Out of 3,901 submitted feature films, programmers for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival have chosen 110 movies, representing 29 countries and 47 first-time filmmakers, 30 of them in competition.

The Sundance Institute, which puts on the annual festival in Park City and venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort, announced its feature-film slate Wednesday. Six of them will screen on the festival’s opening night, Jan. 18, in Park City.

How to Sundance



When • Jan. 18-28



Where • Park City and venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort in Provo Canyon.



Passes and ticket packages • On sale at sundance.org/festivals.



Individual tickets • Go on sale starting Jan. 16; $25 for the first half of the festival in Park City (Jan. 18-23), $20 for Salt Lake City screenings and for the second half in Park City (Jan. 24-28).



Information • sundance.org/festivals

Here, divided by category, are the titles for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival:

U.S. Dramatic Competition

1 of 16 View Caption (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Four would-be criminals (from left: Jared Abrahamson, Evan Peters, Blake Jenner and Barry Keogh... (Bonnie Marquette | courtesy Sundance Institute) Benjamin Dickey (right) plays Texas Outlaw songwriter Blaze Foley, and Ali... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal appea in Blindspotting by Carlos López Estrada, an official se... (Michael Muller | courtesy Sundance Institute) A Klansman (Garrett Hedlund) reconsiders his racism in Andrew Heckler's dram... ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Elsie Fisher plays Kayla, who's approaching her final week in middle school, in Bo Burnham... ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Elle Fanning (left) and Peter Dinklage are the last people on Earth, in Reed Morano's I Th... ( Courtesy Sundance Institute) A teacher (Maggie Gyllenhaal, left) fights to help a gifted 5-year-old student (Parker Sevak) ... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Kristen Stewart and Chloë Sevigny appear in Lizzie by Craig William Macneill, an official se... (Jeong Park | courtesy Sundance Institute) Chloë Grace Moretz (right, with Forrest Goodluck and Sasha Lane) stars as a teen... (David Devlin | courtesy Sundance Institute) Kelvin Harrison Jr. plays an honors student accused of a crime in Monster, dir... (Alystyre Julian | courtesy Sundance Institute) Anthony Ramos and John David Washington co-star in Monsters and Men, Reinal... (Zoe White | courtesy Sundance Institute) Andrea Riseborough stars as a woman who is convinced she was kidnapped as a child... (Doug Emmett | courtesy Sundance Institute) Lakeith Stanfield plays a telemarketer in rapper Boots Riley's directing debut,... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Kyle Kaplan) Laura Dern and Isabel Nelisse appear in The Tale by Jennifer Fox, an ... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Jason Mitchell (left foreground) discovers he's the only black person invited to a weekend birt... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Carey Mulligan stars in director Paul Dano's adaptation of Richard Ford's novel Wildfire, about... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Four would-be criminals (from left: Jared Abrahamson, Evan Peters, Blake Jenner and Barry Keoghan) plot a heist in Bart Layton's American Animals, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Bonnie Marquette | courtesy Sundance Institute) Benjamin Dickey (right) plays Texas Outlaw songwriter Blaze Foley, and Alia Shawkat plays his lady love, Sybil Rosen, in Ethan Hawke's Blaze, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal appea in Blindspotting by Carlos López Estrada, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Michael Muller | courtesy Sundance Institute) A Klansman (Garrett Hedlund) reconsiders his racism in Andrew Heckler's drama Burden, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Elsie Fisher plays Kayla, who's approaching her final week in middle school, in Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Elle Fanning (left) and Peter Dinklage are the last people on Earth, in Reed Morano's I Think We're Alone Now, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( Courtesy Sundance Institute) A teacher (Maggie Gyllenhaal, left) fights to help a gifted 5-year-old student (Parker Sevak) in Sara Colangelo's The Kindergarten Teacher, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Kristen Stewart and Chloë Sevigny appear in Lizzie by Craig William Macneill, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Jeong Park | courtesy Sundance Institute) Chloë Grace Moretz (right, with Forrest Goodluck and Sasha Lane) stars as a teen sent to a gay conversion facility, in Desiree Akhavan's The Miseducation of Cameron Post, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance FIlm Festival. (David Devlin | courtesy Sundance Institute) Kelvin Harrison Jr. plays an honors student accused of a crime in Monster, directed by Anthony Mandler. The movie screens in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Alystyre Julian | courtesy Sundance Institute) Anthony Ramos and John David Washington co-star in Monsters and Men, Reinaldo Marcus Green's drama about the aftermath of a police-involved shooting. The movie will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Zoe White | courtesy Sundance Institute) Andrea Riseborough stars as a woman who is convinced she was kidnapped as a child, in Christina Choe's drama Nancy, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Doug Emmett | courtesy Sundance Institute) Lakeith Stanfield plays a telemarketer in rapper Boots Riley's directing debut, Sorry to Bother You, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Kyle Kaplan) Laura Dern and Isabel Nelisse appear in The Tale by Jennifer Fox, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Jason Mitchell (left foreground) discovers he's the only black person invited to a weekend birthday party (among other guests, from left: Roddy Bottum, Michael Cera, Max Born, Caleb Landry Jones, Christopher Abbott, Nico Arze, Philip Ettinger and Michael Zegen) in Sebastian Silva's Tyrel, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic Competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Carey Mulligan stars in director Paul Dano's adaptation of Richard Ford's novel Wildfire, about a Montana family in 1960. The movie will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <





























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“American Animals” • Four young men (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson), who mistake their life for a movie, try to pull off one of the biggest heists in U.S. history in this crime drama written and directed by Bart Layton (“The Imposter,” SFF ’12). Ann Dowd and Udo Kier also star.

“Blaze” • Musician Ben Dickey makes his movie debut playing Texas Outlaw songwriter Blaze Foley in this biopic directed by actor Ethan Hawke, who co-wrote the script with Foley’s longtime love, Sybil Rosen (who’s played by Alia Shawkat). Josh Hamilton and Charlie Sexton also star.

“Blindspotting” • “Hamilton” star Daveed Diggs and his friend Rafael Casal co-wrote this drama, loosely based on their lives growing up in Oakland. The feature directing debut of Carlos Lopez Estrada. DAY ONE

“Burden” • Writer-director Andrew Heckler’s drama, inspired by true events, follows a Klansman (Garrett Hedlund) who falls in love with a single mom (Andrea Riseborough), who makes him reconsider his racist views — ultimately leading him to an African-American reverend (Forest Whitaker). Tom Wilkinson and Usher Raymond also star.

“Eighth Grade” • Comedian Bo Burnham wrote and directed this coming-of-age comedy, centering on 13-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher, the voice of Agnes in the “Despicable Me” movies), trying to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving middle school forever for high school. Josh Hamilton also stars. DAY ONE

“I Think We’re Alone Now” • Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning star in this post-apocalyptic story of a recluse who finds order after all of humanity is wiped out — until a second survivor shows up. Directed by Reed Morano, who won an Emmy for directing the first episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and written by Mike Makowsky.

“The Kindergarten Teacher” • Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as a Staten Island teacher who discovers one of her 5-year-old students (Parker Sevak) is a prodigy and risks all to foster the boy’s talent. Writer-director Sara Colangelo (“Little Accidents,” SFF ’14) adapted this from a 2014 Israeli film.

“Lizzie” • Chloë Sevigny stars as Lizzie Borden, who infamously killed her family in 1892, in a period crime drama that focuses on her relationship with the family’s Irish housemaid (played by Kristen Stewart). Directed by Craig William Macneil, written by Bryce Kass. Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare also star.

