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Sundance Film Festival 2013

Sundance Film Festival 2013


A program of the non-profit Sundance Institute®, the Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most ground-breaking films of the past two decades, including sex, lies, and videotape, Maria Full of Grace, The Cove, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious, Trouble the Water, and Napoleon Dynamite, and through its New Frontier initiative, has showcased the cinematic works of media artists including Isaac Julien, Doug Aitken, Pierre Huyghe, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Matthew Barney. These are the selections for this year's competition.


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    Fruitvale Station

    2013   |   90 Minutes

    Directed by:Ryan Coogler

    Starring:Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, and Kevin Durand

    Filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature directorial debut with this drama centered on the tragic...

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    Blood Brother

    2013

    Directed by:Steve Hoover

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    Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he deci...

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    Jiseul

    2012   |   108 Minutes

    Directed by:Muel O

    Starring:Min-chul Sung, Jung-won Yang, Young-soon Oh, Soon-dong Park, and Suk-bum Moon

    In 1948, as the Korean government ordered the Communists’ eviction to Jeju Island, the military i...

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    A River Changes Course

    2012   |   83 Minutes

    Directed by:Kalyanee Mam

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    Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, a...

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    Afternoon Delight

    2013

    Directed by:Jill Soloway

    Starring:Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, and Jane Lynch

    In this sexy, dark comedy, a lost L.A. housewife puts her idyllic hipster life in jeopardy when s...

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    Ain't Them Bodies Saints

    2013

    Directed by:David Lowery

    Starring:Ben Foster, Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Nate Parker

    Genre: Drama

    The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with...

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    American Promise

    2013

    Directed by:Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson

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    This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing t...

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    2013

    Directed by:Steve Hoover

    Starring:

    Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he deci...

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    Circles

    2013

    Directed by:Srdan Golubovic

    Starring:Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Hristina Popovic, and Nikola Rakocevic

    Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. Twenty years later, all of them will confront th...

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    Computer Chess

    2013

    Directed by:Andrew Bujalski

    Starring:Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry, Robin Schwartz, and Gerald Peary

    An existential comedy about the brilliant men who taught machines to play chess – back when the m...

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    Crystal Fairy

    2013

    Directed by:Sebastián Silva

    Starring:Michael Cera, Gabby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva, and Agustín Silva

    Jamie invites a stranger to join a road trip to Chile. The woman’s free and esoteric nature clash...

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    Cutie and the Boxer

    2013   |   82 Minutes

    Directed by:Zachary Heinzerling

    Starring:Ushio Shinohara

    This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ush...

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    Dirty Wars

    2013

    Directed by:Richard Rowley

    Starring:

    Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill chases down the truth behind America’s covert wars.

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    Fruitvale Station

    2013   |   90 Minutes

    Directed by:Ryan Coogler

    Starring:Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, and Kevin Durand

    Filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature directorial debut with this drama centered on the tragic...

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    Gideon's Army

    2013

    Directed by:Dawn Porter

    Starring:

    Gideon’s Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for th...

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    In a World...

    2013

    Directed by:Lake Bell

    Starring:Lake Bell, Demetri Martin, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, and Ken Marino

    An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, ...

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    Inequality for All

    2013

    Directed by:Jacob Kornbluth

    Starring:

    In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic-policy expert Robert Reich distills t...

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    Lasting

    2013

    Directed by:Jacek Borcuch

    Starring:Jakub Gierszal, Magdalena Berus, and Angela Molina

    An emotional love story about two Polish students who fall in love with each other while working ...

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    The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear

    2012

    Directed by:Tinatin Gurchiani

    Starring:

    A film director casting a 15-23-year-old protagonist visits villages and cities to meet people wh...

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    Metro Manila

    2013

    Directed by:Sean Ellis

    Starring:Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, and Althea Vega

    Seeking a better life, Oscar and his family move from the poverty-stricken rice fields to the big...

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    Mother of George

    2013

    Directed by:Andrew Dosunmu

    Starring:Isaach De Bankolé, Danai Gurira, Anthony Okungbowa, Yaya Alafia, and Bukky Ajayi

    A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.

