Picturehouse Central, 20 April 2016 - Sundance Institute and Picturehouse announced today the programme of feature films, short films and panel discussions for the Sundance Film Festival: London, taking place 2-5 June at new host venue, Picturehouse Central, in the heart of the West End. Festival passes will be available at sundance.org/london on Thursday 5 May and individual tickets will be on sale from 9:00 a.m. GMT Monday 9 May, with priority booking for Picturehouse members opening on Friday 6 May. Customers can register for Festival and VIP Passes from today; full details at sundance.org/london. The festival will present 11 UK and International feature film premieres direct from this years Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., selected by the Sundance Institute programming team in collaboration with Picturehouse. Continuing the focus of the three previous London editions on presenting new work by emerging and established independent filmmakers, the 2016 festival will also include a short film programme with 15 shorts, including a strand dedicated to UK shorts screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The films collectively received 10 awards when they premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
In addition to celebrating the best new independent films, the feature film line-up includes Sundance Film Festival: Road to Stardom, a programme showcasing notable films discovered by the Sundance Film Festival over the course of its three-decade history and whose stars and filmmakers have since achieved global recognition. Rounding off the programme are four special events, all offering an exclusive insight into the filmmaking process: Oscar-winning producer and Industry veteran James Schamus, whose feature directorial debut Indignation screens in the main film programme, will discuss the changing face of independent film; the Sundance Film Festival partners with the BFI to discuss Diversity as an Ethos with panellists including Sundance alumnus Effie Brown (Producer of Dear White People); and two further events, the Short Film Masterclass and Cutting Through the Festival Bullshit panel will offer frank advice to budding filmmakers.
A full list of filmmakers and special guests expected to attend will be announced closer to the festival.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute, said, I have long believed that the quality and originality of the independent films we show would be of interest to global audiences. Our Sundance Film Festival: London allows us to further help these new independent films get out into the world, starting with engaged audiences in the UK.
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, Independent film takes a great step forward each year, and it is our pleasure and privilege to share these new independent films we love with London audiences. This year's film programme builds on the excitement of our most recent Festival in Utah and showcases new talent to watch as well as more established artists who continue to take exciting risks in their work.
Clare Binns, Director of Programming and Acquisitions at Picturehouse, adds, Since the opening of Picturehouse Central last Summer, weve been changing the landscape of Londons cinema scene and were delighted to be rounding off our first year with Sundance Film Festival: London. We are very excited to be bringing the best of this years Sundance Film Festival to London and UK audiences plus some very special events and appearances. I look forward to seeing all pass-holders on our super cool and view-tastic Members Bar balcony between screenings!
More information will be available at sundance.org/london. Join the conversation on social media with #sundancelondon.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2016 is supported by: Lead Partner - Sundance Channel Global; Media Partners - London Evening Standard and Time Out; Event Partners - Empire, Kickstarter, Nowness, Screen International and Utahs Governors Office of Economic Development; and Hotel Partner - The Langham, London; Official Providers - Picturehouse Cinemas LTD; Supporting Partners - London Short Film Festival, The British Film Institute and Sony Experia.
FEATURE FILM PROGRAMME
American independent narrative and documentary films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A.
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (Director / screenwriter: Jeff Feuerzeig) - The definitive look inside the mysterious case of 16-year-old literary sensation JT LeRoy - a creature so perfect for his time that if he didn't exist, someone would have had to invent him. Perhaps someone did? The strangest story about story ever told. (Documentary) International premiere
The Greasy Strangler (Director: Jim Hosking) - When Big Ronnie and his son Brayden meet lone female tourist Janet on Big Ronnie's Disco Walking Tour-the best and only disco walking tour in the city-a fight for Janet's heart erupts between father and son, and the infamous Greasy Strangler is unleashed.
Principal Cast: Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex, Jesse Keen, Joe David Walters International premiere
Goat (Director: Andrew Neel) - Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19-yearold boy pledges his brother's fraternity in an attempt to prove his manhood. What happens there, in the name of brotherhood, tests both the boys and their relationship in brutal ways.
Principal Cast: Nick Jonas, Ben Schnetzer, Virginia Gardner, Danny Flaherty, Austin Lyon UK premiere
Indignation (Director / screenwriter: James Schamus) - It's 1951, and among the new arrivals at Winesburg College in Ohio are the son of a kosher butcher from New Jersey and the beautiful, brilliant daughter of a prominent alum. For a brief moment, their lives converge in this emotionally soaring film based on the nov