“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” • Emily Danforth’s controversial teen novel gets a movie adaptation, set in 1993, with Chloë Grace Moretz as a Montana teen forced into a gay-conversion therapy center after getting caught having sex with the prom queen. Director Desiree Akhavan (“Appropriate Behavior,” SFF ’14) co-wrote the script with Cecilia Frugiuele. Sasha Lane and Jennifer Ehle also star.

“Monster” • Seventeen-year-old honors student Steve Harmon (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is charged with a felony murder he says he didn’t commit in a drama that follows his complex legal battle. Directed by Anthony Mandler, with writers Radha Blank, Cole Wiley and Janice Shaffer adapting Walter Dean Myers’ 1999 young-adult novel. Also starring Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson, Rakim Mayers, Jennifer Ehle and Tim Blake Nelson.

“Monsters and Men” • The police killing of a black man has aftereffects on the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school basketball star in this drama directed and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. The cast includes John David Washington, Anthony Ramos, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chanté Adams, Nicole Beharie and Rob Morgan.

“Nancy” • Christina Choe writes and directs this psychological drama, centering on Nancy (Andrea Riseborough), who’s convinced she was kidnapped as a child — and when she encounters a couple (Ann Dowd, Steve Buscemi) whose daughter went missing 30 years earlier, Nancy’s belief threatens to overwhelm rationality. John Leguizamo also stars.

“Sorry to Bother You” • Rapper Boots Riley makes his writing and directing debut in this near-future satire about a black telemarketer (Lakeith Stanfield) who comes across a secret key to business success. Tessa Thompson, Steven Yuen, Jermaine Fowler, Armie Hammer and Omari Hardwick also star.

“The Tale” • Laura Dern stars as a journalist who must re-examine her first sexual relationship in a story based on the life story of writer-director Jennifer Fox (whose documentary “Beirut: The Last Home Movie” won the Grand Jury Prize at SFF ’87). The cast includes Isabelle Nélisse, Jason Ritter, Elizabeth Debicki, Ellen Burstyn and Common.

“Tyrel” • Jason Mitchell stars as Tyler, who arrives at a weekend birthday party in a secluded cabin to learn he’s the only black person on the guest list. Director/writer Sebastian Silva won the Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema Dramatic for “The Maid” (SFF ’09) and the Directing Award for “Crystal Fairy” (SFF ’13), and directed “Nasty Baby” (SFF ’15).

“Wildlife” • Actor Paul Dano makes his directing debut, adapting (with co-writer Zoe Kazan, his significant other) Richard Ford’s novel about a Montana family in crisis, circa 1960. The cast includes Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp and Jake Gyllenhaal.

U.S. Documentary Competition

1 of 16 View Caption (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jarred Alterman/4th Row Films) Fernando Serrano appears in Bisbee '17 by Robert Gr... ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) A scene from Stephen Maing's Crime + Punishment, a look inside the New York Police Departm... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Eric Phillips-Horst.) John Adams appears in Dark Money by Kimberly Reed, an offici... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) An industrial site near a West Virginia river, an image from Stephanie Soechtig's The Devil We ... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Director Hal Ashby, the man behind such films as Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There, is ... (IDIOM Film/RaMell Moss | courtesy Sundance Instutite) An image from RaMell Moss' documentary Hale County This Morning, Thi... (IQ 190 Productions | courtesy Sundance Institute) Fernando Miguel Sánchez Villalobos, Jose Manuel Elizade Esparaza and Jes... (Courtesy of Sundance Insitute | photo by Derk Doneen) Kailash Satyarthi appears in Kailash by Derek Doneen, an official sele... (Harrie Verstappen | courtesy Sundance Institute) Japanese pop artist Yayoi Kusama, famed for her use of polka dots, is pro... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) A film still from The Last Race by Michael Dweck, an official selection of the U.S. Document... (Bing Liu | courtesy Sundance Institute) FilmmakerBing Liu profiles his friends, Zack Mulligan (left) and Keire Johnson, in... (Alexandria Bombach | courtesy Sundance Institute) Genocide survivor and human-rights activist Nadia Murad is profiled in d... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Bob Richman) Larry Poons appears in The Price of Everything by Nathaniel Kahn, an ... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Alex Pollini) Gloria Allred appears in Seeing Allred by Sophie Sartain and Roberta... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Cynthia Shank (top), a woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for her tangential involvement in ... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Newsday LLC) Bobby Shafran, David Kellman and Eddy Galland appear in Three Identic... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jarred Alterman/4th Row Films) Fernando Serrano appears in Bisbee '17 by Robert Greene, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) A scene from Stephen Maing's Crime + Punishment, a look inside the New York Police Department, which will screen in the U.S. Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Eric Phillips-Horst.) John Adams appears in Dark Money by Kimberly Reed, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) An industrial site near a West Virginia river, an image from Stephanie Soechtig's The Devil We Know, which will screen in the U.S. Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Director Hal Ashby, the man behind such films as Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There, is profiled in Amy Scott's Hal, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (IDIOM Film/RaMell Moss | courtesy Sundance Instutite) An image from RaMell Moss' documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening, part of the U.S. Documentary competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (IQ 190 Productions | courtesy Sundance Institute) Fernando Miguel Sánchez Villalobos, Jose Manuel Elizade Esparaza and Jesús Alfonso Martínez Aranda (from left) are high-school scientists who appear in Laura Nix's Inventing Tomorrow, which will screen in the U.S. Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Insitute | photo by Derk Doneen) Kailash Satyarthi appears in Kailash by Derek Doneen, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Harrie Verstappen | courtesy Sundance Institute) Japanese pop artist Yayoi Kusama, famed for her use of polka dots, is profiled in Heather Lenz' Kusama - Infinity, which will screen in the U.S. Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) A film still from The Last Race by Michael Dweck, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Bing Liu | courtesy Sundance Institute) FilmmakerBing Liu profiles his friends, Zack Mulligan (left) and Keire Johnson, in Minding the Gap, which will screen in the U.S. Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Alexandria Bombach | courtesy Sundance Institute) Genocide survivor and human-rights activist Nadia Murad is profiled in director Alexandra Bombach's On Her Shoulders, playing in the U.S. Documentary competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Bob Richman) Larry Poons appears in The Price of Everything by Nathaniel Kahn, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Alex Pollini) Gloria Allred appears in Seeing Allred by Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Cynthia Shank (top), a woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for her tangential involvement in an ex-boyfriend's drug crime, is seen here in a family photo with her daughters, Autumn, Ava and Annalis, in a moment from Rudy Valdez' The Sentence, which will screen in the U.S. Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Newsday LLC) Bobby Shafran, David Kellman and Eddy Galland appear in Three Identical Strangers by Time Wardle, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <





























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“Bisbee ’17” • Experimental documentarian Robert Greene (“Kate Plays Christine,” SFF ’16) enlists locals from border town of Bisbee, Ariz., to re-enact one of the town’s darkest chapters: the deportation, exactly 100 years ago, of 1,200 immigrant miners.

“Crime + Punishment” • Black and Latino cops blow the whistle on illegal policing quotas in New York City, filing a landmark lawsuit that puts their careers and safety at risk. Director Stephen Maing got rare access to capture the story as it happened.

“Dark Money” • Writer-director Kimberly Reed examines the influx of “dark money” after the Citizens United ruling, focusing on one state — Montana — that is trying to solve the problem of unlimited anonymous money in politics.

“The Devil We Know” • West Virginia residents take on a powerful corporation when they discover the company knowingly dumped a toxic chemical in the local water supply in this documentary by director Stephanie Soechtig (“Fed Up,” SFF ’14; “Under the Gun,” SFF ’16). THE NEW CLIMATE

“Hal” • Director Amy Scott looks at the legendary filmmaker Hal Ashby, who made a string of acclaimed movies in the 1970s — “Harold and Maude,” “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo,” “Bound for Glory,” “Coming Home” and “Being There” — but whose uncompromising nature kept him from the commercial successes of his contemporaries, like Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

“Hale County This Morning, This Evening” • A story of “coming of age in the Black Belt of the American South,” told in an immersive style by artist-turned-filmmaker RaMell Ross that “[allows] the viewer to complete the film,” according to the Sundance Institute.

