Sundance 2015 se destapa
El esperado retorno del director de "Compliance", el fitness según Andrew Bujalski, lo nuevo del director de la bizarra y retorcida "Creep" (Mención Especial en el reciente Festival de Sitges), la nueva denuncia marina del oscarizado responsable de "The Cove", el "Slow West" de Michael Fassbender, uno de los 10 directores a seguir por Variety (Sean Baker), un valor seguro como siempre resulta Sebastián Silva o un buen puñado de títulos destacados en la exhaustiva previa que nos brindó Ion Cinema.
Son solo algunos de los nombres cuyo eco seguro, resonará con fuerza de aquí a un escaso mes vista en el Park City. El Festival de Sundance 2015 desvela su programación competitiva.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Advantageous / U.S.A. (Director: Jennifer Phang — Cast: Jacqueline Kim, James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong, Jennifer Ehle, Samantha Kim.
The Bronze / U.S.A. (Director: Bryan Buckley) — Cast: Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Haley Lu Richardson, Cecily Strong.
The D Train / U.S.A. (Directores: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel) — Cast: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike White, Kyle Bornheimer.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl / U.S.A. (Director: Marielle Heller) — Cast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni, Kristen Wiig.
Dope / U.S.A. (Director: Rick Famuyiwa) — Cast: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson, Zoë Kravitz, A$AP Rocky.
I Smile Back / U.S.A. (Director: Adam Salky) Cast: Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Thomas Sadoski, Mia Barron, Terry Kinney, Chris Sarandon.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl / U.S.A. (Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) —Cast: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon.
The Overnight / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Patrick Brice) Cast: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Judith Godrèche.
People, Places, Things / U.S.A. (Director James C. Strouse) Cast: Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Stephanie Allynne, Jessica Williams, Gia Gadsby, Aundrea Gadsby.
Results / U.S.A. (Director Andrew Bujalski) — Cast: Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hall, Brooklyn Decker.
Songs My Brothers Taught Me / U.S.A. (Director: Chloé Zhao) — Cast: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Taysha Fuller, Travis Lone Hill, Eléonore Hendricks.
The Stanford Prison Experiment / U.S.A. (Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez) —Cast: Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, Olivia Thirlby.
Stockholm, Pennsylvania / U.S.A. (Director: Nikole Beckwith) —Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Nixon, Jason Isaacs, David Warshofsky.
Unexpected / U.S.A. (Director: Kris Swanberg) — Cast: Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern.
The Witch / U.S.A., Canada (Director: Robert Eggers) —Cast: Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Lucas Dawson, Ellie Grainger.
Z for Zachariah / U.S.A. (Director: Craig Zobel) — Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris Pine.
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
3½ MINUTES / U.S.A. (Director: Marc Silver)
Being Evel / U.S.A. (Director: Daniel Junge)
Best of Enemies / U.S.A. (Directors: Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon)
Call Me Lucky / U.S.A. (Director: Bobcat Goldthwait)
Cartel Land / U.S.A., Mexico (Director: Matthew Heineman)
City of Gold / U.S.A. (Director: Laura Gabbert)
Finders Keepers / U.S.A. (Directors: Bryan Carberry, Clay Tweel)
Hot Girls Wanted / U.S.A. (Directors: Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus)
How to Dance in Ohio / U.S.A. (Director: Alexandra Shiva)
Larry Kramer in Love and Anger / U.S.A. (Director: Jean Carlomusto)
Meru / U.S.A. (Directors: Jimmy Chin, E. Chai Vasarhelyi)
Racing Extinction / U.S.A. (Director: Louie Psihoyos)
(T)ERROR / U.S.A. (Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe)
Welcome to Leith / U.S.A. (Directors: Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker)
Western / U.S.A., Mexico (Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross)
The Wolfpack / U.S.A. (Director: Crystal Moselle)
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Chlorine / Italy (Director: Lamberto Sanfelice) — Cast: Sara Serraiocco, Ivan Franek, Giorgio Colangeli, Anatol Sassi, Piera Degli Esposti, Andrea Vergoni. World Premiere
