This is the third of four pointers to the lineup announcements for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Just announced are the selections for the Premieres and Documentary Premieres, located here.
The programming slate wraps up with one final announcement revealing this year’s Shorts programming.
Announced last week: US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions and NEXT, and Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, New Frontier, and Sundance Kids.
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This post is a pointer to the second of four lineup announcements for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. This year’s selections in Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and brand new section Sundance Kids may be found here, while New Frontier info may be found here.
The remaining non-competition feature sections, Premieres and Documentary Premieres, as well as Shorts, will be revealed in two further announcements next week.
If you missed yesterday’s announcement, the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus NEXT, click here.
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Here’s a quick pointer to the initial lineup announcement for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The US and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions, plus the NEXT section, are here. Announcements for other sections will follow later this week and next.
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The Best Documentary Feature Oscar shortlist was just announced, narrowing the nearly 150 qualifiers to just fifteen contenders. Congratulations go to all the filmmakers for making it on to this list, especially the eleven Sundance alums and the nine DOC NYC Short List alums!
It’s now a waiting game until the five final nominees are revealed on Thursday, January 16. In the meantime, here is the official shortlist, with links to my previous coverage for each of the films:
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 22: NARCO CULTURA
Shaul Schwarz’s look at the music subculture engendered by Mexico’s drug cartels made its debut at Sundance earlier this year. The doc has also screened at Berlin, Hot Docs, Fantastic Fest, Sydney, Stockholm, and San Sebastian among others.
My pre-Sundance profile may be found here.
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Released on DVD last week: BLACKFISH
Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s exploration of the consequences of keeping killer whales in captivity debuted at Sundance at the beginning of the year. Other screenings have included DOC NYC, Nantucket, Seattle, Sarasota, Vancouver, Provincetown, AFI Docs, Miami, Moscow, Melbourne, and Sydney, among others. The film has enjoyed a limited theatrical release and has been broadcast on CNN.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to CNN this Thursday, November 7: PANDORA’S PROMISE
Robert Stone’s re-evaluation of nuclear power made its world premiere at Sundance this year. Since then, the doc has screened at True/False, Full Frame, Stranger Than Fiction, as well as several universities before its limited theatrical release this Summer.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, November 5: THE GREEN WAVE
Ali Samadi Ahadi’s meditation on Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution debuted at Hamburg in 2010. It went on to screen at IDFA, Sundance, San Francisco, Planete Doc Review, Human Rights Watch, Edinburgh, Jerusalem, and Vancouver, among others, and to enjoy a limited theatrical release.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 1: RUNNING FROM CRAZY
Barbara Kopple’s look at the legacy of mental illness on a celebrated family had its world premiere at Sundance this year. Its festival circuit has included Sundance London, Tribeca, Nantucket, Hamptons, Provincetown, Camden, Full Frame, and Sarasota, among others. After opening at NYC’s Angelika this weekend, OWN expands the film to Los Angeles and San Francisco next week, with Chicago to follow later in the month.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to NYC’s Film Forum tomorrow, Friday, October 25: THE SQUARE (AL MIDAN)
Jehane Noujaim’s immersive story of Egypt’s ongoing struggle for democracy had its world premiere in an early form at Sundance this year, winning an audience award. She continued to film and edit the film, bringing a revised version to premiere at Toronto last month, where it once again won an audience award. The doc will expand to Los Angeles theatres next week.
I previously profiled the earlier version of the doc prior to Sundance here.
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