“Inventing Tomorrow” • Director Laura Nix follows some of the world’s brightest young minds as they prepare for the latest gathering of high-school scientists in the world — the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair — and facing the threats of environmental problems and their own adolescence. THE NEW CLIMATE

“Kailash” • Derek Doneen directs this profile of Kailash Satyarthi, a children’s rights activist in India who has liberated more than 80,000 children from slavery, trafficking and forced labor. DAY ONE

“Kusama - Infinity” • Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her Pop Art style and the abundant use of polka dots, is profiled in a film by director Heather Lenz that details how she overcame her rigid upbringing, sexism, racism and mental illness to build her artistic vision — and how, at 88, she lives in a mental hospital and still creates art.

“The Last Race” • Filmmaker Michael Dweck takes a cinematic approach to this story of a small-town stock-car track and the drivers who call it home.

“Minding the Gap” • Three young men bond at the skate park in a Rust Belt town, escaping violent families, but adult responsibilities and revelations threaten their long friendship, in director Bing Liu’s personal documentary.

“On Her Shoulders” • Human-rights activist Nadia Murad, 23, tells her story — of being the survivor of a Yazidi genocide and sexual slavery at the hands of the so-called Islamic State — around the world, and is profiled in this documentary directed by Alexandria Bombach.

“The Price of Everything” • Director Nathaniel Kahn gets deep inside the contemporary art world, getting rare access to major artists and the market that surrounds them, in a movie that looks at our age in which everything can be bought and sold.

“Seeing Allred” • Famed attorney Gloria Allred, known for taking up women’s-rights cases, goes after two of the biggest adversaries of her career — Bill Cosby and Donald Trump — as sexual misconduct becomes a national topic. Directed by Sophie Sartain and Rebecca Grossman.

“The Sentence” • Director Rudy Valdez examines the issue of mandatory-minimum sentences through the intimate story of his sister Cindy Shank, a mother of three serving 15 years for her tangential involvement in a Michigan drug ring years earlier, in a story told over 10 years.

“Three Identical Strangers” • Director Tim Wardle chronicles the case of three 19-year-olds who, in 1980 in New York, learned that they were identical triplets separated at birth — and how their story unlocked a disturbing secret that could change how we understand human nature.

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

1 of 12 View Caption (Ita Zbroniec-Zaj | courtesy Sundance Institute) An asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau (Babetida Sadjo, left, with Patrik Nök... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Three siblings (from left: Tolga Tekin, Bartu Küçükçağlayan, and Tuğçe Altuğ) meet for the firs... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Frederico Cesca) Yang Haoyu appears in Dead Pigs by Cathy Yan, an official selecti... (Nikolaj Miller | courtesy Sundance Institute) An emergency dispatcher (Jakob Cedergren) finds himself caught up in intrigu... (Jonas Lodahl | courtesy Sundance Institute) Victoria Carmen Sonne plays a drug lord's trophy girlfriend in Isabella Ekif's... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Bianca Aun) Karine Teles and Otavio Muller appear in Loveling by Gustavo Pizzi, an... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Margarita Nikitaki) Yannis Drakopoulos appears in Pity by Babis Makridis, an offic... ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) An actress (Valeria Bertuccell, who directed with Fabiana Tiscornia) prepares for her one-... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | phot by Rosano Mauro Jr.) Giovanni DeLorenzi and Tifanny Dopke appear in Rust by Aly Muriti... (Matias Penachino | courtesy Sundance Institute) Luis Gerardo Mendez stars in the Mexican film Time Share (Tiempo Compartid... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Gabriel Guerra Bianchini) Rodrigo Santoro appears in Un Traductor by Rodrigo Barri... (Alex Bailey | courtesy Sundance Institute) Aml Ameen stars in Idris Elba's directing effort, Yardie, which will screen in ... (Ita Zbroniec-Zaj | courtesy Sundance Institute) An asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau (Babetida Sadjo, left, with Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson) is one of the characters of Ísold Uggadóttir's And Breathe Normally, which will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Three siblings (from left: Tolga Tekin, Bartu Küçükçağlayan, and Tuğçe Altuğ) meet for the first time in Tolga Karacelik's Turkish film Butterflies, which will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Frederico Cesca) Yang Haoyu appears in Dead Pigs by Cathy Yan, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Nikolaj Miller | courtesy Sundance Institute) An emergency dispatcher (Jakob Cedergren) finds himself caught up in intrigue while trying to find a kidnapped woman, in the Danish thriller The Guilty, which will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Jonas Lodahl | courtesy Sundance Institute) Victoria Carmen Sonne plays a drug lord's trophy girlfriend in Isabella Ekif's Holiday, which will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Bianca Aun) Karine Teles and Otavio Muller appear in Loveling by Gustavo Pizzi, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Margarita Nikitaki) Yannis Drakopoulos appears in Pity by Babis Makridis, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) An actress (Valeria Bertuccell, who directed with Fabiana Tiscornia) prepares for her one-woman show, in the Argentine film The Queen of Fear, which will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | phot by Rosano Mauro Jr.) Giovanni DeLorenzi and Tifanny Dopke appear in Rust by Aly Muritiba, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Matias Penachino | courtesy Sundance Institute) Luis Gerardo Mendez stars in the Mexican film Time Share (Tiempo Compartido), which will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Gabriel Guerra Bianchini) Rodrigo Santoro appears in Un Traductor by Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastián Barriuso, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Alex Bailey | courtesy Sundance Institute) Aml Ameen stars in Idris Elba's directing effort, Yardie, which will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <





















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“And Breathe Normally” (Iceland/Sweden/Belgium) • The lives of two women — an Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau — intersect briefly on the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula in this drama written and directed by Ísold Uggadottír.

“Butterflies” (Turkey) • Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other, in writer director Tolga Karaçelik’s drama.

“Dead Pigs” (China) • A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai in writer-director Cathy Yan’s drama, based on true events.

“The Guilty” (Denmark) • A dispatcher gets an emergency call from a kidnapped woman, but when the call is disconnected, he begins a desperate search to find the woman and her kidnapper, with a phone his only tool. Director Gustav Möller co-wrote with Emil Nygaard Albertsen.

“Holiday” (Denmark/Netherlands/Sweden) • A small-time drug lord and his trophy girlfriend are part of a love triangle in this gangster story set on the Turkish Riviera. Director Isabella Eklof co-wote with Johanne Algren.

“Loveling” (Brazil/Uruguay) • Director Gustavo Pizzi and star Karine Telepits co-wrote this story of an anxiety-ridden woman on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro who in a few days must send her oldest son (Otavio Muller) out into the world. DAY ONE

“Pity” (Greece/Poland) • A lawyer (Yannis Drakopoulos) who is addicted to sadness — and needs pity so much he’s willing to do anything to evoke it from others — is at the center of this drama, directed by Babis Makridis, who co-wrote with Efthimis Filippou (who co-wrote “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”).

“The Queen of Fear” (Argentina/Denmark) • Argentine star Valeria Bertuccelli stars in, co-directed (with Fabiana Tiscornia) and wrote this comedy, centering on an acclaimed actress who is anxiously preparing for the premiere of her long-awaited solo show, throwing her privileged life into tumult in the process.

“Rust” (Brazil) • A love story that may be over before it started centers on two teens, Tati and Renet, whose story is told from both points of view by director Aly Muritiba, who co-wrote with Jessica Candel.

