{"id":4393,"date":"2009-01-13T18:36:46","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T18:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2009-01-14T00:54:26","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T00:54:26","slug":"sundance-film-festival-2009-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/01\/13\/sundance-film-festival-2009-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundance Film Festival 2009: Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/festival.sundance.org\/2009\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4396\" title=\"Sundance 2009 logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/sundance-2009-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Sundance 2009 logo\" width=\"500\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are heading off to Utah or just curious to see what&#8217;s happening, here is a rundown of what&#8217;s going on at this year&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/festival.sundance.org\/2009\/\">Sundance Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>which runs\u00a0from Thursday 15th until Sunday 25th January\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Park City, Utah\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Park_City,_Utah\">Park City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The high profile premieres have this year been reduced from 24 films to 16 and will screen at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundance.org\/festival\/insider\/eccles_ten_years.asp\">Eccles Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREMIERES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Premieres section showcases the latest titles from American and international directors and screens world premieres of highly anticipated films.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1022603\/\">500 Days of Summer<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\/ USA. (Director: Marc Webb; Screenwriters: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber)\u2014When an unlucky greeting card copywriter is dumped by his girlfriend, the hopeless romantic shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days &#8216;together&#8217; in hopes of figuring out where things went wrong. Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. [<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1091722\/\"><strong>Adventureland<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Greg Mottola)\u2014In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1210042\/\"><strong>Brooklyn&#8217;s Finest<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Antoine Fuqua; Screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)\u2014After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. [<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1230130\/\"><strong>Earth Days<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Robert Stone)\u2014The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose work and actions launched the modern environmental movement.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere &amp;<\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Closing Night Film]\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1217616\/\"><strong>Endgame<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ UK (Director: Pete Travis; Screenwriter: Paula Milne)\u2014A political thriller in which a businessman initiates covert discussions between the African National Congress and white intellectuals to try and find a peaceful solution to the Apartheid regime. Cast: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1045772\/\"><strong>I Love You Philip Morris<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Directors and Screenwriters: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa)\u2014The true story about con artist and imposter Steven Jay Russell, a married father whose exploits land him in the Texas criminal justice system. Based on the novel by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker. Cast: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0865554\/\"><strong>The Informers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Gregor Jordan; Screenwriters: Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki)\u2014A drama based on Bret Easton Ellis&#8217; novel, set in the 1980s, focusing on wealthy Angelinos consumed by a decadent lifestyle. Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.imdb.com\/title\/tt1226774\/\"><strong>In the Loop<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ UK (Director: Armando Iannucci; Screenwriters: Armando Iannucci and Jesse Armstrong)\u2014 A fast-paced film about Britain and America&#8217;s special relationship in the lead-up to a war no one seems to be able to stop. Cast: Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.imdb.com\/title\/tt0985695\/\"><strong>Manure<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Michael Polish; Screenwriters: Mark Polish and Michael Polish)\u2014A comic tale centered on manure salesmen in the early 1960s. Cast: T\u00e9a Leoni, Billy Bob Thornton, Kyle MacLachlan.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.imdb.com\/title\/tt0978762\/\"><strong>Mary and Max<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ Australia (Director and Screenwriter: Adam Elliot)\u2014The tale of two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (voice), Toni Collette (voice), Barry Humphries (voice).\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere &amp;<\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Opening Night Film]<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.imdb.com\/title\/tt0790712\/\"><strong>The Messenger<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Oren Moverman; Screenwriters: Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman)\u2014Two soldiers from different generations form a unique bond as they cope with their assignment with the Army Casualty Notification department. Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1182345\/\"><strong>Moon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ UK (Director: Duncan Jones; Screenwriter: Nathan Parker)\u2014Before returning to Earth after three years on the moon, things go horribly wrong for astronaut Sam Bell. Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1220220\/\"><strong>Motherhood<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Katherine Dieckmann)\u2014A mother of two from Manhattan is having a day that would challenge even the toughest maternal multi-tasker. Cast: Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver, Anthony Edwards.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0405393\/\"><strong>Rudo and Cursi<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Rudo y Cursi) \/ Mexico (Director and Screenwriter: Carlos Cuar\u00f3n)\u2014Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional soccer. Cast: Diego Luna, Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal, Guillermo Francella.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">U.S. Premiere]<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1247692\/\"><strong>Shrink<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Jonas Pate; Screenwriter: Thomas Moffett)\u2014Unable to come to grips with a recent personal tragedy, Los Angeles\u2019 top celebrity psychiatrist loses faith in his ability to help his patients. Cast: Kevin Spacey, Keke Palmer, Mark Webber, Dallas Roberts, Saffron Burrows.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1186370\/\"><strong>Spread<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: David Mackenzie; Screenwriter: Jason Dean Hall)\u2014A handsome young man survives in Los Angeles by seducing wealthy older women. Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche.\u00a0[<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ad]<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECTRUM<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A strand showcasing out-of-competition dramatic and documentary films from some of the most promising filmmakers in the world today.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Against the Current<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Peter Callahan)\u2014Facing the anniversary of his pregnant wife&#8217;s tragic death, thirty-five-year old Paul Thompson enlists the help of two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River. Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser, Mary Tyler Moore, Michelle Trachtenberg. World Premiere\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Anarchist&#8217;s Wife<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(La Mujer del Anarquista) \/ Germany\/Spain (Directors: Marie Noelle and Peter Sehr; Screenwriters: Marie Noelle and Ray Loriga)\u2014During the Spanish Civil War an idealistic young lawyer combating Franco&#8217;s Fascist troops is separated from his wife and children. Cast: Maria Valverde, Juan Diego Botto, Nina Hoss, Ivana Baquero, Jean-Marc Barr.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Barking Water<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Sterlin Harjo)\u2014Irene and Frankie have had a tumultuous relationship for forty years. As Frankie lies on his deathbed, Irene comes back to him one last time to break him from the hospital and take him home. Cast: Richard Ray Whitman, Casey Camp- Horenik.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Children of Invention<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Tze Chun)\u2014Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their mother is arrested for unwittingly taking part in an illegal pyramid scheme. Cast: Cindy Cheung, Michael Chen, Crystal Chiu.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Everything Strange and New<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Frazer Bradshaw)\u2014Trapped by a life he never intended, a man struggles to navigate family, sexuality and drug addiction. Cast: Jerry McDaniel, Beth Lisick, Rigo Chacon Jr., Luis Saguar.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Helen<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ Canada\/Germany (Director and Screenwriter: Sandra Nettelbeck)\u2014A successful music professor fights her own clinical depression. Cast: Ashley Judd, Goran Visnijic.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: David Russo)\u2014After losing his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he discovers something worse than his new job cleaning toilets &#8211; a conniving corporate executive has made him the subject of a bizarre experiment. Cast: Marshall Allman, Vince Vieluf, Natasha Lyonne, Tania Raymonde, Tygh Runyan.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Johnny Mad Dog<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ France (Director: Jean-St\u00e9phane Sauvaire; Screenwriters: Jean-St\u00e9phane Sauvaire and Jacques Fieschi)\u2014A fifteen-year-old kid-soldier fighting in Africa is armed to the hilt and inhabited by the mad dog he dreams of becoming. Cast: Christophe Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">La Mission<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Peter Bratt)\u2014A traditional, Latino father in San Francisco&#8217;s Mission District struggles to come to terms with his teenage son&#8217;s homosexuality. Cast: Benjamin Bratt, Erika Alexander, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Talisa Soto Bratt, Jesse Borrego.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Lymelife<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA. (Director: Derick Martini; Screenwriters: Derick Martini and Steven Martini)\u2014Set in the 1970s, a unique take on the dangers of the American dream seen through the innocent eyes of a fifteen- year-old boy. Cast: Alec Baldwin, Kieran Culkin, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, Emma Roberts.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">U.S. Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Missing Person<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Noah Buschel)\u2014Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. En route, Rosow uncovers that the man&#8217;s identity is one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Cast: Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Frank Wood.