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U.S. Dramatic Competition 2 U.S. Dramatic Competition
U.S. DRAMATIC The Evening Hour
Cole Freeman maintains an uneasy
Minari
English and Korean with English subtitles
COMPETITION
equilibrium in his rural Appalachian
David, a seven-year-old Korean
town, looking after the old and infirm American boy, gets his life turned upside
while selling their excess painkillers to down when his father decides to move
local addicts. But when an old friend their family to rural Arkansas and start a
The 40-Year-Old Version Charm City Kings returns with plans that upend the farm in the mid-1980s, in this charming
fragile balance and identity he’s so
A down-on-her-luck New York Mouse desperately wants to join and unexpected take on the American
painstakingly crafted, Cole is forced to
playwright decides to reinvent herself the Midnight Clique, the infamous Dream.
take action.
and salvage her artistic voice the only Baltimore dirt-bike riders who rule the Director: Lee Isaac Chung
way she knows how: by becoming a summertime streets. When Midnight’s Director: Braden King
rapper at age 40. leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse Sun. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Mon. 1/27, 5:45 p.m., PC Library, PC
under his wing, Mouse soon finds Tue. 1/28, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Director: Radha Blank Tue. 1/28, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
himself torn between the straight and Thu. 1/30, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC narrow and a road filled with fast money Thu. 1/30, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Fri. 1/31, 6:00 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sun. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC and violence. Fri. 1/31, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 2/1, 8:15 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Mon. 1/27, 8:15 a.m., Prospector, PC Director: Angel Manuel Soto Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Tue. 1/28, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Mon. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., The Ray, PC Miss Juneteenth
Fri. 1/31, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC Farewell Amor
Tue. 1/28, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Turquoise, a former beauty queen
Sat. 2/1, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC English and Portuguese
Wed. 1/29, 9:45 p.m., Eccles, PC turned hardworking single mother,
Thu. 1/30, 12:15 p.m., The Ray, PC Reunited after a 17-year separation, prepares her rebellious teenage
BLAST BEAT Sat. 2/1, 8:15 a.m., The MARC, PC
Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined daughter for the Miss Juneteenth
in the U.S. by his wife and teenaged Pageant, hoping to keep her from
English and Spanish with daughter. Now absolute strangers repeating the same mistakes in life that
English subtitles Dinner in America sharing a one-bedroom apartment, she did.
After their family emigrates from An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young they discover a shared love of dance Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples
Colombia during the summer of ’99, woman obsessed with his band go that may help overcome the emotional
a metalhead science prodigy and his on an unexpected and epic journey distance between them. Fri. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
deviant younger brother do their best to together through the decaying suburbs Director: Ekwa Msangi Sat. 1/25, noon, Rose Wagner, SLC
adapt to new lives in America. of the American Midwest. Sun. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Director: Esteban Arango Sat. 1/25, 6:15 p.m., PC Library, PC
Director: Adam Rehmeier Mon. 1/27, noon, PC Library, PC
Sun. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Sun. 1/26, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Fri. 1/24, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Wed. 1/29, noon, Temple, PC
Mon. 1/27, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Mon. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Sat. 1/25, 11:59 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Thu. 1/30, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Wed. 1/29, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Tue. 1/28, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Sun. 1/26, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Thu. 1/30, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Wed. 1/29, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/31, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Sat. 2/1, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/31, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Sat. 2/1, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. Updated 1/7/20 3:00 p.m. MT #SUNDANCEU.S. Dramatic Competition 3 U.S. Dramatic Competition
Never Rarely Palm Springs Sylvie’s Love Zola
Sometimes Always When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid Years after their summer romance 2015: @zolarmoon tweets “wanna hear
An intimate portrayal of two teenage of honor Sarah have a chance encounter comes to an end, an aspiring television a story about why me & this bitch here
girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with at a Palm Springs wedding, things get producer and a talented musician cross fell out???????? It’s kind of long but
an unintended pregnancy and a lack of complicated the next morning when paths, only to find their feelings for each full of suspense.” Two girls bond over
local support, Autumn and her cousin they find themselves unable to escape other never changed. With their careers their “hoeism” and become fast friends.
Skylar embark on a brave, fraught the venue, themselves, or each other. taking them in different directions, they What’s supposed to be a trip from
journey across state lines to New York must choose what matters most. Detroit to Florida turns into a weekend
Director: Max Barbakow
City. from hell.
Director: Eugene Ashe
Sun. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Director: Janicza Bravo
Director: Eliza Hittman
Mon. 1/27, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Mon. 1/27, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Fri. 1/24, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Tue. 1/28, 9:15 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Fri. 1/24, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Wed. 1/29, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner,
Sat. 1/25, noon, Resort, Sundance SLC Thu. 1/30, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Sat. 1/25, 12:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
Sun. 1/26, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC Thu. 1/30, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/31, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Sat. 1/25, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Mon. 1/27, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Sat. 2/1, noon, Redstone 7, PC Sat. 2/1, 3:15 p.m., Grand, SLC Mon. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Wed. 1/29, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Wed. 1/29, 11:45 a.m., The Ray, PC
Thu. 1/30, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Save Yourselves! Wander Darkly Fri. 1/31, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
A young Brooklyn couple heads upstate New parents Adrienne and Matteo are
Nine Days to disconnect from their phones and forced to reckon with trauma amidst
reconnect with themselves. Cut off their troubled relationship. They must
In a house distant from the
from their devices, they miss the news revisit the memories of their past and
reality we know, a reclusive man
that the planet is under attack. unravel haunting truths in order to face
interviews prospective candidates—
personifications of human souls—for the Directors: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor their uncertain future.