“Time Share (Tiempo Compartido)” (Mexico/Netherlands) • Two men team up to rescue their families from a tropical resort after becoming convinced an American timeshare company has an evil plan to take away their loved ones. Director Sebastián Hofmann co-wrote with Julio Chavezmontes.

“Un Traductor” (Canada/Cuba) • A Russian lit professor at the University of Havana is forced to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident who have been sent to Cuba for medical treatment. Based on a true story, the film is directed by Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastián Barruiso and written by Lindsay Gossling.

“Yardie” (United Kingdom) • Actor Idris Elba makes his feature directing debut with this story set in Jamaica, 1973, adapted by writers Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman from Victor Headley’s novel. It centers on a boy who witnesses his brother’s assassination and is given a home by a powerful don — but 10 years later, when he’s sent to London, his past catches up to him.

World Cinema Documentary Competition

1 of 12 View Caption (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Matthieu Rytz) A film still from Anote's Ark by Matthieu Rytz, an official selecti... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) An image from Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block's The Cleaners, which will screen in the World C... (Evgenia Arbugaeva | courtesy Sundance Institute) An image from Christian Frei and Maxim Arbugaev's Genesis 2.0, which will... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Steve Loveridge) Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam appears in MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. by Steve Lov... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Kahtan Hasson and Talal Derki) A still from Of Fathers and Sons by Talal Derki, an... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Saar Yaacov) Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat appear in The Oslo Diaries by Mor Lo... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) A young Russian shows his support for Donald Trump, in a moment from Maxim Pozdorovkin's Our Ne... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Anders Hvidegaard (center), a Danish teacher, tries to make friends with the locals, like stude... (Sandi Tan | courtesy Sundance Institute) Sandi Tan travels to Singapore in search of answers about her missing mentor, a p... (Gidalya Pictures | courtesy Sundance Institute) Syrian immigrants try to make a new life in Baltimore, in Alexandra Shiva'... (Pierre Verdy | courtesy Sundance Film Festival) Fashion designer and icon Vivienne Westwood is profiled in Lorna Tucker's ... ( Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Bernadett-Tuza Ritter) Marish appears in A Woman Captured by Bernadett Tuza-Ritte... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Matthieu Rytz) A film still from Anote's Ark by Matthieu Rytz, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) An image from Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block's The Cleaners, which will screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Evgenia Arbugaeva | courtesy Sundance Institute) An image from Christian Frei and Maxim Arbugaev's Genesis 2.0, which will screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Steve Loveridge) Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam appears in MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. by Steve Loveridge, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Kahtan Hasson and Talal Derki) A still from Of Fathers and Sons by Talal Derki, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Saar Yaacov) Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat appear in The Oslo Diaries by Mor Loushy and Danil Sivan, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) A young Russian shows his support for Donald Trump, in a moment from Maxim Pozdorovkin's Our Next President, which will screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Anders Hvidegaard (center), a Danish teacher, tries to make friends with the locals, like student Asser Boassen (left), in Samuel Collardey's A Polar Year, which will screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Sandi Tan | courtesy Sundance Institute) Sandi Tan travels to Singapore in search of answers about her missing mentor, a process she documents in her film Shirkers, which will screen in the World Cinema Documantary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Gidalya Pictures | courtesy Sundance Institute) Syrian immigrants try to make a new life in Baltimore, in Alexandra Shiva's This Is Home, which will screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Pierre Verdy | courtesy Sundance Film Festival) Fashion designer and icon Vivienne Westwood is profiled in Lorna Tucker's Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist, which will screen in the World Cinema Documentary competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Bernadett-Tuza Ritter) Marish appears in A Woman Captured by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <





















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“Anote’s Ark” (Canada) • Director Matthieu Rytz examines the plight of the Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati, which is sinking into the ocean because of rising sea levels, population growth and climate change. THE NEW CLIMATE

“The Cleaners” (Germany/Brazil) • Writer-directors Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block dive into the hidden industry of digital cleaning, which rids the Internet of unwanted violence, porn and political content — in a movie that raises issues of who controls what we see and think.

“Genesis 2.0” (Switzerland) • A well-preserved mammoth carcass is found in the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, opening up the possibility of a world-changing “Jurassic Park” moment in genetics. Directed by Christian Frei, whose “Space Tourists” won the Directing Award for World Cinema Documentary (SFF ’10) and Maxim Arbugaev.

“Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.” (Sri Lanka/United Kingdom/United States) • A documentary profile of Maya Arulpragasam, better known as the confrontational rapper/pop star M.I.A., drawn from never-before-seen personal footage. Directed by Stephen Loveridge.

“Of Fathers and Sons” (Germany/Syria/Lebanon) • Syrian filmmaker Talal Derki, whose “The Return to Homs” won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary (SFF ’14), goes back to live for two years with a radical Islamist family, focusing on two sons growing up in the shadow of the Islamic State’s “caliphate.”

“The Oslo Diaries” (Israel/Canada) • The true story of how a group of Israelis and Palestinians met, in secret and illegally, in Oslo in 1992 to try to find peace. The film is directed and written by Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan.

“Our New President” (Russia/U.S.A) • Talk about “fake news” — director Maxim Pozdorovkin tells the story of Donald Trump’s election using only Russian propaganda, creating a satirical look at Russian media and the tactics of modern information warfare.

“A Polar Year” (France) • A Danish teacher takes a job in Greenland and tries to overcome the animosity of the tight-knit locals through a series of errors that help him embrace the snow-covered life. Director Samuel Collardey co-wrote with Catherine Paillé.

“Shirkers” (United States) • As a teen, Sandi Tan and some friends shot an indie road movie in Singapore with her American mentor Georges Cardona — who then disappeared with all the footage. Twenty years later, the footage is found in New Orleans, and Tan, now a novelist based in Los Angeles, goes on an odyssey across two continents and many different media to learn what happened.

“This Is Home” (United States/Jordan) • The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months, are chronicled by director Alexandra Shiva (“How to Dance in Ohio,” SFF ‘15).



“Westwood” (United Kingdom) • Director Lorna Tucker profiles iconoclastic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood as she fights to maintain her brand’s integrity, her principles and her legacy.

“A Woman Captured” (Hungary) • A European woman has been kept for 10 years as a family’s domestic slave — until she decides to escape, drawing courage from the presence of filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter (who wrote and directed).

