Sundance 2016
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- DirectorRob ZombieStarsMalcolm McDowellRichard BrakeJeff Daniel PhillipsFive carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, hellish compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
- DirectorDanny PerezStarsNatasha LyonneChloë SevignyMeg TillyIn a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a wild night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions as she struggles to get a grip on reality while stories of conspiracy spread.
- DirectorMickey KeatingStarsAshley BellPat HealyJames Landry HébertPart crime caper gone awry, part survival horror film, this 1970s set thriller depicts a harrowing fight for survival after a pair of wannabe crooks botch a bank heist and flee into the desert, where they inexplicably stumble upon Carnage Park, a remote stretch of wilderness occupied by a psychotic ex-military sniper.
- DirectorJT MollnerStarsChad Michael MurrayFrances FisherTeri PoloWhen outlaws on the lam invade the home of an unsuspecting, seemingly innocent, frontier family to hide out for the night, an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues, leading to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately, bloody revenge.
- DirectorRichard Bates Jr.StarsAdrian GrenierAngela TrimburFionnula FlanaganWhen 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.
- DirectorBabak AnvariStarsNarges RashidiAvin ManshadiBobby NaderiAs a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsLily-Rose DeppHarley Quinn SmithJohnny DeppTwo teenage yoga enthusiasts must do battle with an evil presence that is threatening to rise from its underground lair and endanger their major party plans.
- DirectorMiles Joris-PeyrafitteStarsOwen CampbellCharlie HeatonAmandla StenbergSet in the early 1990s, the telling and retelling of a friendship between three teenagers, as a police investigation prompts disparate memories.
- DirectorNate ParkerStarsNate ParkerArmie HammerPenelope Ann MillerNat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
- DirectorAntonio CamposStarsRebecca HallMichael C. HallTracy LettsThe story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
- DirectorMeera MenonStarsAnna GunnJames PurefoySarah Megan ThomasSenior investment banker Naomi Bishop is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption.
- DirectorJason LewStarsBoyd HolbrookElisabeth MossOctavia SpencerA recently released former convict becomes involved with a married woman with an abusive husband.
- DirectorAndrew NeelStarsBen SchnetzerNick JonasGus HalperReeling from a terrifying assault, a 19 year-old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there in the name of "brotherhood" tests him and his loyalty to his brother in brutal ways.
- DirectorClea DuVallStarsMelanie LynskeyJason RitterSkylar BernonA 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.
- DirectorJeff BaenaStarsThomas MiddleditchAdam PallyAlex Ross PerryJoshy's fiancée kills herself. 4 months later, Joshy's friends hope to cheer him up at the cabin in Ojai, CA, rented for his bachelor party weekend. Starting at the local bar, things get wild.
- DirectorSo Yong KimStarsRiley KeoughJena MaloneJessie Ok GrayThe relationship between two friends deepens during an impromptu road trip.
- DirectorChad HartiganStarsMarkees ChristmasCraig RobinsonCarla JuriThe romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
- DirectorChris KellyStarsJesse PlemonsMolly ShannonBradley WhitfordA struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.
- DirectorRichard TanneStarsTika SumpterParker SawyersVanessa Bell CallowayChronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth WinsteadA hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
- DirectorSian HederStarsElliot PageAllison JanneyTammy BlanchardDesperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Manhattan housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.
- DirectorElizabeth WoodStarsMorgan SaylorBrian MarcJustin BarthaSummer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
- DirectorClay TweelStarsSteve GleasonMike GleasonScott FujitaAfter he is diagnosed with ALS, former professional football player Steve Gleason begins making a video diary for his unborn son, as he, his wife, and their friends and family work to raise money for ALS patients as his disease progresses.
- DirectorRoger Ross WilliamsStarsOwen SuskindCornelia SuskindRon SuskindA coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.
- DirectorPenny LaneStarsGene TognacciAndy BoswellJohn CausbyThe 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.
- DirectorJason BenjaminStarsJillian T. WeissA behind-the-scenes look at the Brooklyn tailoring company Bindle and Keep.
- DirectorAaron BrooknerStarsAaron BrooknerJohn GiornoJim JarmuschAn intertwining tale of past and present this Award Winning Sundance documentary rediscovers NYC filmmaker Howard Brookner and his body of work, unveiled by his nephew, after being buried in William S. Burroughs bunker for over 30 years.
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsStef AertsTom VermeirStefaan De WinterThe drama follows two brothers who start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium's nightlife scene.
- DirectorQaushiq MukherjeeStarsShashank AroraTanmay DhananiaChaitanya VaradThis homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything, except how to talk to women.
