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Sundance Film Festival 2023
January 19–29 2023
PREMIERES

A Little Prayer

In the South, a man tests the limits of patriarchal interference to protect his daughter-in-law when he discovers that his son is having an affair.

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Sundance Film Festival 2023
January 19–29 2023
NEW FRONTIER
A Common Sequence
An interconnected look at tradition, colonialism, property, faith, and science, as seen through labor practices that link an endangered salamander, mass-produced apples, and the evolving fields of genomics and machine l…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2023
January 19–29 2023

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

5 Seasons of Revolution

An aspiring video journalist in her 20s finds herself already facing self-reckoning. Born in Damascus, Syria, Lina starts to report on the events around her until she is compelled to become a war reporter and, later, the u…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2023
January 19–29 2023
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

20 Days in Mariupol

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war’s atrocities.

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Sundance Film Festival 2023
January 19–29 2023
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION

A Thousand and One

Convinced it’s one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps 6-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding on to their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense o…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2023
January 19–29 2023
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
The Accidental Getaway Driver
The Accidental Getaway Driver (Director and Screenwriter: Sing J. Lee, Screenwriter: Christopher Chen – Durante un furto di routine, un anziano tassista vietnamita viene preso in ostaggio sotto la minaccia delle armi da tre detenuti del…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2022
JEEN-YUHS: A KANYE TRILOGY

One fateful night at Jermaine Dupri’s birthday party in 1998, Coodie, a Chicago public access TV host, first interviewed 21-year-old up-and-coming hip-hop producer Kanye West.

Director(s) Clarence “Coodie” Simmons, Chike Ozah
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HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
As the proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders.
Director(s) Adamma Ebo
Country United States

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GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) doesn’t know good sex. Whatever it may be, Nancy, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had it, but she is determined to finally do something about that.
Director(s) Sophie Hyde
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GOD’S COUNTRY
Sandra (Thandiwe Newton) is very tired. It’s been years of trying (and failing) to please her recently deceased mother, while also navigating the challenging politics and power dynamics at the college where she teaches.
Director(s) Julian Higgins
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EMILY THE CRIMINAL
Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record.
Director(s) John Patton Ford
Country United States

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DOWNFALL: THE CASE AGAINST BOEING
Many of us take for granted that commercial air travel is safe. In 2018, with some 10,000 aircraft in service in more than 150 countries, industry leader Boeing had built its reputation on a dogged commitment to safety. But after 346 passengers are killed when two Boeing 737 MAX…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2022
CALL JANE
Chicago, 1968. As a city and the nation are poised on the brink of violent political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy leads an ordinary life with her husband and daughter. When Joy’s pregnancy leads to a life-threatening condition, she must navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. Her j…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2022
FEATURE
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Building on her influential cinematic talk, Sex and Power: The Visual Language of Cinema, film director Nina Menkes takes us on an eye-opening journey through the gendered politics of shot design.
Director(s) Nina Menkes
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AM I OK?
Lucy and Jane are the best of friends. They finish each other’s sentences, predict every detail of each other’s food order, and pretty much know everything about each other.
Director(s) Stephanie Allynne Tig Notaro
Country United Sta…[Leggi tutto]