Alignment 2010 Sundance Film Festival
There was a lot last year, and I hear it might be even less this year. The big question is whether this year will be no business. Independent film PoorHere is the announcement of Sundance with a large number of accompanying fanfare about how this is the festival of the return to “risk” business.
In addition to the four categories of competition, the Festival presents films in five sections of the competition to be announced on 3 December. PARK CITY, Utah – Sundance Institute today announced the lineup of films selected to screen in U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival 2010 runs from 21 to 31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah
In addition, the Festival will break tradition by not proceeding with the conventions of a feature film and instead of focusing on the launch of the whole program: a fiction film, documentary and short program will take the first Thursday (21 of January), starting the deployment of competitionsAs previously announced, the 2010 Sundance Film Festival has introduced several changes including a new section dedicated to and without low budget film and Sundance Film Festival USA, one-night only one case in which eight filmmakers visit Festival eight cities across the country.
“Being a team of experienced programmers and with the support of a healthy organization that offers the ability to take risks and re-think of all the programs this year so we decided to do some things a little differently,” said John Cooper, director of the Sundance Film Festival. “We believe this makes for an exciting festival that responds to both artists and audience, which will strengthen the independent film community.
“Our mandate is to support independent artists and celebrate the originality, creativity and compelling storytelling. “One of the founding values of Sundance Institute is that artistic excellence can not be measured in terms of marketing,” said Robert Redford, Sundance Institute President and Founder. Our place is to shine a light on the art of the film. This year’s program shows the integrity and willingness to go beyond preconceived ideas about what should be our Festival.It is not our place to decide what to display in a year in theaters.
79 films in the Festival will be world premieresFor the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, 112 feature films were selected, representing 38 countries in 43 first-time filmmakers, including 24 in competition. These films were selected from 3724 feature length film submissions composed of 1,920 U.S. and 1,804 international feature films.
Each film is a world premiereU.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION This year 16 films were selected from 862 submissions.
Bhutto (Directors: Jessica Hernandez and Johnny O’Hara, Screenwriter: Johnny O’Hara)-A fascinating journey through the life and work of the recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani Prime Minister and a polarizing figure in the Muslim world. World Premier
World PremierCasino Jack and the United States of Money (Director: Alex Gibney)-A survey research on lies, greed and corruption that surrounds DC super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.
World PremierFamily Affair (Director: Chico Colvard)-A documentary that examines the inflexible resistance, survival and ability to accommodate a parent’s past crimes in order to satisfy the desire of the family.
Earth World Premiere of gas (Director: Josh Fox)-to-country odyssey finds toxic streams, livestock deaths, and sinks of flammable weakening health among rural citizens on the front lines of fashion drill natural gas. World PremierFreedom Riders (Director: Stanley Nelson)-The story behind a band of courageous civil rights activists called Freedom Riders in 1961 creatively challenged segregation in the American South.
_______ I’m Pat Tillman (Director: Amir Bar-Lev)-The history of professional football star and decorated U.S. soldier Pat Tillman, whose family has been in the U.S. government when her beloved son dies in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan in 2004. World Premier
World PremierJean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (Director: Tamra Davis)-The story of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose work is defined, energized and challenged at a time, and whose untimely death at age 27 has become an icon cultural.
Joan Rivers: A workpiece (Directors: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg)-A rare glimpse brutally honest about the process of comedy and legendary comedian’s private dramas and pop icon Joan Rivers as she fights tooth and nail to keep American dream alive. World Premier
Lucky (Director: Jeffrey Blitz)-The story of what happens when ordinary people the lottery jackpot class. World
World PremierMy Perestroika (Director: Robin Hessman)-closely tracking the lives of five Muscovites who come of age just as the USSR collapsed and are adjusting to their post-Soviet reality, Perestroika My maps the contours of a nation profound transition.
