R IS FOR RADIO. National Public Radio's popular "Says You!" program will be broadcasting live from the Salt Lake City Main Library Sunday and will host a cabaret performance the next night in Park City.

S IS FOR SALT LAKE CITY, still the festival's best-kept secret. There are three downtown venues — the Broadway Centre Cinemas, the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center and the (sort-of downtown) Tower Theatre. It's much easier to get into sold-out screenings here than in Park City.

T IS FOR TICKET, of course. You'll need one — or a pass — to get into the festival screenings. Most of the screenings are sold out, but you can check at the respective theater box offices the day of show to buy tickets or get on the wait list.

U IS FOR UNCONVENTIONAL. While there's a great variety of films at Sundance, not all of them will appeal to all audiences. So you may want to check out a particular film (by browsing the Sundance site or the Internet Movie Database at www.imdb.com) beforehand.

V IS FOR VANITY PROJECTS, films developed by celebrities. In addition to Glover's, Antonio Banderas directed the autobiographical "Summer Rain (El Camino de los ingleses)," Steve Buscemi starred in and directed "Interview," Anthony Hopkins pulled triple-duty (as screenwriter, director and co-star) for "Slipstream," and Sarah Polley wrote and directed "Away From Her." Also, the late actress Adrienne Shelly is represented by her feature "Waitress."

W IS FOR THE WORLD, which is well-represented by international features and shorts in the festival this year, as well as an ever-growing contingency of foreign journalists broadcasting live or filing their reports from Sundance.

X IS FOR X, the veteran, L.A.-area punk band featured in "X: The Unheard Music," a 1986 documentary that is one of the Sundance Collection's special screenings.

Y IS FOR THE YARROW HOTEL, a festival site that hosts most of Sundance's press and industry screenings (which are closed to the general public).

Z IS FOR FOR ZOMBIE MOVIES. The festival's Park City at Midnight series usually features at least one ("28 days later ... " debuted at Sundance). This year it's "Fido," a horror-comedy set in the '50s, about a family with a flesh-eating undead "pet," played by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly.

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