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Once More with Feeling<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Jeff Lipsky; Screenwriter: Gina O&#8217;Brien)\u2014A comedy about a psychiatrist who undergoes a midlife crisis and pursues his long-lost ambition of becoming a singer through karaoke. Cast: Drea de Matteo, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Susan Misner, Lauren Bittner.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Only Good Indian<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Kevin Willmott; Screenwriter: Tom Carmody)\u2014Set in early 1900s Kansas, a teenage Native American boy is taken from his family and forced to attend an Indian &#8216;training&#8217; school to assimilate into White society. Cast: Wes Studi, Winter Fox Frank, J. Kenneth Campbell.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Pomegranates and Myrrh<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Al Mor wa al Rumman) \/ Palestinian Territories (Director and Screenwriter: Najwa Najjar)\u2014The wife of a Palestinian prisoner searches for freedom. Cast: Ali Suliman, Yasmine Al Massri, Ashraf Farah, Hiam Abbass.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Vicious Kind<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Lee Toland Krieger)\u2014Suffering insomnia and testy by nature, Caleb Sinclaire reluctantly picks up his brother Peter at college and brings him and his new girlfriend Emma home to his estranged father&#8217;s house for Thanksgiving. Cast: Brittany Snow, Adam Scott, J.K. Simmons, Alex Frost.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World&#8217;s Greatest Dad<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Bobcat Goldthwait)\u2014A comedy about a high school poetry teacher who learns that the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy. Cast: Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Alexie Gilmore, Tom Kenny, Geoffrey Pierson.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">It Might Get Loud<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Davis Guggenheim)\u2014The history of the electric guitar from the point of view of three legendary rock musicians. Cast: The Edge, Jimmy Page, Jack White.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">U.S. Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">No Impact Man<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Directors: Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein)\u2014The documentary follows the Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption Fifth Avenue lifestyle in an attempt to make a no- net environmental impact for the course of one year. Cast: Michelle Conlin, Colin Beavan.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Passing Strange<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Spike Lee; Lyrics: Stew; Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald)\u2014A musical documentary about the international exploits of a young man from Los Angeles who leaves home to find himself and &#8216;the real&#8217;. A theatrical stage production of the original Tony-Award winning book by Stew. Cast: De\u2019Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Stew.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Tyson<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: James Toback)\u2014An intimate look at the complex life of former heavyweight\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>champ Mike Tyson. Cast: Mike Tyson.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Robert Townsend; Quincy Newell)\u2014Using rare archival clips along with provocative interviews with many of today&#8217;s leading comedians and social critics, Why We Laugh celebrates the incredible cultural influence and social impact black comedy has wielded over the past 400 years. Cast: Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Steve Harvey, Dick Gregory.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Wounded Knee<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Stanley Nelson; Screenwriter: Marcia Smith)\u2014In 1973, American Indian groups took over the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota to draw attention the 1890 massacre. Though the federal government failed to keep many of the promises that ended the siege, the event succeeded in bringing to the world&#8217;s attention the desperate conditions of Indian reservation life.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Yes Men Fix the World<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ France\/ USA (Directors: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno and Kurt Engfehr)\u2014A pair of notorious troublemakers sneak into corporate events disguised as captains of industry, then use their momentary authority to expose the biggest criminals on the planet. Cast: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">[ad]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Park City at Midnight shows eight films that are likely to amuse, surprise, or shock the late night festival audience.\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Black Dynamite<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Scott Sanders; Screenwriters: Michael Jai White, Scott Sanders, and Byron Minns)\u2014When &#8216;The Man&#8217; murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to take him on. Cast: Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Byron Minns, James McManus.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Carter<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Adam Bhala Lough)\u2014An in-depth, intimate look at the artist Dwayne &#8220;Lil&#8217; Wayne&#8221; Carter Jr, proclaimed by many as the &#8220;greatest rapper alive&#8221; Cast: Lil&#8217; Wayne, Brian Williams, Cortez Bryant.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">D\u00f8d Sn\u00f8<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Dead Snow) \/ Norway (Director: Tommy Wirkola; Screenwriters: Tommy Wirkola and Stig Frode Henriksen)\u2014A group of teenagers had all they needed for a successful ski vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains had\u00a0other plans. Cast: Vegard Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan, Jeppe Beck Laursen.