The Oath (Director: Laura Poitras) – Filmed in Yemen, the oath tells the story of two men whose fateful meeting in 1996 put them in a course of events that led to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9 / 11, Guantanamo , and the U.S. Supreme Court Justice. World Premier
Restrepo (Directors: Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington), Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington year in the second platoon dug in one of the most strategically vital Afghanistan valleys reveals extraordinary vision of the surreal combination of backbreaking work, deadly clashes, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the Taliban. World Premier
A Small Act (Director: Jennifer Arnold)-A young Kenyan life changes drastically when their education is sponsored by an unknown Swedish. World PremierWorld Premiere Smash Your Camera (Director: Leon Gast), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued, and Marlon Brando broke his jaw. Years later, he founded his own scholarship program to replicate the goodness that once received. The story of notorious paparazzo Ron Galella vilified opens a Pandora’s box of issues of right to privacy, freedom of the press and the growth of the vortex ever celebrity worship.
12 and Delaware (Directors: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady)-The abortion battle continues to rage in a corner unexpectedly unpretentious U.S.. World Premier
Each film is a world premiereWorld Premiere U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION This year 16 films were selected from 1,058 submissions. Waiting for Superman (Director: Davis Guggenheim) waiting for Superman examines the crisis of public education in the United States through several intertwined stories, a handful of students and their families whose future hangs by a thread, educators and reformers try to find real and lasting solutions within a dysfunctional system.
Blue Valentine (Director: Derek Cianfrance; Screenwriters: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis), a complex portrait of an American couple, blue valentine cards the evolution of a relationship over time. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman World Premier.
Starring: Andrew Dickler, Ben Jones York, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicious, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. World PremierDouchebag (Director: Drake Doremus; Screenwriters: Lindsay Stidham, Drake Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler)-A point of marriage, Sam Nussbaum insists that escort his younger brother, Tom, in a vain search for a journey to find the fifth Tom grade girlfriend.
The Dry Land (Director and Screenwriter: Ryan Williams springs)-A U.S. soldier returned from the war effort to reconcile their experiences abroad with life and the family he left in Texas. Starring: America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Ethan Suplee, June Diane Raphael, Melissa Leo. World Premier
Starring:, Akerman Josh Radnor Kate Mara Zoe Kazan Pablo Schreiber Algieri Tony Hale Michael Malin. World Premierhappythankyoumoreplease (Director and Screenwriter: Josh Radnor) and six New Yorkers negotiate love, friendship and gratitude at a time when you’re too old to be early and not ready to be adults.
Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser, Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod, history of Brian Charles Frank)-A, anarchic trickster mysterious drops in the life of a family struggling to cope with a painful loss Natalie. World PremierCast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Portman, Rainn Wilson, Devin Brochu, Piper Laurie, John Carroll Lynch.
World PremierHoly Rollers (Director: Kevin Tyler Asch; Screenplay: Antonio Macia)-A young Hasidic, seduced by money, power and opportunity, becomes an international Ecstasy trafficker. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Danny A. Abeckaser, Ari Graynor, Jason Fuchs.
World PremierCast: David Strathairn Franco Jon Hamm Mary Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, James. Howl (Director and Screenwriter: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman)-A non-fiction drama about the young Allen Ginsberg find their voice, the creation of his poem Howl innovative and historic obscenity trial that followed.
The imperialists are alive! (Director and Screenwriter: Zeina Durra)-Juggling the sudden abduction of her childhood sweetheart and a blossoming love story, a French resident of Manhattan as an artist makes his way in a sometimes hostile, indifferent world. World Premier Elodie AckermanStarring:, Bouchez José María de Tavira, Karim Saleh Marianna Karolina Muller, Kulukundis Rita.
Hate Lovers (Director and Screenwriter: Bryan Poyser)-The reunion of estranged brothers crank gives a turn for the worse when the woman he chooses love over each other. Starring: Chris Doubek, Heather Kafka, Alex Karpovsky, Zach Green. World Premier
World PremierNight catches us (Director and Screenwriter: Tanya Hamilton)-In 1978, complex and emotional political forces set in motion when a young man returns to the Philadelphia area broken the race in which the majority of age during the Black Power movement . Starring: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce Griffin Jamara.
