told me.
And invariably they come to me afterwards with cries of, You are not kidding!
(L-R): Andrew Grossman;Justin Colebrooke; Max Gibson;Jacob Stefiuk and Graydon HansonBaz Bamigboye/Deadline
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Sipes now works in reality television.
Hes currently associate director ofTopChef, and left the shoot for a few days to execute the Telluride symposium.
One year I was beyond desperate to get into a screening at the tiny Nugget Theatre on Colorado Avenue.
(L-R) Austin Sipes, Graydon Hanson and Jacob StefiukBaz Bamigboye/Deadline
The small group of students ahead of me in the queue vowed to save me a seat inside.
They kept their word.
He recalled that most of the shirts were purchased by Telluride staff.
Hes our best, Sipes acknowledged.
Its an app-based program for 50 college or university students, U.S. and international.
This year, 200 students applied from the U.S., Canada and overseas.
Sipes was accepted and, along with Jenkins, has been part of theTelluride Film Festivalfamily ever since.
A council of four, including Sipes, sifts through the applicants submissions to pick their 50.
Jacob Stefiuk, studying film production at Concordia University in Montreal, nodded in agreement.
The insight, the knowledge, the accessibility to world-class filmmakers is priceless.
Jenkins said something about how Telluride wraps its arms around you for life.
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