Sundance features – Page 6
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FeaturesSundance directors: Felix van Groeningen, 'Belgica'
Relationships and music are the beating heart of Belgica, as they were in Felix van Groeningen’s 2014 Belgian Oscar submission The Broken Circle Breakdown.
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FeaturesSundance: the year starts here
The Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) is embracing virtual reality, web and TV series, and world cinema to offer a characteristically eclectic selection of films.
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FeaturesSundance 2016: World Cinema film profiles
An Indian teen comedy, a New Zealand doc about tickling and a musical featuring mermaids in 1980s Warsaw are among the films jostling for primacy in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary competitions.
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FeaturesAlex Gibney, Going Clear
Alex Gibney’s recent Sundance documentary Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief was the talk of Park City and has arrived in Berlin.
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FeaturesJustin Kelly, I Am Michael
Justin Kelly talks to Tiffany Pritchard about his feature directorial debut, the true story of Michael Glatze’s transition from gay to straight and the challenges he faced in tackling the controversial move. James Franco and Zachary Quinto star and Gus van Sant serves as executive producer.
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FeaturesRobert Redford, George Lucas
SUNDANCE: Robert Redford and George Lucas helped kick off Sundance’s new Art Of Film Weekend programme with the Visions Of Independence panel at The Egyptian Theatre.
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FeaturesRobert Eggers, Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch
Hot off the Sundance world premiere of his lauded 17th century chiller and the subsequent US deal with A24 Films, director Robert Eggers is thankful that festival audiences “get” his feature directorial debut.
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FeaturesSundance 2015: Meet The Brits Brunch
Pretty much everybody who was anybody in the UK film business and in Park City attended the casual gathering at High West Distillery.
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FeaturesBenson Lee, Seoul Searching
The Toronto-born child of Korean parents who left their homeland in the 1960s returns to Sundance after 1998 selection Miss Monday with a unique spin on the teen movie genre based on his own experiences.
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FeaturesJM Cravioto, Reversal
The Mexican film-maker went to the same CUEC film school as Alfonso Cuaron and Emmanuel Lubezki. His English-language debut premieres in Sundance in Park City At Midnight on January 23. Spoiler alert.
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FeaturesSundance 2015: going wild
Sundance Film Festival’s John Cooper and Trevor Groth talk to Jeremy Kay about the ‘exhilarating’ selections in the 2015 edition (Jan 22-Feb 1)
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FeaturesSundance 2015: hot properties
Screen International’s picks of the hot films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 22-Feb 1).
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FeaturesDavid Cross: Hits maker
The US comedian and writer discusses Hits, his directorial debut about celebrity and the YouTube generation.
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FeaturesQ&A: The Voices
SUNDANCE LONDON: Actors Ryan Reynolds and Gemma Arterton were joined by director Marjane Satrapi to talk about their comedy horror, The Voices.
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FeaturesQ&A: Hits, David Cross
SUNDANCE LONDON: Comedian David Cross on his directorial debut and stepping back from acting.
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FeaturesDavid Wain, They Came Together
SUNDANCE LONDON: At the European premiere of the rom-com spoof, director David Wain answered questions about the casting, the acrobatic sex scene and ‘that’ grandma moment.
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FeaturesQ&A: The Trip to Italy
SUNDANCE LONDON: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discuss the sequel to their foodie road trip comedy.
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FeaturesQ&A: Frank
SUNDANCE LONDON: Michael Fassbender reveals why he chose a role played entirely under a mask and Jon Ronson talks about how the script changed over time.
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FeaturesSundance London: John Cooper and Trevor Groth
As Sundance London kicks off, organisers John Cooper and Trevor Groth talk film highlights, Robert Redford and the “nuts and bolts” of filmmaking.
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FeaturesSundance UK party
The We are UK Film Party was held at Highwest Distillery on Jan 19 and was co-hosted by the BFC and BFI, with Screen as a media partner.