The 2011 Sundance Film Festival will be held in Park City, Utah on January 20-30, 2011 and is the 27th annual program.http://www.sundance.org/festival/info/ The Sundance Film Festival is organized by the Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization that funds and advertises independent film makers.http://www.sundance.org/about/ The Sundance Institute was founded in 1981 by Robert Redford.http://www.sundance.org/about/ The 2011 lineup of feature films will include Grab, On the Ice, Septein, My Idiot Brother, The Ledge, The Red State, and many others.http://sundance.slated.com/2011/ This lineup will deviate from the 2010 festival's (mostly war films), to showcase films featuring religion and the criminal justice system.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/risky-business/sundance-film-festival-unveils-2011-54846
In the lineup of competitors is the movie Tyrannosaur by actor Paddy Considine, his first directing feature.http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/tyrannosaur_sundance2011 Vera Farmiga returns as director and actor in Higher Ground. Farmiga earned an acting prize at the festival seven years ago.http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40459153/ns/today-entertainment/ Sam Levinson offers The Reasonable Bunch with Demi Moore, Kate Bosworth, and Ellen Barkin.http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40459153/ns/today-entertainment/ Liv Tyler stars in The Ledge, a Sundance Festival debut of director/screenwriter Matthew Chapman.http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/theledge_sundance2011 http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40459153/ns/today-entertainment/
2011 U.S. Documentary Competition
- Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Questhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer's Journeyhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Buckhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Hot Coffeehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Crime After Crimehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death and Technologyhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Miss Representationhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Page One: A Year Inside the -i-New York Times-/i-http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- The Redemption of General Butt Nakedhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Troubadourshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Sing Your Songhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tileshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- We Were Herehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- How to Die in Oregonhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Fronthttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- The Last Mountainhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Documentary+Competition/page/2
U.S. Dramatic Competition
- Another Earthhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Another Happy Dayhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Benavides Bornhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- HEREhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Gun Hill Roadhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Circumstancehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Higher Groundhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Homeworkhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- The Ledgehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Like Crazyhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Little Birdshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Martha Marcy May Marlenehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Take Shelterhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Pariahhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- On the Icehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Terrihttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/U.S.+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
World Cinema Documentary Competition
- An African Electionhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- The Bengali Detectivehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- The Black Power Mixtape1967–1975http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- The Green Wavehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- The Flawhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- Family Portrait in Black and Whitehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- Hell and Back Againhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- KNUCKLE
- Position Among the Starshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/1
- Project Nimhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Sennahttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/2
- Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventurehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Documentary+Competition/page/2
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- Abraxas
- All Your Dead Oneshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- The Cinema Hold Uphttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- Happy, Happyhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- The Guardhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- A Few Days of Respitehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- Kinyarwandahttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- Lost Kisseshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- Mad Bastardshttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/1
- Restorationhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- The Salesmanhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Ticket to Paradisehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Tyrannosaurhttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
- Vampirehttp://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/category/World+Cinema+Dramatic+Competition/page/2
Robert Redford Interview
Sundance founder Robert Redford talks about the founding of the Sundance Festival, the risk and the chance that it may not survive. He talks about how his festival of independent cinema was "slipping" and "flatlining" in the last few years and needed an overhaul. Redford talks about getting back to the roots of the festival, the way it was when the festival first started.