SXSW announced its 2022 line-up today, a total of more than 100 projects. Following is the list of nonfiction features and episodics, broken down by section:
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SXSW 2022: Features Lineup Announced
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On VOD: WRITING WITH FIRE
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, February 1:
WRITING WITH FIRE
Director:
Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, RIDM, BlackStar, Guadalajara, DocsMX, Double Exposure, Sydney, Yamagata Doc, Ambulante, Denver, San Diego Asian, Hawaii, Bergen, San Francisco, Krakow, Seattle, Thessaloniki Doc, One World, Shanghai
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
A chronicle of the trailblazing work of India’s only news outlet run by Dalit women–once known as “untouchable.”
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
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On DVD: AILEY
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1:
AILEY
Director:
Jamila Wignot
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Tribeca, Frameline, Provincetown, Thessaloniki Doc
About:
A revealing, moving portrait of pioneering choreographer Alvin Ailey.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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2022 Sundance Awards
The winners of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival were announced earlier today. A list of the feature awards follows:
US Documentary Competition Awards:
World Cinema Documentary Competition Awards:
US Dramatic Competition Awards:
World Cinema Dramatic Competition Awards:
NEXT Awards:
Festival Favorite:
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2022 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: NAVALNY
NAVALNY
In August 2020 while on a plane traveling from Siberia to Moscow, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent implicated in attacks on other opponents of the Russian government. Navalny partnered with journalists and international news organizations to investigate his attempted assassination and find proof of the Kremlin’s involvement.
Director:
Daniel Roher
Producers:
Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Shane Boris
Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details by clicking on the film title above.
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Special Note: w(n)td & 2022 Sundance
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival begins tomorrow, Thursday, January 20, and runs through Sunday, January 30. w(n)td will be on hiatus for the duration while I’m busy with my responsibilities as a Senior Programmer for the festival. Regular daily weekday posting will resume on Monday, January 31.
Sundance is available online across the US — and in-person at seven Satellite Screens — so I encourage everyone who is able to catch as much of our amazing lineup as possible. Full program and ticketing info is available at the link above.
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2022 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: GONDWANA
Gondwana
A durational VR experience that runs over 24 hours, and a constantly-evolving virtual ecosystem chronicling the possible futures of the world’s oldest tropical rainforest, the Daintree. Powered by climate data, each showing is unrepeatable and speculative, a meditation on time, change, and loss in an irreplaceable landscape.
Lead Artists:
Ben Joseph Andrews, Emma Roberts
Key Collaborators:
Lachlan Sleight, Michelle Brown, The Convoy
Producer:
Emma Roberts
Festival Section:
New Frontier
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details by clicking on the project title above.
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2022 Sundance Don’t Miss Docs: 32 SOUNDS
32 Sounds
An immersive documentary and sensory film experience that explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. The film will be presented in its “live cinema” form, featuring live music and live narration.
Lead Artist:
Sam Green
Producers:
Josh Penn, Tommy Kriegsmann
Festival Section:
New Frontier
More Info:
Check out the Sundance website for more details by clicking on the project title above.
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On TV: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY
Coming to Showtime Sunday, January 30:
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY
Director:
W Kamau Bell
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
About:
Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you even try? While there are many people about whom we could ask those questions, none poses a tougher challenge than Bill Cosby.
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Streaming: FEELS GOOD MAN
Coming to MUBI Friday, January 28:
FEELS GOOD MAN
Director:
Arthur Jones
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
True/False, SXSW, Big Sky Doc, Taipei, Fantasia, Sidewalk, Kyiv
About:
An exploration of the unpredictable development of an influential Internet meme.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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