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Grace<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Paul Solet)\u2014After losing her unborn child, Madeline Matheson insists on carrying the baby to term. Following the delivery, the child miraculously returns to life, but when the baby develops a desperate appetite for human blood, Madeline is faced with a mother&#8217;s ultimate decision. Cast: Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris, Gabrielle Rose, Malcom Stewart, Stephen Park, Serge Houde.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Killing Room<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Jonathan Liebesman; Screenwriters: Gus Krieger and Ann Peacock)\u2014Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program. Cast: Chloe Sevigny, Peter Stormare, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Nick Cannon.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Mystery Team<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Dan Eckman; Screenwriters: Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover, and DC Pierson)\u2014A group of kid detectives called The Mystery Team struggle to solve a double murder to prove they can be real detectives before they graduate from high school. Cast: Dominic Dierkes, D.C. Pierson, Donald Glover, Aubrey Plaza, Bobby Moynihan.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Spring Breakdown<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Ryan Shiraki; Screenwriters: Ryan Shiraki and Rachel Dratch)\u2014 Three thirtysomething friends attempt to break the monotony of their uninspired lives by vacationing at a popular spring break getaway for college students. Cast: Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Parker Posey, Will Arnett, Rachel Hamilton.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">White Lightnin&#8217;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ UK (Director: Dominic Murphy; Screenwriters: Shane Smith and Eddy Moretti)\u2014The outrageous cult story of Jesco White, the dancing outlaw. Cast: Ed Hogg, Carrie Fisher, Muse Watson, Wallace Merck, Clay Steakley.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[ad]<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRONTIER<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Festival&#8217;s Frontier section explores the experimental world of filmmaking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Lunch Break\/Exit\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\/ USA (Director: Sharon Lockhart)\u2014<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Lunch Break<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Exit<\/span>\u00a0yield from Lockhart\u2019s timely new film and photographic series about the bleak state of U.S. labor. In<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Lunch Break<\/span>, a single tracking shot through a long corridor where workers take their lunch hour at the massive shipyard, Bath Iron Works in Maine, reveals how 42 workers spend their lunch break. In\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Exit<\/span>, the frame constantly fills with teaming workers each day as they head for home after a long day\u2019s work.\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">O&#8217;er the Land<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Deborah Stratman)\u2014A meditation on our national psyche and the milieu of elevated threat, &#8216;<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">O&#8217;er the Land<\/span>&#8216; addresses gun culture, national identity, wilderness, consumption, patriotism and the possibility of personal transcendence.<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Stay the Same Never Change<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director and Screenwriter: Laurel Nakadate)\u2014A mix of visual fact and narrative fiction starring a group of amateur actors in Kansas City. Whether it&#8217;s a family man looking for beauty or a young woman obsessed with polar bears and Oprah, the characters in this humorous film reveal quiet lives full of sadness and desire. Cast: Dirk Cowan, Julie Potratz, Emily Boullear, Cyan Meeks, Tate Buck.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Where is Where? \/\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(Director: Eija Liisa-Ahtila)\u2014<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Where is Where?\u00a0<\/span>is an experimental, four channel film based on an incident which happened during the struggle for independence in Algeria. As a reaction to the acts of violence committed by the French, two young Algerian boys murder their friend, a French boy of the same age. The film starts from the present day when the Death enters the house of a poet who is attempting to write about the incident.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span>\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Artist Spotlight: The Works of Maria Marshall<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Maria Marshall)\u2014Maria Marshall&#8217;s disturbing and gorgeously composed video projections provoke the psychological dimensions of cinema. Often violent and always visually charming, Marshall often uses her two sons in the main roles of her films. Her work tackles fundamental subjects of motherhood, socialization and life experience and takes us back to the world of childhood as a pretext in order to evoke the anxiety of adults.\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">You Won&#8217;t Miss Me<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Ry Russo-Young)\u2014A portrait of a modern day rebel, Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital. Cast: Stella Schnabel, Rene Ricard.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ad]<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s 16 documentaries were selected from 879 submissions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Art &amp; Copy<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Doug Pray; Screenwriter: Timothy J. Sexton) &#8211; Rare interviews with the most influential advertising creative minds of our age illustrate the wide-reaching effect advertising and creativity have on modern culture.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Boy Interrupted<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Dana Perry) &#8211; An intimate look at the life, mental illness and death of a young man told from the point of view of the filmmaker: his mother.