Obselidia (Director and Screenwriter: Diane Bell)-A librarian believes that love is only obsolete until a road trip to Death Valley with a seductive film projectionist teaches otherwise. Starring: Gaynor Howe, Michael Piccirilli, Frank Hoyt Taylor. World Premier
Skateland (Director: Anthony Burns, Screenwriters: Anthony Burns, Brandon Freeman, Heath Freeman)-In the 1980’s, in a small Texas town, the old dramatic events force a rink manager of 19 years to see their life in a very new way. Starring: Shiloh Fernandez, AJ Buckley, Ashley Greene, Brett Cullen, Ellen Hollman, Heath Freeman. World Premier
Sympathy for Delicious (Director: Mark Ruffalo, Screenplay: Christopher Thornton)-A new paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when searching for the world of faith healing. World PremierCast: Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, Juliette Lewis, Laura Linney, John Carroll Lynch.
3 Backyards (Director and Screenwriter: Eric Mendelsohn)-A quiet suburban town becomes an intense emotional terrain for three residents in the course of an autumn day curious. Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Edie Falco, Elias Koteas, Resheff Rachel, Kathryn Erbe, Danai Gurira. World Premier
World PremierStarring James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo. Welcome to the Rileys (Director: Jake Scott)-On a business trip to New Orleans, an injured man seeking salvation for the care of a young rebel.
Winter’s Bone (Director: Debra Granik, Writers: Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini)-An unwavering Ozark Mountain hacks girl through dangerous social terrain while pursuing his father’s drug trafficking while trying to keep her family intact. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin Breznahan. World Premier
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION This year 12 films were selected from 782 international documentary projects
World Premiere Enemy of the People of Cambodia, United Kingdom (Director: Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath)-A young journalist whose family was murdered by the Khmer Rouge became friends with the authors of the genocide killing fields, evoking shocking revelations. U.S. PremierAn unfinished film, Germany, Israel (Director: Yael Hersonski), rolls of film uncovered in the Nazi archives reveal the mechanisms used to organize life in the Warsaw ghetto – images that have shaped our view of history.
Fix ME / France, Palestinian Territories, Switzerland (Director: Raed Andoni)-When the Palestinian director Raed Andoni get a headache that will not quit, seeking help and understanding in different ways in his hometown of Ramallah. Premier International
North American PremierHis & Hers / Ireland (Director: Ken Wardrop)-Seventy Irish women offer insights into movement in relations between women and men.
Kick in Iran / Gemany (Director: Geza Fatima Abdollahyan)-The first professional female fighter Taekwondo Iran to qualify for the Olympic Games struggles for recognition in a society where women still play a subordinate role. World Premier
Last Train Home / Canada (Director: Lixin Fan)-Getting a train ticket in China demonstrates an impressive test as a migrant worker family embarks on a journey, along with another 200 million farmers, to join their extended family. U.S. Premier
U.S. PremierThe Red Chapel (Det Røde Kapel) / Denmark (Director: Mads Brügger)-An unscrupulous journalist, a self proclaimed spastic, and a comic journey to North Korea under the pretext of a cultural exchange visit to challenge one of the Most world-known schemes.
World PremierLessons from Russia / Georgia, Germany, Norway (Director: Andrei Nekrasov and Olga Konskaya)-An investigation into Russia’s actions during the 2008 war in Georgia, revealing little-known history of ethnic cleansing in the region since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Secrets of the Tribe / Brazil (Director: José Padilha)-Anthropology academic community is able to generate real knowledge about the human one? World PremierThe scandals and infighting over indigenous representation of Indians in the Amazon Basin suggests that the answer may be no hit.
Sins of My Father / Argentina, Colombia (Director: Nicolas Entel)-The life and times of the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is told through the eyes of his son, who fled Colombia to overcome the legacy of his father. North American Premier
Space tourist / Switzerland (Director: Christian Frei)-A humorous view of the billionaires and laconic way out to our planet earth to travel into space for fun. North American Premier
World PremierWaste Land / UK (Director: Lucy Walker), lives are transformed when international art stars Vik Muniz works with garbage in the world’s largest landfill in Rio de Janeiro.
WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION NARRATIVE this year 14 films were selected from 1022 narrative feature international communications
Starring: Kościukiewicz Mateusz, Gierszał Jakub Mateusz Banasiuk, Olga Frycz, Obłoza Igor. North American Premiere Animal Kingdom / Australia (Director and Screenwriter: David Michôd)-After the death of his mother, one year old boy of seventeen is pushing a dangerously explosive criminal family and a detective who thinks he can save. Cast: Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Ford, Lucas, Jacki Weaver, James Frecheville. Everything I Love / Poland (Director and Screenwriter: Jacek Borcuch)-In 1981, during the growing Polish Solidarity movement, four teenagers form a small town punk rock band hoping to play in a local festival. World Premier
Starring: Taika Waititi, James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone World Premier.Boy / New Zealand (Director and Screenwriter: Taika Waititi)-When her father returns home after many years away, 11-year-old boy and his younger brother Rocky has to reconcile reality with the father of fantasy creates in his imagination.