privilege that he once had: to be born. Wilson Director: Tara Miele
Director: Edson Oda Sat. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Sat. 1/25, noon, PC Library, PC
Mon. 1/27, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Sun. 1/26, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Mon. 1/27, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Tue. 1/28, 9:00 a.m., The Ray, PC Mon. 1/27, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Wed. 1/29, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Wed. 1/29, noon, PC Library, PC Thu. 1/30, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Thu. 1/30, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Thu. 1/30, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/31, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/31, 6:00 p.m., Grand, SLC
Sat. 2/1, noon, PC Library, PC Shirley
A young couple moves in with famed
author Shirley Jackson and her
Bennington College professor husband,
Stanley Hyman, in the hope of starting
a new life but instead find themselves
fodder for a psychodrama that inspires
Shirley’s next novel.
Director: Josephine Decker
Sat. 1/25, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sun. 1/26, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Thu. 1/30, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Fri. 1/31, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 2/1, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEU.S. Documentary Competition 4 U.S. Documentary Competition
U.S. DOCUMENTARY The Cost of Silence
An industry insider exposes the
Dick Johnson Is Dead
With this inventive portrait, a
COMPETITION
devastating consequences of the cameraperson seeks a way to keep
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, uncovering her 86-year-old father alive forever.
coordinated efforts by government Utilizing moviemaking magic and her
and industry to silence the victims of family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr.
Be Water Boys State a growing public health disaster. The Dick Johnson’s last years by staging
stakes could not be higher as the Trump fantasies of death and beyond.
English and Chinese with In an unusual experiment, one thousand administration races to open the entire Together, they confront the great
English subtitles 17-year-old boys from Texas join U.S. coastline to offshore drilling. inevitability awaiting us all.
together to build a representative
In 1971, after being rejected by Director: Mark Manning Director: Kirsten Johnson
government from the ground up.
Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his
parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to Directors: Jesse Moss, Amanda Mon. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Sat. 1/25, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
complete four iconic films. Charting McBaine Tue. 1/28, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sun. 1/26, noon, Redstone 7, PC
his struggles between two worlds, this Thu. 1/30, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC Wed. 1/29, 9:00 a.m., Park Avenue, PC
portrait explores questions of identity Fri. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
and representation through the use of Sat. 1/25, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC Fri. 1/31, 9:00 a.m., Holiday 2, PC Fri. 1/31, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
rare archival interviews with loved ones Sun. 1/26, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Sat. 2/1, 12:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
and Bruce’s own writings. Tue. 1/28, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC*
Director: Bao Nguyen Thu. 1/30, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Crip Camp Feels Good Man
Sat. 1/25, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Fri. 1/31, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Down the road from Woodstock in the When indie comic character Pepe the
early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate,
Sun. 1/26, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC *Townie Tuesday screening for ramshackle summer camp for disabled his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to
Mon. 1/27, 9:45 p.m., The Ray, PC Summit County locals only teenagers, transforming their young bring Pepe back from the darkness and
Thu. 1/30, noon, Redstone 7, PC lives and igniting a landmark movement. navigate America’s cultural divide.
Fri. 1/31, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Coded Bias Directors: Nicole Newnham, Jim Director: Arthur Jones
Sat. 2/1, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC LeBrecht
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab Mon. 1/27, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
researcher Joy Buolamwini’s startling Thu. 1/23, 5:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Tue. 1/28, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets discovery that facial recognition does Thu. 1/23, 5:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Thu. 1/30, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
In the shadows of the bright lights of not see dark-skinned faces accurately
Fri. 1/24, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Fri. 1/31, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Las Vegas, it’s last call for a beloved and her journey to push for the first-ever
legislation in the U.S. to govern against Fri. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., Grand, SLC Sat. 2/1, 9:00 a.m., Park Avenue, PC
dive bar known as the Roaring 20s. A
document of real people in an unreal bias in the algorithms that impact us all. Sat. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
situation facing an uncertain future: Director: Shalini Kantayya Wed. 1/29, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
America at the end of 2016. Thu. 1/30, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Sun. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross
Mon. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Fri. 1/24, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Thu. 1/30, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Sat. 1/25, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/31, 11:59 p.m., Tower, SLC
Sat. 1/25, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Sat. 2/1, noon, Park Avenue, PC
Wed. 1/29, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri. 1/31, noon, PC Library, PC
Sat. 2/1, noon, Resort, Sundance
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEU.S. Documentary Competition 5 U.S. Documentary Competition
The Fight Spaceship Earth Time Welcome to Chechnya
Inside the ACLU, a team of scrappy In 1991, a group of countercultural Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and English and Russian with
lawyers battle Trump’s historic assault visionaries built an enormous replica modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep English subtitles
on civil liberties. As the president of Earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere her family together while fighting for the This searing investigative work shadows
separates families, blocks abortion 2. When eight “biospherians” lived release of her incarcerated husband. An a group of activists risking unimaginable
access, expels transgender soldiers, sealed inside, they faced ecological intimate, epic, and unconventional love peril to confront the ongoing anti-
and rolls back voting rights, these calamities and cult accusations. Their story, filmed over two decades. LGBTQ+ pogrom raging in the repressive
gutsy attorneys struggle to stop an adventure is a cautionary tale but also a Director: Garrett Bradley and closed Russian republic. Unfettered
unpredictable adversary with unlimited testament to the power of small groups access and a remarkable approach
resources. re-imagining the world. Preceded by See You Next Time
to protecting anonymity exposes
Directors: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Director: Matt Wolf Sat. 1/25, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC this underreported atrocity—and
Kriegman, Eli Despres Sun. 1/26, noon, Resort, Sundance an extraordinary group of people
Sun. 1/26, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC confronting evil.