- DirectorMirjana KaranovicStarsMirjana KaranovicBoris IsakovicJasna DjuricicA film about a woman who discovers her husband's war crimes and must decide how to respond.
- DirectorRebecca DalyStarsBarry KeoghanRachel GriffithsJoanne CrawfordPortrait of a contemporary woman living in Dublin. Margaret handles in a very sensitive way- how difficult it is for a mother to grieve the death of a child, even if they are estranged.
- DirectorAna KatzStarsJulieta ZylberbergAndrés MilicichMirella PascualRunning 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.
- DirectorElite ZexerStarsLamis AmmarRuba BlalHitham OmariWhen their entire lives shatter, two Bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way.
- DirectorNicolette KrebitzStarsLilith StangenbergGeorg FriedrichSilke BodenbenderAn anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.
- DirectorMichal MarczakStarsKrzysztof BaginskiMichal HuszczaEva LebuefA new era is coming, and Warsaw stands uncomfortably at its edge. Art school classmates Christopher and Michal, on the precipice of their own coming of age, restlessly roam their city's streets in search of living forever inside the beautiful moment. Never content with answers, they push each experience to its breaking point, testing what it might mean to be truly awake in a world that seems satisfied to be asleep.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsNariman AnwarHelly LuvA documentary about Kurds, middle-east war and "Kurdistan", a nation with about 45m population and still without a country.
- DirectorNanfu WangStarsYe HaiyanHuangWang JianfenA human rights activist and filmmaker travels to Hainan Province to seek justice for six elementary school girls who were sexually abused, while being followed by local governments, national secret police, and even her own neighbors.
- DirectorPieter-Jan De PueStarsGholam NasirKhyrgyz BajNoorA gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of the time when American troops finally withdraw from their land, another gang of children keeps tight control on the caravans smuggling the blue gemstones through the arid mountains of Pamir.
- DirectorStephen KijakStarsYoshikiHiroshi MorieSugizoA documentary film about the legendary Japanese rock band X JAPAN.
- DirectorNicolas PesceStarsKika MagalhãesWill BrillOlivia BondIn their secluded farmhouse, a mother (a former surgeon) teaches her daughter, Francisca, anatomy, and how life and death are not to be feared. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of their family life, and deeply traumatises Francisca, but also awakens curiosities. Years later, Francisca clings to her increasingly distant father, but the trauma she sustained reawaken when her desire to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form.
- DirectorKerem SangaStarsDylan GelulaBrianna HildebrandMateo AriasSeventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her LA public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend Clifton - who has always harbored a secret crush - he does his best to get in the way.
- DirectorAnna Rose HolmerStarsRoyalty HightowerAlexis NeblettDa'Sean MinorWhile training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.
- DirectorBernardo BrittoStarsMartin AndersonEve AustinJames BensonThis mockumentary follows an unnamed director and narrator (Wyatt Cenac) down to Argentina, where he's filming Jacqueline, who claims to be blowing the whistle on a plot to assassinate an Arab politician.
- DirectorSteven Caple Jr.StarsJorge Lendeborg Jr.Moises AriasRafi GavronFour teenage boys in Cleveland, Ohio pursue dreams of professional skateboarding over the summer to escape inner city life but entanglement with a local crime boss endangers their brotherhood and lives.
- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsMatt JohnsonOwen WilliamsAndrew AppelleIn 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.
- DirectorJ.D. DillardStarsJacob LatimoreSeychelle GabrielStorm ReidA young street magician is left to care for his little sister after their parents' death, and turns to illegal activities to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets in too deep, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to use his magic and brilliant mind to save her.
- DirectorBridey ElliottStarsBud CortBridey ElliottRob Michael HugelA comedy about isolation and loneliness, Affections follows a young woman, adrift, seeking intimacy in the most unlikely places.
- DirectorDarius Clark MonroeStarsSegun AkandeSome things must die to live.
- DirectorKim ShermanStarsSarah HaganKendrick HolmesJohn T. O'BrienA dark-comedy adventure of a young dog walker, after the unexpected death of one of her favorite clients.
- DirectorDrew ChristieStarsIndia'yolanda CollinsRichard EvansHugh RossThe story of the first motion pictures ever photographed as told by the son of Eadweard Muybridge.
- DirectorEva VivesStarsAri GraynorPam MurphyA 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.
- DirectorAsantewaa PrempehStarsKenan BaysalYacine DjoumbayeMamadou MarThe lines between trust,betrayal and forgiveness become gray and intertwined as we follow Amadou and Yaya, two Senegalese vendors working in New York.
