Sundance Lineup

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  • The 2009 Sundance Film Festival was held between January 15 and January 25 in Park City, Utah. The festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and will present 118 feature-length films, including 93 world premieres.Variety: Sundance unveils competition lineup (December 3, 2008)

  • Sundance Lineup Questions

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  • U.S. Dramatic Competition

    • Amreeka: IMDb page
      • Director: Cherien Dabis
      • Synopsis from Variety: A drama examining the challenges faced by a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son upon moving to rural Illinois. Starring Nisreen Faour and Melkar Muallem
    • Dare
      • Director: Adam Salky
      • Synopsis from Variety: The sexual explorations of prep schoolers. Starring Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer
    • Humpday
      • Director: Lynn Shelton
      • Synopsis from Variety: An extreme farce about two college friends who, a decade later, push their relationship way beyond where it ever was. Starring Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard
    • Sin Nombre: IMDb page
      • Director: Cary Fukunaga
      • Synopsis from Variety: A Spanish-language drama set in the world of migrants trying to make it from Guatemala through Mexico on their way to the U.S.
    • Toe to Toe: IMDB page
      • Director: Emily Abt
      • Synopsis from Variety: The academic competition between two girl friends, black and white, at a Washington, D.C., prep school who are trying to get into Princeton.

  • U.S. Documentary Competition

    • Art and Copy
      • Director: Doug Pray
      • Synopsis from Variety: The effect of advertising and creativity on contemporary culture.
    • Boy Interrupted: IMDb page
      • Director: Dana Perry
      • Synopsis from Variety: A mother's look at the life of a mentally ill son.
    • The Cove: IMDb page
      • Director: Louie Psihoyos
      • Synopsis from Variety: Activist Ric O'Barry exposes the disappearance of sea creatures off a small Japanese village.
    • Crude: IMDb page
      • Director: Joe Berlinger
      • Synopsis from Variety: The "Amazon Chernobyl" in the Ecuadorean rainforest.
    • Dirt the Movie: IMDb page
      • Directors: Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow
      • Synopsis from Variety: How human are despoiling the resource of the title.
    • The General
      • Director: Natalia Almada
      • Synopsis from Variety: Mexico through the life of the filmmaker's great-grandfather, Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles.
    • Over the Hills and Far Away
      • Director: Michel Scott
      • Synopsis from Variety: A family searches across Mongolia for a mysterious shaman they hope can heal their autistic son.
    • The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court: IMDb page
      • Director: Pamela Yates
      • Synopsis from Variety: Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo tries to bring powerful criminals to justice.
    • Reporter: IMDb page
      • Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar
      • Synopsis from Variety: Illustrates how journalist Nicholas Kristof brought the horrors of Darfur to the public eye.
    • The September Issue: IMDb page
      • Director: R.J. Cutler
      • Synopsis from Variety: Follows Vogue editor Anna Wintour and her staff for nine months leading up to the publication of the September 2007 issue.
    • Sergio
      • Director: Greg Barker
      • Synopsis from Variety: An examination of the life of the late United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
    • Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech
      • Director: Liz Garbus
      • Synopsis from Variety: The filmmaker's father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus, considers the history and current status of free speech in America.
    • We Live in Public: IMDb page
      • Director: Ondi Timoner
      • Synopsis from Variety: A look at the dotcom boom, art and the impact of the Internet through the eyes of Web provocateur Josh Harris.
    • When You're Strange
      • Director: Tom DiCillo
      • Synopsis from Variety: Exploring the rock band The Doors by exclusive means of footage shot from 1966-71.
    • William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe: IMDb page
      • Director: Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler
      • Synopsis from Variety: The daughters of the famous civil rights attorney examine their father's controversial career.