North American PremierCounter (Undertow) / Colombia, France, Germany, Peru (Director and Screenwriter: Javier Fuentes-León)-An unusual ghost story set in the Peruvian coast, a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover in the rigid tradition of his people. Cast: Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona, Tatiana Astengo.
Cast: Riz Ahmed Ali Arsher, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak. Four lions / UK (Director: Chris Morris and writers: Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain)-A comedy tour of the force on a British jihadist group auto style. World Premier
U.S. Shawn Kennedy PremierStarring:, Doyle Tatiana, Maslany Jonny, Mark Harris, Andy O’Brien, Julia Jones. Grown Up Movie Star / Canada (Director and Screenwriter: Adriana Maggs)-After her mother runs away, a teenager, decided to grow rapidly, is left to care for her father desperately rural.
The Man Next Door (The Man Next Door) / Argentina (Director and Screenwriter: Mariano Cohn y Gastón, Writer: Andrew Duprat) – A little incident more than two neighbors common wall sparks a conflict that affects the privacy of sight on the hearth, the leading spark a conflict with paranoid obsession destroys everyday life. Cast: Rafael Spregelburd, Daniel Araoz, Eugenia Alonso, Inés Budassi, Lorenza Acuna Premier International.
Premier InternationalCast: Pablo Pineda, Lola Duenas, Antonio Nahas, Isabel García Lorca, Pedro Alvarez Ossorio. Me Too (I, too) / Spain (Director and Screenwriter: Antonio Alvaro Pastor and Nahas)-A-year-old college-educated man of 34 with Down syndrome and their free spirit, a co-worker to forge a little conventional.
World PremierCast: Lars Rosing, Angunnguaq Larsen, Julie Berthelsen Morten Rose, Kleist Mecca, Olsen Mariu. Nuummioq / Greenland (Directors: Otto Rosing and Torben Bech, Screenwriter: Torben Bech)-the young man a journey through the exquisite natural landscape of Greenland lets reconstruct elements of their past and move on with his life.
Peepli live / India (Director and Screenwriter: Anusha Rizvi)-A satirical look at the plight of a poor peasant who creates a media frenzy when, beset by debt, it was announced that suicide so his family can receive compensation from the government. Starring: Omkar Das, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, World Premier Jaffer Farukh
Premier InternationalSon of Babylon / Iraq (Director: Mohamed Al Daradji; Screenwriters: Mohamed Al-Daradji, Jennifer Norridge, Mithal Ghazi) In the days after the fall of Saddam Hussein, a Kurdish boy and his grandmother risk by Iraq in a search to find the remains of his lost father / son. Starring: Talib Yasser Hussein Shazda, Bashir Al-Majid.
North American PremierSouthern District (South) / Bolivia (Director and Screenwriter: Juan Carlos Valdivia)-In La Paz, Bolivia, in a villa surrounded by beautiful gardens, an upper class family happy experiences last days of luxury and social change gets into the bubble. Starring: Ninon del Castillo, Pascual Loayza, Nicolás Fernández, Juan Pablo Koria, Mariana Vargas.
Starring: Eelmaa Taavi, Rain Tolk, Tauraite Tiina, Katariina Lauk, Raivo E. Tamm. World PremierThe Temptation of St. Tony / Estonia (Director and Screenwriter: Veiko Õunpuu)-A mid-level manager to develop an aversion to “good” in front of the mysteries of midlife and morality while losing comprehension what was his quiet life.
Starring: CHEA Min-Seo, Kim Hyun-Sung, Kim Yeo-Jin, Kim Young-jae. Vegetarian (Chaesikjueuija) / South Korea (Director and Screenwriter: Lim Woo-Seong)-A young housewife is having strange dreams that make their distaste for meat, which leads to problems with her husband, lover meat and the care of his brother artist law. International Premiere