Sundance Institute Presents

Sundance Institute Presents

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The Films

U.S. Dramatic Competition

The Birth of a Nation

U.S.A., 2016, 110 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 110 min., color

As You Are is a telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.

Set against the antebellum South, this story follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. After witnessing countless atrocities against fellow slaves, Nat devises a plan to lead his people to freedom.


As You Are

Many of these films have not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Read the full descriptions online and choose responsibly. Films are generally followed by a Q&A with the director and selected members of the cast and crew. All films are shown in 35mm, DCP, or HDCAM. Special thanks to Dolby Laboratories, Inc., for its support of our digital cinema projection.

PROGRAMMERS Associate Programmers Lauren Cioffi, Adam Montgomery, Harry Vaughn

Director of Programming Trevor Groth

Shorts Programmers Dilcia Barrera, Emily Doe, Ernesto Foronda, Jon Korn, Katie Metcalfe, Lisa Ogdie, Adam Piron, Mike Plante, Kim Yutani, Landon Zakheim

Senior Programmers David Courier, Shari Frilot, Caroline Libresco, John Nein, Mike Plante, Charlie Reff, Kim Yutani Programmers Hussain Currimbhoy, Heidi Zwicker

DIRECTOR: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte SCREENWRITERS: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte,

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Director, Sundance Film Festival John Cooper

Madison Harrison

PRINCIPAL CAST: Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Nate Parker PRINCIPAL CAST: Nate Parker,

John Scurti, Scott Cohen,

Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King,

Mary Stuart Masterson

Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union, Mark Boone Jr.

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Monday, January 25, 3:15 p.m. – BIRTH25CA Eccles Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – BIRTH27RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – BIRTH28WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 8:30 p.m. – BIRTH29MN The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. – BIRTH30LM Library Center Theatre, Park City

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Monday, January 25, 8:45 p.m. – ASYOU25LN Library Center Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – ASYOU26SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Wednesday, January 27, 8:30 a.m. – ASYOU27PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 12:15 p.m. – ASYOU28CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 12:30 p.m. – ASYOU29RD Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:15 p.m. – ASYOU30GA Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City


Equity

The Free World

Goat

U.S.A., 2015, 115 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 100 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 100 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 96 min., color

In 1974, a female TV news reporter aims for high standards in life and love in Sarasota, Florida. Missing her mark is not an option. This story is based on true events.

A female investment banker, fighting to get a promotion at her competitive Wall Street firm, leads a controversial tech IPO in the post-financial-crisis world, where regulations are tight but pressure to bring in big money remains high.

Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.

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.


Christine

Michael C. Hall, Maria Dizzia, Tracy Letts, J. Smith-Cameron

DIRECTOR: Andrew Neel SCREENWRITERS: David Gordon Green,

DIRECTOR: Meera Menon SCREENWRITER: Amy Fox PRINCIPAL CAST: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jason Lew PRINCIPAL CAST: Boyd Holbrook,

Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner

Elisabeth Moss, Octavia Spencer, Sung Kang,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Nick Jonas, Ben Schnetzer,

Waleed Zuaiter

Virginia Gardner, Danny Flaherty, Austin Lyon

Tuesday, January 26, 12:15 p.m. – FREEW26CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – FREEW27LN Library Center Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 12:30 p.m. – FREEW28RD Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Friday, January 29, 8:30 a.m. – FREEW29EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 12:15 p.m. – FREEW30DD The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City

Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. – GOATT22LN Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. – GOATT23PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:15 p.m. – GOATT23DN The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – GOATT27CA Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 11:30 a.m. – GOATT29MD The MARC, Park City

Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – EQUIT26LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 2:45 p.m. – EQUIT27MA The MARC, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – EQUIT28BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 3:30 p.m. – EQUIT29CA Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. – EQUIT30EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City

Andrew Neel, Mike Roberts

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Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. – CHRIS23LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:30 p.m. – CHRIS24GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 11:30 a.m. – CHRIS25MD The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 12:15 p.m. – CHRIS27CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 7:00 p.m. – CHRIS29RE Redstone Cinema 2, Park City

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DIRECTOR: Antonio Campos SCREENWRITER: Craig Shilowich PRINCIPAL CAST: Rebecca Hall,

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Joshy

Lovesong

Morris from America

U.S.A., 2016, 87 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 82 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 84 min., color

U.S.A./Germany, 2016, 89 min., color English and German with English subtitles

A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.

Josh treats what would have been his bachelor party as an opportunity to reconnect with his friends.

Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy’s wedding.


The Intervention

Cobie Smulders, Alia Shawkat, Clea DuVall,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jeff Baena PRINCIPAL CAST: Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Alex Ross Perry, Nick Kroll, Brett Gelman, Jenny Slate

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DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Clea DuVall PRINCIPAL CAST: Melanie Lynskey,

Thirteen-year-old Morris, a hip-hop loving American, moves to Heidelberg, Germany, with his father. In this completely foreign land, he falls in love with a local girl, befriends his German tutor-turnedconfidant, and attempts to navigate the unique trials and tribulations of adolescence.

Natasha Lyonne, Ben Schwartz

Preceded by Join the Club DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Eva Vives U.S.A., 2015, 6 min., color

Bradley Rust Gray

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Chad Hartigan PRINCIPAL CAST: Markees Christmas,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Jena Malone, Riley Keough,

Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller,

Brooklyn Decker, Amy Seimetz, Ryan Eggold,

Jakub Gierszał, Levin Henning

Rosanna Arquette Friday, January 22, 12:15 p.m. – MORRI22CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:30 p.m. – MORRI23OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Sunday, January 24, 4:00 p.m. – MORRI24RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:00 p.m. – MORRI25IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, noon – MORRI27LD Library Center Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. – MORRI29LN Library Center Theatre, Park City



Monday, January 25, 12:15 p.m. – LOVES25CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 p.m. – LOVES26PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 11:30 a.m. – LOVES27ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:30 p.m. – LOVES28GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. – LOVES30MM The MARC, Park City

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Tuesday, January 26, 3:30 p.m. – INTER26CA Eccles Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 a.m. – INTER27LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:30 p.m. – INTER28RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:15 p.m. – INTER29DN The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. – INTER30LA Library Center Theatre, Park City

DIRECTOR: So Yong Kim SCREENWRITERS: So Yong Kim,

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A writer’s dilemma of whether or not to join a professional networking club takes many interesting turns as it unfolds entirely during one therapy session.

Sunday, January 24, 6:15 p.m. – JOSHY24LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 9:30 p.m. – JOSHY25GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 11:15 a.m. – JOSHY26MD The MARC, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 a.m. – JOSHY29CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 11:30 a.m. – JOSHY30PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City


Other People

Spa Night

Swiss Army Man

U.S.A., 2015, 97 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 80 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 93 min., color, English and Korean with English subtitles

U.S.A., 2015, 95 min., color

A struggling comedy writer, fresh from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and younger sisters, David feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother worsens, he tries to convince everyone (including himself) he’s “doing okay.”

Southside With You chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago’s South Side.


Southside With You

DAY ONE

Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Chris Kelly PRINCIPAL CAST: Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow, Zach Woods, June Squibb

Told from the perspective of shoes, this film tells the story of a couple’s journey through life—the ups, the downs, the passion, and the dedication it takes to share your life with the one you love.

DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS: Daniel Kwan,

Youn Ho Cho, Tae Song, Ho Young Chung,

Daniel Scheinert

Linda Han

PRINCIPAL CAST: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Sunday, January 24, 3:15 p.m. – SPANI24LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. – SPANI25WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 a.m. – SPANI26EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 12:15 p.m. – SPANI29CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. – SPANI30RA Redstone Cinema 7, Park City



Friday, January 22, 3:30 p.m. – SWISS22CA Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:15 p.m. – SWISS23DE The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 11:30 p.m. – SWISS24PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, noon – SWISS27YD Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. – SWISS29SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 11:15 a.m. – SWISS30MD The MARC, Park City

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Sunday, January 24, 12:15 p.m. – SOUTH24CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. – SOUTH25GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 9:30 p.m. – SOUTH26RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Thursday, January 28, 5:45 p.m. – SOUTH28ME The MARC, Park City Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. – SOUTH29YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, noon – SOUTH30SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Andrew Ahn PRINCIPAL CAST: Joe Seo, Haerry Kim,

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Thursday, January 21, 9:00 p.m. – OTHER21CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 9:00 a.m. – OTHER22CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 9:15 p.m. – OTHER22DN The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. – OTHER24SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Wednesday, January 27, 5:30 p.m. – OTHER27PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 5:30 p.m. – OTHER29ME The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:30 p.m. – OTHER30OA Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden

Preceded by solemates DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Bryce Dallas Howard U.S.A., 2015, 1 min., color

Hank, a hopeless man stranded in the wild, discovers a mysterious dead body. Together the two embark on an epic journey to get home. As Hank realizes the body is the key to his survival, this oncesuicidal man is forced to convince a dead body that life is worth living.

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DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Richard Tanne PRINCIPAL CAST: Tika Sumpter,

A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.

U.S. Documentary Competition


Audrie & Daisy

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

U.S.A., 2015, 111 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 88 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 90 min., color & b/w

U.S.A., 2016, 110 min., color

A rootless young woman takes a toddler from a wealthy, negligent mother and passes the baby off as her own in an effort to protect her. This decision connects and transforms the lives of three very different women.

Summer, New York City: A college student goes to extremes to get her drug dealer boyfriend out of jail.

After two high school girls in different towns are sexually assaulted by boys they consider friends, online bullying leads each girl to attempt suicide. Tragically, one dies. Assault in the social media age is explored from the perspectives of the girls and boys involved, as well as their torn-apart communities.

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.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Elizabeth Wood PRINCIPAL CAST: Morgan Saylor, Brian ‘Sene’ Marc, Justin Bartha, Chris Noth,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Sian Heder PRINCIPAL CAST: Ellen Page, Allison Janney, Tammy Blanchard, Evan Jonigkeit, Uzo Aduba

Saturday, January 23, 9:15 p.m. – WHITE23LN Library Center Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. – WHITE24SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Monday, January 25, 8:30 a.m. – WHITE25PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:45 p.m. – WHITE28CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:15 p.m. – WHITE29WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 4:00 p.m. – WHITE30RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jeff Feuerzeig PRINCIPAL CAST: Laura Albert

DIRECTORS: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk

Monday, January 25, 3:00 p.m. – AUDRI25TA Temple Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 a.m. – AUDRI26YM Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – AUDRI27BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 11:30 a.m. – AUDRI29PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 2:30 p.m. – AUDRI301A Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City

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Friday, January 22, noon – AUTHO22LD Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 12:30 p.m. – AUTHO23GD Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 23, 10:00 p.m. – AUTHO23RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 11:30 p.m. – AUTHO27PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 3:00 p.m. – AUTHO28SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, noon – AUTHO30TD Temple Theatre, Park City

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Saturday, January 23, noon – TALLU23CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. – TALLU24SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Monday, January 25, 3:30 p.m. – TALLU25RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. – TALLU28TE Temple Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. – TALLU29LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:15 p.m. – TALLU30DA The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City

India Menuez, Adrian Martinez

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White Girl


Tallulah



Holy Hell

U.S.A., 2016, 100 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 105 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 100 min., color

At a remote Mojave Desert high school, extraordinary educators believe that empathy and life skills, more than academics, give at-risk students command of their own futures. This coming-of-age story watches education combat the crippling effects of poverty in the lives of these so-called “bad kids.”

At the age of 34, Steve Gleason, former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero, was diagnosed with ALS. Doctors gave him two to five years to live. So that is what Steve chose to do: live—both for his wife and newborn son and to help others with this disease.

Just out of college, a young filmmaker joins a loving, secretive, and spiritual community led by a charismatic teacher in 1980s West Hollywood. Twenty years later, the group is shockingly torn apart. Told through two decades of the filmmaker’s archival materials, this is their story.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Clay Tweel PRINCIPAL CAST: Steve Gleason,

Monday, January 25, noon – HOLYH25TD Temple Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 3:00 p.m. – HOLYH26SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Wednesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. – HOLYH27LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 7:00 p.m. – HOLYH28RE Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 a.m. – HOLYH29LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, noon – HOLYH30ID Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City

DIRECTORS: Keith Fulton, Lou Pepe

Michel Gleason, Rivers Gleason

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Josh Fox PRINCIPAL CAST: Josh Fox, Bill McKibben, Michael Mann, Mika Maiava, Ella Chou, Aria Doe

Saturday, January 23, 5:45 p.m. – HOWLE23TE Temple Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 8:30 a.m. – HOWLE24EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 3:00 p.m. – HOWLE25BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 2:15 p.m. – HOWLE28MA The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, 2:15 p.m. – HOWLE30PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

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Saturday, January 23, 11:30 a.m. – GLEAS23MD The MARC, Park City Sunday, January 24, 3:15 p.m. – GLEAS24DA The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 9:00 a.m. – GLEAS25TM Temple Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:30 p.m. – GLEAS28OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Friday, January 29, 8:30 a.m. – GLEAS29PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 6:15 p.m. – GLEAS29DE The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, noon – GLEAS30LD Library Center Theatre, Park City

Do we have a chance to stop the most destructive consequences of climate change, or is it too late? Academy Award– nominated director Josh Fox (Gasland) travels to 12 countries on six continents to explore what we have to let go of—and all of the things that climate can’t change.

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Friday, January 22, 3:30 p.m. – BADKI22TA Temple Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. – BADKI23EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:30 p.m. – BADKI23GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, noon – BADKI26SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. – BADKI27LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:30 p.m. – BADKI29RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City

U.S.A., 2016, 125 min., color English and Spanish/Mandarin with English subtitles

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Gleason

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The Bad Kids


How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change)


Kiki

Life, Animated

U.S.A., 2016, 120 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 110 min., color

U.S.A./Sweden, 2016, 100 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 91 min., color

The public execution of American conflict journalist James Foley captured the world’s attention, but he was more than just a man in an orange jumpsuit. Seen through the lens of his close childhood friend, Jim moves from adrenaline-fueled front lines and devastated neighborhoods of Syria into the hands of ISIS.

This psychological thriller follows actor Kate Lyn Sheil as she prepares to play the role of Christine Chubbuck, a Florida television host who committed suicide on air in 1974. Christine’s tragic death was the inspiration for Network, and the mysteries surrounding her final act haunt Kate and the production.

