Category Archives: Sundance

THE MISSION
A revelation of the inner lives of young Mormon missionaries, as they leave their homes for the first time and embark upon the most emotionally, physically, and psychologically challenging period of their life.

Director:
Tania Anderson

Producers:
Isabella Karhu, Juho-Pekka Tanskanen

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country of Origin:
Finland

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MIDWIVES
Two midwives—one Buddhist, the other Muslim⁠—work side-by-side in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar.

Director:
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing

Producers:
Bob Moore, Ulla Lehmann, Mila Aung-Thwin, Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country of Origin:
Myanmar

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A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
In Eastern Ukraine, follow the daily life of children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions.

Director:
Simon Lereng Wilmont

Producers:
Monica Hellström

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country of Origin:
Denmark

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CALENDAR GIRLS
A coming-of-golden-age look at Florida’s most dedicated dance team for women over 60, shaking up the outdated image of “the little old lady,” and calling for everyone to dance their hearts out, while they still can.

Directors/Producers:
Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country of Origin:
Sweden

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ALL THAT BREATHES
Against the darkening backdrop of Delhi’s apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.

Director:
Shaunak Sen

Producers:
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country of Origin:
India/USA/UK

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TIKTOK, BOOM.
With TikTok now crowned the world’s most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists, and experts alike. Why is an app, best known for people dancing, the target of so much controversy?

Director:
Shalini Kantayya

Producers:
Ross M. Dinerstein, Shalini Kantayya, Danni Mynard

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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JIHAD REHAB
A group of men trained by Al-Qaeda are transferred from Guantanamo to a rehabilitation center for extremists.

Director:
Meg Smaker

Producers:
Meg Smaker, Bryan Storkel

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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THE JANES
In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on Chicago’s South Side. Seven women were arrested. The accused were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions. They called themselves Jane.

Directors:
Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes

Producers:
Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, Jessica Levin

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into an unflinching meditation on freakdom, (in)visibility, and the pursuit of individual agency.

Director:
Reid Davenport

Producer:
Keith Wilson

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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FREE CHOL SOO LEE
After a Korean immigrant is wrongly convicted of a 1973 San Francisco Chinatown gang murder, Asian Americans unite as never before to free Chol Soo Lee. A former street hustler becomes the symbol for a landmark movement. But once out, he self-destructs, threatening the movement’s legacy and the man himself.

Directors:
Julie Ha, Eugene Yi

Producers:
Su Kim, Jean Tsien, Sona Jo, Julie Ha, Eugene Yi

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition

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