  • World Cinema Dramatic Competition

    • Before Tomorrow (Canada): IMDb page
      • Director: Madeline Piujuq and Marie-Helene Cousineau
      • Synopsis from Variety: A drama about the struggle for survival by a woman and her young grandson in the Canadian arctic.
    • Bronson (U.K.)
      • Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
      • Synopsis from Variety: A violent drama about one of Britain's most notorious criminals. Starring Tom Hardy
    • Carmo, Hit the Road (Spain): IMDb page
      • Director: Murilo Pasta
      • Synopsis from Variety: A tale of smuggling in South America's interior.
    • The Clone Returns (Kuron Wa Kokyo-Wo Mezasu, Japan): IMDb page
      • Director: Kanji Nakajima
      • Synopsis from Variety: A minimalist sci-fier about an astronaut who dies but is then resurrected as a clone.
    • Dada's Dance (China): IMDb page
      • Director: Zhang Yuan
      • Synopsis from Variety: A small-town woman's search for her birth mother.
    • Five Minutes of Heaven (U.K.): IMDb page
      • Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
      • Synopsis from Variety: Two men from the same Irish town at political odds. Starring Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt and Anamaria Marinca
    • A French Gigolo (France)
      • Director: Josiane Balasko
      • Synopsis from Variety: A sophisticated 50ish woman who becomes involved with one of the men she hires for sex. Starring Nathalie Baye
    • Heart of Time (Mexico)
      • Director: Alberto Cortes
      • Synopsis from Variety: A woman who falls in love with a Zapatista revolutionary.
    • Louise-Michel (France)
      • Director: Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern
      • Synopsis from Variety: A black comedy about the extreme revenge sought by some laid-off female factory workers on their corrupt former boss.
    • Lulu and Jim (Germany): IMDb page
      • Director: Oskar Roehler
      • Synopsis from Variety: A '50s rock 'n' roll road movie.
    • The Maid (Chile)
      • Director: Sebastian Silva
      • Synopsis from Variety: A bitter maid retaliates when an extra servant is added to the household.
    • One Day in a Life" (Italy)
      • Director: Stefano Tummolini
      • Synopsis from Variety: A man becomes involved with an odd group of beachcombers.
    • Unmade Beds (U.K.): IMDb page
      • Director: Alexis Dos Santos
      • Synopsis from Variety: Two foreigners find each other in London's East End underground arts scene.
    • Victoria Day" (Canada)
      • Director: David Bezmozgis
      • Synopsis from Variety: A coming-of-age story set during a week in 1988.
    • Zion and His Brother" (France-Israel)
      • Director:
      • Synopsis from Variety: A split between two teenage brothers in working-class Tel Aviv.

  • World Cinema Documentary Competition

    • Afghan Star (Afghanistan-U.K.)
      • Director: Havana Marking
      • Synopsis from Variety: Contestants risk their lives to sing on the Afghan TV show "Pop Idol."
    • Big River Man (U.S.): IMDb page
      • Director: John Maringouin
      • Synopsis from Variety: A Slovenian swimmer is determined to take on the Amazon River.
    • Burma VJ" (Denmark)
      • Director: Anders Oestergaard
      • Synopsis from Variety: Burmese journalists who surreptitiously documented the 2007 political uprising with pocket cameras.
    • The End of the Line" (U.K.): IMDB page
      • Director: Rupert Murray
      • Synopsis from Variety: Documentary based on Charles Clover's book about the impact of overfishing.
    • The Glass House" (U.S.): IMDb page
      • Director: Hamid Rahmanian
      • Synopsis from Variety: Centers on four teenage girls in rehab in Tehran.
    • Kimjongilia" (France-U.S.): IMDb page
      • Director: N.C. Heikin
      • Synopsis from Variety: North Korean defectors speak about their lives and escapes.
    • Let's Make Money (Austria-China-South Africa-Spain-Switzerland-U.S.): IMDb page
      • Director: Erwin Wagenhofer
      • Synopsis from Variety: An examination of the global financial network.
    • Nollywood Babylon (Canada): IMDb page
      • Director: Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal
      • Synopsis from Variety: A look at Nigeria's domestic film industry.
    • Old Partner (South Korea)
      • Director: Chung-ryoul Lee
      • Synopsis from Variety: The final days of an old farmer.
    • Prom Night in Mississippi (Canada)
      • Director: Paul Saltzman
      • Synopsis from Variety: The fallout stemming from a decision by a Charleston, Miss., high school to hold its first integrated senior prom.


    • The Queen and I (Sweden)
      • Director: Nahid Persson Sarvestani
      • Synopsis from Variety: The Iranian expat filmmaker and former revolutionary takes a fresh look at her country's history upon entering the orbit of the Shah's widow.
    • Quest for Honor (Kurdistan-U.S.)
      • Director: Mary Ann Bruni,
      • Synopsis from Variety: An activist tries to eliminate honor killings in rural Kurdistan.
    • Rough Aunties (U.K.): IMDb page
      • Director: Kim Longinotto
      • Synopsis from Variety: The eponymous group that looks after neglected children in Durban, South Africa.
    • Thriller in Manila (U.K.): IMDb page
      • Director: John Dower
      • Synopsis from Variety: An inside look at the monumental third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
    • Tibet in Song (U.S.)
      • Director: Ngawang Choephel
      • Synopsis from Variety: An exploration of Tibetan culture through its music.
    • 211: Anna (Italy)
      • Directors: Paolo Serbandini and Giovanna Massimetti
      • Synopsis from Variety: A look at the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

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