Through a strikingly intimate and visually daring lens, Kiki offers a riveting, complex insight into a safe space created and governed by LGBTQ youths of color, who are demanding happiness and political power. This exciting coming-of-age story is about agency, resilience, and the transformative art form of voguing.

Owen Suskind, an autistic boy who could not speak for years, slowly emerged from his isolation by immersing himself in Disney animated movies. Using these films as a roadmap, he reconnects with his loving family and the wider world in this emotional coming-of-age story.

DIRECTOR: Brian Oakes SCREENWRITERS: Chris Chuang, Heather MacDonald, Brian Oakes

DIRECTOR: Robert Greene PRINCIPAL CAST: Kate Lyn Sheil, Stephanie Coatney, Marty Stonerock,

DIRECTOR: Sara Jordenö SCREENWRITERS: Sara Jordenö,

Michael Ray Davis, Holland Hayes,

Twiggy Pucci Garçon

DIRECTOR: Roger Ross Williams SCREENWRITERS: Roger Ross Williams, David Teague

PRINCIPAL CAST: Owen Suskind,

Zachary Gossett Tuesday, January 26, 5:30 p.m. – KIKII26PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. – KIKII27YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 10:00 p.m. – KIKII28RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. – KIKII29IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. – KIKII30YM Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

Walter Suskind



Saturday, January 23, 2:30 p.m. – LIFAN23MA The MARC, Park City Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. – LIFAN24RA Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:30 p.m. – LIFAN26GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 5:30 p.m. – LIFAN28PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 6:30 p.m. – LIFAN29OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Saturday, January 30, 11:30 a.m. – LIFAN30ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City

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Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. – KATEP24TN Temple Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 a.m. – KATEP26PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 3:45 p.m. – KATEP27BA Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, noon – KATEP28LD Library Center Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 10:00 p.m. – KATEP29RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City

Ron Suskind, Cornelia Suskind,

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Saturday, January 23, noon – JIMMM23YD Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 2:45 p.m. – JIMMM26LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 11:30 a.m. – JIMMM27MD The MARC, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. – JIMMM28IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 4:00 p.m. – JIMMM29RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Saturday, January 30, 2:15 p.m. – JIMMM30MA The MARC, Park City

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Kate Plays Christine


Jim


Suited

Trapped

U.S.A., 2016, 70 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 86 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 89 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 83 min., color

After joining the ranks of a growing club no one wants to belong to, the people of Newtown, Connecticut, weave an intimate story of resilience. This film traces the aftermath of the worst mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history as the traumatized community finds a new sense of purpose.

The mostly true story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric genius who built an empire with his goat-testicle impotence cure and a million-watt radio station. Animated reenactments, interviews, archival footage, and one seriously unreliable narrator trace his rise from poverty to celebrity and influence in 1920s America.

Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company, makes custom suits for a growing legion of gender-nonconforming clients.

American abortion clinics are in a fight for survival. Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws are increasingly being passed by states that maintain they ensure women’s safety and health, but as clinics continue to shut their doors, opponents believe the real purpose of these laws is to outlaw abortion.

DIRECTOR: Kim A. Snyder

DIRECTOR: Penny Lane SCREENWRITER: Thom Stylinski PRINCIPAL CAST: Pope Brock, Gene Fowler, James Reardon, Megan Seaholm, Gene Tognacci, Thom Stylinski

Preceded by Emperor of Time DIRECTOR: Drew Christie U.S.A., 2015, 7 min., color & b/w This is the story of the first motion pictures ever photographed, as told by the son of Eadweard Muybridge.

Everett Arthur, Mel Plaut

DIRECTOR: Dawn Porter SCREENWRITERS: Dawn Porter, Sari Gilman PRINCIPAL CAST: June Ayers, Gloria Gray,

Preceded by The Saint of Dry Creek DIRECTOR: Julie Zammarchi U.S.A., 2015, 4 min., color

Dalton Johnson, Nancy Northup, Willie Parker MD, Marva Sadler

Patrick Haggerty was a teenager in rural Dry Creek, Washington, in the late 1950s. Here, he remembers the day he first had a conversation with his father about being gay.



Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. – SUITE25TN Temple Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 8:30 a.m. – SUITE27EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 10:00 p.m. – SUITE284N Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City Friday, January 29, 2:30 p.m. – SUITE29PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. – SUITE30BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City

Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. – TRAPP24TE Temple Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:15 p.m. – TRAPP25BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 3:30 p.m. – TRAPP26RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Thursday, January 28, 3:00 p.m. – TRAPP28LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 12:15 p.m. – TRAPP302D Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City

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Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. – NUTSS22TN Temple Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 3:30 p.m. – NUTSS23RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Sunday, January 24, noon – NUTSS24SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Monday, January 25, 9:45 p.m. – NUTSS25BN Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 a.m. – NUTSS28LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. – NUTSS30YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

Daniel Friedman, Derek Matteson,

#sundance

Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. – NEWTO24TA Temple Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 9:30 p.m. – NEWTO25RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Thursday, January 28, 8:30 p.m. – NEWTO28MN The MARC, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:15 p.m. – NEWTO292A Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City Saturday, January 30, 12:30 p.m. – NEWTO30GD Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City

DIRECTOR: Jason Benjamin PRINCIPAL CAST: Rae Tutera,

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NUTS!


Newtown

World Cinema Dramatic Competition


Weiner

Belgica

Between Sea and Land

DAY ONE

U.S.A./United Kingdom, 2016, 96 min., color & b/w

DIRECTOR: Aaron Brookner PRINCIPAL CAST: William S. Burroughs,

With unrestricted access to Anthony Weiner’s New York City mayoral campaign, this film reveals the human story behind the scenes of a high-profile political scandal as it unfolds, and offers an unfiltered look at how much today’s politics is driven by an appetite for spectacle.

DIRECTOR: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg SCREENWRITERS: Josh Kriegman,

DIRECTOR: Felix van Groeningen SCREENWRITERS: Felix van Groeningen,

Colombia, 2015, 98 min., color Spanish with English subtitles Alberto, who suffers from an illness that binds him into a body that doesn’t obey him, lives with his loving mom, who dedicates her life to him. His sickness impedes him from achieving his greatest dream of knowing the sea, despite one being located just across the street.

Arne Sierens

PRINCIPAL CAST: Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir,

Thursday, January 21, 5:00 p.m. – BELGI21ME The MARC, Park City Friday, January 22, 9:00 a.m. – BELGI22TM Temple Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. – BELGI22IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 11:59 p.m. – BELGI27LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 5:15 p.m. – BELGI29PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

Vicky Hernandéz, Viviana Serna, Jorge Cao, Mile Vergara, Javier Saenz

Friday, January 22, 8:30 p.m. – BETWE22PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 7:00 p.m. – BETWE23RE Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. – BETWE24BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 a.m. – BETWE28TM Temple Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, noon – BETWE29YD Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City



Sunday, January 24, 11:45 a.m. – WEINE24MD The MARC, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. – WEINE24IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. – WEINE25SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Tuesday, January 26, noon – WEINE26TD Temple Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 1:00 p.m. – WEINE28RD Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. – WEINE30PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

DIRECTORS: Manolo Cruz, Carlos del Castillo SCREENWRITER: Manolo Cruz PRINCIPAL CAST: Manolo Cruz,

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Charlotte Vandermeersch, Hélène Devos

#sundance

Tuesday, January 26, 3:00 p.m. – UNCLE26TA Temple Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 a.m. – UNCLE27YM Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:45 p.m. – UNCLE28BN Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. – UNCLE29RE Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Saturday, January 30, 2:30 p.m. – UNCLE30EA Egyptian Theatre, Park City

In the midst of Belgium’s nightlife scene, two brothers start a bar and get swept up in its success.

Elyse Steinberg, Eli Despres

Jim Jarmusch, Madonna, Tom DiCillo, Sara Driver, Robert Wilson

Belgium/France/Netherlands, 2016, 127 min., color Dutch with English subtitles

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Howard Brookner’s first film, Burroughs: The Movie, captured the cultural revolution of downtown New York City in the early ‘80s. Twenty-five years after his promising career was cut short by AIDS, his nephew sets out to discover Howard’s never-beforeseen films to create a cinematic elegy about his childhood idol.

U.S.A., 2015, 95 min., color


Uncle Howard


A Good Wife

Halal Love (and Sex)

The Lure

United Kingdom/India, 2015, 94 min., color

Serbia/Bosnia/Croatia, 2016, 90 min., color Serbian with English subtitles

Lebanon/Germany/United Arab Emirates, 2015, 95 min., color Arabic with English subtitles

Poland, 2015, 92 min., color Polish with English subtitles

When 50-year-old Milena finds out about the terrible past of her seemingly ideal husband, while simultaneously learning of her own cancer diagnosis, she begins an awakening from the suburban paradise she has been living in.

Four tragic yet comic interconnected stories come together in this film, which follows devout Muslim men and women as they try to manage their love lives and desires without breaking any of their religion’s rules.

Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: DIRECTOR: Mirjana Karanovic SCREENWRITERS: Mirjana Karanovic,

DIRECTOR: Agnieszka Smoczynska SCREENWRITER: Robert Bolesto PRINCIPAL CAST: Marta Mazurek,

Assad Fouladkar

Michalina Olszanska, Jakub Gierszal,

Stevan Filipovic, Darko Lungulov

Rodrigue Sleiman, Zeinab Khadra,

Tanmay Dhanania, Chaitanya Varad,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Mirjana Karanovic,

Hussein Mokaddem, Mirna Moukarzel,

Vaiswath Shankar, Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy,

Boris Isakovic, Jasna Djuricic, Bojan Navojec,

Ali Sammoury

Sid Mallya

Hristina Popovic, Ksenija Marinkovic

Sunday, January 24, 8:30 p.m. – BRAHM24PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:00 p.m. – BRAHM25YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:45 p.m. – BRAHM26BN Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 11:30 p.m. – BRAHM29PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 1:00 p.m. – BRAHM304D Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City

Monday, January 25, 5:30 p.m. – GOODW25EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – GOODW26YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. – GOODW27BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 10:00 a.m. – GOODW294M Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City Saturday, January 30, noon – GOODW30YD Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

DIRECTOR: Q SCREENWRITER: S. Ramachandran PRINCIPAL CAST: Shashank Arora,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Darine Hamze,

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When Bangalore University’s misfit quiz team manages to get into the national championships, they make an alcohol-fueled, cross-country journey to the competition, determined to defeat their arch-rivals from Calcutta while all desperately trying to lose their virginity.


Brahman Naman

Kinga Preis, Andrzej Konopka, Zygmunt Malanowicz



#sundance

Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. – HALAL23IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 2:30 p.m. – HALAL25PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, noon – HALAL26YD Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, noon – HALAL29TD Temple Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. – HALAL301M Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City

Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. – LUREE22WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 8:30 p.m. – LUREE24EN Egyptian Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 11:45 p.m. – LUREE26EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:30 p.m. – LUREE28RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. – LUREE30TA Temple Theatre, Park City


Mi Amiga del Parque

Much Ado About Nothing

China, 2015, 101 min., color Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles

Ireland/Luxembourg/Netherlands, 2015, 96 min., color

Argentina/Uruguay, 2015, 85 min., color Spanish with English subtitles

Chile, 2015, 94 min., color Spanish with English subtitles

Two separate but connected stories begin this exploration into the endless cycle of love, as a young man and young woman experience passion for the first time with older lovers.

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her exhusband’s grieving rage.

Running away from a bar without paying the bill is just the first adventure for Liz (mother to newborn Nicanor) and Rosa (supposed mother to newborn Clarisa). This budding friendship between nursing mothers starts with the promise of liberation but soon ends up being a dangerous business.

After a night of partying, Vicente is involved in a hit-and-run that kills a man. Vicente claims his innocence, but he was drunk and high. A tangled web of lies buries the truth, making a social scandal disappear— exonerating the real culprit, the son of a powerful politician.

DIRECTOR: Rebecca Daly SCREENWRITERS: Rebecca Daly,

DIRECTOR: Alejandro Fernandez SCREENWRITERS: Alejandro Fernandez,

Glenn Montgomery

DIRECTOR: Ana Katz SCREENWRITERS: Ana Katz, Inés Bortagaray PRINCIPAL CAST: Julieta Zylberberg,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Rachel Griffiths,

Ana Katz, Maricel Alvarez, Mirelal Pascual,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Agustín Silva,

Barry Keoghan, Michael McElhatton

Malena Figó, Daniel Hendler

Alejandro Goic, Luis Gnecco, Paulina García,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Yao Huang PRINCIPAL CAST: Nan Yu, Daizhen Ying, Xiaodong Guo, Yi Sun

Jerónimo Rodríguez

Daniel Alcaino, Augusto Schuster

Saturday, January 23, 8:45 p.m. – MUCHA23EN Egyptian Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, noon – MUCHA24BD Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 10:00 p.m. – MUCHA25RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, 8:30 a.m. – MUCHA28PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 10:00 p.m. – MUCHA294N Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City



Saturday, January 23, 11:30 a.m. – MIAMI23ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, noon – MIAMI24ID Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 p.m. – MIAMI26YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:30 p.m. – MIAMI27RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:15 a.m. – MIAMI292M Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City

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Sunday, January 24, 12:15 p.m. – MAMMA24LD Library Center Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 1:00 p.m. – MAMMA25RD Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – MAMMA26WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, noon – MAMMA27SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – MAMMA28TN Temple Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 8:45 p.m. – MAMMA29PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

#sundance

Friday, January 22, 5:30 p.m. – MALEJ22PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 12:30 p.m. – MALEJ23RD Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:45 p.m. – MALEJ24BN Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 2:30 p.m. – MALEJ27EA Egyptian Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 a.m. – MALEJ29TM Temple Theatre, Park City

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Mammal


Male Joy, Female Love

World Cinema Documentary Competition


All These Sleepless Nights

A Flag Without a Country

Israel, 2016, 87 min., color Arabic with English subtitles

Germany, 2015, 97 min., color German with English subtitles

Poland, 2015, 100 min., color & b/w Polish with English subtitles

Iraq, 2015, 98 min., color Kurdish with English subtitles

When their entire lives are shattered, two Bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way.

An anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Elite Zexer PRINCIPAL CAST: Lamis Ammar,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER:

What does it mean to be awake in a world that seems satisfied to be asleep? Kris and Michal push their experiences of life and love to a breaking point as they restlessly roam the city streets in search of answers, adrift in the euphoria and uncertainty of youth.

Ruba Blal-Asfour, Haitham Omari,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Lilith Stangenberg,

This documentary follows the very separate paths of singer Helly Luv and pilot Nariman Anwar from Kurdistan, both in pursuit of progress, freedom, and solidarity. Both individuals are a source of strength to their society, which perpetually deals with the harsh conditions of life, war, and ISIS attacks.

Khadija Alakel, Jalal Masarwa

Georg Friedrich


Michal Huszcza, Eva Lebeuf

Bahman Ghobadi

Saturday, January 23, 9:00 p.m. – ALLTH23TN Temple Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. – ALLTH24WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 3:00 p.m. – ALLTH25RA Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Thursday, January 28, noon – ALLTH28YD Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 11:15 a.m. – ALLTH29ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City

Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. – FLAGW22BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 6:00 p.m. – FLAGW25TE Temple Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 2:45 p.m. – FLAGW27PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 10:00 a.m. – FLAGW284M Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. – FLAGW29YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City


Sunday, January 24, 5:30 p.m. – WILDD24EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:00 p.m. – WILDD25WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 1:00 p.m. – WILDD26RD Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, 8:30 p.m. – WILDD28PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, noon – WILDD29SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. – WILDD30TM Temple Theatre, Park City

DIRECTOR: Michal Marczak PRINCIPAL CAST: Krzysztof Baginski,

#sundance

Monday, January 25, 8:30 p.m. – SANDS25EN Egyptian Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 a.m. – SANDS26TM Temple Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:45 p.m. – SANDS27BN Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 1:00 p.m. – SANDS29RD Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Saturday, January 30, 4:00 p.m. – SANDS304A Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City

Nicolette Krebitz

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Wild


Sand Storm



China/U.S.A., 2016, 80 min., color Chinese with English subtitles

The Lovers and the Despot

Belgium, 2015, 85 min., color English and Russian/Farsi/Pashtu/Uzbek/ Waghi/Khyrgyz with English subtitles

United Kingdom, 2016, 100 min., color & b/w English and Korean/Japanese with English subtitles

A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell them to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of the time when American troops withdraw, they keep tight control on the caravans smuggling the blue gemstones through the mountains.

Plaza de la Soledad

Following the collapse of their glamorous romance, a celebrity director and his actress ex-wife are kidnapped by movieobsessed dictator Kim Jong-il. Forced to make films in extraordinary circumstances, they get a second chance at love—but only one chance at escape.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Nanfu Wang PRINCIPAL CAST: Haiyan Ye, Yu Wang

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Pieter-Jan De Pue

DIRECTORS: Robert Cannan, Ross Adam

Friday, January 22, noon – HOOLI22YD Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:00 p.m. – HOOLI23WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 7:00 p.m. – HOOLI24RE Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. – HOOLI27TA Temple Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. – HOOLI28SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Friday, January 29, 4:00 p.m. – HOOLI294A Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City

Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. – LANDE24YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:45 p.m. – LANDE25BE Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 4:00 p.m. – LANDE26RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 a.m. – LANDE29YM Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:15 p.m. – LANDE302A Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City

Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. – LOVER22YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:30 p.m. – LOVER23RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – LOVER26BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 3:00 p.m. – LOVER28TA Temple Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 5:45 p.m. – LOVER29EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City

Mexico, 2016, 84 min., color Spanish with English subtitles For over 20 years, photographer Maya Goded has intimately documented the lives of a close community of prostitutes in Mexico City. With dignity and humor, these women now strive for a better life—and the possibility of true love.

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Traversing southern China, a group of activists led by Ye Haiyan, a.k.a. Hooligan Sparrow, protest a scandalous incident in which a school principal and a government official allegedly raped six students. Sparrow becomes an enemy of the state, but detentions, interrogations, and evictions can’t stop her protest from going viral.

The Land of the Enlightened


Hooligan Sparrow

DIRECTOR: Maya Goded PRINCIPAL CAST: Carmen Muñoz, Leticia Guzmán, Epifanía Ruiz Lucas, Ángeles Álvarez Llorente, Raquel López, Carlos Pérez Ramírez



#sundance

Sunday, January 24, noon – PLAZA24TD Temple Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 p.m. – PLAZA26BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 1:00 p.m. – PLAZA27RD Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, 8:30 a.m. – PLAZA28EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 7:00 p.m. – PLAZA294E Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City


Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Sonita

We Are X

Germany/Iran/Switzerland, 2015, 91 min., color English and Farsi with English subtitles

United Kingdom/U.S.A./Japan, 2016, 92 min., color English and Japanese with English subtitles

DAY ONE

France/Canada/Israel/Germany, 2015, 110 min., color English and Hebrew/Arabic with English subtitles

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Shimon Dotan

If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she’d be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: DIRECTOR: Kevin Macdonald

Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami

PRINCIPAL CAST: Sonita Alidazeh

DIRECTOR: Stephen Kijak

Saturday, January 23, 2:30 p.m. – WEARE23PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. – WEARE24WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 10:00 p.m. – WEARE26RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 a.m. – WEARE28YM Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:15 p.m. – WEARE292N Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City



Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. – SONIT22SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. – SONIT25YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, noon – SONIT27TD Temple Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:45 p.m. – SONIT28BE Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 6:30 p.m. – SONIT29RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 30, 9:15 a.m. – SONIT302M Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City

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Thursday, January 21, 8:30 p.m. – SKYLA21MN The MARC, Park City Friday, January 22, 8:30 a.m. – SKYLA22PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. – SKYLA22SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 23, 3:30 p.m. – SKYLA23GA Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 3:30 p.m. – SKYLA28RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. – SKYLA29TA Temple Theatre, Park City

As glam rock’s most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late ‘80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.

#sundance

Friday, January 22, 3:00 p.m. – SETTL22YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 1:00 p.m. – SETTL23RD Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:00 p.m. – SETTL23IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 a.m. – SETTL27TM Temple Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 12:15 p.m. – SETTL292D Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City

Having reached the pinnacle of the global art world with his signature explosion events and gunpowder drawings, worldfamous Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang is still seeking more. We trace his rise from childhood in Mao’s China and his journey to attempt to realize his lifelong obsession, Sky Ladder.

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Since Israel's Six-Day War victory in 1967, legions of Israelis have established residence in the West Bank’s occupied territories. With unprecedented access to pioneers of the settlement movement and today’s diverse settlers, religious and secular alike, The Settlers explores the communities influencing the sociopolitical destinies of Israel and Palestine.

U.S.A., 2016, 75 min., color English and Chinese with English subtitles


The Settlers

Premieres


Agnus Dei

Ali & Nino

Peru/Qatar, 2016, 100 min., color Spanish with English subtitles

France/Poland, 2016, 115 min., color French/Polish/Russian with English subtitles

United Kingdom, 2015, 100 min., color

Premieres

When Two Worlds Collide

1945 Poland: Mathilde, a young French doctor, is on a mission to help World War II survivors. When a nun seeks her assistance in helping several pregnant nuns in hiding, who are unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancies, Mathilde becomes their only hope.

DIRECTORS: Heidi Brandenburg,

DIRECTOR: Anne Fontaine SCREENWRITER: Sabrina N. Karine,

Mathew Orzel

DIRECTOR: Asif Kapadia SCREENWRITER: Christopher Hampton PRINCIPAL CAST: Adam Bakri,

Alice Vial, Pascal Bonitzer

PRINCIPAL CAST: Lou de Laâge, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek, Vincent Macaigne, Joanna Kulig, Katarzyna Dabrowska

Connie Nielsen, Riccardo Scamarcio, Homayoun Ershadi

Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 p.m. – ALIAN27CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 a.m. – ALIAN28CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. – ALIAN30GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City



ENVIRONMENTAL

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Tuesday, January 26, 6:15 p.m. – AGNUS26CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 a.m. – AGNUS27CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – AGNUS28IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 9:30 p.m. – AGNUS30ON Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden

Maria Valverde, Mandy Patinkin,

#sundance

Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. – WHENT22YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – WHENT23RA Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. – WHENT24BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 1:00 p.m. – WHENT284D Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. – WHENT29SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 10:00 a.m. – WHENT304M Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.

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From the raucous halls of justice to deep into the heart of the Amazon jungle, When Two Worlds Collide exposes a titanic clash between a Peruvian president hungry for economic power and an outspoken tribal leader desperate to protect his ancient land and his people from ruin by corporate interests.

Premieres

Certain Women

Complete Unknown

Frank & Lola

U.S.A., 2015, 118 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 107 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 90 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 88 min., color

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and re-enter society, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.

The lives of three women intersect in smalltown America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.

When Tom and his wife host a dinner party to celebrate his birthday, one of their friends brings a date named Alice. Tom is convinced he knows her, but she’s going by a different name and a different biography— and she’s not acknowledging that she knows him.

A psychosexual noir love story—set in Las Vegas and Paris—about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.

Premieres

Captain Fantastic

the stories by Maile Meloy

PRINCIPAL CAST: Laura Dern, DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Matt Ross PRINCIPAL CAST: Viggo Mortensen,

Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, James Le Gros, Jared Harris, Lily Gladstone

Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn, Ann Dowd

Emmanuelle Devos, Rosanna Arquette

Sunday, January 24, 3:30 p.m. – CERTA24CA Eccles Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 9:00 a.m. – CERTA25LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:30 p.m. – CERTA28GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 9:30 p.m. – CERTA30RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City

Wednesday, January 27, 9:45 p.m. – FRANK27CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 8:30 a.m. – FRANK28MM The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, 9:30 p.m. – FRANK30GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City

PRINCIPAL CAST: Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover, Michael Chernus

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Monday, January 25, 9:30 p.m. – COMPL25CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 a.m. – COMPL26MM The MARC, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:30 p.m. – COMPL29GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 10:00 p.m. – COMPL30RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City

#sundance sundance.org/festival

Saturday, January 23, 6:30 p.m. – CAPTA23CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:00 a.m. – CAPTA24LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:15 p.m. – CAPTA24DN The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, noon – CAPTA25SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. – CAPTA29BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 3:30 p.m. – CAPTA30CA Eccles Theatre, Park City

Imogen Poots, Michael Nyqvist, Justin Long,

DIRECTOR: Joshua Marston SCREENWRITERS: Joshua Marston, Julian Sheppard

Frank Langella, George MacKay,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Matthew Ross PRINCIPAL CAST: Michael Shannon,

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DIRECTOR: Kelly Reichardt SCREENWRITER: Kelly Reichardt, based on


Premieres

The Fundamentals of Caring

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Indignation

U.S.A., 2015, 93 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 105 min., color

New Zealand, 2015, 93 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 110 min., color

Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road, finding hope, friendship, and Dot in this funny and touching inspirational tale.

Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this heartwarming adventure comedy.

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 novel by Philip Roth.

DIRECTOR: John Krasinski SCREENWRITER: Jim Strouse PRINCIPAL CAST: John Krasinski,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Taika Waititi PRINCIPAL CAST: Julian Dennison, Sam Neill,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: James Schamus PRINCIPAL CAST: Logan Lerman,

Anna Kendrick, Margo Martindale,

Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Oscar Kightley

Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts, Linda Emond,

Premieres

The Hollars

CLOSING NIGHT

Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle,

Richard Jenkins, Sharlto Copley, Charlie Day

Megan Ferguson, Frederick Weller

Danny Burstein, Ben Rosenfield

Sunday, January 24, 6:30 p.m. – INDIG24CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 8:30 a.m. – INDIG25MM The MARC, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. – INDIG29RN Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Saturday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. – INDIG30OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Sunday, January 31, 6:15 p.m. – INDIG31DE The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City

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Friday, January 22, 9:30 p.m. – HUNTF22CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:00 a.m. – HUNTF23CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:00 p.m. – HUNTF23SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. – HUNTF24IA Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 10:00 p.m. – HUNTF304N Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City

#sundance

Friday, January 29, 6:30 p.m. – FUNDA29CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 12:15 p.m. – FUNDA30CD Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 31, 3:15 p.m. – FUNDA31DA The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City

Friday, January 29, 9:30 p.m. – HOLLA29CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. – HOLLA30CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 31, 12:15 p.m. – HOLLA31DD The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City

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DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Rob Burnett PRINCIPAL CAST: Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts,

sundance.org/festival Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

Premieres

Love & Friendship

Manchester By The Sea

Mr. Pig

U.S.A., 2016, 85 min., color

Ireland/France/Netherlands, 2016, 92 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 135 min., color

Mexico, 2015, 92 min., color English and Spanish with English subtitles

Premieres

Little Men

From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Kenneth Lonergan

DIRECTOR: Ira Sachs SCREENWRITERS: Mauricio Zacharias, Ira Sachs

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Whit Stillman PRINCIPAL CAST: Kate Beckinsale,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle,

Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel,

Paulina Garcia, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri

Emma Greenwell, Tom Bennett, Stephen Fry

DIRECTOR: Diego Luna SCREENWRITERS: Augusto Mendoza,

Kyle Chandler

Diego Luna

PRINCIPAL CAST: Danny Glover, Maya Rudolph, José María Yázpik, Joel Murray, Angélica Aragón, Gabriela Araujo

Tuesday, January 26, 9:15 p.m. – MRPIG26CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 8:30 a.m. – MRPIG27MM The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, 6:15 p.m. – MRPIG30DE The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City



Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – MANCH23CA Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 8:30 a.m. – MANCH24MM The MARC, Park City Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. – MANCH24GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 6:30 p.m. – MANCH26OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. – MANCH29SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 8:30 p.m. – MANCH30EN Egyptian Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 31, 12:15 p.m. – MANCH31GD Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City

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Saturday, January 23, 9:45 p.m. – LOVEA23CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:00 a.m. – LOVEA24CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 6:15 p.m. – LOVEA24DE The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. – LOVEA30CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 31, 10:00 a.m. – LOVEA31SM Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort

Michelle Williams, Lucas Hedges,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Casey Affleck,

#sundance

Monday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. – LITMN25CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 a.m. – LITMN26CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 p.m. – LITMN26WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 p.m. – LITMN27OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Saturday, January 30, 5:30 p.m. – LITMN30EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 31, 1:00 p.m. – LITMN31SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort

On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer abandons his foreclosed farm and journeys to Mexico. After smuggling in the hog, his estranged daughter shows up, forcing them to face their past and embark on an adventurous road trip together.

