Chase Sapphire on Main has been a Sundance staple for Why Watch That since our first visit. This lounge features, cool cooking demos with America’s Top Chefs. In 2017, Richard Blais was the featured chef, last year Kristen Kish and this year Chef Brad Leone showed us his culinary moves. In addition to highlighting chefs, Chase Sapphaire on Main also has a dynamic program of star studded panels during the afternoon. The Los Angeles Times teamed up with Chase Sapphire for the LA Times Live @ Sundance Film Festival Presented by Chase Sapphire with a series of exclusive discussions with Sundance filmmakers, actors and screenwriters, moderated by some of the outlet’s most vaunted entertainment editors.  Panels featured Jada Pinkett Smith, Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Lupita Nyong’o, and more.

In the evenings, Chase Sapphire on Main hosted various after parties for the cast of some of the movies selected for Sundance 2019.   Attendees included: Mindy Kaling, Nisha Ganatra, Zach Braff and more who attended the cast party for Late Night. Jon Hamm, Adam Driver Annette Bening, Jennifer Morrison, director Scott Z. Burns and more  who attended the cast party for The Report. Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, director Julius Onah and more  who attended the cast party for Luce.

Actors for the film “Hala” at LA Times Live at Sundance Film Festival presented by Chase Sapphire, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jack Dempsey/Invision for Chase Sapphire/AP Images)

From left to right Scott Z. Burns, actor Adam Driver, and actress Annette Bening seen at the Chase Sapphire hosted “The Report” presented by Vice Studios after party at Chase Sapphire on Main at Sundance Film Festival 2019 on Saturday, January 26, 2019 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for Chase Sapphire/AP Images)

Abe Forsythe, Josh Gad, Lupita Nyong’o and Alexander England talk during a panel for “Little Monsters” at LA Times Live during the Sundance Film Festival presented by Chase Sapphire, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jack Dempsey/Invision for Chase Sapphire /AP Images)

Director Nisha Ganatra, left, and actress Cara Buono seen at the Chase Sapphire hosted after party for “Late Night” at Chase Sapphire on Main at Sundance Film Festival 2019 on Friday, January 25, 2019 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for Chase Sapphire/AP Images)

Chase Sapphire on Main is a place where everyone feels special at Sundance, invite or not. Here’s the full line up of program for 2019:

FRIDAY, JAN. 25

• 1:30 p.m. – Tim Goodman Custom Mural Reveal

• • Timothy Goodman + Chase Sapphire at Sundance Film Festival: Goodman partnered with Chase Sapphire to design a unique mural that encompasses the “Places in Between” at Sundance Film Festival. Passersby are invited to reveal a “hidden message” in the mural by uploading an image of it to Instagram and using the Moon filter.
    • About Tim Goodman: Goodman is a designer, illustrator and artist known for his playful designs featured on various products, murals and showcased in galleries. Goodman has worked with brands from Google and Uniqlo to The New York Times, Netflix and Target – designing wall murals, magazine covers, clothes, shoes, packaging and more. His unique style sets him apart and has let him to receive awards from major design and illustration publications.

• 2:30 p.m. – Timothy Goodman Merchandise Customization
  • Goodman will be available following the mural reveal to customize and sign complimentary notebooks.

• 3 p.m. – Panel (Hala)
  • Moderator: LA Times Staff Writer, Jen Yamato
  • Director/Screenwriter: Minhal Baig
  • Producers: Clarence Hammond, Jamal Watson, Minhal Baig
  • Panel Participants: Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Anna Clumsky
  • Film Synopsis: Dutiful and academically gifted, Hala, skillfully navigates both her social life as a teen in Chicago and her obligations as an only child to Pakistani immigrants. When she meets Jesse, a classmate who shares her love for poetry and skateboarding, their romance is complicated by her Muslim faith and a father who is prepared to arrange her marriage according to their family’s cultural tradition. As Hala begins to challenge these customs, her parents’ own lives start to unravel, testing the power of Hala’s flourishing voice.

SATURDAY, JAN. 26

• 1:30 p.m. –  Chef Demo (Brad Leone)
  • Brad Leone + Sundance Film Festival: Both Chef Brad Leone and Chase Sapphire take pride in exploring new places and flavors to inspire the travelers of today. This year, they have come together to produce delicious and unique tastings and bites throughout the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival to allow all guests to discover new experiences, including hosting a demonstration of one of his favorite dishes.
    • About Brad Leone: Born in northern NJ, cooking has always been a major part of Leone’s life and helped him become the person he is today. Currently, Leone hosts a Bon Appétit YouTube show called, “It’s Alive,” which focuses on food projects, from learning how to ferment different products to traveling to the origins of certain ingredients. Fermentation and different ways of cooking have become a passion of his both at work and home.