Chorus / Canada (Director: François Delisle) —. Cast: Sébastien Ricard, Fanny Mallette, Pierre Curzi, Genevieve Bujold. WorldPremiere
Glassland / Ireland (Director: Gerard Barrett) — Cast: Jack Reynor, Toni Collette, Will Poulter, Michael Smiley. International Premiere
Homesick / Norway (Director: Anne Sewitsky)— Cast: Ine Marie Wilmann, Simon J. Berger, Anneke von der Lippe, Silje Storstein, Oddgeir Thune, Kari Onstad. World Premiere
Ivy / Turkey (Director: Tolga Karaçelik) —Cast: Nadir Sarıbacak, Özgür Emre Yıldırım, Hakan Karsak, Kadir Çermik, Osman Alkaş, Seyithan Özdemiroğlu. World Premiere
Partisan / Australia (Director: Ariel Kleiman) — Cast: Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara. World Premiere
PRINCESS / Israel (Director: Tali Shalom Ezer) — Cast: Keren Mor, Shira Haas, Ori Pfeffer, Adar Zohar Hanetz.International Premiere
The Second Mother / Brazil (Director: Anna Muylaert) —Cast: Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli. World Premiere
Slow West / New Zealand (Director: John Maclean) — Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Rory McCann, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooke Williams, Caren Pistorius. World Premiere
Strangerland / Australia, Ireland (Director: Kim Farrant) — Cast: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan, Meyne Wyatt, Maddison Brown. World Premiere
The Summer of Sangaile / Lithuania, France, Holland (Director: Alanté Kavaïté) — Cast: Julija Steponaitytė, Aistė Diržiūtė. World Premiere.
Umrika / India (Director: Prashant Nair) — Cast: Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Smita Tambe, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang, Prateik Babbar.World Premiere
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
The Amina Profile / Canada (Director: Sophie Deraspe) — World Premiere
Censored Voices / Israel, Germany (Director: Mor Loushy) —World Premiere
The Chinese Mayor / China (Director: Hao Zhou) — World Premiere
Chuck Norris vs Communism / United Kingdom, Romania, Germany (Director: Ilinca Calugareanu) — World Premiere
Dark Horse / United Kingdom (Director: Louise Osmond) — World Premiere
Dreamcatcher / United Kingdom (Director: Kim Longinotto) — World Premiere
How to Change the World / United Kingdom, Canada (Director: Jerry Rothwell) —World Premiere.
Listen to Me Marlon / United Kingdom (Director: Stevan Riley) — World Premiere
Pervert Park / Sweden, Denmark (Directors: Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors) —International Premiere
The Russian Woodpecker / United Kingdom (Director: Chad Gracia) —World Premiere
Sembene! / U.S.A., Senegal (Directors: Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman) — World Premiere
The Visit / Denmark, Austria, Ireland, Finland, Norway (Director: Michael Madsen) — World Premiere

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Bob and the Trees / U.S.A., France (Director: Diego Ongaro) — Cast: Bob Tarasuk, Matt Gallagher, Polly MacIntyre, Winthrop Barrett, Nathaniel Gregory. World Premiere
Christmas, Again / U.S.A. (Director: Charles Poekel) — Cast: Kentucker Audley, Hannah Gross, Jason Shelton, Oona Roche. North American Premiere
Cronies / U.S.A. (Director: Michael Larnell) — Cast: George Sample III, Zurich Buckner, Brian Kowalski. World Premiere
Entertainment / U.S.A. (Director: Rick Alverson) — Cast: Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera, Amy Seimetz, Lotte Verbeek. World Premiere
H. / U.S.A., Argentina (Directores: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia) — Cast: Robin Bartlett, Rebecca Dayan, Will Janowitz, Julian Gamble, Roger Robinson. World Premiere
James White / U.S.A. (Director: Josh Mond) — Cast: Chris Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Makenzie Leigh, David Call. World Premiere
Nasty Baby / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sebastian Silva) — Cast: Sebastian Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristin Wiig, Reg E. Cathey, Mark Margolis, Denis O'Hare. World Premiere
The Strongest Man / U.S.A. (Director: Kenny Riches) — Cast: Robert Lorie, Paul Chamberlain, Ashly Burch, Patrick Fugit, Lisa Banes. World Premiere
Take Me to the River / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Sobel) — Cast: Logan Miller, Robin Weigert, Josh Hamilton, Richard Schiff, Ursula Parker, Azura Skye. World Premiere
Tangerine / U.S.A. (Director: Sean Baker) — Cast: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O'Hagan, Alla Tumanyan, James Ransone. World Premiere