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When 13-year-old Jake’s grandfather dies, his family moves back into their old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends Tony, whose single Chilean mother runs the shop downstairs. As their friendship deepens, however, their families are driven apart by a battle over rent, and the boys respond with a vow of silence.

Premieres

Sing Street

Sophie and the Rising Sun

Wiener-Dog

Premieres

SLC GALA

U.S.A., 2016, 116 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 82 min., color

A boy growing up in Dublin during the ‘80s escapes his strained family life and tough new school by starting a band to win the heart of a beautiful and mysterious girl.

In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.

This film tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading comfort and joy.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: John Carney PRINCIPAL CAST: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Todd Solondz PRINCIPAL CAST: Greta Gerwig,

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Ireland, 2015, 105 min., color

Kieran Culkin, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn,


Julie Delpy, Zosia Mamet

Maggie Greenwald

PRINCIPAL CAST: Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Lorraine Toussaint, Takashi Yamaguchi, Diane Ladd, Joel Murray


Friday, January 22, 11:15 a.m. – SOPHI22MD The MARC, Park City Friday, January 22, 6:15 p.m. – SOPHI22GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Friday, January 22, 9:30 p.m. – SOPHI22GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – SOPHI23YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:30 p.m. – SOPHI29ON Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Saturday, January 30, 5:45 p.m. – SOPHI30LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 31, 3:00 p.m. – SOPHI31WA Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City

Friday, January 22, 6:30 p.m. – WIENE22CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. – WIENE23MM The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 23, 3:15 p.m. – WIENE23DA The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 6:30 p.m. – WIENE24OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – WIENE27SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 11:30 p.m. – WIENE30PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

#sundance

Sunday, January 24, 9:30 p.m. – SINGS24CN Eccles Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 9:00 a.m. – SINGS25CM Eccles Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:45 p.m. – SINGS27GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – SINGS28SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 8:30 p.m. – SINGS30MN The MARC, Park City


Documentary Premieres

Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in His Own Words


Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

U.S.A., 2015, 79 min., color & b/w

U.S.A., 2015, 95 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 105 min., color

Trace Bob Hawk’s early years as the young gay child of a Methodist minister to his current career as a consultant on some of the most influential independent films of our time.

Does the internet dream of itself? Explore the horizons of the connected world.

DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS:

Saturday, January 23, 8:30 p.m. – LOAND23MN The MARC, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:00 a.m. – LOAND24TM Temple Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. – LOAND25IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 9:15 p.m. – LOAND302N Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City

This examination of Robert Mapplethorpe’s outrageous life is led by the artist himself, speaking with brutal honesty in a series of rediscovered interviews about his passions. Intimate revelations from friends, family, and lovers shed new light on this scandalous artist who ignited a culture war that still rages on.


Film Hawk

LO AND BEHOLD Reveries of the Connected World

France/Germany, 2016, 88 min., color English and French with English subtitles

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Thorsten Schütte

JJ Garvine, Tai Parquet

PRINCIPAL CAST: Bob Hawk, Kevin Smith, Edward Burns, Rob Epstein, Barbara Hammer, Kimberly Reed

Sunday, January 24, 8:30 a.m. – FILMH24PM Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. – FILMH25BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. – FILMH27TE Temple Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. – FILMH30RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City

DIRECTORS: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Friday, January 22, 2:30 p.m. – MAPPL22MA The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:00 a.m. – MAPPL23LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. – MAPPL23SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. – MAPPL30RN Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Sunday, January 31, 3:45 p.m. – MAPPL31GA Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City

#sundance

Monday, January 25, 8:30 p.m. – EATTH25PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – EATTH27TN Temple Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. – EATTH28WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 11:45 p.m. – EATTH30EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City

DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog

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This entertaining encounter with the premier of sonic avant-garde is acidic, fun-poking, and full of rich and rare archival footage. This documentary bashes favorite Zappa targets and dashes a few myths about the man himself.

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Maya Angelou And Still I Rise

Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper Documentary Premieres

DAY ONE

U.S.A., 2015, 110 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 87 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 108 min., color

Iconic writer, poet, performer, and activist Maya Angelou overcame the Jim Crow South and devastating abuse to become one of our culture’s greatest voices. Rare footage and never-before-seen photos unveil a public and personal life that intersected with some of the most profound moments in recent American history.

Catapulted by the success of his first major solo project, Off the Wall, Michael Jackson went from child star to King of Pop. This film explores the seminal album with rare archival footage and interviews from those who were there, and those whose lives its success and legacy impacted.

How did a poor, Jewish kid from Connecticut bring us Archie Bunker and become one of the most successful television producers ever? Norman Lear brought provocative subjects like war, poverty, and prejudice into 120 million homes every week. He proved that social change was possible through an unlikely prism—laughter.

Gloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper each tell the story of their past and present, their loves and losses, and reveal how some family stories have the tendency to repeat themselves in the most unexpected ways.

DIRECTOR: Spike Lee DIRECTORS: Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack

DIRECTOR: Liz Garbus PRINCIPAL CAST: Gloria Vanderbilt, Anderson Cooper

Sunday, January 24, 2:30 p.m. – MICHA24MA The MARC, Park City Monday, January 25, 5:45 p.m. – MICHA25LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. – MICHA27SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Friday, January 29, 2:30 p.m. – MICHA29MA The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, 9:15 p.m. – MICHA30DN The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City

DIRECTORS: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady PRINCIPAL CAST: Norman Lear, George Clooney, Bill Moyers, John Amos, Alan Horn, Russell Simmons



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Thursday, January 21, 5:30 p.m. – NORMA21CE Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 8:30 a.m. – NORMA22MM The MARC, Park City Friday, January 22, 6:15 p.m. – NORMA22DE The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. – NORMA25OE Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. – NORMA30RE Redstone Cinema 7, Park City

Saturday, January 23, 5:15 p.m. – NOTHI23ME The MARC, Park City Sunday, January 24, noon – NOTHI24DD The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 12:30 p.m. – NOTHI25RD Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. – NOTHI27SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 8:30 p.m. – NOTHI30PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

#sundance

Tuesday, January 26, 2:00 p.m. – MAYAA26MA The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 p.m. – MAYAA27RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. – MAYAA29BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. – MAYAA30YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

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U.S.A., 2016, 112 min., color


Richard Linklater – dream is destiny

Under the Gun

Unlocking the Cage

U.S.A., 2015, 60 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 93 min., color & b/w

U.S.A., 2015, 110 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 91 min., color

This film chronicles the birth of a new movement among pediatricians, therapists, educators, and communities using cuttingedge brain science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction, and disease. These professionals help break the cycles of adversity by daring to talk about the effects of divorce, abuse, and neglect.

This is an unconventional look at a fiercely independent style of filmmaking that arose in the 1990s from Austin, Texas, outside the studio system. The film blends rare archival footage with journals, exclusive interviews with Linklater on and off set, and clips from Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Boyhood, and more.

The Sandy Hook massacre was considered a watershed moment in the national debate on gun control, but the body count at the hands of gun violence has only increased. Through the lens of the victims’ families, as well as pro-gun advocates, we examine why our politicians have failed to act.

Follow animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. By filing the first lawsuit of its kind, Wise seeks to transform a chimpanzee from a “thing” with no rights to a “person” with basic legal protection.

DIRECTORS: Louis Black, Karen Bernstein

DIRECTOR: Stephanie Soechtig SCREENWRITERS: Brian Lazarte,

DIRECTORS: Chris Hegedus,

DIRECTOR: James Redford SCREENWRITER: Jen Bradwell PRINCIPAL CAST: Nadine Burke Harris MD,

Mark Monroe, Stephanie Soechtig

PRINCIPAL CAST: Steve Wise, Natalie Prosin,


Resilience

Laura Lawrence, David Johnson PhD, Victor Carrion MD

Liddy Stein, Mary Lee Jensvold, Sunday, January 24, 5:30 p.m. – UNDGU24ME The MARC, Park City Monday, January 25, 8:30 a.m. – UNDGU25EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 5:45 p.m. – UNDGU30TE Temple Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 31, 6:30 p.m. – UNDGU31GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Justice Barbara Jaffe



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Monday, January 25, 2:45 p.m. – UNLOC25MA The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 10:00 p.m. – UNLOC27RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, noon – UNLOC28SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. – UNLOC29IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. – UNLOC30YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

#sundance

Friday, January 22, 11:30 a.m. – RESIL22PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – RESIL23SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Sunday, January 24, 3:30 p.m. – RESIL24GA Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 p.m. – RESIL26TN Temple Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 5:30 p.m. – RESIL301E Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City

Tuesday, January 26, noon – RICHA26LD Library Center Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 8:30 p.m. – RICHA27MN The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. – RICHA30BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 31, 10:00 a.m. – RICHA311M Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City

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Robert Anda MD, Jack Shonkoff MD,

Donn Alan Pennebaker

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Dark Night

The Eyes of My Mother

First Girl I Loved

U.S.A., 2015, 80 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 90 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 77 min., b/w

U.S.A., 2015, 91 min., color

It’s the Fourth of July in Los Angeles, and Jamie, a broke illustrator who is behind on his rent, tries to throw a cookout while his overbearing roommate is out of town, but everything seems to go wrong.

A suburban landscape plays witness to the inevitable, unfolding events that culminate in a cineplex massacre. Over the course of one day, from sunrise to midnight, six strangers—the shooter among them—share in this new American nightmare.

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way.

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THE 4TH

Paul Nazak, Flora Diaz, Clara Wong,

Johnny Pemberton, Eliza Coupe,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Tim Sutton PRINCIPAL CAST: Robert Jumper, Anna Rose,

Yasmine Kittles, Anna Lee Lawson,

Rosie Rodriguez, Karina Macias, Aaron Purvis,

Paul Erling Oyen

Eddie Cacciola

Preceded by Chekhov DIRECTOR: Jack Dunphy U.S.A., 2015, 5 min., color & b/w

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Kerem Sanga PRINCIPAL CAST: Dylan Gelula,

Diana Agostini

Friday, January 22, 3:15 p.m. – EYESO22LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 11:30 p.m. – EYESO23PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 p.m. – EYESO26IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 11:30 a.m. – EYESO28ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City

Brianna Hildebrand, Mateo Arias, Jennifer Prediger, Tim Heidecker, Pamela Adlon

Preceded by Catching Up DIRECTOR: Bill Crossland U.S.A., 2013, 12 min., color A physically disabled high school teacher seeks assistance from his cynical friend after falling in love with an able-bodied co-worker. This funny and dramatic examination of disability, sex, and love stars real people with disabilities.

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I called my sister (who’s kind of a bitch, but also really cool) and secretly recorded her reading a love letter from this girl that just dumped me. The conversation went from funny to unbearably sad— hanging up was hard.

Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. – DARKN24LN Library Center Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:30 p.m. – DARKN26RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Friday, January 29, 8:30 a.m. – DARKN29MM The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 30, noon – DARKN30BD Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City

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DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Andre Hyland PRINCIPAL CAST: Andre Hyland,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Nicolas Pesce PRINCIPAL CAST: Kika Magalhães, Will Brill,

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Sunday, January 24, 5:30 p.m. – FIRST24PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 a.m. – FIRST26LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 6:45 p.m. – FIRST27BE Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. – FIRST29TN Temple Theatre, Park City



Saturday, January 23, 8:30 p.m. – 4THHH23PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 11:45 a.m. – 4THHH24ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. – 4THHH27IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, noon – 4THHH29LD Library Center Theatre, Park City

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How To Tell You’re A Douchebag

U.S.A./Italy, 2015, 72 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 75 min., color

In this psychological portrait, Toni, an 11-year-old tomboy, is assimilating into a tight-knit dance team in Cincinnati’s West End when a mysterious outbreak of fainting spells plagues the team, and her desire for acceptance is twisted.

This romantic comedy follows a misogynist who falls in love.

Jacqueline (Argentine)

The Land

U.S.A., 2015, 87 min., color English and Spanish/Arabic with English subtitles

U.S.A., 2015, 97 min., color

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The Fits

DeWanda Wise, William Jackson Harper, Alexander Mulzac, Jenna Williams,

DIRECTOR: Anna Rose Holmer SCREENWRITERS: Anna Rose Holmer, Saela Davis, Lisa Kjerulff

PRINCIPAL CAST: Royalty Hightower, Alexis Neblett, Da’Sean Minor, Lauren Gibson, Makyla Burnam, Inayah Rodgers

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Bernardo Britto PRINCIPAL CAST: Camille Rutherford, Wyatt Cenac, James Benson,

Monday, January 25, 5:30 p.m. – HOWTE25PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 p.m. – HOWTE26SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Wednesday, January 27, 5:45 p.m. – HOWTE27ME The MARC, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. – HOWTE29RA Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. – HOWTE30WA Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City

Martin Anderson, Sarah Willis, Enrique Dura

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Steven Caple Jr. PRINCIPAL CAST: Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Moises Arias, Rafi Gavron, Ezri Walker, Erykah Badu, Michael K. Williams

Tuesday, January 26, 2:30 p.m. – JACQU26PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 8:30 p.m. – JACQU27EN Egyptian Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 3:00 p.m. – JACQU28BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. – JACQU29LE Library Center Theatre, Park City

Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 p.m. – LANDD26MN The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 11:45 a.m. – LANDD27PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 4:00 p.m. – LANDD28RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. – LANDD29WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City

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Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. – FITSS22WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 11:45 a.m. – FITSS25ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – FITSS27YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:30 p.m. – FITSS29RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. – FITSS30SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort

Tonye Patano

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DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Tahir Jetter PRINCIPAL CAST: Charles Brice,

A young French woman hires a man to document her self-imposed political asylum in Argentina after supposedly leaking highly confidential government secrets.

Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.


Spotlight

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Sleight

Cemetery of Splendor

Embrace of the Serpent

U.S.A./Canada, 2015, 93 min., color & b/w

U.S.A., 2015, 89 min., color

Thailand, 2015, 122 min., color Thai with English subtitles

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.

