A new, highly touted Chinese film by Zhang Yimou will be the premiere film Tuesday night at the Sundance Film Festival.
"The Story of Qiu Ju," starring Gong Li, who also starred in Yimou's "Ju Dou" and "Raise the Red Lantern," will show at the Egyptian Theater at 7 p.m. and will be repeated Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. in the Prospector Square Theater.On Wednesday, a panel discussion of "Producing and Financing the Independent Film" will be held and such highly anticipated films as "Orlando," "The Last Days of Chez Nous," "Public Access" and "Twist" will be shown.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
For festival information, phone 328-FILM (3456); for ticket information, phone 322-1700. All theaters are in Park City except the Tower, which is in Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Screening Room, which is at the Sundance Resort in Provo Canyon.
TUESDAY
Carl Winter: "Twenty Bucks" 4 p.m.; "Aileen Wournos: The Selling of a Serial Killer" 7 p.m.; "Frameup" 10 p.m.
Egyptian: "Christian Blackwood" 1 p.m.; "Nitrate Kisses" 4 p.m.; "The Story of Qiu Ju" 7 p.m.; "Man Bites Dog" 10 p.m.
Holiday I: "Arrows of Desire" 1 p.m.; "Christian Blackwood" 4 p.m.; "Shorts Program IV" 7 p.m.; TBA 10 p.m.
Holiday II: "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" 1:15 p.m.; "The Sentinel" 4:15 p.m.; "Dark Side of the Heart" 7:15 p.m.; "Earth and the American Dream" 10:15 p.m.
Holiday III: "Boxing Helena" 1:30 p.m.; "Days of Being Wild" 4:30 p.m.; "The Southern Cross" 7:30 p.m.; "Where the Boys Are" 10:30 p.m.
Prospector: "Visions of Light" 3 p.m.; "Lovers on the Bridge" 6 p.m.; "The Last Days of Chez Nous" 9 p.m.
Sundance: "Lillian" 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Carl Winter: "Road Scholar" 10 a.m.; "Crush" 4 p.m.; "Ruby in Paradise" 7 p.m.; "Visions of Light" 10 p.m.
Egyptian: "Saviors of the Forest" 10 a.m.; "La Carpa" 1 p.m.; "Twenty Bucks" 4 p.m.; "Orlando" 7 p.m.; "Paper Hearts" 10 p.m.
Holiday I: "Harry Bridges" 10 a.m.; "Delivered Vacant" 1 p.m.; "From Hollywood to Hanoi" 4 p.m.; "Christian Blackwood" 7 p.m.; "Children of Fate" 10 p.m.
Holiday II: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" 10:15 a.m.; "Frameup" 1:15 p.m.; "Amongst Friends" 4:15 p.m.; "Public Access" 7:15 p.m.; "Combination Platter" 10:15 p.m.
Holiday III: "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" 10:30 a.m.; "Inside Monkey Zetterland" 1:30 p.m.; "On the Bridge" 4:30 p.m.; "Just Another Girl on the I.R.T." 7:30 p.m.; "Shorts Program II" 10:30 p.m.
Prospector: "The Story of Qiu Ju" 9:30 a.m.; "The Last Days of Chez Nous" noon; "Bodies, Rest & Motion" 3 p.m.; "Wild West" 6 p.m.; "Twist" 9 p.m.
Sundance: "Earth and the American Dream" 8 p.m.