Fri. 1/24, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Tue. 1/28, 12:15 p.m., The Ray, PC Mon. 1/27, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Director: David France
Sat. 1/25, noon, Redstone 7, PC Wed. 1/29, 3:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Tue. 1/28, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sat. 1/25, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Thu. 1/30, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Wed. 1/29, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Sun. 1/26, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Wed. 1/29, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Fri. 1/31, 6:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Sat. 2/1, noon, Temple, PC Mon. 1/27, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri. 1/31, noon, Resort, Sundance Tue. 1/28, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC A Thousand Cuts Us Kids Thu. 1/30, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
English and Tagalog with Determined to turn unfathomable Fri. 1/31, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
Mucho Mucho Amor English subtitles tragedy into action, the teenage
survivors of Parkland, Florida, catalyze Whirlybird
English and Spanish with Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of a powerful, unprecedented youth
English subtitles democracy, fueled by social media Soaring above the chaotic spectacle
movement that spreads with lightning
Once the world’s most famous disinformation campaigns, more starkly speed across the country, as a of ’80s and ’90s Los Angeles, a young
astrologer, Walter Mercado seeks to evident than in the authoritarian regime generation of mobilized youth take back couple revolutionized breaking news
resurrect a forgotten legacy. Raised of Rodrigo Duterte, president of the democracy in this powerful coming-of- with their brazen helicopter reporting.
in the sugarcane fields of Puerto Rico, Philippines. Journalist Maria Ressa age story. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling
Walter grew up to become a gender- places the tools of the free press—and video archive is a poignant LA story of a
her freedom—on the line in defense of Director: Kim A. Snyder family in turbulence hovering over a city
nonconforming, cape-wearing psychic
whose televised horoscopes reached truth and democracy. Sat. 1/25, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC unhinged.
120 million viewers a day for decades Director: Ramona S. Diaz Sun. 1/26, 6:15 p.m., Grand, SLC Director: Matt Yoka
before he mysteriously disappeared.
Sat. 1/25, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Mon. 1/27, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Sun. 1/26, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Directors: Cristina Costantini, Kareem
Sun. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Wed. 1/29, noon, Resort, Sundance Tue. 1/28, 9:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Tabsch
Mon. 1/27, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Fri. 1/31, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Thu. 1/30, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC
Preceded by The Shawl
Thu. 1/30, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Sat. 2/1, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Fri. 1/31, 9:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Fri. 1/24, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/31, 8:45 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Sat. 2/1, 3:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sat. 1/25, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Sun. 1/26, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Tue. 1/28, noon, Resort, Sundance
Thu. 1/30, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/31, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEWorld Cinema Dramatic Competition 6 World Cinema Dramatic Competition
WORLD CINEMA Identifying Features (Sin
Señas Particulares)
Luxor
English and Arabic with English subtitles
DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Spanish with English subtitles When British aid worker Hana returns
Magdalena makes a journey to find her to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes
son, who went missing on his way to across Sultan, a talented archeologist
the U.S.-Mexican border. Her odyssey and former lover. As she wanders,
Charter Exil takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently haunted by the familiar place, she
Swedish with English subtitles German/Albanian with English subtitles deported from the U.S. They travel struggles to reconcile the choices of
together, Magdalena looking for her son the past with the uncertainty of the
After a recent and difficult divorce, Alice A chemical engineer feeling and Miguel hoping to see his mother present.
hasn't seen her children in two months discriminated against and bullied at again.