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1 of 10 View Caption (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Omari Hardwick (left) and Meagan Good star in Qasim Basir's A Boy. A Girl. A Dream., which will... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Markus Mentzer) Isidora Goreshter appears in Clara's Ghost by Bridey Elliott, an o... (Nanu Segal | courtesy Sundance Institute) Aubrey Plaza plays Lulu Danger in Jim Hosking's An Evening With Beverly Luff Lin... (Ashley Connor | courtesy Sundance Institute) Helena Howard stars in Josephine Decker's Madeline's Madeline, which will scr... (Christopher Waggoner | courtesy Sundance Institute) Angel (Dominique Fishback, right), recently released from juvenile det... (Juan Sebastian Baron | courtesy Sundance Institute) John Cho plays a father who uses his daughter's laptop to find clues t... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ryan Parilla) A film still from Skate Kitchen by Crystal Moselle, an official sele... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Elan Bogarín and Jonathan Bogarín) A film still from 306 Hollywood by Elan Bogarín... (Zak Mulligan | courtesy Sundance Institute) Raul Castillo and Evan Rosado appear in Jeremiah Zagar's We The Animals, which... (Daryl Wein | courtesy Sundance Film Festival) Vivian Bang plays a Korean-American performance artist in Daryl Wein's White... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Omari Hardwick (left) and Meagan Good star in Qasim Basir's A Boy. A Girl. A Dream., which will screen in the Next program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Markus Mentzer) Isidora Goreshter appears in Clara's Ghost by Bridey Elliott, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Nanu Segal | courtesy Sundance Institute) Aubrey Plaza plays Lulu Danger in Jim Hosking's An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, which will screen in the Next program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Ashley Connor | courtesy Sundance Institute) Helena Howard stars in Josephine Decker's Madeline's Madeline, which will screen in the Next program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Christopher Waggoner | courtesy Sundance Institute) Angel (Dominique Fishback, right), recently released from juvenile detention, takes her 10-year-old sister (Tatum Hal) on a journey in Jordana Spiro's drama l Night Comes On, which will screen in the Next program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Juan Sebastian Baron | courtesy Sundance Institute) John Cho plays a father who uses his daughter's laptop to find clues to track her after she goes missing, in Aneesh Chaganty's Search, which will screen in the Next program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ryan Parilla) A film still from Skate Kitchen by Crystal Moselle, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Elan Bogarín and Jonathan Bogarín) A film still from 306 Hollywood by Elan Bogarín and Jonathan Bogarín, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Zak Mulligan | courtesy Sundance Institute) Raul Castillo and Evan Rosado appear in Jeremiah Zagar's We The Animals, which will screen in the Next program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Daryl Wein | courtesy Sundance Film Festival) Vivian Bang plays a Korean-American performance artist in Daryl Wein's White Rabbit, which will screen in the Next program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <

















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“A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.” • An L.A. club promoter (Omari Hardwick) and a Midwestern visitor (Meagan Good) share an emotional encounter on the night of the 2016 presidential election in a drama directed by Qasim Basir, who co-wrote with Samantha Tanner.

“Clara’s Ghost” • Writer-director-star Bridey Elliott plays Clara, who finds comfort and advice from the supernatural force she believes is haunting her, after being fed up by the teasing of her show-business family (including Elliott’s comedian father, Chris, and comedian sister, Abby). Paula Niedert Elliott, Haley Joel Osment and Isidora Goreshter also star.

“An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn” (United Kingdom) • Aubrey Plaza stars as Lulu Danger, whose unhappy marriage to Shane (Emile Hirsch) takes a fortunate turn when a mysterious man from her past (Craig Robinson) returns to perform a one-night event. Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry and Maria Bamford also star in this comedy, directed by Jim Hosking (“The Greasy Strangler,” SFF ’16), who co-wrote with David Wike.

“Madeline’s Madeline” • Hard to beat the description Sundance sent for this one: “Madeline got the part! She’s going to play the lead in a theater piece! Except the lead wears sweatpants like Madeline’s. And has a cat like Madeline’s. And is holding a steaming hot iron next to her mother’s face — like Madeline is.” Writer-director Josephine Decker’s drama stars Helena Howard, Molly Parker and Miranda July.

“Night Comes On” • Actor Jordan Spiro makes her directing debut with this drama, centering on Angel (Dominique Fishback), released from juvenile detention just shy of her 18th birthday, going on a journey with her 10-year-old sister, Abby (Tatum Hall), that could destroy their future. Spiro co-wrote with Angelica Nwandu. Also staring John Earl Jelks, Max Casella and James McDaniel.

“Search” • A thriller that plays out entirely on computer screens, as a desperate father (John Cho) breaks into his missing daughter’s laptop for clues to find her. Also starring Debra Messing. Director Aneesh Chaganty co-wrote with Sev Ohanian. (Winner of this year’s Alfred P. Sloan Prize, for movies about science and technology.)

“Skate Kitchen” • Crystal Moselle, whose “The Wolfpack” won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary (SFF ’15), makes her narrative directing debut, co-writing with Ashlihan Unaldi, with this story about a suburban teen (Rachelle Vinberg) who befriends a group of girl skateboarders and dives deep into this New York City subculture. The cast also includes Dede Lovelace and Jaden Smith.

“306 Hollywood” (United States/Hungary) • Blending documentary and magical realism, siblings Elan and Jonathan Bogarin (who wrote and directed) begin an “archaeological excavation” of their late grandmother’s Newark, N.J., house — beginning a journey that considers what life is left in the objects we leave behind. DAY ONE

“We the Animals” • Three brothers grow up pushing against their parents’ volatile love, with two of them growing up like their father and the youngest embracing his own imagined world. Director Jeremiah Zagar (“Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart,” SFF ’14) co-wrote with Daniel Kitrosser.

“White Rabbit” • A Korean-American performance artist (Vivian Bang) fights to be authentically heard and seen through her multiple personalities in this dramatic comedy directed by Daryl Wein, who co-wrote with Bang and Nana Ghana (who co-stars).

Premieres

1 of 14 View Caption (Sife Eddine El Amine | courtesy Bleecker Street Films) Jon Hamm (center) plays a former diplomat brought back into action ... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Dusan Martincek) Paul Rudd and Sienna Miller appear in The Catcher Was A Spy by Be... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Tina Rowden) Chiwetel Ejiofor appears in Come Sunday by Joshua Marsto, an official... (Adam Stone | courtesy Sundance Institute) Mia Wasikowska (left) and Robert Pattinson play settlers crossing the country in... ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Joaquin Phoenix (left) plays cartoonist John Callahan, with Jonah Hill co-starring, in Gus... (John P. Fleenor | Netflix / courtesy Sundance Institute) Doug Kenney (Will Forte, left) and Henry Beard (Domhnall Gleeson)... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Wilhelm Moser_ Rupert Everett appears in The Happy Prince by Rupert Everett, an of... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jon Pack) Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons appear in Hearts Beat Loud by Brett Ha... (Alex Bailey | courteesy Sundance Institute) A rock star (Ethan Hawke, left) meets one of his biggest fan's (Chris O'Dowd, ... (Jon Pack | courtesy Sundance Institute) Married couple Alex (Claire Danes, left) and Greg (Jim Parsons) disagree about how... (Covert Media | courtesy Sundance Institute) Daisy Ridley plays Hamlet's ill-fated girlfriend in Ophelia, Claire McCarthy's... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Chris Norr) Kelly Macdonald appears in Puzzle by Marc Turtletaub, an official sele... (Scott Green | courtesy Sundance Institute) A father (Ben Foster, right) and daughter (Thomasin McKenzie) band together whe... (Courtesy Bleecker Street Films) Blythe Danner (left) and Hilary Swank star in writer-director Elzabeth Chomko's drama What T... (Sife Eddine El Amine | courtesy Bleecker Street Films) Jon Hamm (center) plays a former diplomat brought back into action in director Brad Anderson's thriller Beirut. The movie co-stars Rosamund Pike (left) and Dean Norris (right). It will debut in the Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Dusan Martincek) Paul Rudd and Sienna Miller appear in The Catcher Was A Spy by Ben Lewin, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Tina Rowden) Chiwetel Ejiofor appears in Come Sunday by Joshua Marsto, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Adam Stone | courtesy Sundance Institute) Mia Wasikowska (left) and Robert Pattinson play settlers crossing the country in David and Nathan Zellner's comedy Damsel, which will screen in the Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Joaquin Phoenix (left) plays cartoonist John Callahan, with Jonah Hill co-starring, in Gus Van Sant's Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, which will screen in the Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (John P. Fleenor | Netflix / courtesy Sundance Institute) Doug Kenney (Will Forte, left) and Henry Beard (Domhnall Gleeson), two of the founders of the National Lampoon, are lead characters in David Wain's A Futile and Stupid Gesture, which will screen in the Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Wilhelm Moser_ Rupert Everett appears in The Happy Prince by Rupert Everett, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jon Pack) Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons appear in Hearts Beat Loud by Brett Haley, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Alex Bailey | courteesy Sundance Institute) A rock star (Ethan Hawke, left) meets one of his biggest fan's (Chris O'Dowd, right), and the fan's girlfriend (Rose Byrne), in Jesse Peretz's Juliet, Naked, which will screen in the Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Jon Pack | courtesy Sundance Institute) Married couple Alex (Claire Danes, left) and Greg (Jim Parsons) disagree about how to raise their kindergartener Jake (Leo James Davis) in director Silas Howard's A Kid Like Jake, which will screen in the Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Covert Media | courtesy Sundance Institute) Daisy Ridley plays Hamlet's ill-fated girlfriend in Ophelia, Claire McCarthy's reimagining of Shakespeare's famous play. The movie will screen in the Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Chris Norr) Kelly Macdonald appears in Puzzle by Marc Turtletaub, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Scott Green | courtesy Sundance Institute) A father (Ben Foster, right) and daughter (Thomasin McKenzie) band together when their off-the-grid home is found, in director Debra Granik's as-yet-untitled drama, which will screen in the Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Bleecker Street Films) Blythe Danner (left) and Hilary Swank star in writer-director Elzabeth Chomko's drama What They Had, about a woman returning home to deal with her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother. The movie debuts in the Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <

