• 3 p.m. –  Panel (Paradise Hills)
  • Moderator: LA Times Staff Writer, Jen Yamato
  • Director: Alice Waddington
  • Producers: Adrián Guerra, Núria Valls
  • Screenwriters: Nacho Vigalondo, Brian DeLeeuw
  • Panel Participants: Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina
  • Film Synopsis: When Uma wakes up alone on a strange island called Paradise, she instantly suspects it’s anything but. Helmed by the Duchess (Milla Jovovich), Paradise Hills is a center for emotional healing that at its core serves as a reformatory-style boarding school for privileged young women. Yet behind the rose-covered pathways and fairy-tale decor, Uma and her friends learn something more sinister is at work.

SUNDAY, JAN. 27

• 3 p.m. –  Panel (The Sunlit Night)
  • Moderator: LA Times Staff Writer, Amy Kaufman
  • Director: David Wnendt
  • Screenwriter: Rebecca Dinerstein
  • Producers: Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub, Gabrielle Nadig, Jenny Slate, Fabian Gasmia, Ruben Thorkildse
  • Panel Participants: Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianiakis, Alex Sharp, Jessica Hecht
  • Film Synopsis: Summer is off to a terrible start for Frances (Jenny Slate). Her art project fails, her boyfriend unceremoniously kicks her out of his Hamptons home, and, to top it all off, her younger sister reveals she’s engaged just moments before her parents announce their separation. Out of a mixture of panic and frustration, Frances hastily takes an opening for an art residency in Norway and heads off to an isolated island where the sun never sets. Buyer’s remorse kicks in when she meets the cantankerous Norwegian artist she’ll have to spend nearly all her time painting a barn with. But even as this strange man and the town’s relentlessly bright light keep her up at night, Frances finds herself falling for its surreal Viking landscape and, in particular, for a cute, mournful Russian American drifter (Alex Sharp).

MONDAY, JAN. 28

• 3 p.m. –  Panel (Little Monsters)
  • Moderator: LA Times Staff Writer, Mark Olsen
  • Director/Screenwriter: Abe Forsythe
  • Producer: Jeanne Snow
  • Panel Participants: Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Nadia Townsend, Alexander England, Henry Nixon
  • Film Synopsis: After a rough breakup, directionless Dave (Alexander England) crashes at his sister’s place and spends his days expanding his young nephew’s questionable vocabulary. When an opportunity arises to chaperone an upcoming school excursion alongside the charming and enigmatic teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o), Dave jumps at the chance to impress her. What he wasn’t anticipating was Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad), an obnoxious children’s television personality who shapes the excursion’s activities. What he was expecting even less was a zombie invasion, which unfolds after an experiment at a nearby military base goes awry. Armed only with the resourcefulness of kindergartners, Dave, Miss Caroline, and Teddy must work together to keep the monsters at bay and carve a way out with their guts intact.

• 4 p.m. – Mick Batyske DJ Set

• • About Mick Batyske: Batyske defines himself as “your brands favorite DJ.” He utilizes his people skills when it comes to music and money, using his ability to read people to play the music they need to hear and invest in tech companies that deliver products or services that will delight customers. Batyske was recently profiled in Inc. in an article titled, “How the Favorite DJ of Top Celebrities Became a Startup Investor.” Mick has deejayed at the Seaport Lounge this summer and has attended Food Lab dinners and Outside Lands on behalf of Chase Sapphire.

TUESDAY, JAN. 29

• 3 p.m. –  Panel (Brittany Runs a Marathon)
  • Film: Brittany Runs a Marathon
  • Moderator: LA Times Staff Writer, TBD
  • Director/Screenwriter: Paul Downs Colazzi
  • Producer: Matthew Plouffe, Tobey Maguire, Margot Hand
  • Panel Participants: Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Lil rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar
  • Film Synopsis: Brittany Forgler is a funny, likeable, 27-year-old hot mess of a New Yorker whose trashy nightclub adventures and early-morning walks of shame make her late for work every day. But when she stops by a Yelp-recommended doctor’s office in an attempt to score Adderall, Brittany finds herself slapped with a diagnosis: elevated heart rate, high blood pressure, and yes… obesity. Suddenly forced to get a grip, Brittany laces up her Converse sneakers and runs one sweaty block. The next day, she runs two. Soon she runs a mile. Brittany finally has direction—but is she on the right path?