Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Sundance >> 2015 >> Documentary Premieres
View other Sundance Film Festival Films by strand: New Frontier, Next <=>, Park City At Midnight, Premieres, Spotlight, Sundance Kids, US Documentary Competition, US Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief and Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Brad Besser; Stars: Trent Harris)
World premiere.
A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah, inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution
(Year: 2015; Director: Stanley Nelson)
Story of the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party.
World premiere.
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Douglas Tirola; Writer: Mark Monroe, Mark Monroe, Douglas Tirola, Douglas Tirola; Stars: Judd Apatow, Kevin Bacon, John Belushi, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, John Goodman, Al Jean, John Landis, Tim Matheson, Bill Murray, P.J. O'Rourke, Gilda Radner, Ivan Reitman, Matty Simmons)
World premiere.
Three Harvard graduates start the first national humour magazine for adults, launching the careers of some of Hollywood’s most legendary talent. But success and excess among its brilliant and subversive contributors begins to challenge its existence.
Fresh Dressed
(Country: US, France; Year: 2014; Director: Sacha Jenkins; Writer: Sacha Jenkins; Stars: Pharrell Williams, Nas, Damon Dash, Daymond John, Karl Kani)
World premiere.
The history of hip-hop fashion from its birth in the South Bronx to its rise as a billion-dollar global industry.
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Alex Gibney; Writer: Alex Gibney, based on the book by Lawrence Wright; Stars: Leah Remini, Mimi Rogers, Riley Keough, Priscilla Presley, Jason Beghe, Paul Haggis, Lisa Marie Presley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Canova, Michael Fairman, Chaka Khan, MC Lyte, Amanda Palmer, Larry Anderson, Lawrence Wright)
Exploration of the history and methods of the Church of Scientology, recounted by former members.
World premiere.
What Happened, Miss Simone? and The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution
The Hunting Ground
(Year: 2015; Director: Kirby Dick; Writer: Kirby Dick; Stars: Diane Rosenfeld)
Investigation of rape on US university campuses - and the institutional cover-ups.
World premiere.
In Football We Trust
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Tony Vainuku, Erika Cohn)
World premiere.
Four young Polynesian American football players struggle to overcome gang violence and poverty as they enter the high-stakes world of recruiting, competitive athletics and family pressures.
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Brett Morgen; Writer: Brett Morgen; Stars: Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic)
Portrait of the Nirvana frontman, featuring home video footage.
World premiere.
Prophet's Prey
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Amy Berg; Writer: Amy Berg)
A look at the mega- lomaniacal leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
World premiere.
Tig
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York; Writer: Jennifer Arnold, Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York; Stars: Tig Notaro)
World premiere.
Documentary exploring comedian Tig Notaro's extraordinary journey as her life unfolds in grand and unexpected ways, all while she is battling a life-threatening illness and falling in love.
The Hunting Ground and Prophet's Prey
What Happened, Miss Simone?
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Liz Garbus)
The life of Nina Simone, mostly told through her own words.
World premiere. Day One film.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:
Sands Film Festival
Weekend film event in St Andrews
Visions du Réel
Swiss documentary showcase
New Directors/New Films
New York's celebration of new voices
Cannes Film Festival
Archive of festival coverage.
Sundance Film Festival
Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.
Berlin Film Festival
Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.
Search Movie Database
Browse our full archive
Browse our short film archive
Browse our media archive
