Here's what it's like to experience the star-studded Sundance Film Festival up close

Every winter, the movie world travels to the small ski town of Park City, Utah, to indulge in top-flight independent films and corporate-sponsored parties for 10 days during the Sundance Film Festival, which winds down this weekend.

Though for some the fest is filled with having fun on the slopes or hobnobbing with stars, for journalists like me, the experience is a full-out endurance test with little eating or sleeping.

Here's a glimpse at my time this year at America's most famous film festival.