Tag: 2013 Sundance Film Festival
2013 Sundance Film Fest: Park City Alumni Linklater, Doremus, Gordon-Levitt, Gordon Green & Batmanglij Load Premieres Program
With the exception of a pair of Fox Searchlight titles (The East and Stoker), Warner Bros.' Before Midnight and 6 hour mini-series from Jane...
2013 Sundance Film Fest: Quality offerings from Larrain, Nichols, Wheatley and Polley for Spotlight Program
Sundance announced it's Spotlight program selections today, which consists of plum titles that have enjoyed prestigious premieres at other festivals from the year before....
2013 Sundance Film Fest: S-VHS Gang, Mickle and Reeder Pack Park City at Midnight Program
We accurately forecast the inclusions of Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are and Calvin Lee Reeder's The Rambler (see pic above) as two...
2013 Sundance Film Fest: Returnees Jehane Noujaim and Kim Longinotto Among 12 in World Cinema Docu Comp
While the US doc lineup is leaning hard-nose, the international competition is looking a lot more varied, with eight of the twelve slots being...
2013 Sundance Film Fest: Sean Ellis, Srdan Golubovic, Sebastian Silva in World Cinema Dramatic Comp
Mostly populated by unknowns filmakers (at least to us), among the dozen titles in Sundance's World Dramatic Comp we do find some familair auteurs...
2013 Sundance Film Fest: Moors, Porterfield, Bujalski and Hartigan Fill Innovative NEXT Program
Moving from last year's eight selections (which included Craig Zobel's Compliance), this year section described as "a “greater” next wave in American cinema" balloons...
2013 Sundance Film Fest: David Lowery, Ryan Coogler, Dosunmu, Ponsoldt and Carruth Part of U.S. Dramatic Comp
2013's Sundance Film Fest sees a mix of returnees in Cherien Dabis, Lynn Shelton, Andrew Dosunmu, Shane Carruth (see Upstream Color pic below) and James Ponsoldt, a...
Recap: 2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions
Over the long weekend, plenty of folks got the news that they've had their feature, doc or short films accepted into the Sundance Film...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Robinson Devor’s You Can’t Win
Naturally, helmer Robinson Devor is a great fit for Park City - a former lab participant, his entire filmography in The Woman Chaser (Sundance...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong Cops
From the French filmmaker who launched his career with Rubber and hit Sundance's World Dramatic Comp with Wrong the following year, his next film...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Bogdan Mustata’s Wolf
Better know as the Golden Bear winner for his short in 2008 (A Good Day for a Swim) and more recently, as the scribe...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are
Having steadily built his career in the genre with Mulberry Street ('06), Stake Land ('10), Jim Mickle is still treading the indie horror course...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Nat Faxon & Jim Rash’s The Way, Way Back
A top-tier 2007 Blacklist script that would end up falling back into the laps of those who penned the project, Nat Faxon and Jim...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: M. Blash’s The Wait
I had M. Blash's The Wait on my predictions list last year. A fitting title for the shot in Oregon, sophomore feature that wrapped...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Naomi Foner’s Very Good Girls
Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal's mom Naomi Foner might be a rookie behind the camera, but she has been in the biz for quite some...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Untitled Nicole Holofcener Comedy
A creative advisor, panelist and filmmaker who premiered every single one of her films at the festival from her 1991 short film Angry to...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Untitled Lucy Walker Snowboarding Documentary
Usually a backdrop for ski/snowboarding, Park City and the fest could serve as an ideal venue to showcase Lucy Walker's latest untitled film, a...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Untitled Drake Doremus Drama
I'm betting that Drake Doremus's currently untitled drama will make it three for three at Sundance with Douchebag (Sundance '10), Grand Jury Prize winning...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Errol Morris’ The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld
After a trio of titles (92's A Brief History of Time ,97's Fast Cheap & Out of Control, 99's Mr. Death: The Rise and...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Toy’s House
Jordan Vogt-Roberts' almost half-hour Successful Alcoholics (watch here) was among the crowd-pleasing short film hits of the 2010 edition of Sundance. Flash-forward to this...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely
L'enfant chéri of the festival, Lynn Shelton has showcased Humpday (Sundance '09) and Your Sister's Sister (Sundance '12) and by all logic should be...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Laurie Collyer’s Sunlight Jr.