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Cove<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Louie Psihoyos; Screenwriter: Mark Monroe) &#8211; Dolphins are dying, whales are disappearing, and the oceans are growing sick. The horrors of a secret cove nestled off a small, coastal village in Japan are revealed by a group of activists led by Ric Barry, the man behind Flipper.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Crude<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Joe Berlinger) &#8211; The inside story of the \u00d2Amazon Chernobyl\u00d3 case in the rainforest of Ecuador, the largest oil-related environmental lawsuit in the world.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Dirt! The Movie<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Directors: Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow) &#8211; The story of the relationship between humans and dirt,\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Dirt! The Movie<\/span>\u00a0humorously details how humans are rapidly destroying the last natural resource on earth. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">El General<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Natalia Almada) &#8211; As great-granddaughter of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles, one of Mexico\u00d5s most controversial revolutionary figures, filmmaker Natalia Almada paints an intimate portrait of Mexico.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Good Hair<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Jeff Stilson) &#8211; Comedian Chris Rock turns documentary filmmaker when he sets out to examine the culture of African-American hair and hairstyles.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Over the Hills and Far Away<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Michel Orion Scott) &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Over the Hills and Far Away<\/span>chronicles the journey of the Isaacson family as they travel through Mongolia in search of a mysterious shaman they believe can heal their autistic son.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Reckoning<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Pamela Yates; Screenwriters: Peter Kinoy, Paco de Onis, Pamela Yates) &#8211; A battle of monumental proportions unfolds as International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo faces down warlords, genocidal dictators and world superpowers in bringing perpetrators of crimes against humanity to justice.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Reporter<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar) &#8211; Set in Africa, this documentary chronicles, in verite fashion, the haunting, physically grueling and shocking voyage of Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Nicholas D. Kristof. World Premiere.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The September Issue<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: R.J. Cutler) &#8211; With unprecedented access, director R.J. Cutler and his crew shot for nine months as they captured\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Vogue<\/span>\u00a0editor in chief Anna Wintour and her team preparing the 2007\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Vogue<\/span>\u00a0September issue, widely accepted as the &#8220;fashion bible&#8221; for the year&#8217;s trends.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Sergio<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Greg Barker) &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Sergio<\/span>\u00a0examines the role of the United Nations and the international community through the life and experiences of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the U.N.&#8217;s High Commissioner for Human Rights, including interviews with those who knew and worked with him over the course of his extraordinary career.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Liz Garbus) &#8211; An exploration of the history and current state of free speech in America narrated by the filmmaker&#8217;s father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">We Live in Public<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner) &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">We Live in Public<\/span>\u00a0is the story of the Internet\u00d5s revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris and his transgressive art project that shocked New York.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">When You&#8217;re Strange<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Tom DiCillo) &#8211; The first feature documentary about The Doors, \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">When You&#8217;re Strange<\/span>\u00a0enters the dark and dangerous world of one of America\u00d5s most influential bands using only footage shot between 1966 and 1971.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">William Kunstler: \u00a0Disturbing the Universe<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(Directors: Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler) &#8211; With clients including Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Chicago 10, the late civil rights attorney William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore their father\u00d5s life from movement hero to \u00d2the most hated lawyer in America.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ad]<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s 16 films were selected from 1,026 submissions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Adam<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Max Mayer) &#8211; A strange and lyrical love story between a somewhat socially dysfunctional young man and the woman of his dreams. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Amreeka<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Cherien Dabis) &#8211; When a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son move to rural Illinois, they find their new lives replete with challenges. Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat, Joseph Ziegler.