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“Beirut” • Jon Hamm stars as a U.S. diplomat who flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragedy at his home, but who is called back 10 years later by the CIA to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind. Directed by Brad Anderson (“The Darien Gap,” SFF ’96; “Next Stop Wonderland,” SFF ’98; “Happy Accidents,” SFF ’00; “Transsiberian,” SFF ’08), written by Tony Gilroy (“Michael Clayton”). Also starring Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham and Dean Norris.

“The Catcher Was a Spy” • Ben Lewin (“The Sessions,” SFF ’12) directs this real-life thriller about Moe Berg (Paul Rudd), who followed up his baseball career by working as a spy for the OSS, helping the U.S. win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb. Robert Rodat (“Saving Private Ryan”) adapted Nicholas Dawidoff’s book. The cast includes Mark Strong, Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce and Paul Giamatti.

“Colette” • Keira Knightley plays the famed French novelist, a young country woman who marries a literary entrepreneur (Dominic West) and begins writing novels published under his name — but ultimately transforms herself, her marriage and the world. Directed by Wash Westmoreland (“Quinceañera,” SFF ’06 Grand Jury Winner, U.S. Dramatic), and written by Westmoreland and his late husband and filmmaking partner, Richard Glatzer. Also starring Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough and Elinor Tomlinson.

“Come Sunday” • The true story (adapted from a 2005 “This American Life” story) of Carlton Pearson (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a well-known pastor and protégé of Oral Roberts (Martin Sheen) who stopped believing in hell — a change of heart that left him labeled a heretic. Directed by Joshua Marston (“Maria Full of Grace,” SFF ’04 U.S. Dramatic Audience Award winner; “Complete Unknown,” SFF ’16), written by Marcus Hinchey. Also starring Danny Glover, Condola Rashad, Jason Segel and Lakeith Stanfield.

“Damsel” • Robert Pattinson stars as Samuel, a pioneer crossing the American frontier to marry Penelope (Mia Wasikowska) — but when he meets up with Parson Henry (David Zellner), a drunkard, and a miniature horse named Butterscotch, the journey becomes treacherous, and the lines between hero, villain and damsel become blurred. Written and directed by brothers David and Nathan Zellner (“Goliath,” SFF ’08; “Kid-Thing,” SFF ’12; “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter,” SFF ’14). Also starring Robert Forster, Nathan Zellner and Joe Billingiere.

“Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” • Gus Van Sant (“Gerry,” SFF ’02) wrote and directed this biographical drama of John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix), whose drinking problem leads to a car crash that leaves him paralyzed — and who finds cartooning an outlet for his rage and his absurdist sense of humor. Also starring Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara and Jack Black.

“A Futile and Stupid Gesture” • Will Forte stars as Doug Kenney, the comedy wunderkind who co-created the National Lampoon, “Caddyshack” and “Animal House” — and was at the center of the ‘70s comedy movement that gave the world “Saturday Night Live” and a new way to look at the world. Directed by David Wain (“Wet Hot American Summer,” SFF ’01); written by John Aboud and Michael Colton. The cast includes Martin Mull, Domhnall Gleeson, Matt Walsh, Joel McHale and Emmy Rossum.



“The Happy Prince” • Actor Rupert Everett makes his writing and directing debut, playing Oscar Wilde in his later years — ailing, living in exile, haunted by ghosts of his past, surviving on his brilliant wit. The cast includes Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Colin Morgan and Edwin Thomas.

“Hearts Beat Loud” • A Brooklyn father (Nick Offerman) and his college-bound daughter (Kiersey Clemons) form an unlikely songwriting duo in this music-fueled drama, directed by Brett Haley (“I’ll See You In My Dreams,” SFF ’15; “The Hero,” SFF ’17), who co-wrote with Marc Basch.

“Juliet, Naked” (United Kingdom) • Jesse Peretz (“Our Idiot Brother,” SFF ’11) directs this adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel that focuses on Annie (Rose Byrne), long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan (Chris O’Dowd), who strikes up a correspondence with Duncan’s favorite rock star, Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). The screenplay is credited to Tamara Jenkins, Jim Taylor, Phil Alden Robinson and Evgenia Peretz.

“A Kid Like Jake” • As they prepare to put their son into kindergarten, Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) disagree on how to handle the fact that their Jake prefers Cinderella to G.I. Joe. Directed by Silas Howard; written by Daniel Pearle, based on his play. The cast includes Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra, Ann Dowd and Amy Landecker.



“Ophelia” (United Kingdom) • Looking at Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” from the perspective of Ophelia (played by Daisy Ridley), lady-in-waiting to Queen Gertrude (Naomi Watts) and ill-fated crush to the Prince of Denmark (George MacKay). Claire McCarthy directs a screenplay by Semi Chellas. The cast includes Clive Owen, Tom Felton and Devon Terrell.

“Puzzle” • A suburban mother (Kelly Macdonald) discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles, which draws her into a world that changes her life, in this drama directed by Marc Turtletaub and written by Oren Moverman. The cast includes Irrfan Khan, David Denman, Bubba Weiler, Austin Abrams and Liv Hewson.

Untitled Debra Granik Project • Debra Granik (“Down to the Bone,” SFF ’04; “Winter’s Bone,” SFF ’10) directed and co-wrote (with Anne Rosellini) this adaptation of Salt Lake City native Peter Rock’s novel “My Abandonment,” about a father (Ben Foster) and daughter (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) living off the grid in a nature reserve near Portland, Ore., until a small mistake sends them on an increasingly erratic journey to find a new home. Also starring Jeff Kober and Dale Dickey.

“What They Had” • A woman (Hilary Swank) is prompted by her brother (Michael Shannon) to come home to Chicago to deal with their mother (Blythe Danner), who suffers from Alzheimer’s, and their father (Robert Forster), who can’t let go of their life together. This drama is the writing and directing debut of actor Elizabeth Chomko.

