Wednesday night, and you're standing in a cold alley on Main Street, hoping against hope you'll get into the theater to see a movie that you know very little about, that stars only marginally famous people, but which is nonetheless sold out.

And you don't have a ticket.

You're not alone. There are about 30 other festival-goers in front of you and another 20 behind. Just like you, they're bundled up and watching their breath vapors, bored as hell and trying not to freeze. The wait will be a long one, nearly two hours. If it never dawned on you before that you aren't exactly a V.I.P. at the Sundance Film Festival, now it should.

Welcome to Park City at Midnight. This is where the coolest, edgiest, most offbeat films of the festival are screened. While the stodgy adults (read: people older than 30) spend the days watching stuffy dramas, high-minded documentaries and foreign films with annoying subtitles, at the Midnight series you find films such as 'Psycho Beach Party' and 'Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation.' Or to put it another way: There's a reason the Midnight series is sponsored by Joe Boxer, while some of the other Sundance programs are sponsored by the likes of AT&T and Mercedes Benz. Well, all right then. During the midnight-movie screening there is more energy in the crowd. The audience is always hyped and pumped. They know they're there for a good time, for good quality entertainment, there's no big morals about it. This is midnight madness at Sundance

America's premiere showcase for independently produced documentary and dramatic films, this festival offers audiences the first opportunity to view 32 features, (usually amazing films at that). As a writer it's a source of great inspiration and valuable contacts. It's one big smooze-a-rama.

However, my favorite part of the Festival is what they call, 'Park City at Midnight' which provides a late-night treat for film enthusiasts. Aimed at those die-hards still hungry for more after a day's film-going, this series provides kinetic, surprising, and occasionally outrageous concoctions throughout the week. The hit of last year's series was the world premiere of The Blair Witch Project. It's one big party in the snow. You know you're a die-hard when you wait in line in the freezing snow for a ticket, or just to get in.