Hard to believe it's been twenty five fests
We been coming to Park City as Sundance's pests
And even when it's been negative fahrenheit
Redford he said, we were a parasite
But we came back every year, indeed we persisted
Even as we suspected that we were blacklisted
Though the Sheriff once tried to run us out of town
Now our friend Andy wears the mayor's crown!
And over the years, we've had filmmakers galore
Most on first films, but some are sophomore
So many movies on just our two screen-os
Even scores by the likes of Michael Giacchinos
We've been happy to host them, yes, it's been our pleasure
They all started here, in the Mountain of Treasure
With fresh films in hand, and looking for buyers
Though a few were arrested for handing out fliers
With Chris and with Emma, we've had our share of Nolan
Though they missed out on the years we've gone bowlin'
Once a devoted Slamdance enthusiast
Before Rian Johnson made the Jedi of Last
So many years before they worked for Marvel
We knew the Russos when their career was just larval
For three years they programmed, oy, did they grouse!
But it was right here Anthony met his spouse
Spotting new talent that's the thing that we've dealt in
Yes, we go way back with director Lynn Shelton!
And of his shorts, I'd say we were beguiled
before Ben Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild
Our programming's solid, it's got good proclivity
We picked Oren Peli's Paranormal Activity
We've screened directors before they got famous
Everyone from Sean Baker up to Drake Doremus
We've had more brothers than Russos, I'll say it quite loud-el
We've had Safdies and Zellners and even the Dowdles
As for sistas, I suppose, on these words I might mince
Tina Mabry, Angela Robinson, and Gina Bythewood nee Prince
And speaking of Girls, we showed the second short of Lena,
Dunham was here, back then you would have seen her
We had Mike Mitchell with Herd, before he let loose
Shrek Forever After, Sky High and Bigelow Deuce
They've come from USC, NYU, and even Loyola,
Seth Gordon, Alex Rockwell and yes, Greg Mottola
Jared Hess showed a short that was so out-a-site
He turned it into Napoleon Dynamite
Ana Lily Amirpour she had her share
Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair
So many screenings, 25 such occasions
Even Jon M. Chu before Crazy Rich Asians
Aza Jacobs, Adam Rifkin, came one and all
Bob Odenkirk was here before he was Saul
We had cannibal films that were a little darker
Made by Matt Stone and yes Trey Parker
For you animators that slouched or perhaps you have limped in,
We've had Shane Acker, Don Hertzfeldt and oh yes, Bill Plympton
But also DPs, who careers we've been peddlin'
Vilmos Zsigmond, Matty Libatique, and even Steve Yedlin
Actors have come in all sizes from slender to brawn
From Peter Dinklage and up to Vince Vaughn
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Julia Stiles
Have graced our screenings or sat in our aisles
And musicians I'd say, we've had a few times
Neil Young, Perry Farrel and yes LeAnn Rimes
We've had Roots, we've had Moby, the numbers are mounting
And yes, we've had Crows, both Sheryl and Counting
Executives too, have walked up the blocks
Sarandos, and Sloss, and Ted Hope in a box
The Sony Classics guys have shown their respect for
New Line's Ordesky once moved our projector
You know who's picked up films, I'm happy to say?
Our pals Kevin Smith and Ava DuVernay!
Though we had snacks and even if he was starvy
We're proud to say that we never had Harvey!
Francis Lee from UK and Handloegten so sweetly
Fred the French Guy and even Ben Wheatley
As for foreigners, we had a young Bong Joon-Ho
It was here in Park City he pierced his first snow
All kinds of stars from lowly to stellar
Have been here for instance like Penn and Teller
Tipper Gore and Ru Paul did we bewitch-el
Ken Kesey, and Ebert and Elvis Mitchell
Big name filmmakers, I'll say if you lemme
Soderbergh and Altman and Jonathan Demme
Have lent their support, and that's not just lore, man
We've even shown films from Kurusawa to Corman
Hard to believe it's been five and a twenty
Since a scruffy herd, far from film cognoscenti
Began to serve time in movie penitentiary
Not a bad run for a quarter of a century!