Documentary Premieres

1 of 17 View Caption (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Kevin Kerslake) Joan Jett appears in Bad Reputation by Kevin Kerslake, an official... (Don Argott | courtesy Sundance Institute) Dan Reynolds, frontman for the band Imagine Dragons, is profiled in Don Argott's... (Don Argott | courtesy Sundance Institute) Don Argott, director of the documentary Believer, about Imagine Dragons' frontma... ( Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Torben Bernhard) Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder appear in Quiet Heroes by Jenny M... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Jenny Mackenzie, director of Quiet Heroes, an official selection of the Documentary Premiere... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Amanda Stoddard is one of the producers of Quiet Heroes, which will screen in the Documentary P... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Jared Ruga is one of the producers of Quiet Heroes, which will screen in the Documentary Premie... (Ashly Covington | courtesy Sundance Institute) Filmmakaer Gina Prince-Bythewood is one of the Hollywood creative women int... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Lauren Greenfield) Ilona (left) and her four-year-old daughter Michelle, photograp... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Will McGarry) Flynn McGarry appears in Chef Flynn by Cameron Yates, an official se... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by The Game Changers) Patrik Baboumian appears in The Game Changers by Louie Psihoyos... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Claudia Raschke) Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears in RBG by Betsy West and Julie Cohen,... (Courtesy of Everett Collection | courtesy Sundance Institute) Jane Fonda, shown here in her younger activist days, is the ... (Mark Sennet | courtesy Sundance Institute) Comedian Robin Williams is the subject of Marina Zenovich's Robin Williams: Com... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Flip Schulke Archives/Getty Images) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmich... ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Diana Ross squats on a DJ booth, in an image from Matt Tyrnauer's Studio 54, a documentary... (Jim Judkis | courtesy Sundance Institute) Fred Rogers, children's TV host and children's advocate, is the subject of Morga... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Kevin Kerslake) Joan Jett appears in Bad Reputation by Kevin Kerslake, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Don Argott | courtesy Sundance Institute) Dan Reynolds, frontman for the band Imagine Dragons, is profiled in Don Argott's Believer, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Don Argott | courtesy Sundance Institute) Don Argott, director of the documentary Believer, about Imagine Dragons' frontman Dan Reynolds' quest to balance his Mormon faith with his support for the LGBTQ community. The movie will screen in the Documentary Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Torben Bernhard) Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder appear in Quiet Heroes by Jenny Mackenzie, Jared Ruga and Amanda Stoddard, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Jenny Mackenzie, director of Quiet Heroes, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Amanda Stoddard is one of the producers of Quiet Heroes, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Jared Ruga is one of the producers of Quiet Heroes, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance film Festival. (Ashly Covington | courtesy Sundance Institute) Filmmakaer Gina Prince-Bythewood is one of the Hollywood creative women interviewed in Amy Adrion's Half the Picture, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Lauren Greenfield) Ilona (left) and her four-year-old daughter Michelle, photographed in their home in Moscow in 2012, an image from Lauren Greenfield's Generation Wealth, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance FIlm Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Will McGarry) Flynn McGarry appears in Chef Flynn by Cameron Yates, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by The Game Changers) Patrik Baboumian appears in The Game Changers by Louie Psihoyos, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Claudia Raschke) Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears in RBG by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, an official selection of the Documentary Premiers program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Everett Collection | courtesy Sundance Institute) Jane Fonda, shown here in her younger activist days, is the subject of Susan Lacy's Jane Fonda in Five Acts, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Mark Sennet | courtesy Sundance Institute) Comedian Robin Williams is the subject of Marina Zenovich's Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, which screens in the Documentary Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Flip Schulke Archives/Getty Images) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael appear in King In The Wilderness by Peter Kunhardt, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Diana Ross squats on a DJ booth, in an image from Matt Tyrnauer's Studio 54, a documentary about the illustrious New York disco. The movie will screen in the Documentary Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Jim Judkis | courtesy Sundance Institute) Fred Rogers, children's TV host and children's advocate, is the subject of Morgan Neville's Won't You Be My Neighbor?, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The movie also will be the Salt Lake City opening-night gala film on Jan. 19. <































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“Bad Reputation” • A profile of rock pioneer Joan Jett, from her early days in The Runaways to now. Directed by Kevin Kerslake, written by Joel Marcus.

“Believer” • Dan Reynolds, frontman for the rock band Imagine Dragons and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, takes up the cause of how his church treats its LGBTQ members. With the suicide rate rising for teens in Utah, Reynolds begins a journey of advocating for acceptance and change. Directed by Don Argott (“Rock School,” SFF ’05; “The Atomic States of America,” SFF ’12).

“Chef Flynn” • At 10 years old, Flynn McGarry had transformed his living room into a supper club, using his classmates as line cooks and creating a tasting menu from items foraged from his neighbors’ backyards. Now 19, he’s out to challenge the culinary world’s hierarchy. Directed by Cameron Yates.

“The Game Changers” • Director/activist Louie Psihoyos (“The Cove,” SFF ’09; “Racing Extinction,” SFF ’15) returns with the story of James Wilks, elite special-forces trainer and “The Ultimate Fighter” winner, who is on a mission to uncover the world’s most dangerous nutrition myth. Written by Mark Monroe and Joseph Pace.

“Generation Wealth” • Director and photographer Lauren Greenfield (“Thin,” SFF ’06; “The Queen of Versailles,” SFF ’12) expands her look at America’s obsessions of money and materialism with a movie that’s part historical essay and part personal memoir. DAY ONE

“Half the Picture” • A well-timed look at discrimination in hiring practices against women in Hollywood. Director Amy Adrion interviews such creative women as Lena Dunham (“Girls”), Ava DuVernay (“Selma”), Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”), Miranda July (“Me and You and Everyone We Know”), Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”), Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) and Brenda Chapman (“Brave”).

“Jane Fonda in Five Acts” • Director Susan Lacy (“Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time,” SFF ’93) takes an intimate look at the many phases in the very public life of Jane Fonda: girl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness icon and Oscar winner.

“King in the Wilderness” • A profile of Martin Luther King Jr., between the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and his assassination in 1968, holding his commitment to nonviolence in the face of an increasingly unstable country. Directed by Peter Kunhardt.

“Quiet Heroes” • Utah director Jenny Mackenzie and co-directors Jared Ruga and Amanda Stoddard tell the story of Dr. Kristen Ries and her physician assistant, Maggie Snyder, who became the only medical practice in Mormon-dominated Utah to take HIV patients during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s.

“RBG” • An intimate look by director/producers Betsy West and Julie Cohen at Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who fought early legal battles for women’s rights — and, at 84, does push-ups and writes scathing dissents that have earned her the nickname “Notorious RBG.”

“Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind” • Using his own voice and a wealth of never-before-seen archival footage, director Marina Zenovich (“Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” SFF ’08; “Water & Power: A California Heist,” SFF ’17) explores the life of comedian Robin Williams and the spark of madness that kept him going.

“Studio 54” • A profile of Ian Shrager and Steve Rubell, best friends from Brooklyn who launched the country’s most famous and infamous disco, a place for beautiful people, drugs and sex in the ‘70s. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer (“Citizen Jane: Battle for the City”).



“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” • Fred Rogers used puppets and make-believe to explore serious social issues — race, disability, equality and tragedy — and help form the American idea of childhood. Director Morgan Neville (“Troubadours,” SFF ’11; “20 Feet From Stardom,” SFF ’13; “Best of Enemies,” SFF ’15; “Abstract: The Art of Design,” SFF ’17) examines Mr. Rogers’ legacy and whether we have lived up to his ideal of being good neighbors. (This is the Salt Lake City opening-night film.)

