Park City, UT Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2015 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight and Park City at Midnight, as well as the films and installations to be featured in the New Frontier program. The Festival, which takes place January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival, said, This years Park City at Midnight selections have much to offer genre enthusiasts. With everything from futuristic fantasies to paranormal nightmares, its an all-out trip to the cinematic edge.
New Frontier champions films that expand, experiment with, and explode traditional storytelling. Recognizing the crossroads of film, art, and media technology as a hotbed for cinematic innovation, New Frontier is also a venue showcasing innovative media installations and panel discussions that explore the expansion of cinema culture in todays rapidly changing media landscape. The installations will be housed on the top two floors of the historic Claim Jumper, at 573 Main Street in Park City. Admission to all New Frontier installations is free.
Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer and curator of the New Frontier exhibition, said, The content creators in the 2015 edition of New Frontier radically challenge the very notion of storytelling. Working with virtual reality and new gaming technologies, these artists, filmmakers, journalists, media scientists, game designers and creative technologists present a peek at the dawn of a bold new cinematic world, through an unprecedented exploration of the most basic state of being.
In addition to those announced today, films in the U.S. and World Competitions and NEXT <=> sections have been announced. Selections for the Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Short Film, Sundance Kids and new Special Events sections have not yet been announced. For a full list of films announced to date visit sundance.org/festival.
SPOTLIGHT
Regardless of where these films have played throughout the world, the Spotlight program is a tribute to the cinema we love.
6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia / United Kingdom, Italy (Director: Mark Cousins) In winter 1921, DH Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, journeyed to Sardinia, and he chronicled their experiences in Sea and Sardinia. Now, Mark Cousins retraces Lawrences footsteps. The film is conceived partly as a letter to Lawrence or Bert a detail typical of the films inviting sense of conversational intimacy. International Premiere
71 / United Kingdom (Director: Yann Demange, Screenwriter: Gregory Burke) 71 takes place over a single night in the life of a young British soldier accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, he must survive the night alone and find his way to safety. Cast: Jack OConnell, Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris, Barry Keoghan, Martin McCann.
99 Homes / U.S.A. (Director: Ramin Bahrani, Screenwriters: Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi, Bahareh Azimi) A father struggles to get back the home that his family was evicted from by working for the greedy real-estate broker whos the source of his frustration. Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Tim Guinee, Cullen Moss, J.D. Evermore.
Aloft / Spain, France, Canada (Director and screenwriter: Claudia Llosa) Aloft tells the story of a struggling mother, Nana, and her evolution to becoming a renowned healer. When a young artist tracks down Nanas son 20 years after she abandoned him, she sets in motion an encounter between the two that will bring the meaning of their lives into question. Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, M lanie Laurent, William Shimell. North American Premiere
Eden / France (Director: Mia Hansen-L ve, Screenwriters: Mia Hansen-L ve, Sven Hansen-L ve) Mia Hansen-L ves electronic-dance-music epic follows the rise and fall of a DJ (based on her brother, Sven, a contemporary of Daft Punk) who gets into the rave scene in 1994 and spends the next 20 years navigating the French club scene. Cast: F lix de Givry, Pauline Etienne, Greta Gerwig, Brady Corbet, Arsinee Khanjian, Vincent Macaigne.
Girlhood / France (Director and screenwriter: C line Sciamma) Oppressed by her family, dead-end school prospects, and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name and dress, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping to find a way to freedom. Cast: Karidja Tour , Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mari tou Tour , Idrissa Diabat , Simina Soumar .
The Tribe / Ukraine (Director and screenwriter: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy) Set at a Ukrainian boarding school for the deaf, the films narrative unfolds purely through sign language without the need for employing subtitles or voiceover, resulting in a unique, never-before-seen cinematic experience that engages the audience on a new level. Cast: Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich.
White God / Hungary (Director: Korn l Mundrucz , Screenwriters: Kata W ber, Korn l Mundrucz , Vikt ria Petr nyi) When young Lili is forced to give up her beloved dog, Hagen, because its mixed-breed heritage is deemed unfit by The State, she and the dog begin a dangerous journey back toward each other. Cast: Zs fia Psotta, Sandor Zs t r, Szabolcs Thur czy, Lili Monori, L szl G lffi, Lili Horv th. U.S. Premiere
Wild Tales / Argentina, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Dami n Szifr n) Inequality, injustice, and the demands of the world cause stress and depression for many people. Some of the