Half a dozen years since she first broke out at Sundance with the micro-budgeted Sherrybaby (Sundance '05) which still stands as Maggie Gyllenhaal's most...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Chan-wook Park’s Stoker
Despite having shown a pair of his films (Old Boy and Three...Extremes) at the 2005's edition, I would normally not have even consider including Stoker...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Patrick Creadon’s Studio H
Following Park City premieres of Wordplay (Sundance '06) and I.O.U.S.A. (Sundance '08), docu-helmer Patrick Creadon would be looking to make it 3 for 3...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers
With a smartly devised spring release date set, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers has already broken out in 2012 with showings at Venice and Toronto,...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now
With post-production only beginning in late August, it might be too much of a rush job for James Ponsoldt to make it three for...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Dave Grohl’s Sound City: Real To Reel
This prediction just got a whole lot weaker the moment it was announced that Dave Grohl was confirmed as the keynote speaker at SXSW's...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Enid Zentelis’ Something in the Water
A film that was shot in 2011 and appears to have enjoyed a full year in post-production, Tisch prof Enid Zentelis' (see pic above)...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s Some Girl(s)
She debuted her directorial debut, Party Girl at the fest (Sundance '95) and now three films later, Daisy von Scherler Mayer found herself in...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Havana Marking’s Smash & Grab – The Story of the Pink Panthers
British docu helmer Havana Marking broke into the film world via Sundance with the double prize winning (World Cinema Documentary Directing and Audience Awards)...
Top 70 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Forecasting the 2013 Edition
Thanksgiving. A time for tradition, a time for reflecting and a time for family. This week, while the Sundance programers led by John Cooper...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Destin Cretton’s Short Term 12
Short Term 12 the feature, is based on a short film (see trailer below) that picked up Jury Prize for Best Short film at...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Steph Green’s Run and Jump
Will Forte. In a non-comedic role. In the backdrop of Ireland? A participant at the 2010 June Screenwriters Lab and a 2010 Annenberg Film...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Calvin Reeder’s The Rambler
All signs are pointing to another Park City showing for Calvin Reeder's latest, as the hard to classify filmmaker is a regular at the...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Joe Berlinger’s Raising Hell: The Visions of Clive Barker
A longtime friend of the festival, Joe Berlinger has brought along with Bruce Sinofsky docu titles such as Brother’s Keeper (Sundance '92), 1996's Paradise...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche
With the only piece of news coming from a June trade mention, we fathom that before David Gordon Green climbed onto his currently filming...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jenee LaMarque’s The Pretty One
Jenee LaMarque (profile pic above) got her first taste of Park City this past January with with her short film, Spoonful. She might be...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond The Pines
Considering that Derek Cianfrance showcased his first two films, Brother Tied (Sundance '98) and Blue Valentine (2010) in Park City and since The Place...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Nichols’ Mud
It's hard to believe that it has yet to have landed a U.S premiere since its debut (see reactions here) at the Cannes Film...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jacob Vaughan’s Milo
Before directing his debut feature film this past July in Los Angeles, Jacob Vaughan (pictured above) came from a background in editing (working for...
2013 Sundance Film Festival: Alex Holdridge’s Meet Me In Montenegro
The timing might be just right for John Cassavetes Award for The Best Independent Film of 2009 winner Alex Holdridge to break into Sundance....
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Cherien Dabis’ May in Summer
Her immigrant dramedy debut film Amreeka ('09 Sundance) blasted helmer Cherien Dabis into movie culture consciousness and her highly anticipated follow-up with players such...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sebastian Silva’s Magic Magic
Thanks to Sebastian Silva's output/frequent visits to Park City, the country of Chile has been well repped at the festival, so after the World...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Andrew Dosunmu’s Ma’ George
With all the support Andrew Dosunmu's Ma' George received from the Sundance Institute, I think it's time for the delivery. Known in the labs/formerly...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Andrew Levitas’ Lullaby
If Andrew Levitas does crack the Sundance line-up, the trade headlines will mention his skill-set inventory (read his wiki page). In the film world,...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Phil Morrison’s Lucky Dog
Not totally inactive (he was an executive producer on Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy & Meek's Cutoff), but it's been a whopping eight years...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman’s Lovelace
Longtime filmmaker pairing of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have had their share of premieres at the fest all the way back to Where...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love
Along with Francois Ozon, Michael Winterbottom is easily the most prolific, hardest working and most diverse filmmaker in the business and has lineage to...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alex Gibney’s The Road Back
No stranger to the Sundance Film Festival, over the recent years, Alex Gibney has premiered Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Sundance '05),...
2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: John Krokidas’ Kill My Darlings
With his last directing credit being short film Slo-Mo (Sundance '02), it's been more than a decade before John Krokidas got to make his...
