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JANUARY 24-FEBRUARY 3, 2019
UTAH, USA
The Sundance Film Festival (SFF) takes place annually in Utah, and is one of the largest independent film festivals in the US. The festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most groundbreaking films of the past three decades.
The festival is a program of the non-profit Sundance Institute founded by Robert Redford in 1981, in the mountains of Sundance, Utah. The institute has always provided a space for independent artistes to explore their stories free from commercial and political pressures.
The 2019 edition of the festival will showcase 117 feature films.
OPENING FILM
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut, a true story, is based on a book of the same name. The film revolves around a 13-year-old boy who builds a wind turbine and helps his village after reading about it in a book. Maxwell Simba and Ejiofor lead the cast.
CLOSING FILM
Troop Zero
Set in rural Georgia in 1977, this comedy-drama flick talks about an elementary school misfit who, in order to win the chance of being recorded at NASA’s Golden Record, forms a troop of Birdie Scouts. The Bert & Bertie film stars Viola Davis, Allison Janney and Mckenna Grace.
US DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Before You Know It
Big Time Adolescence
Brittany Runs A Marathon
US DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Always In Season
American Factory
APOLLO 11
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Dirty God
Divine Love
Dolce Fine Giornata
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Advocate
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Gaza
PREMIERES
After The Wedding
Animals
Blinded By The Light
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
Halston
Love, Antosha
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
SPOTLIGHT
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Birds of Passage
Maiden
NEXT
Adam
Give Me Liberty
Light From Light
MIDNIGHT
Corporate Animals
Greener Grass
Little Monsters
INDIE EPISODIC
State Of The Union
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
SPECIAL EVENTS
Leaving Neverland
Lorena
Now Apocalypse
FROM THE COLLECTION
The Blair Witch Project
The Hours and Times
KIDS
Abe
The Elephant Queen
THE WITCH HUNTERS
INDIAN CONNECT
Photograph
Delhi Crime Story
Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon
EXHIBITIONS
Films and art that defy the traditional methods of storytelling and are made using cutting-edge technologies such augmented reality works, mixed reality works, digital puppeting demos, mobile VR programs and location-based experiences, among others, will be showcased to audiences.
PANELS
The panel discussion is divided into categories such as Power of Story, Cinema Café, New Frontier Panels, Festival Panels and Partner Panels. These segments will provide an opportunity to audiences to engage in a discussion with storytellers and artistes about their craft. Filmmakers will also share the stage and exchange words on the emerging themes and technologies of creating movies in the modern world.
– Titas Chowdhury
