Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Sundance >> 2023 >> Kids

Sundance Film Festival 2023

View other Sundance Film Festival Films by strand: Midnight, New Frontier Films, Next, Premieres, Spotlight, Sundance London, US Documentary Competition, US Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition

The Amazing Maurice The Amazing Maurice
The Amazing Maurice and Blueback
Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jake Van Wagoner; Writer: Austin Everett; Stars: Emma Tremblay, Jacob Buster, Will Forte, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kenneth Cummins, Matt Biedel)
Itsy is new in town and her life seems over until she meets her space-obsessed neighbour Calvin, who believes his parents were abducted by aliens. An aspiring journalist, Itsy decides to write an exposé on Calvin but ends up discovering much more.
World premiere
The Amazing Maurice (Country: Germany, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Toby Genkel; Writer: Terry Rossio; Stars: Voiced by, Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton)
A streetwise cat and his gang of rats with a money making scheme run into trouble.
Full Review
North American premiere
Blueback (Country: Australia; Year: 2022; Director: Robert Connolly; Writer: Robert Connolly; Stars: Radha Mitchell, Eric Bana, Mia Wasikowska, Ariel Donoghue)
The story of a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When she realises that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mother, and takes on poachers to save her friend.
Full Review
US premiere. Salt Lake opening night gala
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Playing Now
Festival Image

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

Queer East

Visions du Réel
Swiss documentary showcase

Overlook Film Festival

New Directors/New Films
New York's celebration of new voices

In the Archive
Competition Picture


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.