Midnight

1 of 7 View Caption (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Cathy Kanavy) Danny McBride appears in Arizona by Jonathan Watson, an official sel... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Four teens — played by Abra, Odessa Young, Hari Nef and Suki Waterhouse (from left) — fight bac... ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Nicolas Cage plays a man seeking bloody revenge in Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, which will scree... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Clay Grier) Maia Mitchell and Cami Morrone appear in Never Goin' Back by Augustine... (Zachary Galler | courtesy Sundance Institute) Christopher Abbott (left) and Mia Wasikowska star in Nicolas Pesce's thrille... (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Matilda Lutz plays a woman fighting for her life on a guys' hunting trip, in Coralie Fargeat's ... (JP Bernier | courtesy Sundance Institute) Davey (Graham Verchere, middle left) suspects a neighbor of being a killer, so h... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Cathy Kanavy) Danny McBride appears in Arizona by Jonathan Watson, an official selection of the Midnight program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Four teens — played by Abra, Odessa Young, Hari Nef and Suki Waterhouse (from left) — fight back when their personal information leaks online, in Sam Levinson's Assassination Nation, which will screen in the Midnight program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. ( | courtesy Sundance Institute) Nicolas Cage plays a man seeking bloody revenge in Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, which will screen in the Midnight Midnight program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Clay Grier) Maia Mitchell and Cami Morrone appear in Never Goin' Back by Augustine Frizzell, an official selection of the Midnight program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Zachary Galler | courtesy Sundance Institute) Christopher Abbott (left) and Mia Wasikowska star in Nicolas Pesce's thriller Piercing, which will screen in the Midnight section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy Sundance Institute) Matilda Lutz plays a woman fighting for her life on a guys' hunting trip, in Coralie Fargeat's Revenge, which will screen in the Midnight section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (JP Bernier | courtesy Sundance Institute) Davey (Graham Verchere, middle left) suspects a neighbor of being a killer, so he enlists his friends (from left: Caleb Emery, Cory Grüter-Andrew and Judah Lewis) to investigate, in Summer of '84, by directors Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann Whissell. The movie will screen in the Midnight section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <











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“Arizona” • Cassie (Rosemarie DeWitt), a single mom and struggling real-estate agent during the 2009 housing crisis, witnesses a murder in this dark comedy, directed by Jonathan Watson and written by Luke Del Tredici. The cast includes Danny McBride, Luke Wilson, Lolli Sorenson, Elizabeth Gillies and Kaitlin Olsen.

“Assassination Nation” • Four teen girls become the focus of unwanted global attention when their personal information leaks online in this dark tale by writer-director Sam Levinson, who won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for “Another Happy Day” (SFF ’11). Starring Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hair Nef, Abra, Bill Skarsgård and Bella Thorne.

“Mandy” (Belgium/United States) • Red (Nicolas Cage) and Mandy (Andrea Riseborough) live in a haven in the Pacific Northwest, 1983. But when a cult destroys their home, Red goes on a bloody revenge spree. Director Panos Cosmatos co-wrote with Aaron Stewart-Ahn. The cast includes Linus Roche, Olsen Fouéré, Richard Brake and Bill Duke.

“Never Goin’ Back” • Two high-school dropout friends (Maia Mitchell, Came Morrone) just want to chill at the beach, but when their house is robbed, with rent due and they’re about to lose their jobs, they have to get money at all costs. Written and directed by Augustine Frizzell, with a cast that includes Kyle Mooney, Joel Allen, Kendal Smith and Matthew Holcomb.

“Piercing” • Writer-director Nicolas Pesce (“The Eyes of My Mother,” SFF ’16) adapts Ryu Murakami’s novel, a twisted psycho-thriller love story about a man (Christopher Abbott) who needs a stranger to purge him of his dark torments, but finds a woman (Mia Wasikowska) with ideas of her own. Also starring Laia Costa, Marin Ireland, Maria Dizzia and Wendell Pierce.

“Revenge” (France) • Three rich married men go on their annual hunting trip in a desert canyon — only this time, one of them brought his young mistress (Matilda Lutz), which radically changes the game. Directed and written by Coralie Fargeat, the movie also stars Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchede and Jean-Louis Tribes.

“Summer of ’84” (Canada/United States) • Davey (Graham Verchere), 15, suspects his police-officer neighbor is the serial killer stalking their town in the summer of 1984 and leads his three best friends on an investigation that soon turns dangerous. Directed by Francois Simard and Anouk and Yoann Whissell; written by Matt Leslie and Stephen J. Smith. The cast includes Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Grüler-Andrew, Tiera Skovbye and Rich Sommer.

Spotlight

1 of 6 View Caption (Kerry Bowen | courtesy Sundance Institute) A small-town woman (Jessie Buckley, left) falls for a mysterious stranger ( Joh... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by IFC Films) Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Dermot Crowley, and Simon Russell Beale ... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Giora Bejach) A film still from Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz, an official selection of t... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Clandestine Films) Margaret Mulubwa appears in I Am Not A Witch by Rungano Nyoni, ... (Joshua James Richards | courtesy Sundance Institute) Brady Jandreau plays a rodeo cowboy who must find a new career, in Ch... (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Warrior Poets) Morgan Spurlock appears in Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! by Morgan... (Kerry Bowen | courtesy Sundance Institute) A small-town woman (Jessie Buckley, left) falls for a mysterious stranger ( Johnny Flynn) in Michael Pearce's Beast, which will screen in the Spotlight section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by IFC Films) Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Dermot Crowley, and Simon Russell Beale appear in The Death of Stalin by Armando Ianucci, an official selection of the Spotlight program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Giora Bejach) A film still from Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz, an official selection of the Spotlight program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Clandestine Films) Margaret Mulubwa appears in I Am Not A Witch by Rungano Nyoni, an official selection of the Spotlight program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Joshua James Richards | courtesy Sundance Institute) Brady Jandreau plays a rodeo cowboy who must find a new career, in Chloe Zhao's drama The Rider, which will screen in the Spotlight program of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Warrior Poets) Morgan Spurlock appears in Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! by Morgan Spurlock, an official selection of the Spotlight program in the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. <









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“Beast” (United Kingdom) • A troubled young woman (Jessie Buckley) in a small island town is torn between her oppressive mother (Geraldine James) and the handsome stranger (Johnny Flynn) — who’s a suspect in a series of brutal murders. Written and directed by Michael Pearce, the movie also stars Trystan Gravelle and Charlie Palmer Rothwell.

“The Death of Stalin” (France/United Kingdom/Belgium) • Director Armando Iannucci (“Veep,” “In the Loop”), co-writing with David Schneider and Ian Martin, sets this satire in the days after Josef Stalin’s fall, when his ministers jostle for control — with motives good and bad — as they try to stay alive in the upheaval. The cast includes Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Friend, Olga Kurylenko and Jason Isaacs.

“Foxtrot” (Israel) • An Israeli couple (Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler) plunge into chaos when they are told their son (Yonathan Shiray) has been killed during his military service in this drama by writer-director Samuel Maoz.

“I Am Not a Witch” (United Kingdom) • In an African village, a 9-year-old named Shula (Margaret Mulubwa) is exiled to witch camp and told that if she escapes, she’ll be turned into a goat. Shula must decide whether to accept her new life or risk escape. Written and directed by Rungano Nyoni, the movie also stars Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Mulilo and Margaret Sipaneia.

“The Rider” • Chloe Zhao (“Songs My Brothers Taught Me,” SFF ’15) wrote and directed this drama — already nominated for four Film Independent Spirit Awards — about a rodeo cowboy (Brady Jandreau) who suffers a career-ending head injury and goes on a search to redefine himself. Also starring Tim Jandreau, Lily Jandreau, Lane Scott and Cat Clifford.

“Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!” • Director Morgan Spurlock is back to take on the food industry, this time opening his own fast-food restaurant to test how the industry has rebranded itself since he took on McDonalds in his 2004 movie “Super Size Me.” Spurlock co-wrote the film with Jeremy Chilnick.

Kids

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“Lu Over the Wall” (Japan) • A boy named Kai befriends Lu, a mermaid with a hypnotic singing voice. But mermaids are considered bad luck in Kai’s fishing village, in this animated tale directed by Masaaki Yuasa.

“Science Fair” • Directors Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster follow nine high-school students from around the world as they journey to compete in an international science fair against 1,700 other smart, quirky teens from 78 countries.