- DirectorAndrew LaurichStarsJohn EnnisStephen EllisEmily RandallA desperate son reconnects with his estranged father to ask an unspeakable favor that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorDuke MerrimanStarsJanie BrookshirePatrick KennedyGeorge MerrickA dinner party goes painfully sour in this darkly comic take on the dual realities of friendship.
- DirectorBryce Dallas HowardStarsSeth GabelBryce Dallas HowardTheodore GabelTold 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.
- DirectorJim CummingsStarsJim CummingsKitty BarshayFrancesca I. BiasioloJimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.
- DirectorFrankie ShawStarsZoë KravitzTeresa PalmerNate CorddryA rape victim (Zoe Kravitz) learns that she is pregnant.
- DirectorBrett WeinerStarsUzo AdubaBecki DennisBrian GeraghtyVerbatim: The Ferguson Case dramatizes and juxtaposes the grand jury transcripts of two key witnesses in the shooting of the unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, MO.
- DirectorLovisa SirénStarsNanna BlondellPeter GardinerAlexej ManvelovExperienced male actors are called to an audition. During the screen test, they realize that the female director is looking for something they are unwilling to expose. A humorous depiction of power structures and male defense mechanisms.
- DirectorDubravka TuricStarsAleksandra NaumovNada DjurevskaLana BaricBelladonna is a film about (not) seeing, about our superficial perception of each other and the prejudices that result from it.
- DirectorBen PetrieStarsAndrew ChownGrace GlowickiBen PetrieA boyfriend's jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom.
- DirectorDon McKellarStarsHumberly GonzálezCynthia Jimenez-HicksEmma LaishramRelationships can be an endless cycle of breakups.
- DirectorMaïmouna DoucouréStarsSokhna DialloMaïmouna GueyeEriq EbouaneyThe 8-year-old Aida lives in an apartment in the Parisian suburb. The daily life of Aida and the whole family is overwhelmed when her father comes back from Senegal, their country of origin. Actually, he did not come back alone. He returned with the young Senegalese Rama whom he introduced as his second wife. Aida is very sensitive to her mother's distress. She decides then to get rid of the new visitor.
- DirectorCaroline MonnetIn this bracing short cut from archival footage, people from Canada's First Nations move from the woods to the tops of New York skyscrapers-almost all of which have been built in part by Mohawk iron workers.
- DirectorJörn ThrelfallStarsRussell AnthonyGary CalandroMalcolm DaviesOver presents a crime scene. During the course of 9 wide shots, we watch an intriguing story unfold. What's happened in this quiet neighbourhood? A murder, hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected.
- DirectorOndrej HudecekStarsJulius FeldmeierCyril DobrýMarie PoulováA twisted gay romance set in the 19th Century picturesque Bohemia telling a tabooed true story of birth of one of the nation's most influential writers, starring Julius Feldmeier (Tore tanzt). Suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex and happy ending. Mostly happy ending.
- DirectorFyzal BoulifaStarsZehra ZorbaDemilade AdesanyaAlex AkindejiA portrait of teen escort, 'Coco'.
- DirectorElnura OsmonalievaStarsKaliman Kalybek KyzyTorkaKanat AbdrakhmanovYoung Seide lives in a secluded mountain village in the heart of Kyrgyzstan. She loves her freedom to ride her horse, the closest soul she has, and enjoys playing with the village boys. When she is faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage, her family decides to honor the tradition and kill Seide's horse for the wedding celebration. Upset and feeling voiceless, Seide tries to understand her family's decision but cannot let her horse be killed. Unfortunately, the horse, like herself, has nowhere to go.
- DirectorZiya DemirelStarsMelis BalabanZeki OcakYonca HiçAn ordinary school day for a teenage girl in Istanbul until she meets three different men during her day. She encounters something very different from each of them...
- DirectorKhaldiya JibawiFor three months, a group of Syrian girls living in Jordan's Za'atari Refugee Camp participated in a media workshop to document their everyday lives - how it looks, feels and sounds from the ground, at the heart of their world. This video was filmed by Khaldiya, 17, from Dara'a, Syria. This video was filmed by Khaldiya, 17, from Dara'a, Syria.
- DirectorSol FriedmanStarsRazie BrownstoneA short doc following an elderly Jewish woman as she tries bacon for the first time.
- DirectorAndrea Fuentes CharlesVerónica Jessamyn López SainzIsabel, a young woman from the sierra mountains of Guanajuato, is motivated by the love of her family and has learned that to achieve her dreams she must sacrifice her present, to be able to value tomorrow's success.
- DirectorJack DunphyStarsFiona RobertA heartbroken filmmaker secretly records his sister reading an embarassing love letter from his ex-girlfriend.
