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Sundance Film Festival

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The Sundance Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, showcasing independent films, documentaries, and shorts from both established and emerging filmmakers. Established in 1978, the festival is held annually in Park City, Utah, and has become a major event in the entertainment industry calendar.

The festival was founded by Robert Redford, an actor, director, and producer, with the aim of providing a platform for independent filmmakers to showcase their work to a wider audience. Over the years, the festival has grown in size and popularity, attracting some of the most talented and innovative filmmakers from around the world.

The Sundance Film Festival is known for its focus on independent and alternative cinema, and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many acclaimed directors and actors. Some of the festival's most successful films have gone on to receive critical acclaim and commercial success, including "Little Miss Sunshine," "Whiplash," and "Get Out."

The festival is also an important platform for emerging and diverse voices in the film industry, with a focus on promoting inclusive and progressive storytelling. In recent years, the festival has also expanded to include virtual and online screenings, making it more accessible to audiences around the world.

The Sundance Film Festival continues to be a major force in the independent film industry, providing a platform for talented filmmakers to showcase their work and connect with audiences on a global scale.

The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival takes place every January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. Many films premiering at Sundance have gone on to be nominated and win Oscars such as Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role. ()

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I Am Mother(2019)

1h 54min | Science Fiction, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 1,106 votes)

A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

Directed by Grant Sputore - With Hilary Swank, Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, Luke Hawker
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind(2019)

1h 53min | Drama, History, Kids & Family
4.0/5 (with 699 votes)

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor - With Maxwell Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile(2019)

R
| 1h 51min | Crime
3.5/5 (with 1,538 votes)

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

Directed by Joe Berlinger - With Zac Efron, Lily Collins, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Angela Sarafyan, Jeffrey Donovan, ...
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Fighting with My Family(2019)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 765 votes)

Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.

Directed by Stephen Merchant - With Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne Johnson, ...
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Velvet Buzzsaw(2019)

R
| 1h 53min | Thriller, Mystery, Horror
2.7/5 (with 860 votes)

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Directed by Dan Gilroy - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, ...
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The Farewell(2019)

PG
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 646 votes)

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Directed by Lulu Wang - With Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Zhao Shuzhen
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Don't Let Go(2019)

R
| 1h 47min | Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
3.5/5 (with 139 votes)

A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.

Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes - With David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Byron Mann, Mykelti Williamson, Alfred Molina, Brian Tyree Henry, ...

Official Secrets(2019)

R
| 1h 52min | Thriller, History, Drama
3.6/5 (with 398 votes)

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

Directed by Gavin Hood - With Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Indira Varma, Conleth Hill, ...
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Koko-di Koko-da(2019)

1h 26min | Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 26 votes)

As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.

Directed by Johannes Nyholm

The Last Black Man in San Francisco(2019)

R
| 2h | Drama
3.6/5 (with 128 votes)

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

Directed by Joe Talbott - With Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover, Tichina Arnold, Rob Morgan, Mike Epps, Finn Wittrock, ...

Knock Down the House(2019)

1h 26min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 74 votes)

In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.

Directed by Rachel Lears - With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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The Mustang(2019)

1h 36min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 172 votes)

While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.

Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre - With Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern
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The Death of Dick Long(2019)

R
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 52 votes)

Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.

Directed by Daniel Scheinert - With Sarah Baker, Jess Weixler, Roy Wood Jr.

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley(2019)

1h 59min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 97 votes)

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

Directed by Alex Gibney - With Erika Cheung, Tyler Shultz, John Carreyrou

Big Time Adolescence(2020)

1h 31min | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 138 votes)

A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares about Mo, things start to go awry as he teaches Mo nontraditional life lessons in drug dealing, partying, and dating. Meanwhile, Mo’s well-meaning dad tries to step in and take back the reins of his son’s upbringing.

Directed by Jason Orley - With Griffin Gluck, Pete Davidson, Sydney Sweeney, Machine Gun Kelly, Thomas Barbusca, Oona Laurence, ...

Brittany Runs a Marathon(2019)

R
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 209 votes)

A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.

Directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo - With Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock, Alice Lee, ...

Troop Zero(2019)

1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 120 votes)

In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.

Directed by Bert and Bertie, Bert, Bertie

Them That Follow(2019)

R
| 1h 38min | Thriller
2.6/5 (with 30 votes)

A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s wedding to a devoted follower looms, she must decide whether or not to trust the steely matriarch of their community, Hope, with her heart and life at stake.

Directed by Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage - With Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann, ...

American Factory(2019)

1h 50min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 195 votes)

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

Directed by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert - With Cao Dewang
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Divine Love(2019)

1h 40min | Drama, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 35 votes)

In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians known as the Divino Amor group, she uses her position to offer a kind of physical therapy to couples who want to separate. Although Joana and her husband Danilo regularly consummate their marriage, neither her constant prayers nor any other methods of assistance seem to be able to fulfill their desire for a child.

Directed by Gabriel Mascaro - With Dira Paes, Júlio Machado

Monos(2019)

1h 43min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 162 votes)

On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

Directed by Alejandro Landes - With Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias

Luce(2019)

R
| 1h 49min | Thriller
3.2/5 (with 126 votes)

A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

Directed by Julius Onah - With Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Astro, Norbert Leo Butz, ...
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The Sunlit Night(2020)

1h 22min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
2.7/5 (with 11 votes)

Between New York City and the far north of Norway, an American painter and a Russian émigré find each other in the Arctic circle. Together under a sun that never sets, they discover a future and family that they didn’t know they had.

Directed by David Wnendt - With Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Fridtjov Såheim, Zach Galifianakis, Gillian Anderson, David Paymer, ...

Hail Satan?(2019)

R
| 1h 35min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 62 votes)

A look at the intersection of religion and activism, tracing the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most controversial religious movements in American history. The Temple is calling for a Satanic revolution to save the nation's soul. But are they for real?

Directed by Penny Lane

The Report(2019)

R
| 1h 58min | Thriller, Drama
3.5/5 (with 428 votes)

The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.

Directed by Scott Z. Burns - With Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Corey Stoll, Matthew Rhys, Jennifer Morrison, ...

Apollo 11(2019)

G
| 1h 33min | Documentary, History
3.9/5 (with 275 votes)

A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

Directed by Todd Douglas Miller
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Love, Antosha(2019)

1h 32min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 21 votes)

From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photography, the original music he wrote, and interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues, this film looks not just at Anton's impressive career, but at a broader portrait of the man.

Directed by Garret Price

The Sound of Silence(2019)

1h 27min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.

Directed by Michael Tyburski - With Rashida Jones, Peter Sarsgaard, Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton

The Souvenir(2019)

R
| 2h | Romance / Love, Drama
3.1/5 (with 104 votes)

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

Directed by Joanna Hogg - With Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Jaygann Ayeh, Jack McMullen

After the Wedding(2019)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 98 votes)

Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.

Directed by Bart Freundlich - With Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn, Will Chase
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