After a young street magician is left to care for his little sister following their mother’s passing, he turns to dealing drugs, but quickly runs into trouble with his supplier. When his sister gets kidnapped, he must rely on his smarts and sleight of hand to save her.

Colombia, 2015, 125 min., b/w Spanish/Portuguese/German/Latin/ Catalan with English subtitles

Spotlight

Operation Avalanche

Owen Williams, Josh Boles, Ray James

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

DIRECTOR: JD Dillard SCREENWRITERS: JD Dillard, Alex Theurer PRINCIPAL CAST: Jacob Latimore, Dulé Hill, Seychelle Gabriel, Storm Reid,

Preceded by Glove DIRECTORS: Alexa Haas, Bernardo Britto U.S.A., 2015, 5 min., color The true story of a glove that’s been floating in space forever since 1968.

Sasheer Zamata, Cameron Esposito

Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram

Saturday, January 23, 16 9:00 PM – CEMET23BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Tuesday, January 26, 16 5:30 PM – CEMET26EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 16 2:15 PM – CEMET28PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

DIRECTOR: Ciro Guerra SCREENWRITERS: Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal

PRINCIPAL CAST: Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Antonio Bolivar, Nilbio Torres, Miguel Dionisio Ramos



Friday, January 22, 16 7:00 PM – EMBRA22RE Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Saturday, January 23, 16 11:15 AM – EMBRA23PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 16 11:59 PM – EMBRA23BL Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 16 3:00 PM – EMBRA30IA Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City

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Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – SLEIG23LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, noon – SLEIG25RD Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:45 p.m. – SLEIG26BE Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 3:00 p.m. – SLEIG28YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

PRINCIPAL CAST: Jenjira Pongpas,

#sundance

Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. – OPERA22LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:30 p.m. – OPERA23GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 10:00 p.m. – OPERA24RN Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, 11:15 a.m. – OPERA28MD The MARC, Park City


This blistering, poetic story is inspired by the original journals of scientists Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes, who meet lone survivor Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman. Over 40 years, they develop a friendship while traveling through the Colombian Amazon in search of the sacred, psychedelic yakruna plant.

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DIRECTOR: Matt Johnson SCREENWRITERS: Matt Johnson, Josh Boles PRINCIPAL CAST: Matt Johnson,

A lonesome middle-aged housewife tends to a soldier with sleeping sickness and falls into a hallucination that triggers strange dreams, phantoms, and romance.

Spotlight

Land of Mine

The Lobster

Maggie’s Plan

U.S.A., 2014, 95 min., color

Denmark, 2015, 101 min., color Danish/German with English subtitles

Ireland/United Kingdom/Greece/France, 2015, 119 min., color English and French with English subtitles

U.S.A., 2015, 99 min., color

Spotlight

Green Room

This wickedly fun horror-thriller tells a story about the owner of a neo-Nazi club who squares off against an unsuspecting but resilient young punk band after they witness a horrific act of violence.

Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Patrick Stewart

Friday, January 22, 16 6:00 PM – GREEN22IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 16 5:30 PM – GREEN25ME The MARC, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 16 11:30 PM – GREEN26PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

In a dystopian near future, single people are obliged to find a mate in 45 days or else be transformed into an animal of their choice and be released into the woods.

DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos SCREENWRITERS: Yorgos Lanthimos,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Martin Zandvliet PRINCIPAL CAST: Roland Møller,

Efthymis Filippou

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Louis Hofmann,

Ben Whishaw, Léa Seydoux, John C. Reilly,

Joel Basman, Emil Belton, Oskar Belton

Olivia Colman

Story by Karen Rinaldi

PRINCIPAL CAST: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel

Friday, January 22, 16 9:00 AM – MAGGI22LM Library Center Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 16 5:30 PM – MAGGI22ME The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 23, 16 12:15 PM – MAGGI23DD The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 16 3:00 PM – MAGGI25SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 30, 16 9:00 PM – MAGGI30WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City

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Saturday, January 23, 16 9:30 PM – LOBST23ON Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Tuesday, January 26, 16 5:15 PM – LOBST26ME The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 16 6:30 PM – LOBST27GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 16 6:00 PM – LOBST30SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort

DIRECTOR: Rebecca Miller SCREENWRITER: Rebecca Miller, Based on a

#sundance

Friday, January 22, 16 12:00 PM – LANDM22SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Sunday, January 24, 16 12:30 PM – LANDM24GD Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 16 3:00 PM – LANDM25LA Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 16 6:00 PM – LANDM30IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City

PRINCIPAL CAST: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz,

A young woman’s determination to have a child catapults her into a nervy love triangle with a heart-throb academic and his eccentric critical-theorist wife.

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DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jeremy Saulnier PRINCIPAL CAST: Anton Yelchin,

At the end of World War II, a group of young German POWs captured by the Danish army are forced to defuse and clear landmines from the Danish coastline with no training. Inspired by real events, the film exposes the untold story of one tragic moment in Denmark’s history.


Spotlight

Rams

Viva

U.S.A., 2015, 100 min., color

Iceland/Denmark, 2015, 93 min., color Icelandic with English subtitles

Ireland, 2015, 100 min., color Spanish with English subtitles

In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come together to save what’s dearest to them—their sheep.

In contemporary Cuba, a father and son struggle to escape from each other’s expectations, duty, and the burden of past sins.

DIRECTOR: Don Cheadle SCREENWRITERS: Don Cheadle,


Steven Baigelman

Grímur Hákonarson

Spotlight

Miles Ahead

Inspired by events in Miles Davis’s life, this is a wildly entertaining, impressionistic, no-holds-barred portrait of one of twentiethcentury music’s creative geniuses.

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PRINCIPAL CAST: Don Cheadle,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Sigurður Sigurjónsson,

DIRECTOR: Paddy Breathnach SCREENWRITER: Mark O’Halloran PRINCIPAL CAST: Héctor Medina,

Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi,

Theodór Júlíusson

Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García

Friday, January 22, 16 3:00 PM – RAMSS22SA Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Saturday, January 23, 16 5:30 PM – RAMSS23PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 16 6:30 PM – RAMSS24RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 30, 16 9:00 PM – RAMSS30BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City

Friday, January 22, 16 9:00 PM – VIVAA22BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 23, 16 noon – VIVAA23SD Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Monday, January 25, 16 noon – VIVAA25LD Library Center Theatre, Park City

Lakeith Lee Stanfield, Michael Stuhlbarg

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Friday, January 22, 16 8:30 PM – MILES22MN The MARC, Park City Saturday, January 23, 16 9:00 AM – MILES23TM Temple Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 16 3:30 PM – MILES24OA Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Friday, January 29, 16 6:30 PM – MILES29GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 16 9:00 PM – MILES30SN Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort


Special Events

Special Events

Behind the Scenes of Anomalisa

Chelsea Does

The Girlfriend Experience

U.S.A., 2015, 82 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 90 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 75 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 90 min., color

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy was killed, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Take a journey to find out in this genre-busting, epic new nine-hour event series premiering February 15th, 2016, on Hulu.

Michael Stone—husband, father and respected author—is crippled by the mundanity of his life. While on a business trip, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel and is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in an unassuming woman, who may or may not be the love of his life.

This four-part Netflix documentary series features Chelsea Handler as she explores topics of personal and universal fascination: marriage, racism, Silicon Valley, and drugs.

Law student Christine Reade is introduced to the world of transactional relationships in this original anthology series. Providing “The Girlfriend Experience”—an emotional and sexual relationship offered at a high price—gives Christine a rush of control and intimacy, but she soon finds herself juggling two very different lives.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Kevin Macdonald

DIRECTORS: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson SCREENWRITER: Charlie Kaufman PRINCIPAL CAST: Jennifer Jason Leigh,

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Brian Nelson,

Tom Noonan, David Thewlis

Special Events

11.22.63

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DIRECTOR: Eddie Schmidt EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Chelsea Handler, Morgan Neville, Eddie Schmidt,

Stephen King, Bridget Carpenter,

Quinton Peeples, Kathy Lingg

DIRECTOR: Kevin Macdonald SCREENWRITER: Bridget Carpenter PRINCIPAL CAST: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Daniel Webber, Chris Cooper

Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz, Gary Marcus, Screening and Q&A Friday, January 22, 4:45 p.m. – CHELS22EA Egyptian Theatre, Park City The Festival debuts “Chelsea Does Marriage,” with Chelsea Handler traveling to different places to get the best answers about everything that comes with marriage. Through conversations with her father, her ex-boyfriend, young children, and the former CEO of Ashley Madison and his wife, among others. We see her open up and talk about her own relationships, calibrating who she is and where she falls on this topic along the way. The screening is followed by a conversation and Q&A with Chelsea Handler, Eddie Schmidt and, Morgan Neville.

Jeff Cuban

DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS: Amy Seimetz, Lodge Kerrigan PRINCIPAL CAST: Riley Keough, Paul Sparks, Mary Lynn Rajskub, James Gilbert, Kate Lyn Sheil

Screening and Q&A Saturday, January 23, 5:30 p.m. – GIRLF23EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City The Festival debuts the first three episodes of the series followed by a conversation and Q&A with the cast and filmmakers.



The Festival debuts the two-hour pilot of the nine-hour event series, followed by a conversation and Q&A with the filmmakers.

The Festival is pleased to present a screening of the film, followed by a conversation and Q&A with the filmmakers. Separately, there is a panel where they explain their creative process and how they brought their extraordinary film to life.

Steven Soderbergh, Philip Fleishman,

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Screening and Q&A Thursday, January 28, 5:15 p.m. – 1122628EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City

Cinema Cafe Date TBD, 11:30 a.m. Filmmaker Lodge, Park City

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

PRINCIPAL CAST: Chelsea Handler

#sundance

George MacKay, Josh Duhamel,

Screening and Q&A Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. – BEHIN28LE Library Center Theatre, Park City

Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo

Special Events

O.J.: Made in America

The Skinny

United Shades of America

U.S.A., 2016, 60 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, First Half 273 min., Second Half 190 min., color

U.S.A., 2016, 60 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 42 min., color

This is the story of O.J. Simpson, one of the most polarizing people of the twentieth century, and the city in which he lived for much of his life, Los Angeles. The film explores Simpson’s rise and fall, centered around two of America’s greatest fixations—race and celebrity.

Follow feminist and wannabe YouTube star Jessie Kahnweiler as she struggles to live, love, and get over her bulimia.

Political comedian W. Kamau Bell explores the racial subcultures of America. In this CNN original series premiere, he uses humor to challenge Klansmen who are looking to rebrand their message.

Special Events

The New Yorker Presents

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Alex Gibney,

DIRECTOR: Ezra Edelman

Screening and Q&A Wednesday, January 27, 5:30 p.m. – NEWYO27EE Egyptian Theatre, Park City

The Festival debuts the complete seven-and-ahalf-hour miniseries in two parts on the same day, with a lunch break, and followed by a conversation and Q&A with the filmmakers.

W. Kamau Bell, Star Price, Ethan Berlin

Illeana Douglas, Spencer Hill, Ryan Pinkston,

PRINCIPAL CAST: W. Kamau Bell

Free Event at Festival Base Camp Presented by Canada Goose. Date and Time TBA

The Festival debuts six 10-minute episodes. After the screening, join creator Jessie Kahnweiler, executive producer Jill Soloway (Wifey.tv), Andrea Sperling, and Rebecca Odes; executive producer Illeana Douglas, and Refinery29's chief content officer Amy Emmerich for a juicy discussion about the creative process, innovations in distribution, the future of feminist media, and whether Jessie will ever get properly laid.



This Special Event will screen in two parts on the same day. Only one ticket will be issued for both parts. You must attend the first part to guarantee admittance to the second part.

The screening will include an extended Q&A. Screening and Q&A Tuesday, January 26, 11:30 a.m. – SKINN26ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City

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The Festival presents two episodes, featuring work by Sundance Film Festival alumni Alex Gibney, Steve James, Janicza Brava, Dawn Porter, Roger Ross Williams, Shari Springer Berman, and Robert Pulcini, among others. Following the screening there will be a conversation and Q&A with filmmakers and creators.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jimmy Fox,

PRINCIPAL CAST: Jessie Kahnweiler,

#sundance

Shari Springer Berman

Screening and Q&A Friday, January 22, 11:15 AM – OJMAD22ED Egyptian Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 7:15 p.m. Egyptian Theatre, Park City

Steve James, Ryan Miller, Robert Pulcini,

(Episodes 1-2, 4-6), Esti Giordani (Episode 3)

Megan Ferguson, Sadie Calvano

Kahane Cooperman

SHOWRUNNER: Kahane Cooperman DIRECTORS: Blair Foster, Alex Gibney,

DIRECTOR: Jessie Kahnweiler SCREENWRITERS: Jessie Kahnweiler

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Amazon Prime Video presents a groundbreaking new series that brings America’s most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to the screen with documentaries, short narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation, and cartoons from the hands of acclaimed filmmakers and artists.

Sundance Kids

Sundance Kids

Little Gangster

Snowtime!

U.S.A., 2016, 90 min., color Kazakh with English subtitles Recommended for ages 12 and over

Netherlands, 2015, 105 min., color Dutch with English subtitles Recommended for ages 10 and over

Canada, 2015, 82 min., color Recommended for ages 5 and over

Step aside, Daenerys and Katniss— Aisholpan is a real-life role model on an epic journey in a faraway world. Follow this 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl as she battles to become the first female to hunt with a golden eagle in 2,000 years of maledominated history.

Rik Boskamp wants a life where he’s not constantly bullied. When he and his father move, the people in their new town think his dad is a Mafia boss, and everybody treats them with respect—until a bully from Rikkie’s past turns up. How long can he keep up his lie?