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Arlen Faber<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: John Hindman) &#8211; A reclusive author of a groundbreaking spiritual book awakens to new truths when two strangers enter his life. Cast: Kat Dennings, Lauren Graham, Olivia Thirlby, Jeff Daniels, Tony Hale.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Big Fan<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Robert Siegel) &#8211; The world of a parking garage attendant who happens to be the New York Giants&#8217; biggest fan is turned upside down after an altercation with his favorite player. Cast: Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Brief Interviews with Hideous Men<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: John Krasinski) &#8211; When her boyfriend leaves with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology tries to remedy her heartache by interviewing men about their behavior. Cast: Julianne Nicholson, John Krasinski, Timothy Hutton, Dominic Cooper, Christopher Meloni, Bobby Cannavale.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Cold Souls<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwrtier: Sophie Barthes) &#8211; In the midst of an existential crisis, a famous American actor explores soul extraction as a relief from the burdens of daily life. Cast: Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, Lauren Ambrose, Katheryn Winnick.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Dare<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Adam Salky; Screenwriter: David Brind) &#8211; Three very different teenagers discover that, even in the safe world of a suburban prep school, no one is who she or he appears to be. Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Ana Gasteyer, Alan Cumming, Sandra Bernhard, Rooney Mara.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Don&#8217;t Let Me Drown<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Cruz Angeles; Screenwriters: Maria Topete and Cruz Angeles) &#8211; Two Latino teens whose lives are affected by the attack on the World Trade Center discover that love is the only thing that keeps them from drowning. Cast: E.J. Bonilla, Gleendilys Inoa, Dami\u2021n Alc\u2021zar, Ricardo Chavira, Gina Torres.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Greatest<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Shana Feste) &#8211; After the tragic loss of their teenage son, a family is again thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a young woman.\u00a0 Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, Johnny Simmons, Aaron Johnson, Mike Shannon.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Humpday<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Lynn Shelton) &#8211; A farcical comedy about straight male bonding gone a little too far. Cast: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, Trina Willard.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Paper Heart<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Nicholas Jasenovec; Screenwriters: Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi) &#8211; Even though performer Charlyne Yi doesn&#8217;t believe in love, she bravely embarks on a quest to discover its true nature &#8211; a journey that takes on surprising urgency when she meets unlikely fellow traveler, actor Michael Cera. Cast: Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Jake Johnson.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Peter and Vandy<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Jay DiPietro) &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Peter and Vandy\u00a0<\/span>is a love story told out of order. \u00a0Juxtaposing Peter and Vandy&#8217;s romantic beginnings with the twisted-manipulative-regular couple they become, the film explores the question most couples ask themselves&#8230; \u201cHow the hell did we get this way?\u201d<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span>Cast: Jess Weixler, Jason Ritter, Jesse L. Martin, Tracie Thoms.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Push<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Lee Daniels; Damien Paul) &#8211; Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Sapphire, Push is the redemptive story of Precious Jones, a young girl in Harlem struggling to overcome tremendous obstacles and discover her own voice. Cast: Gabourey \u00d2Gabby\u00d3 Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo\u00d5Nique Imes, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Sin Nombre<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Cary Joji Fukunaga) &#8211; A\u00a0teenaged Mexican gang member maneuvers to outrun his violent past and elude unforgiving former associates\u00a0in this thriller set\u00a0among\u00a0Central American migrants seeking to cross over to\u00a0the United States. Cast: Edgar Flores, Paulina Gaitan, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mej\u2019a, Luis Fernando Pe\u2013a, Diana Garc\u2019a.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Taking Chance<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director: Ross Katz; Screenwriters: LtCol Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz) &#8211; \u00a0Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming. Cast: Kevin Bacon. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Toe to Toe<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Director and Screenwriter: Emily Abt) &#8211; The story of an inter-racial friendship put to the test by the intense pressures of a competitive Washington, D.C. prep school. Cast: Sonequa Martin, Louisa Krause, Silvestre Rasuk, Leslie Uggams, Gaius Charles, Ally Walker. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ad]<\/p>\n<p><strong>WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s 16 world cinema documentaries were selected from 744 submissions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">211:Anna<\/span><\/strong>\/ Italy (Directors:Paolo Serbandini &amp; Giovanna Massimetti) &#8211; The story of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist and human rights activist who risked her life to report the truth about the Chechen conflict and President Vladimir Putin. