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Sundance Film Festival 2008

Tutti i film in concorso dal 17 a 27 gennaio


DRAMATIC COMPETITION

Selezionati 16 film su 1068 pervenuti.

AMERICAN SON (Director: Neil Abramson; Screenwriter: Eric Schmid). Cast: Nick Cannon, Melonie Diaz, Matt O’Leary, Jay Hernandez, Tom Sizemore, Chi McBride. World Premiere

ANYWHERE, U.S.A. (Director: Chusy Haney-Jardine; Screenwriters: Chusy Haney-Jardine, Jennifer Macdonald). Cast: Perla Haney-Jardine. World Premiere

BALLAST (Director and Screenwriter: Lance Hammer). Cast: Michael J. Smith Sr., Jim Myron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail. World Premiere

CHOKE (Director and Screenwriter: Clark Gregg). Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Brad Henke. World Premiere

DOWNLOADING NANCY (Director: Johan Renck; Screenwriters: Pamela Cuming, Lee Ross). Cast: Maria Bello, Jason Patric, Rufus Sewell, Amy Brenneman. World Premiere

FROZEN RIVER (Director and Screenwriter: Courtney Hunt). Cast: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O’Keefe, Mark Boone, Jr. World Premiere

GOOD DICK (Director and Screenwriter: Marianna Palka). Cast: Jason Ritter, Marianna Palka, Tom Arnold, Mark Webber, Martin Starr, Eric Edelstein. World Premiere


THE LAST WORD
(Director and Screenwriter: Geoff Haley) Cast: Winona Ryder, Wes Bentley, Ray Romano. World Premiere


THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH
(Director and Screenwriter: Rawson Marshall Thurber). Cast: Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Sienna Miller, Mena Suvari, Nick Nolte. World Premiere

NORTH STARR (Director and Screenwriter: Matthew Stanton). Cast: Jerome Hawkins, Matthew Stanton, Chris Sullivan, Isaac Lamb, Zach Johnson, Wayne Campbell. World Premiere

PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND (Director and Screenwriter: Daniel Barnz).
Cast: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott, Peter Gerety. World Premiere

PRETTY BIRD (Director and Screenwriter: Paul Schneider). Cast: Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Kristen Wiig, David Hornsby. World Premiere

SLEEP DEALER (Director: Alex Rivera; Screenwriters: Alex Rivera, David Riker). Cast: Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas. World Premiere

SUGAR (Directors and Screenwriters: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck). Cast: Algenis Perez Soto. World Premiere

SUNSHINE CLEANING (Director: Christine Jeffs; Screenwriter: Megan Holley). World Premiere

THE WACKNESS (Director and Screenwriter: Jonathan Levine) Cast: Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary Kate Olsen, Method Man. World Premiere

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

AN AMERICAN SOLDIER (Director and Screenwriter: Edet Belzberg)

AMERICAN TEEN (Director and Screenwriter: Nanette Burstein)

BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER* (Director: Christopher Bell; Screenwriters: Christopher Bell, Alexander Buono, Tamsin Rawady). World Premiere


FIELDS OF FUEL
(Director Josh Tickell; Screenwriter: Johnny O’Hara). World Premiere

FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER (Director: Irena Salina). World Premiere


GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON
(Director: Alex Gibney). World Premiere

THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO (Director and Screenwriter: Lisa F. Jackson). World Premiere

I.O.U.S.A. (Director: Patrick Creadon). World Premiere

NERAKHOON (THE BETRAYAL) (Director: Ellen Kuras; Co-Director: Thavisouk Phrasavath; Screenwriters: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath). World Premiere

THE ORDER OF MYTHS (Director: Margaret Brown). World Premiere

PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE (Director Steven Sebring). World Premiere


ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
(Director: Marina Zenovich; Screenwriters: Marina Zenovich, Joe Bini, P.G. Morgan). World Premiere

SECRECY (Directors: Peter Galison, Robb Moss). World Premiere

SLINGSHOT HIP HOP (Director: Jackie Reem Salloum). World Premiere


TRACES OF THE TRADE: A STORY FROM THE DEEP NORTH
(Director: Katrina Browne; C0-Directors: Alla Kovgan, Jude Ray; Screenwriters: Katrina Browne, Alla Kovgan). World Premiere

TROUBLE THE WATER (Directors: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal). World Premiere

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

ALONE IN FOUR WALLS (ALLEIN IN VIER WÄNDEN)/ Germany (Director and Screenwriter: Alexandra Westmeier). North American Premiere

THE ART STAR AND THE SUDANESE TWINS/ New Zealand (Director and Screenwriter: Pietra Brettkelly). World Premiere

BE LIKE OTHERS/ Canada/United Kingdom/ U.S.A./ Iran (Director: Tanaz Eshaghian). World Premiere

A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MY SEXUAL FAILURES/ United Kingdom (Director: Chris Waitt; Screenwriters: Chris Waitt and Henry Trotter). World Premiere

DEREK/ United Kingdom (Director: Isaac Julien). World Premiere

DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT/Pakistan (Directors and Screenwriters: Sabiha Sumar and Sachithanandam Sathananthan). U.S. Premiere