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    Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer

    2013   |   90 Minutes

    Directed by:Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin

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    Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow ca...

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    The Spectacular Now

    2013   |   99 Minutes

    Directed by:James Ponsoldt

    Starring:Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead

    Tim Tharp's unsentimental tale of adolescent frustration comes to the screen in this comedy drama...

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    The Square (Al Midan)

    2012   |   90 Minutes

    Directed by:Jehane Noujaim

    Starring:

    What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defe...

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    The Summit

    2012   |   102 Minutes

    Directed by:Nick Ryan

    Starring:Wilco van Rooijen, Annie Starkey, and Cecilie Skog

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    This is Martin Bonner

    2013

    Directed by:Chad Hartigan

    Starring:Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan, Robert Longstreet, and Demetrius Grosse

    Martin Bonner has just moved to Reno for a new job in prison rehabilitation. Starting over at age...

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    Upstream Color

    2013   |   96 Minutes

    Directed by:Shane Carruth

    Starring:Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, and Thiago Martins

    Genre: Thriller

    Nine years after confounding moviegoers with his mind-bending feature debut Primer, visionary fil...

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    Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)

    2013

    Directed by:Barmak Akram

    Starring:Wajma Bahar, Mustafa Abdulsatar, Haji Gul, and Breshna Bahar

    A young man in Kabul seduces a girl. When she tells him she’s pregnant, he questions having taken...

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    Who is Dayani Cristal?

    2012

    Directed by:Marc Silver

    Starring:Gael García Bernal

    An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The sear...

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    99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film

    2013

    Directed by:Audrey Ewell

    Starring:Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, and Nina Kristic

    The Occupy movement erupted in September 2011, propelling economic inequality into the spotlight....

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    After Tiller

    2013

    Directed by:Martha Shane, Lana Wilson

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    Filmmakers Martha Shane and Lana Wilson examine the topic of third-trimester abortions in the wak...

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    American Promise

    2013

    Directed by:Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson

    Starring:

    This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing t...

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    Blackfish

    2013

    Directed by:Gabriela Cowperthwaite

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    Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a to...

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    Citizen Koch

    2013

    Directed by:Carl Deal

    Starring:Tia Lessin

    Wisconsin – birthplace of the Republican Party, government unions, “cheeseheads” and Paul Ryan – ...

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    Cutie and the Boxer

    2013   |   82 Minutes

    Directed by:Zachary Heinzerling

    Starring:Ushio Shinohara

    This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ush...

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    Dirty Wars

    2013

    Directed by:Richard Rowley

    Starring:

    Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill chases down the truth behind America’s covert wars.

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    Gideon's Army

    2013

    Directed by:Dawn Porter

    Starring:

    Gideon’s Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for th...

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    God Loves Uganda

    2013

    Directed by:Roger Ross Williams

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    A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported...

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    Inequality for All

    2013

    Directed by:Jacob Kornbluth

    Starring:

    In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic-policy expert Robert Reich distills t...

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    Life According to Sam

    2013

    Directed by:Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine

    Starring:

    Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging di...

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    Manhunt

    2013

    Directed by:Greg Barker

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    This espionage tale goes inside the CIA’s long conflict against Al Qaeda, as revealed by the rema...

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    Narco Cultura

    2012   |   90 Minutes

    Directed by:Shaul Schwarz

    Starring:

    An examination of Mexican drug cartels’ influence in pop culture on both sides of the border as e...

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    Twenty Feet From Stardom

    2013   |   89 Minutes   |   PG-13

    Directed by:Morgan Neville

    Starring:Bette Midler, Darlene Love, Mick Jagger, Sheryl Crow, and Stevie Wonder

    Genre: Music

    Filmmaker Morgan Neville pays homage to some of the greatest vocalists you've never heard of in t...

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    Valentine Road

    2013

    Directed by:Marta Cunningham

    Starring:

    In 2008, eighth-grader Brandon McInerney shot classmate Larry King at point blank range. Unraveli...