DIRECTOR: Otto Bell PRINCIPAL CAST: Aisholpan Nurgaiv,

DIRECTOR: Arne Toonen SCREENWRITER: Lotte Tabbers PRINCIPAL CAST: Thor Braun,

Sundance Kids

The Eagle Huntress

Henry Van Loon, Rene Van ‘T Hof, Meral Polat, Fedja Van Huêt, Maas Bronkhuyzen

DIRECTORS: Jean-François Pouliot, François Brisson

SCREENWRITERS: Normand Canac-Marquis, Paul Risacher

PRINCIPAL CAST: Sandra Oh, Ross Lynch, Angela Gallupo, Lucinda Davis, Don Shepherd, Sonja Ball



Saturday, January 23, noon – SNOWT23ID Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 3:30 p.m. – SNOWT24RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 30, 1:00 p.m. – SNOWT30RD Redstone Cinema 2, Park City

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Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – LITGA23IA Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Sunday, January 24, 12:30 p.m. – LITGA24RD Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 30, 12:30 p.m. – LITGA30RD Redstone Cinema 1, Park City

#sundance

Sunday, January 24, 11:30 a.m. – EAGLE24PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. – EAGLE24IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 3:30 p.m. – EAGLE30RA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City

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Nurgaiv Rys, Alma Dalaykhan

To amuse themselves during their winter break from school, the kids in a small village have a massive snowball fight. But what starts out as pure youthful fun and enthusiasm deteriorates into a more serious conflict as the children learn the role that love and friendship play in their lives.

Midnight

Midnight

Antibirth

The Blackout Experiments

Carnage Park

U.S.A., 2015, 102 min., color & b/w

U.S.A./Canada, 2016, 90 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 80 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 86 min., color

31 tells the story of five carnies in 1976 kidnapped on the morning of Halloween and held hostage in a remote industrial hell. While trapped, they are forced to play a violent game called 31. The mission is to survive 12 hours against an endless gang of grease-painted maniacs.

In a desolate community full of drug-addled marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wildeyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.

A group of friends discover the dark underworld of the ultra-scary, psychosexual horror experience called Blackout. But what starts as a thrill ride through the unknown becomes deeply personal, developing into an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy.

The year is 1978. A team of wannabe crooks botch a small-town bank heist and flee with their hostage deep into the California desert, where they inexplicably find themselves in a harrowing fight for survival against a psychotic ex-military sniper.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Rob Zombie PRINCIPAL CAST: Sheri Moon Zombie,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Danny Perez PRINCIPAL CAST: Natasha Lyonne,

Malcolm McDowell, Richard Brake, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Daniel Phillips,

Midnight

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Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

Kristjan Thor, Russell Eaton, Bob Glouberman,

Pat Healy, Alan Ruck, Darby Stanchfield,

Allison Fogerty, Abel Horwitz

James Landry Hebert, Larry Fessenden

Sunday, January 24, 11:45 p.m. – BLACK24EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 4:00 p.m. – BLACK25RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, 11:30 a.m. – BLACK28PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 11:59 p.m. – BLACK30BL Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City

Tuesday, January 26, 11:59 p.m. – CARNA26LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 8:45 p.m. – CARNA27PN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 3:45 p.m. – CARNA28BA Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 11:59 p.m. – CARNA30LL Library Center Theatre, Park City

PRINCIPAL CAST: Ashley Bell,

#sundance

Monday, January 25, 11:45 p.m. – ANTIB25EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 11:30 a.m. – ANTIB26PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 11:59 p.m. – ANTIB28LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. – ANTIB30WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City

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Mickey Keating

Chloë Sevigny, Mark Webber, Meg Tilly,

Meg Foster

Saturday, January 23, 11:59 p.m. – 3111123LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 8:30 p.m. – 3111124MN The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – 3111127IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 7:00 p.m. – 3111130RE Redstone Cinema 2, Park City

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: DIRECTOR: Rich Fox PRINCIPAL CAST: Josh Randall,

• sundance.org/festival Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

Midnight

Outlaws and Angels

Trash Fire

Under the Shadow

U.S.A., 2015, 93 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 120 min., color

U.S.A., 2015, 91 min., color

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.

With a notorious bounty hunter closing in on their trail, a gang of cold-blooded outlaws invades the home of a seemingly innocent frontier family, where an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues throughout the night, leading to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately bloody revenge.

When Owen is forced to confront the past he’s been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel, become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit, and murder. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll be scarred for life.

United Kingdom/Jordan/Qatar, 2016, 84 min., color Farsi with English subtitles

DIRECTOR: Jim Hosking SCREENWRITERS: Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard PRINCIPAL CAST: Michael St. Michaels,

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: JT Mollner PRINCIPAL CAST: Chad Michael Murray,

Angela Trimbur, AnnaLynne McCord,

Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex,

Francesca Eastwood, Luke Wilson, Teri Polo,

Ray Santiago

Jesse Keen, Joe David Walters

Madisen Beaty, Ben Browder

Midnight

The Greasy Strangler

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Babak Anvari PRINCIPAL CAST: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian,

Saturday, January 23, 11:45 p.m. – TRASH23EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. – TRASH24YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 11:59 p.m. – TRASH29LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 11:59 p.m. – TRASH30WL Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City

Arash Marandi



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Friday, January 22, 11:59 p.m. – UNDSH22EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, noon – UNDSH23LD Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 11:59 p.m. – UNDSH23WL Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 11:30 p.m. – UNDSH28PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

#sundance

Monday, January 25, 11:59 p.m. – OUTLA25LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 9:30 p.m. – OUTLA26GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 4:00 p.m. – OUTLA27RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Thursday, January 28, 11:45 p.m. – OUTLA28EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. – OUTLA30IN Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City

Fionnula Flanagan, Matthew Gray Gubler,

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Friday, January 22, 11:59 p.m. – GREAS22LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 9:00 p.m. – GREAS23YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – GREAS26IE Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 11:45 p.m. – GREAS29EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Richard Bates Jr. PRINCIPAL CAST: Adrian Grenier,

Tehran, 1988: As the Iran-Iraq War rumbles into its eighth year, a mother and daughter are slowly torn apart by the bombing campaigns on the city coupled with the country’s bloody revolution. As they struggle to stay together amidst these terrors, a mysterious evil stalks through their apartment.

New Frontier Art

Midnight

Double Conscience Yoga Hosers

INSTALLATIONS

New Frontier Art

NEW FRONTIER EXHIBITION

ClaimJumper 573 Main St., 2nd and 3rd floors Friday, January 22–Friday, January 29 1:00–8:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. U.S.A., 2015, 88 min., color

LEAD ARTIST: Kahlil Joseph KEY COLLABORATOR: Kendrick Lamar

TREACHERY OF SANCTUARY 475 Swede Alley

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Kevin Smith PRINCIPAL CAST: Lily-Rose Depp,

Friday, January 22–Friday, January 29 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

A lush portrait of contemporary Compton, California, set to a booming soundtrack by Kendrick Lamar, depicts everyday moments of black life suffused with creativity, joy, and sadness. From buoyant adolescent moments to ominous nighttime scenes, reality and fantasy dance to a haunting soundscape flashed across two screens.

Escape Pod

Giant

LEAD ARTIST: Jonathan Monaghan

LEAD ARTISTS: Milica Zec, Winslow Porter, KEY COLLABORATORS: E.A. Donahue,

This seamlessly looped computer animated film chronicles a golden deer through glossy environments of wealth, power, and authority through one continuous tracking shot. The journey imagines a new reality devoid of humans, left only with material desires and ambitions.

Jack Caron, Todd Bryant

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Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie are teenage besties from Winnipeg who love yoga and live on their smartphones. But when these sophomores get invited to a senior party by the school hottie, the Colleens accidentally uncover an ancient evil buried beneath their Canadian convenience store.

Harley Quinn Smith, Johnny Depp, Justin Long, Austin Butler, Tyler Posey



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Trapped in an active war zone, two parents struggle to distract their young daughter by inventing a fantastical tale. Inspired by true events, this immersive VR experience transports the viewer to the family’s makeshift basement shelter. As the bombs draw closer and closer, the parents’ fairy tale intensifies.

#sundance

Sunday, January 24, 11:59 p.m. – YOGAH24LL Library Center Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 8:30 p.m. – YOGAH25MN The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 11:45 p.m. – YOGAH27EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 11:59 p.m. – YOGAH29BL Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City

New Frontier Art In the Eyes of the Animal

Inextinguishable Fire

The Leviathan Project

LEAD ARTIST: ILMxLab

LEAD ARTISTS: Barnaby Steel,

LEAD ARTIST: Cassils Cassils

LEAD ARTISTS: Alex McDowell,

New Frontier Art

The Holo-Cinema

Robin McNicholas

This new scenic design and experience theatre allows participants to step into iconic story moments while spatially perceiving the performing characters and exploring worlds. As they portal inside a fully immersive media environment, they experience 4-D viewing as if walking through film sets in the real world.

KEY COLLABORATOR: World Building Media Lab It’s 1895, and you’re in a scientific lab inside a massive flying whale. This augmented-realityto-VR setting, based on Scott Westerfield’s best-selling trilogy Leviathan, lets participants engage physically and emotionally with the setting and with human and animal characters. The best part is the ability to fabricate a brand-new creature.

Walden, a Game

LEAD ARTIST: Kalup Linzy

LEAD ARTISTS: Sylvain Chagué, Caecilia Charbonnier

LEAD ARTIST: Chris Milk KEY COLLABORATORS: Brian Chasalow,

LEAD ARTIST: Tracy Fullerton KEY COLLABORATORS: Todd Furmanski,

KEY COLLABORATORS: Bart Kevelham,

Aaron Meyers, James George

Lucas Peterson, Michael Sweet

A large-scale interactive triptych, this story of birth, death, and transfiguration uses projections of the participants’ own bodies to unlock a new artistic language.

In this game simulation of Henry David Thoreau’s experiment in living at Walden Pond from 1845 to 1847, players walk in Thoreau’s virtual footsteps, attend to the tasks of a self-reliant existence, discover the beauty of a virtual landscape, and engage in the ideas and writings of this unique philosopher.

The story of the fictitious Queen Rose family is told through episodic videos, collages, and a multimedia installation based on the “Pepper’s ghost” technique. Experience the melodrama often seen in primetime soap operas presented in an art installation.

David Hodgetts

A multiuser immersive platform that combines motion capture with virtual reality headsets allows users to move freely within the physical space, interact with objects and other participants, and virtually visit 3-D interactive environments. Supported by swissnex San Francisco and Pro Helvetia.



The Treachery of Sanctuary

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Real Virtuality: Immersive Explorers

#sundance

Queen Rose Family (da Stories)

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A 360-degree virtual reality experience presented on sculptural headsets, this work is an artistic interpretation of the sensory perceptions of three British animal species. Immerse yourself into this world from the forest floor to the tops of trees, and tread carefully as you observe through the eyes of the animals.

Bradley Newman

Using techniques borrowed from Hollywood stunts, Cassils experiences the very real terror of being lit on fire.

New Frontier VR Experiences MOBILE VR LINEUP

New Frontier VR Experiences 6x9: An Immersive Experience of Solitary Confinement

Collisions

LEAD ARTIST: The Guardian KEY COLLABORATORS: Lindsay Poulton,

LEAD ARTISTS: Vincent McCurley, Loc Dao

LEAD ARTIST: Lynette Wallworth

Francesca Panetta

A virtual reality experiment that questions the ethics of artificial intelligence algorithms in self-driving cars when they are faced with difficult decisions during an unavoidable crash event. Given the varying cultural and individual ethics, who should be designing these algorithms and how should they be chosen?

Journey to a remote desert in western Australia that is home to indigenous leader Nyarri Morgan and the Martu tribe. Nyarri’s first contact with Western culture was in the 1950s via a dramatic collision between his traditional world view and the cutting edge of modern technology.

NEW FRONTIER EXHIBITION ClaimJumper 573 Main St.

Friday, January 22–Friday, January 29 1:00–5:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

VR BAR AT NEW FRONTIER GATEWAY 136 Heber Ave

Friday, January 22–Friday, January 29 5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

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All Mobile VR have download available

Right now, more than 80,000 people are locked in tiny concrete boxes where every element of their environment is controlled. They are confined to spaces with no human contact, and the sensory deprivation they endure causes severe psychological damage. These people are invisible to us— and eventually to themselves.

Hard World for Small Things

LEAD ARTISTS: Danfung Dennis,

LEAD ARTIST: Randal Kleiser, KEY COLLABORATOR: Tanna Frederick

LEAD ARTISTS: Toby Coffey,

LEAD ARTIST: Janicza Bravo

KEY COLLABORATORS: Jay Brown, Andrew Delpit, Chris McClanahan

Encounter a majestic jaguar deep in the jungle, lie with a nesting sea turtle on a windy beach, and fly with monarch butterflies, all before they disappear. This powerful virtual reality experience is a glimpse into the habitats of Earth’s endangered species.

Lysander Ashton, Ollie Lindsey

KEY COLLABORATOR: Mahdi Yahya In this futuristic, sci-fi virtual reality adventure, viewers are put in the seat of a woman who wakes up after being frozen for nearly 30 years to reunite with her family. The reunion is bittersweet as the passage of time has caused her loved ones to become strangers.

A day in the life of a tight-knit community in South Central Los Angeles.

Fall down the rabbit hole and experience the magical and vibrant digital world of the Royal National Theatre’s wonder.land stage show. Watch and listen with VR technology as the Cheshire cat hovers above like a magnificent holographic airship while serenading you to “Fabulous,” a song from the show. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.


fabulous wonder.land

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Defrost

#sundance

Condition One

Casey Brown, Phil McNally

New Frontier VR Experiences

Cardboard Crash

New Frontier VR Experiences A History of Cuban Dance

Nomads: Maasai

Nomads: Sea Gypsies

LEAD ARTIST: Nonny de la Peña KEY COLLABORATOR: Emblematic Group

LEAD ARTISTS: Félix Lajeunesse,

LEAD ARTISTS: Félix Lajeunesse,

Paul Raphaël

Paul Raphaël

KEY COLLABORATOR: Stéphane Rituit

KEY COLLABORATORS: Stéphane Rituit,

LEAD ARTISTS: Arnaud Colinart,

LEAD ARTISTS: Rose Troche, Morris May, KEY COLLABORATOR: Charles Ottaway

Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, James Spinney,

KEY COLLABORATORS: Arnaud Desjardins, Béatrice Lartigue, Fabien Togman

After losing his sight in 1983, John Hull began to record an audio diary documenting his discovery of “a world beyond sight.” Hull’s original recordings form the basis of this interactive documentary, which uses real-time 3-D, virtual reality, and binaural sound to explore the world of the blind.