as she awaits a custody verdict. When work plunges into an identity crisis. Director: Zeina Durra
her son calls her in the middle of the Director: Fernanda Valadez
Director: Visar Morina Mon. 1/27, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
night, Alice takes action, abducting the
Sat. 1/25, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Tue. 1/28, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
children for an illicit charter trip to the Mon. 1/27, 5:15 p.m., Prospector, PC
Canary Islands. Sun. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Thu. 1/30, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 6:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Mon. 1/27, noon, Temple, PC Fri. 1/31, 4:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
Director: Amanda Kernell Thu. 1/30, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Fri. 1/31, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sat. 2/1, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Sun. 1/26, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/31, 8:15 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Sat. 2/1, 10:00 a.m., Holiday 4, PC
Tue. 1/28, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Sat. 2/1, 4:00 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Possessor
Wed. 1/29, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC Jumbo
High Tide Vos is a corporate agent who uses
Fri. 1/31, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC brain-implant technology to inhabit
French with English subtitles
Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Spanish with English subtitles other people’s bodies, driving them to
Jeanne, a shy young woman, works
Laura is spending a few days at commit assassinations for the benefit
in an amusement park. Fascinated
Cuties her beach house to supervise the of the company. When something goes
with carousels, she still lives at home
construction of a barbecue shed. wrong on a routine job, she finds herself
French with English subtitles with her mother. That’s when Jeanne
One afternoon, she seduces the chief trapped inside a man whose identity
meets Jumbo, the park’s new flagship
Amy, 11 years old, meets a group of builder, who never returns. Over the threatens to obliterate her own.
attraction …
dancers called “Cuties.” Fascinated, she following days, the builders continually Director: Brandon Cronenberg
initiates herself with a sensual dance, invade her home—until Laura grows Director: Zoé Wittock
hoping to join their band and escape ferocious. Sat. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., The Ray, PC
Fri. 1/24, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
family dysfunction. Sun. 1/26, 9:15 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Director: Verónica Chen Sat. 1/25, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Director: Maïmouna Doucouré Mon. 1/27, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Mon. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC Sun. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Thu. 1/30, noon, PC Library, PC
Thu. 1/23, 6:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Tue. 1/28, 11:45 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Thu. 1/30, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/31, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC Thu. 1/30, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Fri. 1/31, noon, Temple, PC
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Fri. 1/31, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Sat. 2/1, noon, Broadway 6, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Fri. 1/31, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEWORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION 7 World Cinema Documentary Competition
Summer White (Blanco
de Verano)
This Is Not a Burial,
It's a Resurrection WORLD CINEMA
DOCUMENTARY
Spanish with English subtitles Sesotho with English subtitles
Rodrigo is a solitary teenager—a king When her village is threatened with
COMPETITION
in the private world he shares with his forced resettlement due to reservoir
mother. Things change when she brings construction, an 80-year-old widow
her new boyfriend home to live. Rodrigo finds a new will to live and ignites the
must decide if he will fight for his throne spirit of resilience within her community.
and crush the happiness of the person In the final dramatic moments of her life, Acasa, My Home Epicentro
he loves the most. Mantoa’s legend is forged and made
eternal. Romanian with English subtitles English and Spanish with
Director: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson English subtitles
Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese In the wilderness of the Bucharest
Sun. 1/26, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Delta, nine children and their parents Cuba is well known as a so-called time
Mon. 1/27, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Fri. 1/24, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC lived in perfect harmony with nature for capsule. The place where the New
Tue. 1/28, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Sat. 1/25, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC 20 years—until they are chased out and World was discovered has become both
Mon. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance forced to adapt to life in the big city. a romantic vision and a warning. With
Thu. 1/30, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance ongoing global, cultural, and financial
Thu. 1/30, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Director: Radu Ciorniciuc
Fri. 1/31, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC upheavals, large parts of the world
Sat. 2/1, 4:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Fri. 1/31, 1:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Sun. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC could face a similar kind of existence.
Sat. 2/1, 2:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Tue. 1/28, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC Director: Hubert Sauper
Surge Wed. 1/29, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Fri. 1/24, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
A man goes on a bold and reckless Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness Thu. 1/30, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Sat. 1/25, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
journey of self-liberation through Farsi with English subtitles Fri. 1/31, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
London. After he robs a bank he Sat. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Maryam accidentally killed her husband,
releases a wilder version of himself, Wed. 1/29, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
ultimately experiencing what it feels like
Nasser, and is sentenced to death. The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
The only person who can save her is Sat. 2/1, 1:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
to be alive. Russian/Ukrainian with English subtitles
Mona, Nasser’s daughter. All Mona
Director: Aneil Karia has to do is appear on a TV show and To cope with the daily trauma of living in Influence
forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves a war zone, Anna and her children make
Sun. 1/26, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC English and Spanish with
difficult when they are forced to relive a film together about their life among
Mon. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC English subtitles
the past. surreal surroundings.
Wed. 1/29, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Charting the recent advancements
Director: Massoud Bakhshi Director: Iryna Tsilyk
in weaponized communication by
Thu. 1/30, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Sun. 1/26, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Fri. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC investigating the rise and fall of the
Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC world’s most notorious public-relations
Tue. 1/28, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sat. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
and reputation-management firm: the
Wed. 1/29, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Sun. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC British multinational Bell Pottinger.