- DirectorRazan GhalayiniThe FBI claimed it had exposed a dangerous group of men in a massive 'entrapment' operation over an alleged plot to attack a US army base in New Jersey. But were they really terrorists?
- DirectorKatarzyna GondekA gigantic figure emerges from behind the snow curtain and hits the road. It passes towns, villages, houses, to land on top of a hill, next to spiders, saints and bumper cars. FIGURE is a surreal tale about creating myths. Who is our protagonist? The world's largest sacral miniature park resident. A gigantic, white contradiction.
- DirectorDaniele AnastasionNathan GolonStarsByron NicholaiA 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.
- DirectorCallum RiceRobert has put aside his tools for pen and paper.
- DirectorPatrick BresnanIvete LucasEmboldened 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.
- DirectorEleanor MortimerA warm and lyrical film following a group of unruly monkeys in Gibraltar, and the people employed to control them with peashooters.
- DirectorLoïc DarsesStarsLucie Simone TremblayDecember the 31th, 2003. Lucie decides to write a letter to the man who abused her from the age of 8 to 12 years old and resolves herself to bring it to him in person, wherever he may be.
- DirectorTerence NanceStarsVickie WashingtonDarielle WilliamsA visual essay based on a script by Norvis Jr.
- DirectorSantiago MenghiniTravel along with the Voyager spacecrafts as they traverse the solar system on their planetary expedition spanning over three decades.
- DirectorMarc JohnsonStarsYang Dong JuFeng LiHai Bin WangYuyu is based on a true story of a Chinese beekeeper who performs a rite of spring to recover the environmental balance of the Yangtze Valley in Chongqing, China. Throughout this journey, She Zuo Bin, enters a trance with nature.
- DirectorEric MainadeAndres Meza-ValdesDiego Meza-ValdesStarsCarmela ZumbadoFelix CortesAlex GarayAn illegal migrant worker decides it's time to move on from picking crops and find her father. Little does she know, insidious supernatural forces have a different plan for her. Some borders aren't meant to be crossed.
- DirectorNick DenBoerDavy ForceStarsTim BeresfordNick Di Brizzi Jr.Cad Gold Jr.A spoof of the The Stanley Kubrick movie the Shining
- DirectorJason WolinerStarsBrett GelmanTony RobertsPatti LuPoneBrett Gelman (Brett Gelman) throws his parents a dinner and tribute show for their 40th anniversary with the help of legendary actors Tony Roberts and Patti Lupone.
- DirectorEddie AlcazarStarsCharles BakerJesse SullivanWith the ability to travel in time, a lonely girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection she struggles with her identity and gender, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.
- DirectorSimon CartwrightStarsGordon PeastonGlen is barely a man. In a desperate attempt to tap into his masculinity he attends a primal scream therapy session, surrounded by wailing men he cannot even make a sound. When another member of the class pushes Glen too far he finally lets something out- a miniature version of himself which does whatever it wants, regardless of the consequences.
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsJillian AlexanderTreya BushellErica DawsonThe Pound Hole is an exclusive dance club located in a porta potty somewhere. Late one night DJ Douggpound is forced to make a decision between being a father and saving his sick son's life, or being a DJ.
- DirectorCalvin Lee ReederStarsChristian PalmerFrank MosleyA man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.
- DirectorJack O'SheaStarsAntonia Campbell-HughesDeclan ConlonHugh O'ConorA man follows the orders of a dog to wear a mysterious coat with impossible pockets.
- DirectorKangmin KimStarsKangmin KimFull stop motion short film / 3D printed film. A boy and his family visit deer farm. And the boy has some peculiar experiences.
- DirectorNina GantzA stop motion film about an oddball felted character who slips through floors into the past and the deepest parts of his psyche in his pursuit of self-understanding.
- DirectorMichelle DerosierAs 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.
- DirectorZsuzsanna KreifBorbála ZétényiIn a country where men seem more interested in their electronic gadgets than their peers, a group of lonely and disillusioned women take the Limbo Limbo bus. Off to a far exotic country, they hope to find the so expected happiness.
- DirectorSteve WarneStarsElsie MooreIan Puleston-DaviesA distant father confronts a heroic but troubled past life as an 80's TV show mascot called 'Pombo'.
- DirectorDaniel 'Cloud' CamposSpencer SusserStarsDaniel 'Cloud' CamposSpencer SusserTamara LevinsonA 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".
- DirectorEly DagherStarsElie BassilaDisillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's discovery lures him into the depth of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his reality, he eventually loses track and finds himself struggling to keep his attachments, his sense of home.
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsLou de LaâgeAgata BuzekAgata Kulesza1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nuns are pregnant.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAdam BakriMaría ValverdeMandy PatinkinLove story of a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku from 1918 to 1920.