When two men are stopped by a police officer, a simple misdemeanor spirals out of control, turning the situation rapidly antagonistic. With each party suspecting the other, no one is able to stop the chain of events that follows.

Sequenced

Sisters: A Mobile VR Ghost Story

LEAD ARTISTS: Emilie Joly, Sylvain Joly,

LEAD ARTISTS: Robyn Gray, Andrew

Michaël Martin

Goldstein, Michael Murdock

KEY COLLABORATORS: Maria Beltran Reyes,

KEY COLLABORATOR: Philip Eberhart

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John Howe, Richard Johnson

A teenage girl becomes guardian of the last city on Earth to change its fate by fusing her instinctive knowledge of nature with an AI’s benevolence, analysis, and foresight. This interactive animated series made for virtual reality relies on your focus for the story to evolve.

Be careful where you look because someone—or something—doesn’t want you here. Otherworld presents two chapters in their popular horror series. Experience two sets of thrills and chills as you physically walk through a haunted house and experience a virtual reality ghost story that will scare your pants off.



Perspective, Chapter 2: The Misdemeanor

In this episode of Nomads, viewers share the Bajau tribe’s nomadic existence on crammed houseboats that sway to the motion of river waters. Watch as the families travel with fellow boat-dwelling relatives, always sharing a communal spirit.

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Notes on Blindness – Into Darkness

Jean-Pascal Beaudoin

Witness the Maasai tribe’s living heritage in the village of Enkutoto, Kenya, through repeated walkabout visuals in the Great Rift Valley. Watch jumping-dance competitions, the men’s unmatched hunting abilities, and the women’s skills in building mud houses, long-distance water collection, and bead artwork.

#sundance

In this harrowing virtual reality story of a real-life domestic violence homicide, two sisters engage in a doomed struggle to save the third from being shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend. Utilizing audio and imagery captured at the real event, this piece transforms the audience from viewers to active witnesses.

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Organic, spontaneous, sexy dances progress chronologically through AfroCuban Santería rumba, mambo, cha-chachá, salsa, breakdancing, and reggaeton, with optional audio tracks reflecting the broader story of Cuban history as revealed in the moves. This live-action virtual reality documentary was filmed on location in Cuba and features Ballet de la Televisión Cubana.


LEAD ARTIST: Lucy Walker

Kiya

New Frontier VR Experiences Viens! (Come!)

Waves

LEAD ARTISTS: Philipp Maas,

LEAD ARTIST: Andrew Thomas Huang, KEY COLLABORATOR: Björk Guðmundsdóttir

LEAD ARTISTS: Michel Reilhac,

LEAD ARTISTS: Benjamin Dickinson,

Carl Guyenette

Reggie Watts, Luis Blackaller

KEY COLLABORATORS: Mélanie Le Grand,

KEY COLLABORATORS: Anthony Batt,

Xavier Servas, Sebastian Shorter

Neville Spiteri

Three women and four men, all naked, appear out of nowhere in the white, sunny space of a bright room outside of time. They meet, touch, share their energy, and are transformed spiritually; they let themselves become one with the world.

Reggie Watts weaves a virtual reality story that is a dream-within-a-dream meta-ride down the rabbit hole, where the only constants seem to be his philosophical musings, comedic insights, and musical genius.

#100humans

The Abbot’s Book

Dominik Stockhausen

When a drone receives a faint distress call emerging from an unknown asteroid, it journeys to locate the source of the signal and ventures into a deep, ancient labyrinth that holds a secret even darker than space itself.

A virtual reality collaboration between Vrse. works creator Andrew Thomas Huang and Björk explores the possibilities that VR holds for performance platforms outside of the traditional music video world.

Waves of Grace

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Stonemilker


Sonar

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TETHERED VR LINEUP NEW FRONTIER EXHIBITION

ClaimJumper 573 Main St., 2nd and 3rd floors

In this experience viewers are transported to the most populous slum in the capital city of Liberia, where Decontee Davis, an Ebola survivor, uses her immunity to help others affected by the disease.

VR BAR AT NEW FRONTIER GATEWAY 136 Heber Ave

Friday, January 22–Friday, January 29 5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Saturday, January 30 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

V Vive

O Oculus

LEAD ARTISTS: Daniel Schechter,

LEAD ARTISTS: Michael Conelly,

Linc Gasking, Rainer Gombos

Lyndon Barrois,

KEY COLLABORATORS: Preya McMahon,

KEY COLLABORATORS: Keith Goldfarb,

Alexander Burke, Christina Webber

William Telford

#100humans is the story of the first humans who walked through 8i’s doors to help invent a new medium. Using 3-D video technology to record real people for VR, this story explores a new level of emotional connections and sense of presence that brings viewers the most lifelike intimate experience.

Four generations of an Italian noble family are cursed by the corrupt power of an ancient book unearthed from the catacombs beneath their estate. Rich with traditional gothic-inspired mythology, the story follows a scion of this cursed family attempting to shield his heirs from the inevitable darkness.



Samantha Storr, Patrick Milling Smith

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LEAD ARTISTS: Gabo Arora, Chris Milk KEY COLLABORATORS:Imraan Ismail,

#sundance

Friday, January 22–Friday, January 29 1:00–5:00 p.m.

New Frontier VR Experiences Across the Line

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Job Simulator

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LEAD ARTIST: Ben Vance KEY COLLABORATORS: Sam Bird,

LEAD ARTISTS: Alex Schwartz, Devin Reimer

Brad Lichtenstein, Jeff Fitzsimmons

KEY COLLABORATORS:

Joel Corelitz

This experience of manning an office cubicle is a unique blend of storytelling, comedy, and intuitive game mechanics that focuses on micro-interactions. Pick up a tomato, smash a glass, and explore a sandbox world with childlike wonder, while ignoring established gaming systems.

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An abstract meditation on the evolutionary process and its relentless march towards complexity, this virtual reality music video was produced over the course of a year, with Arjan van Meertan creating all of the music, animation, and code himself.

Anthony Batt

An immersive, animated VR film crafted by the artists, hackers, and storytellers of Penrose Studios, The Rose and I is about loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Come meet a lonely Rose living in the unlikeliest of places, and be transported into a brand new universe.

Step into the shoes of astronaut Mark Watney as he performs tasks that will facilitate his chances for survival and rescue. Viewers can fly onto the surface of Mars, steer at zero gravity through space, and drive a rover, deepening the experience of key scenes from Ridley Scott’s hit film, The Martian.

The Unknown Photographer

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LEAD ARTISTS: Loic Suty, Osman Zeki, Claudine Matte

KEY COLLABORATORS: Catherine Mavrikakis, François Lafontaine

Encounter an 80-foot blue whale while experiencing the awe, wonder, and majesty of underwater habitats, designed as beautiful moments in passing or a collection of memories.

This immersive documentary unveils a journey into the heart of the First World War through hundreds of photographs that were found in the abandoned workshop of a country house in Quebec, Canada.



LEAD ARTISTS: Jake Rowell, Ben Vance KEY COLLABORATORS: Neville Spiteri,

RSA Films, VRC

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Ryan Shore, Nick Sung

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LEAD ARTIST: Arjan van Meerten

Jimmy Maidens, Alex Woo

KEY COLLABORATORS: Terry Kaleas,

theBlu: Encounter

KEY COLLABORATORS: Fox Innovation Lab,

#sundance

LEAD ARTISTS: Eugene Chung,

Uniquely designed for room-scale VR, this interactive art experience gives the viewer an intimate connection to the possibilities and wonders of space, where mysterious phenomena, hidden beauty, and the infinite await.

Surge

LEAD ARTISTS: Robert Stromberg,

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The Rose and I

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Ridley Scott

Emblematic Group, 371 Productions

This immersive VR experience puts the audience on the scene with anti-abortion extremists trying to intimidate patients seeking sexual and reproductive health care at Planned Parenthood. Using documentary footage and a montage of real audio, viewers gain intimate knowledge of the harassment outside and compassion inside health centers across the country.

The Martian VR Experience


LEAD ARTISTS: Nonny de la Peña,

Irrational Exuberance

New Frontier Films and Performances


Nari

Notes on Blindness

U.S.A., 2016, 95 min., color English/Arabic/Bosnian/Dari with English subtitles

U.S.A., 2015, 60 min., color & b/w

U.S.A., 2015, 90 min., color & b/w

United Kingdom/France, 2016, 90 min., color

This suite of midwestern parables about faith, force, technology, and exodus questions the role that belief plays in national identity. In our desire to make sense of the inscrutable, who do we end up blaming or endorsing?

The unsung story of Lakshmi Shankar and her daughter, Viji—two extraordinary artists who helped bring Indian music to the West in the 1970s through their close collaboration with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison. This arresting, multi-generational, multimedia mash-up features animation, family archives, and a live performance.

By exposing her role behind the camera, Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage that she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation into the power of the camera.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: DIRECTOR: Kirsten Johnson

PRINCIPAL CAST: C. Felton Jennings II,

DIRECTORS: Gingger Shankar, Dave Liang,

Anna Toborg, Joshua Frieman, José Oubrerie,

Sun Yunfan

DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS:

Daniel Verdier, David Gatten

Preceded by YúYú DIRECTOR: Marc Johnson France, 2015, 16 min., color Beekeeper Shé Zuŏ Bīn performs a “rite of spring,” in which queen bees are placed on his body and then summon worker bees. He stands still, covered by bees, allowing the buzzing to dominate all and become a protective shield.

Peter Middleton, James Spinney

PRINCIPAL CAST: Dan Skinner, Simone Kirby

This project also has a Mobile VR experience for download



Sunday, January 24, 2:30 p.m. – NOTES24EA Egyptian Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:00 p.m. – NOTES25SE Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Sundance Resort Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – NOTES26TE Temple Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. – NOTES27WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. – NOTES30TN Temple Theatre, Park City

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Friday, January 22, 2:30 p.m. – ILLIN22PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 4:00 p.m. – ILLIN23RA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Monday, January 25, 3:45 p.m. – ILLIN25BA Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 7:00 p.m. – ILLIN284E Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City

Tuesday, January 26, 8:00 p.m. Base Camp

#sundance

Tuesday, January 26, 3:00 p.m. – CAMER26YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – CAMER27WN Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. – CAMER28YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 6:15 p.m. – CAMER292E Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City

Deborah Stratman

After losing his sight, John Hull knew that not understanding blindness would destroy him. In 1983, he began to keep an audio diary. His recordings represent a unique testimony of loss, rebirth, and renewal, excavating the experience of blindness and documenting his discovery of “a world beyond sight.” This project includes a mobile VR experience.

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The Illinois Parables


Cameraperson

Shorts Programs

Shorts Programs

Shorts Program 1 98 min.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU

So Good to See You DIRECTOR: Duke Merriman U.S.A., 2015, 10 min., color

In this darkly comic take on the dual realities of friendship, a dinner party goes painfully sour.

Speaking Is Difficult DIRECTOR: AJ Schnack

Rate Me DIRECTOR: Fyzal Boulifa

U.S.A., 2016, 12 min., color

United Kingdom, 2015, 17 min., color & b/w

This film always begins in the present day. A scene of tragedy unfolds, accompanied by fear, chaos, and disbelief. As it rewinds into the past, retracing our memories, it tells a cumulative history that is both unbearable and inevitable.

A portrait of a teenage escort named Coco.

Maman(s) DIRECTOR: Maïmouna Doucouré France, 2015, 21 min., color French with English subtitles

Dolfun DIRECTOR: Sebastian Silva U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., color & b/w DIRT

Affections DIRECTOR: Bridey Elliott U.S.A., 2015, 17 min., color

This comedy about isolation and loneliness follows a young woman who is adrift and seeking intimacy in the most unlikely places.

When Dusty masturbates for the first time, something terrible happens.

The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere DIRECTOR: Mickey Duzyj

U.S.A., 2015, 7 min., color

Mobilize DIRECTOR: Caroline Monnet

U.S.A., 2016, 19 min., color Japanese with English subtitles

A Reasonable Request DIRECTOR: Andrew Laurich

Canada, 2015, 3 min., color

Haru Urara, a Japanese racehorse, became a national icon after enduring a losing streak of epic proportions. Dubbed “The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere,” she was a symbol of perseverance and inspiration during a time of economic crisis.


Killer DIRECTOR: Matt Kazman U.S.A., 2015, 20 min., color

Guided expertly by those who live on the land and are driven by the pulse of the natural world, this story takes us on an exhilarating journey from the far north to the urban south.

Some things must die to live.

A desperate son reconnects with his estranged father to ask an unspeakable favor that will change both of their lives forever.

Friday, January 22, 6:30 p.m. – SHRT222RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 23, noon – SHRT223BD Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 11:30 a.m. – SHRT225PD Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, noon – SHRT228TD Temple Theatre, Park City

United Kingdom, 2014, 17 min., color English and Spanish with English subtitles



This warm and lyrical film follows a group of unruly monkeys in Gibraltar and the people employed to control them with peashooters.

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Relationships can be an endless cycle of breakups.

Thursday, January 21, 8:30 p.m. – SHRT121EN Egyptian Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 8:30 a.m. – SHRT122EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – SHRT123BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 7:00 p.m. – SHRT1304E Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City

Nathan Golon U.S.A., 2015, 16 min., color English and Yup’ik

#sundance

Canada, 2015, 13 min., color

I Am Yup’ik DIRECTORS: Daniele Anastasion,

A 16-year-old Yup’ik Eskimo leaves his tiny village and travels across the frozen tundra to compete in an all-Yup’ik basketball tournament and bring pride to his village.

Dirt DIRECTOR: Darius Clark Monroe

Territory DIRECTOR: Eleanor Mortimer

It’s Not You DIRECTOR: Don McKellar

What begins as a love story becomes an existential crisis when filmmaker Sebastian Silva flies to Miami to fulfill his lifelong dream of swimming with a dolphin.

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Life is disrupted for eight-year-old Aida when her father returns with a young Senegalese woman, Rama, whom he introduces as his second wife. Sensitive to her mother’s distress, Aida decides to get rid of the new visitor.

Shorts Programs

DAY ONE


Shorts Programs Shorts Program 3 95 min.