Thu. 1/30, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC Thu. 1/30, 9:00 a.m., Park Avenue, PC
Directors: Diana Neille, Richard Poplak
Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Fri. 1/31, noon, Holiday 2, PC
Mon. 1/27, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Tue. 1/28, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Fri. 1/31, 9:15 p.m., Holiday 2, PC
Sat. 2/1, 11:30 a.m., Holiday 1, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEWorld Cinema Documentary Competition 8 World Cinema Documentary Competition
Into the Deep Once Upon a Time in Venezuela The Reason I Jump Softie
English and Danish with English subtitles Spanish with English subtitles English and Krio with English subtitles English and Kiswahili/Kikuyu
with English subtitles
In 2016, a young Australian filmmaker Once upon a time, the Venezuelan Based on the book by Naoki Higashida,
began documenting amateur village of Congo Mirador was this immersive film explores the Boniface Mwangi is daring and
inventor Peter Madsen. One year in, prosperous, alive with fisherman experiences of nonspeaking autistic audacious and recognized as Kenya’s
Madsen brutally murdered Kim Wall and poets. Now it is decaying and people around the world. most provocative photojournalist. But
aboard his homemade submarine. An disintegrating—a small but prophetic as a father of three young children,
Director: Jerry Rothwell
unprecedented revelation of a killer and reflection of Venezuela itself. these qualities create tremendous
the journey his young helpers take as Sat. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC turmoil between him and his wife, Njeri.
Director: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
they reckon with their own complicity Sun. 1/26, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC When he wants to run for political
and prepare to testify. Mon. 1/27, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC office, he is forced to choose: country
Mon. 1/27, 6:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Tue. 1/28, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC or family?
Director: Emma Sullivan Thu. 1/30, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Wed. 1/29, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Director: Sam Soko
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Sat. 2/1, 8:30 a.m., Holiday 1, PC*
Fri. 1/31, 9:00 a.m., Park Avenue, PC Sat. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Sun. 1/26, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 2/1, 11:00 a.m., SLC Library, SLC *Special sensory-friendly screening
Mon. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Mon. 1/27, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Wed. 1/29, 1:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Wed. 1/29, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
The Painter and the Thief Saudi Runaway Thu. 1/30, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Fri. 1/31, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
English and Norwegian English and Arabic with English subtitles Fri. 1/31, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
with English subtitles
The Mole Agent “A,” a young, fearless woman
Spanish with English subtitles
An artist befriends the drug addict from Saudi Arabia, is tired of being The Truffle Hunters
and thief who stole her paintings. She controlled by the state and patronized
Italian/Piedmontese with
When a family becomes concerned becomes his closest ally when he is by her family. With an arranged marriage
English subtitles
about their mother’s well-being in a severely hurt in a car crash and needs imminent, a life without rights and
retirement home, private investigator full-time care, even though her paintings free will seems inevitable. A decides In the secret forests of Northern Italy,
Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man are not found. But then the tables turn. to escape. An unprecedented view a dwindling group of joyful old men and
who becomes a new resident—and a inside the world’s most repressive their faithful dogs search for the world’s
Director: Benjamin Ree
mole inside the home. Sergio struggles patriarchy. most expensive ingredient, the white
to balance his assignment with Thu. 1/23, 9:15 p.m., Prospector, PC Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life
Director: Susanne Regina Meures
becoming increasingly involved in the Fri. 1/24, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC fairy tale that celebrates human passion
lives of several residents. Sat. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC in a fragile land that seems forgotten in
Fri. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance time.
Director: Maite Alberdi Sun. 1/26, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Sat. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Directors: Michael Dweck, Gregory
Preceded by Día de la Madre Thu. 1/30, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC Kershaw
Fri. 1/31, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Fri. 1/31, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sat. 1/25, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Sat. 2/1, 2:30 p.m., Holiday 1, PC Sun. 1/26, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Mon. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Tue. 1/28, 8:30 a.m., PC Library, PC
Tue. 1/28, 2:30 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Thu. 1/30, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Thu. 1/30, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/31, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Fri. 1/31, 3:00 p.m., Holiday 2, PC
Sat. 2/1, noon, Holiday 2, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEPremieres 9 Premieres
PREMIERES Four Good Days
Ten years of opioids have left Molly’s
life in shambles. A new drug may give
Herself
Struggling to provide her daughters with
a safe, happy home, Sandra decides
her a chance to break free, if she is able to build one—from scratch. Using all
to stay clean for four days—with the her ingenuity to make her ambitious
help of her mother, a tough, clear-eyed dream a reality, Sandra draws together
Downhill Falling woman. Their love will be tested to the a community to lend a helping hand to
limits. build her house and ultimately recover
Barely escaping an avalanche during a English and Spanish with her own sense of self.
family ski vacation in the Alps, a married English subtitles Director: Rodrigo Garcia
couple is thrown into disarray as they Director: Phyllida Lloyd
When 80-year-old independent farmer Sat. 1/25, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
are forced to re-evaluate their lives and Fri. 1/24, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Willis travels to Los Angeles for an Sun. 1/26, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC
how they feel about each other. indefinite stay with son John and his Sun. 1/26, 3:15 p.m., Grand, SLC Sat. 1/25, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash family, two very different worlds collide. Sun. 1/26, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Mentally declining Willis is abrasive, Thu. 1/30, noon, Resort, Sundance
Sun. 1/26, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC caustic, and funny, bringing old wounds Sat. 2/1, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Wed. 1/29, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Mon. 1/27, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC from the past and years of mutual Thu. 1/30, 9:15 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Tue. 1/28, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC* mistrust to the surface. The Glorias
Wed. 1/29, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Director: Viggo Mortensen An equal-rights crusader, journalist,
Fri. 1/31, 9:45 p.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/31, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC and activist—Gloria Steinem embodies Horse Girl
Sun. 2/2, 3:15 p.m., Grand, SLC these and more. From her role in the
Sat. 2/1, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC A socially awkward woman with a
revolutionary women’s rights movement fondness for arts and crafts, horses,
*Townie Tuesday screening for Sun. 2/2, 3:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC to her travels throughout the U.S. and and supernatural crime shows finds her
Summit County locals only around the world, Steinem has made an increasingly lucid dreams trickling into
The Father everlasting mark on modern history. A her waking life.
nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing
Dream Horse Anthony is 80 years old. He lives alone in life. Director: Jeff Baena
London and refuses the nurses that his
The true story of Jan Vokes, who Director: Julie Taymor Mon. 1/27, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
daughter tries to impose upon him. Yet
decides to breed and rear a racehorse,
help is becoming more pressing, as she Sun. 1/26, noon, Eccles, PC Tue. 1/28, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
persuading her neighbors and friends
has decided to move to Paris. At once Wed. 1/29, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
to contribute. The group’s unlikely Tue. 1/28, 8:45 a.m., Eccles, PC
comedic and profound, this is a moving
investment pays off as the horse rises Sat. 2/1, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
story of our human condition. Fri. 1/31, 9:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
through the ranks and puts them in a
race for the national championship. Director: Florian Zeller Sat. 2/1, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Director: Euros Lyn Mon. 1/27, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Fri. 1/24, 8:00 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Wed. 1/29, 2:45 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 1/25, noon, The Ray, PC Thu. 1/30, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Thu. 1/30, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC Sat. 2/1, 8:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/31, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEPremieres 10 Premieres
Ironbark The Last Thing He Wanted The Nest Sergio
English and Russian with A veteran DC journalist loses the thread Charismatic entrepreneur Rory English and Portuguese/Spanish/
English subtitles of her own narrative when a guilt- relocates his family to England with French with English subtitles
propelled errand for her father thrusts dreams of profiting from booming
The true story of a British businessman A sweeping drama set in the chaotic
her from byline to unwitting subject 1980s London. But as his wife, Allison,
unwittingly recruited into one of the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq,
in the very story she’s trying to break. struggles to adapt and the promise
greatest international conflicts in where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio
Adapted from the Joan Didion novel of of a lucrative new beginning starts to
history. Forming an unlikely partnership Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance
the same title. unravel, the couple have to face the
with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent during the most treacherous mission of
unwelcome truths lying beneath the
a nuclear confrontation, the two men Director: Dee Rees his career.
surface of their marriage.
work together to provide the crucial
Mon. 1/27, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Director: Greg Barker
intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Director: Sean Durkin
Missile Crisis. Tue. 1/28, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Tue. 1/28, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sun. 1/26, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Director: Dominic Cooke Thu. 1/30, 2:30 p.m., Tower, SLC Wed. 1/29, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC
Mon. 1/27, 8:00 a.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 2/1, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/31, 5:30 p.m., Tower, SLC
Fri. 1/24, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Thu. 1/30, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC
Sat. 2/1, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Sat. 1/25, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/31, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Lost Girls
Sat. 1/25, 6:15 p.m., Grand, SLC Sun. 2/2, 3:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
When Mari Gilbert’s daughter Tesla
Mon. 1/27, noon, Resort, Sundance disappears, police inaction drives her Highlighting the Promethean struggles
Sat. 2/1, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC own investigation into the gated Long Promising Young Woman
of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to
Sun. 2/2, 12:15 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Island community where Shannan was Everyone said Cassie was a promising transcend entrenched technology—
last seen. Committed to finding the young woman ... until something including his own previous work—by
truth, Mari brings attention to over a abruptly derailed her future. Nothing
Kajillionaire dozen murdered sex workers she will
pioneering a system of wireless energy
in Cassie’s life is as it appears: she’s that will change the world.
Low-stakes grifter Old Dolio and her not let the world forget. Inspired by true smart, cunning, and living a double life
parents invite a chipper young woman events. Director: Michael Almereyda
by night. Now, Cassie has a chance
into their insular clan, only to have their to right the wrongs of the past in this
Director: Liz Garbus Mon. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
entire world turned upside down. thrilling take on revenge.
