Here’s the last of Sundance’s slate announcements for 2015, this time with the films screening in its Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections, as well as the selections for a new Special Events section and participants for two panels. Previously announced: U.S., World and NEXT sections, and the Spotlight, Midnight and New Frontiers slates. PREMIERES A showcase of world premieres of some of the most highly anticipated narrative films of the coming year. Brooklyn / United Kingdom (Director: John Crowley, Screenwriter: Nick Hornby, based on the book by Colm Tóibín) — 1950s Ireland: Eilis must confront a terrible dilemma — a heartbreaking […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Dec 8, 2014A day after unveiling the Competition and NEXT lineups, the Sundance Institute has announced the 2015 Sundance Film Festival’s Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontiers sections. Of the Midnight section, which contains new films by Eli Roth, Rodney Ascher and, from Cannes, David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, Director of Programming Trevor Groth said in a press release, “This year’s Park City at Midnight selections have much to offer genre enthusiasts. With everything from futuristic fantasies to paranormal nightmares, it’s an all-out trip to the cinematic edge.” Of the New Frontiers section of films and installations — the latter […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 4, 2014