DURAKOVO: THE VILLAGE OF FOOLS (DURAKOVO: LE VILLAGE DES FOUS)/ France (Director and Screenwriter: Nino Kirtadze)— . North American Premiere

IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE/ United Kingdom (Director: Marc Evans; Screenwriters: Marc Evans, William Francome). With William Francome, Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Mos Def, Smoof , Snoop Dogg, Angela Davis. North American Premiere

MAN ON WIRE/ United Kingdom (Director and Screenwriter: James Marsh). World Premiere

pUUJEE/ Japan (Director and Screenwriter: Kazuya Yamada). North American Premiere

RECYCLE/ Jordan (Director and Screenwriter: Al Massad). World Premiere

STRANDED: I’VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS/ France (Director and Screenwriter: Gonzalo Arijon). North American Premiere

TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI’S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA/ Canada (Director: Patrick Reed). North American Premiere

UP THE YANGTZE/ Canada (Director and Screenwriter: Yung Chang). U.S. Premiere

THE WOMEN OF BRUKMAN (LES FEMMES DE LA BRUKMAN)/ Canada (Director and Screenwriters: Isaac Isitan and Carole Poliquin). U.S. Premiere

YASUKUNI/ Japan/China (Director and Screenwriter: Li Ying). Cast: Kariya Naoji, Sugawara Ryuken,Gaojin Sumei. North American Premiere

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION

ABSURDISTAN/ Germany/Azerbaijan (Director: Veit Helmer; Screenwriters: Veit Helmer, Zaza Buadze, Gordan Mihic, Ahmet Golbol). World Premiere

BLUE EYELIDS (PÁRPADOS AZULES)/ Mexico (Director: Ernesto Contreras; Screenwriter: Carlos Contreras). Cast: Cecilia Suàrez, Enrique Arreola, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Tiaré Scanda, Luisa Huertas. U.S. Premiere

CAPTAIN ABU RAED/ Jordan (Director and Screenwriter: Amin Matalqa). Cast: Nadim Sawalha, Hussein Al-Sous, Rana Sultan, Uday Al-Qiddissi, Ghandi Saber. North American Premiere

THE DRUMMER (JIN. GWU)/ Hong Kong/ Taiwan/ Germany (Director and Screenwriter: Kenneth Bi). Cast: Jaycee Chan, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Josie Ho, Roy Cheung, Lee Sinje, Kenneth Tsang.


I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER (J’AI TOUJOURS RÊVÉ D’ÊTRE UN GANGSTER)
/ France (Director and Screenwriter: Samuel Benchetrit). Cast: Sergi López, Jean Rochefort, Alain Bashung, Anna Mouglalis. North American Premiere


JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY (KÆRLIGHED PÅ FILM)
/ Denmark (Director and Screenwriter: Ole Bornedal). Cast: Anders W. Berthelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic, Ewa Fröling. North American Premiere


KING OF PING PONG (PING PONGKINGEN)
/ Sweden (Director: Jens Jonsson; Screenwriters: Jens Jonsson, Hans Gunnarson). Cast: Georgi Staykov, Ann-Sofie Normi, Frederik Nilsson, Jerry Johansson. International Premiere

MÁNCORA/ Spain/Peru (Director: Ricardo de Montreuil; Screenwriter: Oscar Torres). World Premiere. World Premiere

MEGANE (GLASSES)/ Japan (Director and Screenwriter: Naoko Ogigami). North American Premiere

MERMAID (RUSALKA)/ Russia (Director and Screenwriter: Anna Melikyan) . Cast: Masha Shalaeva, Evgeniy Ciganov, Maria Sokolova, Nastya Doncova. International Premiere


PERRO COME PERRO (DOG EAT DOG)
/ Colombia (Director: Carlos Moreno; Screenwriters: Alonso Torres, Carlos Moreno). Cast: Marlon Moreno, Oscar Borda, Alvaro Rodríguez, Blas Jaramillo, Paulina Rivas. World Premiere

RIPRENDIMI (GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE)/ Italy (Director: Anna Negri; Screenwriters: Anna Negri, Giovanna Mori). Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Marco Foschi, Valentina Lodovini, Stefano Fresi, Alessandro Averone. World Premiere

STRANGERS/ Israel (Directors and Screenwriters: Erez Tadmor, Guy Nattiv). Cast: Liron Levo, Lubna Azabal, Dominique Lollia, Patrick Albenque, Abdallah el Akal, Roger Dumas. International Premiere

UNDER THE BOMBS (SOUS LES BOMBES)/ Lebanon (Director: Philippe Aractingi; Screenwriters: Philippe Aractingi,Michel Léviant). Cast: Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz, Bshara Atallah, and Rawia Elchab. North American Premiere

THE WAVE (DIE WELLE)/ Germany (Director: Dennis Gansel; Screenwriters: Dennis Gansel and Peter Thorwarth). Cast: Juergen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul. World Premiere


THE WIND AND THE WATER (BURWA DII EBO)
/ Panama (Directors and Screenwriters: A collective collaboration). World Premiere