Tue. 1/28, 6:45 p.m., Eccles, PC Tue. 1/28, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Director: Miranda July Director: Emerald Fennell
Wed. 1/29, 9:00 a.m., The Ray, PC Fri. 1/31, 3:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Sat. 1/25, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Sat. 1/25, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC Sat. 2/1, 6:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 9:30 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Sun. 1/26, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Sun. 1/26, 9:00 a.m., The Ray, PC Sun. 2/2, 10:00 a.m., Resort, Sundance
Mon. 1/27, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Sun. 1/26, 9:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Wed. 1/29, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 2/1, 12:15 p.m., Eccles, PC Fri. 1/31, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC
The Last Shift
Stanley, an aging fast-food worker,
prepares to work his final graveyard
shift after 38 years. When he’s asked to
train his replacement, Jevon, Stanley’s
weekend takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Andrew Cohn
Mon. 1/27, 5:00 p.m., The MARC, PC
Wed. 1/29, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Thu. 1/30, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 8:45 p.m., Prospector, PC
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Uncle Frank
English and Arabic with English subtitles
Worth
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful DC DOCUMENTARY
PREMIERES
lawyer appointed special master of the
In 1973, when 18-year-old Beth and
September 11th Victim Compensation
her uncle Frank take a road trip from
Fund, fights off the cynicism,
Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina,
bureaucracy, and politics associated
for the family patriarch’s funeral, they’re
with administering government funds Aggie Disclosure: Trans
unexpectedly joined by Frank’s lover,
and, in doing so, discovers what life is
Walid. A story about family, forgiveness,
worth. Based on true events. An exploration of the nexus of art, Lives on Screen
and our inherent power to choose who race, and justice through the story of An investigation of how Hollywood’s
we want to be. Director: Sara Colangelo art collector and philanthropist Agnes fabled stories have deeply influenced
Director: Alan Ball Fri. 1/24, 9:45 p.m., Eccles, PC Gund, who sold Roy Lichtenstein’s how Americans feel about transgender
painting Masterpiece in 2017 for $165 people and how transgender people
Sat. 1/25, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC Sat. 1/25, 8:45 a.m., PC Library, PC
million to start the Art for Justice Fund have been taught to feel about
Mon. 1/27, 9:00 a.m., PC Library, PC Sat. 1/25, 9:30 p.m., Grand, SLC to end mass incarceration. themselves.
Thu. 1/30, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Tue. 1/28, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Director: Catherine Gund Director: Sam Feder
Sat. 2/1, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC Sat. 2/1, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/24, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Mon. 1/27, 11:00 a.m., The MARC, PC
Sun. 2/2, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
Sun. 1/26, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Tue. 1/28, noon, Redstone 7, PC
Mon. 1/27, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Wed. 1/29, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Wendy
Fri. 1/31, 3:00 p.m., Temple, PC Sat. 2/1, 11:45 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Lost on a mysterious island where
Sat. 2/1, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
aging and time have come unglued,
Wendy must fight to save her family, her The Dissident
freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth Assassins English and Arabic/Turkish
from the deadly peril of growing up. The English and Indonesian/Malay/ with English subtitles
classic story of Peter Pan is wildly re- Vietnamese with English subtitles
imagined in this ragtag epic. When Washington Post journalist Jamal
True crime meets global spy thriller Khashoggi disappears after entering
Director: Benh Zeitlin in this gripping account of the Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul,
assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half his fiancée and dissidents around the
Sun. 1/26, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
brother of the North Korean leader. The world are left to piece together the
Mon. 1/27, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC clues to a brutal murder and expose a
film follows the trial of the two female
Tue. 1/28, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance assassins, probing the question: were global cover-up perpetrated by the very
Sat. 2/1, 3:30 p.m., Eccles, PC the women trained killers or innocent country he loved.
Sun. 2/2, 12:15 p.m., Grand, SLC pawns of North Korea? Director: Bryan Fogel
Director: Ryan White
Fri. 1/24, 2:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sun. 1/26, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Sat. 1/25, 9:00 a.m., The Ray, PC
Tue. 1/28, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Sat. 1/25, 6:00 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Thu. 1/30, 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Mon. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Sat. 2/1, 9:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Tue. 1/28, 12:15 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Sat. 2/1, 6:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Sun. 2/2, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEDocumentary Premieres 12 Documentary Premieres
Giving Voice Happy Happy Joy Joy - The Natalie Wood: What Rebuilding Paradise
Every year, thousands of high schoolers Ren & Stimpy Story Remains Behind On November 8, 2018, a spark flew in
enter the August Wilson Monologue Exploring the rise and fall of the Exploring actor Natalie Wood’s life and the Sierra Nevada foothills, igniting the
Competition for a chance to perform groundbreaking animated series Ren career through the unique perspective most destructive wildfire in California
on Broadway. This film follows these & Stimpy and its controversial creator, of her daughter, Natasha Gregson history and decimating the town of
students, examining how Wilson and his John Kricfalusi, through archival Wagner, and others who knew her best. Paradise. Unfolding during the year after
characters speak to a new generation, footage, show artwork, and interviews An examination of her personal and the fire, this is the story of the Paradise
inspiring them to listen to his words and with the artists, actors, and executives professional triumphs and challenges, community as they begin to rebuild their
find their own voice. behind the show. which have often been overshadowed lives.
Directors: James D. Stern, Fernando by her tragic death at age 43. Director: Ron Howard
Directors: Ron Cicero, Kimo Easterwood
Villena Director: Laurent Bouzereau
Tue. 1/28, 3:30 p.m., PC Library, PC Fri. 1/24, 5:45 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sun. 1/26, 2:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Wed. 1/29, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Mon. 1/27, 2:00 p.m., The MARC, PC Sat. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Mon. 1/27, noon, Redstone 7, PC Thu. 1/30, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Wed. 1/29, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Sun. 1/26, 12:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
Fri. 1/31, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC Sat. 2/1, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Thu. 1/30, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Fri. 1/31, noon, Park Avenue, PC
Sat. 2/1, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Sat. 2/1, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC Sun. 2/2, 1:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Miss Americana
The Go-Go’s Okavango: River of The Social Dilemma
A raw and emotionally revealing look
As the first all-female band to play their at one of the most iconic artists of our Dreams (Director's Cut) Never before have a handful of tech
instruments, write their songs, and time during a transformational period An insiders’ view of one of the greatest designers had such control over the way
have a number-one album, the Go-Go’s in her life, as she learns to embrace river systems on the planet, presented billions of us think, act, and live our lives.
