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Sundance Film Festival 2010

A new section composed of eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking.

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Armless (Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Habib Azar; Writer: Kyle Jarrow; Stars: Daniel London, Janel Moloney, Keith Powell, Laurie Kennedy, Matt Walton)
In this off-kilter comedy, a woman comes to terms with her husband's strange secret.
World Premiere
Bass Ackwards (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Linas Phillips; Writer: Davie-Blue, Jim Fletcher, Linas Phillips; Stars: Linas Philips, Davie-Blue, Jim Fletcher, Paul Lazar)
After ending a disastrous affair with a married woman, a man embarks on a lyrical, strange and comedic cross-country journey in a modified VW bus.
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Bilal's Stand (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Sultan Sharrief; Writer: Sultan Sharrief; Stars: Julian Gant, Sabrina Quinn, Joe Tinpan)
Bilal, a Muslim high school senior in Detroit, juggles his dysfunctional family, their taxi stand and an ice carving contest in his secret attempt to land a college scholarship.
World Premiere
The Freebie (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Katie Aselton; Stars: Dax Shepard, Katie Aselton, Bellamy Young, Ross Partridge, Frankie Shaw, Leonora Gershman, Sean Nelson, Marguerite Phillips, Scott Pitts, Houston Wages, Ken Kennedy)
A young married couple decides to give each other one night with someone else.
World Premiere
Homewrecker (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Brad Barnes, Todd Barnes; Writer: Brad Barnes, Todd Barnes, Sophie Goodhart; Stars: Ana Reeder, Anslem Richardson, Stephen Rannazzisi)
The last romantic in New York City is an ex-con locksmith on work release.
World Premiere
New Low (Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Bowers; Writer: Adam Bowers; Stars: Adam Bowers, Jayme Ratzer, Toby Turner, Valerie Jones)
A neurotic twentysomething struggles to figure out which girl he really belongs with: the best one he's ever known... or the worst.
World Premiere
One Too Many Mornings (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Michael Mohan; Writer: Anthony Deptula, Stephen Hale, Michael Mohan; Stars: Anthony Deptula, Stephen Hale, Tina Kapousis)
Two damaged young men recover their high school friendship by awkwardly revealing to each other just how messed up they've become.
World Premiere
The Taqwacores (Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Eyad Zahra; Writer: Michael Muhammad Knight, Eyad Zahra; Stars: Noureen DeWulf, Dominic Rains, Rasika Mathur, Tony Yalda, Anne Marie Leighton) , Trailer
A good young Muslim boy moves into a house where punk turns the tables on everything he thought he knew about Islam.
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