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Afghan Star<\/span><\/strong>\/Afghanistan\/UK (Director: Havana Marking) &#8211; After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, Pop Idol has come to television in Afghanistan: millions are watching and voting for their favorite singer. This film follows the dramatic stories of four contestants as they risk their lives to sing.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Big River Man<\/span><\/strong>\/ USA (Director: John Maringouin) &#8211; An overweight, wine-swilling Slovenian world-record-holding endurance swimmer resolves to brave the mighty Amazon &#8211; in nothing but a Speedo\u00a8.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Burma VJ<\/span><\/strong>\/Denmark (Director: Anders Ostergaard) &#8211; In September 2007, Burmese journalists risking life imprisonment to report from inside their sealed-off country are suddenly thrown onto the global stage as their pocket camera images of the Saffron Revolution make headlines everywhere.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">U.S. Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The End of the Line<\/span><\/strong>\/ UK (Director: Rupert Murray) &#8211; Based on the book by journalist Charles Clover,\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The End of the Line<\/span>\u00a0reveals the devastating effect that global overfishing is having on fish stocks and the health of our oceans.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Glass House<\/span><\/strong>\/USA (Director: Hamid Rahmanian) &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Glass House<\/span>\u00a0follows four teenage girls striving to overcome drug addiction, abandonment and abuse by attending a rehabilitation center in Tehran.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Kimjongilia<\/span><\/strong>\/France\/USA (Director: N.C. Heikin) &#8211; Defectors from North Korea finally speak out about the terrifying reality of their lives&#8211;and escapes.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Let&#8217;s Make Money<\/span><\/strong>\/ Austria (Director: Erwin Wagenhofer) &#8211; From the factories of India, to financial markets in Singapore, to massive housing developments in Spain and offshore banks in Jersey,\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Let&#8217;s Make Money<\/span>\u00a0reveals complex and shocking workings of global money flow.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Nollywood Babylon<\/span><\/strong>\/Canada (Directors: Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal) &#8211; Welcome to the wacky world of Nollywood, Nigeria&#8217;s bustling home-grown movie industry.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">U.S. Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Old Partner<\/span><\/strong>\/South Korea (Director: Chung-ryoul Lee) &#8211; A humble octogenarian farmer lives out his final days with his spitfire wife and his loyal old ox in the Korean countryside.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Prom Night in Mississippi<\/span><\/strong>\/ Canada (Director: Paul Saltzman) &#8211; When a small-town Mississippi high school resolves to hold its first integrated senior prom, strong emotions fly and traditions are challenged to their core.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Queen and I\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(Drottningen och jag) \/ Sweden (Director: Nahid Persson Sarvestani &#8211; Swedish filmmaker Sarvestani, an Iranian exile who helped overthrow the Shah&#8217;s regime in 1979, confronts her own assumptions and complex truths about Iran when she enters the life of the Shah&#8217;s widow.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Quest for Honor<\/span><\/strong>\/ Kurdistan \/ USA (Director: Mary Ann Bruni) &#8211; A former teacher and tireless activist works with local lawmen, Kurdish government agencies and her colleagues to investigate and eradicate honor killings in the tribal regions of Kurdistan.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Rough Aunties<\/span><\/strong>\/ UK (Director: Kim Longinotto) &#8211; Fearless, feisty and unwavering, the &#8216;Rough Aunties&#8217; protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Thriller in Manila<\/span><\/strong>\/ UK (Director: John Dower) &#8211; A tale of betrayal stoked by the racial politics of 1970s America,\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Thriller in Manila<\/span>\u00a0chronicles the most intense and bitter sporting rivalry ever: \u00a0the 1975 final match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Tibet in Song<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ USA (Director: Ngawang Choephel) &#8211; Through the story of Tibetan music, this film depicts the determined efforts of Tibetan people, both in Tibet and in exile, to preserve their unique cultural identity. Choephel served six years of an 18-year prison sentence for filming in Tibet.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">[ad]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s 16 world cinema entries were selected from a record 1,012 submissions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Before Tomorrow (Le Jour Avant Lendemain)<\/span>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong>Canada (Directors: Madeline Piujuq &amp; Marie-Helene Cousineau)\u2014A wise old woman fights to survive impossible circumstances with her young grandson in the Canadian arctic. Cast: Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik, Tumasie Sivuarapik.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Bronson<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ UK (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; Screenwriter: Brock Norman Brock; Nicolas Winding Refn) &#8211; Bronson traces the transformation of Mickey Peterson into Britain&#8217;s most notorious, dangerous, and charismatic prisoner, Charles Bronson. Cast: Tom Hardy. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Carmo, Hit the Road<\/span>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong>Spain (Director and Screenwriter: Murilo Pasta)\u2014 A lonely, handicapped smuggler and a beautiful girl embark on a reckless ride through a South American border landscape. Cast: Mariana Loureiro, Fele Mart\u00ednez, Seu Jorge.