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An American Crime(Country: US; Director: Tommy O'Haver; Writer: Tommy O'Haver, Irene Turner; Cast: Ellen Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland, Ari Graynor, Evan Peters, Bradley Whitford, Hannah Leigh Dworkin, Scout Taylor-Compton, Carlie Westerman, Nick Searcy, James Franco)
A fictionalised account of the true story of a young girl's torturous ordeal at the hands of a troubled mother of seven in 1960s Indianapolis. World Premiere.
Away From Her(Country: Canada; Director: Sarah Polley; Writer: Sarah Polley, adapted from the story by Alice Monro; Cast: Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Kristen Thomson, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson)
Married for almost 50 years, Grant and Fiona's serenity is interrupted by Fiona's increasingly frequent memory lapses. When it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that she is being consumed by Alzheimer's disease, the limits of love and loyalty are wrenchingly redefined.
US Premiere and Salt Lake City Gala.. Full Review
Black Snake Moan(Country: US; Director: Craig Brewer; Writer: Craig Brewer; Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, John Cothran Jr., Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, David Banner, Bevan Bell, Cody Block, Clare Grant, Robert L. Jacobs, Rhianna Kelling)
Desire is a burning sickness for Rae, while making her the white-trash sexual target of every man and boy in her small Tennessee town. When her true love leaves for military service, Rae plunges into wild excess. Beaten and left for dead, she is taken in by a reformed bluesman, a private self-contained black man who nurses deep anger of his own and who is fiercely committed to his task of keeping her alive.
World Premiere. Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2006: Day 8
Chapter 27(Country: US, Canada; Director: Jarrett Schaefer; Writer: Jarrett Schaefer; Cast: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander, Ursula Abbott, George Bryant II, Kevin Cannon, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Melissa Demyan, Jeane Fournier, Molly Griffith, Matthew Humphreys,)
A terrifying glimpse into the deranged mind of Mark David Chapman during his days in NYC prior to the murder of John Lennon, which is played out through his obsession with JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye.
World Premiere. Full Review
Chicago 10(Country: USA; Director: Brett Morgen; Writer: Brett Morgen; Cast: Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, David Dellinger, Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, Nick Nolte, Jerry Rubin, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber, Bobby Seale)
Presents contemporary history with a forced perspective, mixing bold and original animation with extraordinary archival footage that explores the build-up to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial and the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention.
World Premiere. Opening night Park City. Full Review
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Clubland (Introducing The Dwights)(Country: Australia; Director: Cherie Nowlan; Writer: Keith Thompson; Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Emma Booth, Peter Callan, Khan Chittenden, Brendan Clearkin, Russell Dykstra, Rebecca Gibney, Frankie J. Holden, Philip Quast, Katie Wall, Richard Wilson)
Tim has a new girlfriend. It should be the perfect romance but something is holding him back. He has a secret... his parents are "Entertainers"! There are never just two people in a family love story.
World Premiere. Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2007: Day 4
The Good Night(Country: US, UK, Germany; Director: Jake Paltrow; Writer: Jake Paltrow; Cast: Penélope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Pegg, Danny DeVito, Keith Allen, Skye Bennett, Steffan Boje, Franco Bulaon, Lucy DeVito, Sonia Doubell)
A man finds he has more happiness and love with the woman in his dreams than in his miserable day to day reality.
World Premiere. Full Review
King Of California(Country: US; Director: Mike Cahill; Writer: Mike Cahill; Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber, Kathleen Wilhoite, Anne L. Nathan, Arthur Santiago, Ashley Greene, Ian Hopps, Anna Khaja)
An unstable dad who after getting out of a mental institution tries to convince his daughter that there's Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia. World Premiere.
Life Support(Country: US; Director: Nelson George; Writer: Nelson George, Jim McKay, Hannah Weyer; Cast: Queen Latifah, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross, Gloria Reuben, Tony Rock, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Limary Agosto, Carlo Alban)
The African-American community's HIV crisis seen through the eyes of a survivor who is a mother, a former addict and an AIDS activist. World Premiere.
Longford(Country: UK; Director: Tom Hooper; Writer: Peter Morgan; Cast: Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Lindsay Duncan, Andy Serkis, Robert Pugh, Lee Boardman)
Film version of Channel 4's portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
International Premiere. Full Review
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| Away From Her and The Nines |
The Nines(Country: US; Director: John August; Writer: John August; Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning, Dahlia Salem, David Denman, Octavia Spencer, Ben Falcone, Sean Andrews, Greg Baine, Nicholas Garren)
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
World Premiere. Full Review Official Site
Resurrecting the Champ(Country: US; Director: Rod Lurie; Writer: Michael Bortman, Allison Burnett, Michael Bortman, Allison Burnett, JR Moehringer; Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo, Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher, Kristen Shaw, Nick Sandow, David Paymer, Harry J. Lennix)
A down on his luck sports reporter has his life and career upturned when he lands the story of his career: A former heavyweight boxing superstar, previously thought to be dead, is living his final years on the streets. Finally, he can earn the respect of his wife and editor-but the dark secret he finds may be too much for him to bear. World Premiere.
The Savages(Country: US; Director: Tamara Jenkins; Writer: Tamara Jenkins; Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Cara Seymour, Tonye Patano, Guy Boyd, Debra Monk, Rosemary Murphy)
A brother and sister must cope with their elderly father’s increasing care needs.
World Premiere. Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2006: Day 10,
Laura Linney Interview about The Savages
Son Of Rambow (Son of Rambow: A Home Movie)(Country: UK; Director: Garth Jennings; Writer: Garth Jennings; Cast: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Zofia Brooks, Neil Dudgeon, Tallulah Evans, Adam Godley, Diane Leach, Paul Ritter, Sam Spivack, Jessica Stevenson, Eric Sykes)
Delightful comedy about childlike imagination and love of the movies.
World Premiere. Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2007: Day 6,
Sundance Film Festival 2006: Day 7,
Garth Jennings interview about Son Of Rambow Official Site
Summer Rain (El Camino De Los Ingleses)(Country: Spain, UK; Director: Antonio Banderas; Writer: Antonio Soler, Antonio Soler; Cast: Alberto Amarilla, María Ruiz, Félix Gómez, Raúl Arévalo, Marta Nieto, Mario Casas, Fran Perea, Antonio Garrido, Antonio Zafra, Victor Perez, Cuca Escribano)
The film is adapted from an award-winning novel written by the director's childhood friend, Antonio Soler, and is a deeply personal and poetic recreation of their generation growing up in Malaga in the late Seventies. World Premiere.
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Trade(Country: US; Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner; Writer: Jose Rivera, Peter Landesman; Cast: Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos, Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Paulina Gaitan, Marco Pérez, Linda Emond, Zack Ward, Kate del Castillo, Tim Reid, Pavel Lychnikoff, Natalia Traven)
Adriana is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, to save her. As Jorge dodges immigration officers and incredible obstacles to track the girls' abductors, he meets Ray, a Texas cop whose own family loss to sex trafficking leads him to become an ally in the boy's quest. World Premiere.
Year Of The Dog(Country: US; Director: Mike White; Writer: Mike White; Cast: Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Peter Sarsgaard, John C Reilly, Regina King, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Pais, Amy Schlagel, Zoe Schlagel, Dale Godboldo, Inara George)
Offbeat fairytale about a woman who tries to fill a void in her life after her dog dies.
World Premiere. Full Review