World Cinema Dramatic Competition
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    Fallen City

    2011

    Directed by:Qi Zhao

    Starring:

    Fallen City spans four years to reveal how three families who survived the 2008 Sichuan earthquak...

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    Fire in the Blood

    2012   |   84 Minutes

    Directed by:Dylan Mohan Gray

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    In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Western governments and pharmaceutical companies blocked low-c...

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    Google and the World Brain

    2013

    Directed by:Ben Lewis

    Starring:

    In the most ambitious Internet project ever conceived, Google is working to scan every book in th...

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    Machine

    The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear

    2012

    Directed by:Tinatin Gurchiani

    Starring:

    A film director casting a 15-23-year-old protagonist visits villages and cities to meet people wh...

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    The Moo Man

    2012   |   98 Minutes

    Directed by:Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier

    Starring:

    A year in the life of heroic farmer Steve, scene stealing Ida (queen of the herd), and a supporti...

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    Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer

    2013   |   90 Minutes

    Directed by:Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin

    Starring:

    Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow ca...

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    A River Changes Course

    2012   |   83 Minutes

    Directed by:Kalyanee Mam

    Starring:

    Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, a...

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    Salma

    2013

    Directed by:Kim Longinotto

    Starring:

    When Salma, a young girl in South India, reached puberty, her parents locked her away. Millions o...

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    The Square (Al Midan)

    2012   |   90 Minutes

    Directed by:Jehane Noujaim

    Starring:

    What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defe...

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    The Stuart Hall Project

    2013

    Directed by:John Akomfrah

    Starring:

    Antinuclear campaigner, New Left activist and founding father of Cultural Studies, this documenta...

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    The Summit

    2012   |   102 Minutes

    Directed by:Nick Ryan

    Starring:Wilco van Rooijen, Annie Starkey, and Cecilie Skog

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    Who is Dayani Cristal?

    2012

    Directed by:Marc Silver

    Starring:Gael García Bernal

    An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The sear...

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    Anita

    2013

    Directed by:Freida Mock

    Starring:

    Anita Hill, an African-American woman, charges Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual ...

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    The Crash Reel

    2013

    Directed by:Lucy Walker

    Starring:Kevin Pearce

    The jaw-dropping story of one unforgettable athlete, Kevin Pearce; one eye-popping sport, snowboa...

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    History of the Eagles

    2013

    Directed by:Alison Ellwood

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    Using never-before-seen home movies, archival footage and new interviews with all current and for...

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    Linsanity

    2013

    Directed by:Evan Leong

    Starring:Jeremy Lin

    Jeremy Lin came from a humble background to make an unbelievable run in the NBA. State high schoo...

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    Pandora's Promise

    2013

    Directed by:Robert Stone

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    A growing number of environmentalists are renouncing decades of antinuclear orthodoxy and have co...

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    Running from Crazy

    2012   |   104 Minutes

    Directed by:Barbara Kopple

    Starring:Mariel Hemingway

    Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, strives for a greater understanding of her f...

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    Sound City

    2013   |   106 Minutes   |   NR

    Directed by:David Grohl

    Starring:Trent Reznor, Tom Petty, and Mick Fleetwood

    Sound City Studios is a recording complex that opened in 1969 in Van Nuys, CA. While the studio l...

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    We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

    2013   |   127 Minutes   |   R

    Directed by:Alex Gibney

    Starring:Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and James Ball

    Acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) takes the reins for th...

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    When I Walk

    2012

    Directed by:Jason DaSilva

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    At 25, filmmaker and artist Jason DaSilva finds out he has a severe form of multiple sclerosis. T...

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    Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington

    2013

    Directed by:Sebastian Junger

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    Shortly after the release of his documentary Restrepo, photographer Tim Hetherington was killed i...

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    The World According to Dick Cheney

    2012

    Directed by:R.J. Cutler, Greg Finton

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    Dick Cheney is the most powerful, most controversial and in his words, “most consequential” Vice ...

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