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u00a0North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Clone Returns Home<\/strong><strong>(Kuron Wa Kokyo-Wo Mezasu)<\/strong>\/ Japan (Director and Screenwriter: Kanji Nakajima) &#8211; A Japanese astronaut who dies during a mission is subsequently resurrected as a clone and returns to his childhood home. Cast: Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u00a0North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Dada&#8217;s Dance<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ China (Director: Zhang Yuan; Screenwriter: Li Xiaofeng) &#8211; Dada is a flirtatious young woman who lives with her mother in a small town. Having to fend off the constant advances of her mother&#8217;s boyfriend who tells her she is adopted, she undertakes a journey in search of her birth mother. Cast: Li Xinyun, Li Xiaofeng, Gai Ge, Chen Jun. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">An Education<\/span><\/strong>\/UK (Director: Lone Scherfig; Screenwriter: Nick Hornby) &#8211; In the early 60s, a sharp 16-year-old with sights set on Oxford meets a handsome older man whose sophistication enraptures and sidetracks both her and her parents. Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Five Minutes of Heaven<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/UK \/ (Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel; Screenwriter: Guy Hibbert) &#8211; Two men from the same town but from different sides of the Irish political divide discover that the past is never dead &#8211; in fact it isn&#8217;t even past. Cast: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">A French Gigolo (Cliente)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\/ France (Director and Screenwriter: Josiane Balasko) &#8211; An attractive, successful 50-something woman regularly treats herself to the sexual services of young men selected on Internet sites. When one particular escort becomes a habit, the relationship gets a bit more complicated. Cast: Nathalie Baye, Eric Caravaca, Isabelle Carre, Josiane Balasko. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Heart of Time (Corazon Del Tiempo)<\/span><\/strong>\/ Mexico (Director and Screenwriter: Alberto Cortes) &#8211; In La Esperanza de San Pedro, Chiapas, in the midst of the Zapatista struggle, a young woman makes serious waves when she falls in love with a revolutionary fighter from the mountains. \u00a0Cast: Roc\u2019o Barrios.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Louise-Michel<\/span><\/strong>\/France (Directors: Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern) &#8211; When a French factory is abruptly closed by its corrupt management, a group of disgruntled female workers pool their paltry compensation money and hire a hit man to knock off the corrupt executive behind the closure. Cast: Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Lulu and Jim (Lulu und Jimi)<\/span><\/strong>\/ Germany (Director: Oskar Roehler) &#8211; Bright garish colors, rock and roll and wild dance numbers mark this road movie about lovers fleeing from the evil powers of a 1950s deeply bigoted German society.Cast: Jennifer Decker, Ray Fearon, Katrin Sa\u00a7, Rolf Zacher, Udo Kier.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The Maid (La Nana)<\/span><\/strong>\/Chile (Director and Screenwriter: Sebastian Silva) &#8211; When her mistress brings on another servant to help with the chores, a bitter and introverted maid wreaks havoc on the household. Cast: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celed\u2014n, Mariana Loyola, Alejandro Goic, Andrea Garc\u2019a-Huidobro.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">One Day in a Life<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Un Altro Pianeta)\/Italy (Director and Screenwriter: Stefano Tummolini) &#8211; One languid summer day, a man heads to the beach in search of sunshine and bit of peace, but finds himself tangled up in the dramas of an eclectic group of nearby sunbathers.Cast: Antonio Merone, Lucia Mascino. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Unmade Beds<\/span><\/strong>\/ UK (Director and Screenwriter: Alexis Dos Santos) &#8211; Two young foreigners find romance in the vibrant, artistic underground of London&#8217;s East End.Cast: Deborah Francois, Fernando Tielve.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Victoria Day<\/span><\/strong>\/Canada (Director and Screenwriter: David Bezmozgis)\u2014Over the course of one week in 1988, the search for a missing teammate, parental expectations, a burgeoning sexual awakening and the rock concert of the century all threaten to jolt a sixteen year old into adulthood. Cast: Mark Rendall, Sergiy Kotelenets, Nataliya Alyexeyenko, Holly Deveaux, John Mavrogiannis.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Zion and His Brother<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Zion Ve-Achiv)\/ France \/ Israel (Director and Screenwriter: Eran Merav) &#8211; The disappearance of a young boy sends a wedge between two teenage brothers whose loyalty had been unshakeable, in this gritty story of a working class Tel Aviv single-parent family. Cast: Reuven Badalov, Ronit Elkabetz, Tzahi Grad.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">World Premiere<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">[ad]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/festival.sundance.org\/2009\">Official website for the Sundance Film Festival<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sundance_Film_Festival\">Find out more about the history of the festival at Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are heading off to Utah or just curious to see what&#8217;s happening, here is a rundown of what&#8217;s going on at this year&#8217;s Sundance Film Festival\u00a0which runs\u00a0from Thursday 15th until Sunday 25th January\u00a0in\u00a0Park City. The high profile premieres have this year been reduced from 24 films to 16 and will screen at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2],"tags":[747],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}