How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps DIRECTOR: Benjamin Berman U.S.A., 2016, 6 min., color & b/w

Losing weight and getting fit has never been easier! Shed those unwanted pounds with these simple tricks your gym doesn’t want you to know about. You won’t believe what happens next!

Turkey/France, 2015, 13 min., color Turkish with English subtitles

Andrea Fuentes Charles Mexico, 2015, 10 min., color Spanish with English subtitles

Austria, 2016, 5 min., color

Isabel, a young woman from the Sierra mountains of Guanajuato, is motivated by the love of her family, and she has learned that she must sacrifice her present in order to value tomorrow’s success and achieve her dreams. Jungle DIRECTOR: Asantewaa Prempeh U.S.A., 2015, 13 min., color French with English subtitles

The lines between trust, betrayal, and forgiveness are intertwined for two Senegalese vendors as they try to make a living on the streets of New York City. Her Friend Adam DIRECTOR: Ben Petrie Canada, 2015, 17 min., color

This ordinary day of a teenage girl in Istanbul follows her encounters with three different men as she goes to school, plays basketball, and takes a bus home.

A boyfriend’s jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom.

A Coat Made Dark DIRECTOR: Jack O’Shea

Poland/Belgium, 2015, 9 min., color

Ireland, 2015, 10 min., color

A gigantic figure emerges from the snow and sits on a hill with spiders, saints, and bumper cars in this surreal tale about creating myths, religious kitsch, and the desire for greatness. Meet the world’s largest sacral miniature park resident.

Friday, January 22, 9:30 p.m. – SHRT322RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. – SHRT323WE Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 3:00 p.m. – SHRT325YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 5:30 p.m. – SHRT330PE Prospector Square Theatre, Park City

Unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Using court transcripts from the case, this short film juxtaposes the reenacted testimony of two key witnesses: Dorian Johnson and the police officer himself, Darren Wilson.

U.S.A., 2015, 12 min., color

This dark comedy adventure is the story of a young dog walker after the unexpected death of her favorite client. Land Tides (Marea de Tierra) DIRECTORS: Manuela Martelli, Amirah Tajdin Chile/France, 2015, 13 min., color Spanish with English subtitles

Laura, a heartbroken teenager from Santiago, is on holiday in the southern Chilean archipelago, Chiloé, with her friends. As she wanders the lonely island seascapes, she encounters a group of women who are seaweed collectors and shares stories with them. Peace in the Valley DIRECTORS: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher

U.S.A., 2015, 19 min., color

After becoming pregnant from a sexual assault on campus, a young woman goes on a journey to find out if the rape was “legitimate.” This film was inspired by the statements of Senator Todd Akin. Peacock DIRECTOR: Ondrej Hudecek Czech Republic, 2015, 27 min., color Czech/German with English subtitles

A twisted queer romance set in picturesque 19th-century Bohemia tells the true story of the birth of one of the nation’s most influential writers, with suspense, laughter, violence, hope, nudity, sex, and a happy ending—mostly a happy ending.

U.S.A., 2015, 15 min., color

Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is home to both the largest outdoor Passion Play in the United States and an important vote on LGBT rights. This film follows the town’s inhabitants as they prepare for the historic vote. Edmond DIRECTOR: Nina Gantz

Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. – SHRT423TA Temple Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:30 p.m. – SHRT424RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 3:45 p.m. – SHRT426BA Broadway Centre Cinema 3, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 4:00 p.m. – SHRT4284A Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City


Edmond’s impulse to love and be close to others is strong—maybe too strong. As he stands by a lake contemplating his options, he reflects on his defining moments in search of the origin of his desires.



U.S.A., 2015, 17 min., color

Too Legit DIRECTOR: Frankie Shaw

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Verbatim: The Ferguson Case DIRECTOR: Brett Weiner

Dogwalker DIRECTOR: Kim Sherman

#sundance

Two burglars strike it rich after stealing a mysterious coat. So begins this darkly comic tale, in which Midnight, an anthropomorphized dog, and his human servant Peter struggle for power, courtesy of the coat.

Figure DIRECTOR: Katarzyna Gondek

DOGWALKER

After Elfie and her nerdy son August successfully proved themselves on their home webcam in MeTube 1, the odd pair venture onto the street to present the biggest, boldest, and sexiest operatic flash mob the internet has ever witnessed!

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Tuesday DIRECTOR: Ziya Demirel

MeTube 2: August sings Carmina Burana DIRECTOR: Daniel Moshel Shorts Programs

TUESDAY

Beneath the Embers (Bajo las Brasas) DIRECTORS: Verónica Jessamyn López Sainz,

Shorts Programs Shorts Program 5 110 min.

Animation Spotlight 91 min. Seide DIRECTOR: Elnura Osmonalieva

Deer Flower DIRECTOR: Kangmin Kim

BELLADONNA

South Korea/U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., color & b/w Korean with English subtitles

Seide lives in a snowy mountain village with her humble family and her beloved horse. When she’s forced into an arranged marriage with a man from a wealthy family, she fights to save her horse from being slaughtered for food for the wedding.

WAVES '98

Over DIRECTOR: Jörn Threlfall

Mining Poems or Odes DIRECTOR: Callum Rice




What has happened in this quiet suburban neighborhood? Has there been a murder, a hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is both profound and deeply unexpected.

Robert, an ex-shipyard welder from Govan, Glasgow, reflects on how his life experiences have influenced his newfound compulsion to write.

A distant father is forced to confront a heroic but troubled past life as ‘80s TV character Pombo.

PARTNERS DIRECTOR: Joey Ally

Belladonna DIRECTOR: Dubravka Turic

Work and life partners Kate and Leigh share everything, from their apartment to the bar they co-own. When a sex-life slump forces them to reconsider their relationship, they must confront how intertwined their lives have become, to humorous ends. Roast Battle DIRECTOR: Jason Reitman U.S.A., 2016, 14 min, B&W The most bigoted room is the least bigoted room. One night at the Comedy Store’s Roast Battle.

U.S.A., 2015, 13 min., color

Sweden, 2015, 19 min., color Swedish with English subtitles

Mika is auditioning male actors for her first feature, and they are all wellestablished alpha dogs in the film business. The situation turns more sour as their confidence in her reaches new lows.

Life Smartphone DIRECTOR: Chenglin Xie China, 2015, 3 min., b/w Saturday, January 23, 9:30 p.m. – SHRT523RN Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Sunday, January 24, 2:30 p.m. – SHRT524PA Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. – SHRT528BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. – SHRT529YA Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

The phenomenon of increasing smartphone addiction can be attributed to today’s cuttingedge technology. Staring at glowing screens instead of exploring the vast expanse of life, people are gradually alienating themselves from the richness, depth, and loveliness of life. The Itching DIRECTOR: Dianne Bellino

Shiny DIRECTORS: Daniel Cloud Campos, Spencer Susser U.S.A., 2016, 4 min., color

A damsel in distress gets undressed when a man from the Midwest puts to rest a world that’s obsessed with “the priceless,” also known as “the shiny.” Limbo Limbo Travel DIRECTORS: Zsuzsanna Kreif, Borbála Zétényi France/Hungary, 2014, 17 min., color

In a country where men seem more interested in their electronic gadgets than in their peers, a group of lonely and disillusioned women take the Limbo Limbo bus. Off to a far exotic country, they hope to find happiness.

U.S.A., 2016, 15 min., color

In this parable, a shy wolf tries to connect with a group of hip, party-loving bunnies but finds her body is in revolt. Bob Dylan Hates Me DIRECTOR: Caveh Zahedi U.S.A., 2016, 6 min., color

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.

Saturday, January 23, noon – ANIMA23TD Temple Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, noon – ANIMA24RD Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 3:00 p.m. – ANIMA26BA Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 8:30 p.m. – ANIMA301N Holiday Village Cinema 1, Park City



Audition DIRECTOR: Lovisa Sirén

Disillusioned with life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar’s discovery lures him into the city. Immersed into a world that is close yet isolated, he loses track and finds himself struggling to keep his attachments and sense of home.

As the balance of the world turns upside down for the Anishinabek people, the elder Naamowin builds a healing drum to save his grandson and his people.

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Officer Arnaud loved his mom.

Three women of different ages and backgrounds meet in an ophthalmologist’s waiting room. The mention of a tragedy that left one of them nearly blind suddenly bridges their differences and creates a possibility for closeness and connection.

Lebanon, 2015, 15 min., color Arabic with English subtitles

Canada, 2015, 11 min., color American-Indian dialect with English subtitles

#sundance

Thunder Road DIRECTOR: Jim Cummings

Croatia, 2015, 18 min., color Croatian with English subtitles

Waves '98 DIRECTOR: Ely Dagher

The Grandfather Drum DIRECTOR: Michelle Derosier

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Pombo Loves You DIRECTOR: Steve Warne

Dujung, an elementary school student, goes to a farm in the suburbs with his parents. While his parents believe the expensive and rare specialty from the farm will strengthen their son’s body, Dujung suffers side effects.

Shorts Programs

Kyrgyzstan, 2015, 14 min., color Kyrgyz with English subtitles

Shorts Programs Midnight Shorts Program 95 min.

Documentary Shorts Program 102 min.

Bacon & God’s Wrath DIRECTOR: Sol Friedman Canada, 2015, 9 min., color & b/w

A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time. The Send-Off DIRECTORS: Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan

The Chickening DIRECTORS: Nick DenBoer, Davy Force

U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., color English and Ho-Chunk with English subtitles

U.S.A./Canada, 2015, 6 min., color

Against landscapes that the artist and his father traversed, audio of the father in the Ho-Chunk language is transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet, which tapers off, narrowing the distance between recorder and recordings, new and traditional, memory and song. Entrapped DIRECTOR: Razan Ghalayini U.S.A., 2015, 12 min., color

The FBI claimed it exposed a dangerous group of men in a massive entrapment operation over an alleged plot to attack a U.S. Army base in New Jersey. But were they really terrorists?

U.S.A., 2015, 13 min., color

Flower of a Thousand Colours DIRECTOR: Karen Vazquez Guadarrama Belgium, 2015, 23 min., color Spanish with English subtitles

Another Kind of Girl DIRECTOR: Khaldiya Jibawi

When Glen attends primal scream class, he releases something from deep within that knows no limits.

Boniato DIRECTORS: Andres Meza-Valdes,

The Puppet Man DIRECTOR: Jacqueline Castel

Diego Meza-Valdes, Eric Mainade U.S.A., 2015, 22 min., color Spanish with English subtitles


An illegal migrant worker decides it’s time to move on from picking crops and find a better job. Little does she know, insidious supernatural forces have a different plan for her. Some borders aren’t meant to be crossed. The Pound Hole DIRECTORS: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan U.S.A., 2015, 12 min., color

Friday, January 22, 12:30 p.m. – DCSH122TD Temple Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, noon – DCSH123RD Redstone Cinema 7, Park City Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. – DCSH124BN Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – DCSH128YN Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City

During a night at the strangest club on earth, DJ Douggpound learns the very real dangers of texting while DJing. Fuckkkyouuu DIRECTOR: Eddie Alcazar

A supernatural killer stalks a young woman and her friends in a seedy, neon-lit dive bar in this short film featuring horror legend John Carpenter. Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman’s Family DIRECTOR: Jason Woliner U.S.A., 2015, 23 min., color

Brett Gelman throws his parents a dinner and tribute for their 40th anniversary with the help of legendary actors Tony Roberts and Patti LuPone. The evening soon unravels into a mindmelting comedic orgy of psychological torture and family dysfunction.

U.S.A., 2015, 8 min., b/w

With the ability to travel in time, a girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection, she struggles with her identity, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.

Friday, January 22, 11:30 p.m. – MIDSH22PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. – MIDSH23BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Monday, January 25, 11:30 p.m. – MIDSH25PL Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 1:00 p.m. – MIDSH294D Holiday Village Cinema 4, Park City



Filmed during a media workshop for Syrian girls in Jordan’s Za’atari Refugee Camp, 17-year-old Khaldiya meditates on how the camp has opened up new horizons and given her a sense of courage that she lacked in Syria.

December 31, 2003: Lucie decides to write a letter to the man who abused her from the age of 8 to 12 years old and resolves to personally bring it to him, wherever he may be.

A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.

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Jordan, 2015, 9 min., color Arabic with English subtitles

Canada, 2015, 28 min., color French with English subtitles



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Flower of a Thousand Colors shows an intimate slice of the life of Emiliana, a loving mother who struggles every day with her rough environment—a Bolivian mining camp.

A Woman and Her Car DIRECTOR: Loïc Darses

Manoman DIRECTOR: Simon Cartwright

The Procedure DIRECTOR: Calvin Lee Reeder

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Emboldened by a giant block party on the evening of their high school prom, a group of students enter the night with the hope of transcending their rural town and the industrial landscape that surrounds them.

BONIATO

All pork and no chicken makes Jack a dull boy. Luckily, Jack gets a new job as senior chief night manager at Charbay’s Chicken World and Restaurant Resort, the world’s largest fast-food entertainment complex; however, things quickly get very clucked.

Shorts Programs

FLOWER OF A THOUSAND COLOURS

Jáaji Approx. DIRECTOR: Sky Hopinka

Shorts Programs New Frontier Shorts 81 min.

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Sundance Film Festival Merchandise Voyagers DIRECTOR: Santiago Menghini Canada, 2015, 15 min., color & b/w

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Travel along with the Voyager spacecrafts as they traverse the solar system on their planetary expedition, spanning over three decades. Abendland (Hours, Years, Aeons) DIRECTORS: IC-98: Patrik Söderlund,

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Visa Suonpää Finland, 2015, 43 min., b/w

In a twilight world long after the age of man, a twisted ecosystem centered around an overgrown fruit tree undergoes parasitic and geological transformations as hours, years, and aeons pass.

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Swimming in Your Skin Again DIRECTOR: Terence Nance U.S.A., 2014, 23 min., color

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This intensely musical film is about the spiritual anchorages of life in and around Miami. The story is drenched in the heat, spirit, and landscape of southern Florida.


Saturday, January 23, 6:15 p.m. – NFSHO23YE Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. – NFSHO25RE Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. – NFSHO29BE Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Saturday, January 30, 6:15 p.m. – NFSHO302E Holiday Village Cinema 2, Park City