made history. Underpinned by candid her role not only as a songwriter and as a love letter, exploring the layers of Insiders from Google, Twitter, Facebook,
testimonies, this film chronicles the performer but as a woman harnessing paradise, limbo, and inferno in a natural- Instagram, and YouTube reveal how
meteoric rise to fame of a band born in the full power of her voice. history echo of Dante’s Divine Comedy, these platforms are reprogramming
the LA punk scene and became a pop a river of dreams, or the beauty of civilization by exposing what’s hiding on
Director: Lana Wilson
phenomenon. conflict and turmoil. the other side of your screen.
Director: Alison Ellwood Thu. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., Eccles, PC
Directors: Dereck Joubert, Beverly Director: Jeff Orlowski
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 a.m., Eccles, PC Joubert
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC Sun. 1/26, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Fri. 1/24, 9:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
Sun. 1/26, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC Sun. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Tue. 1/28, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Thu. 1/30, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC
Fri. 1/31, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Tue. 1/28, 5:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Thu. 1/30, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 6:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Sat. 2/1, 9:15 p.m., Grand, SLC Wed. 1/29, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Sat. 2/1, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sun. 2/2, 6:15 p.m., Grand, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 10:00 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCEDOCUMENTARY PREMIERES 13 Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT
Untitled Kirby Dick/ Vivos
Amy Ziering Film English and Spanish with
A brilliant former hip-hop executive English subtitles
grapples with whether to go public Since an attack on students of the
about her rape by one of the most Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College
powerful men in the music industry. A in 2014 resulted in six deaths and
gripping and profound examination of in the forced disappearance of 43, And Then We Danced The Climb
race, gender, intersectionality, and the the students’ families have been
toll sexual abuse takes on survivors and Georgian with English subtitles English and French with English subtitles
living in limbo with their unanswered
on society at large. questions, their struggle embodying In the conservative confines of modern Kyle and Mike are best friends who
Directors: Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering the psychological and emotional toll of Tbilisi, Merab, a competitive dancer, share a close bond—until Mike sleeps
endemic violence upon Mexican society. is thrown off-balance by the arrival with Kyle’s fiancée. A portrait of a
Sat. 1/25, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a tumultuous but enduring relationship
Director: Ai Weiwei
Sun. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC rebellious streak. between two men across many years of
Tue. 1/28, 6:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC Fri. 1/24, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC laughter, heartbreak, and rage.
Director: Levan Akin
Sat. 2/1, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC Sat. 1/25, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Director: Michael Angelo Covino
Fri. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Sat. 1/25, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Tue. 1/28, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Fri. 1/24, noon, Resort, Sundance
Sat. 2/1, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Thu. 1/30, 8:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC Sat. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 6:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC Sun. 1/26, 6:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Sat. 2/1, 6:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
The Assistant
A searing look at a day in the life of an Collective
assistant to a powerful executive. As English and Romanian with
Jane follows her daily routine, she grows English subtitles
increasingly aware of the insidious Investigative journalists uncover
abuse that threatens every aspect of massive fraud in the Romanian health-
her position. care system, revealing the price of
Director: Kitty Green corruption and, ultimately, the price of
truth.
Fri. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Director: Alexander Nanau
Sat. 1/25, 9:15 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Sun. 1/26, 8:15 p.m., The MARC, PC Fri. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Tue. 1/28, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC Sat. 1/25, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 6:00 p.m., Holiday 2, PC Wed. 1/29, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Sat. 2/1, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Check Sundance.org or our mobile app for more information. #SUNDANCESPOTLIGHT 14 NEXT
NEXT
Ema The Perfect Candidate
Spanish with English subtitles Arabic with English subtitles
After a shocking incident upends A determined young Saudi doctor’s
her family life and marriage to a surprise run for office in the local city
tempestuous choreographer, Ema, elections sweeps up her family and
a reggaeton dancer, sets out on an community as they struggle to accept
odyssey of personal liberation, in this their town’s first female candidate. Beast Beast I Carry You With Me
incendiary story of art, desire, and the Director: Haifaa al-Mansour Three interwoven stories of youths Spanish with English subtitles
modern family.
navigating identity, first love, petty
Thu. 1/23, 9:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Based on a true story, a chance
Director: Pablo Larraín crime, and gun violence in a southern
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC encounter between two men in
American town.
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance provincial Mexico sparks an epic love
Fri. 1/24, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Director: Danny Madden story spanning decades. Ambition and
Tue. 1/28, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Wed. 1/29, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC societal pressure propel an aspiring
Thu. 1/30, 11:30 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Preceded by Backpedal
chef to leave his soul mate and make
Sat. 1/25, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC the treacherous journey to New York,
La Llorona Sun. 1/26, 7:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC where life will never be the same.
Spanish with English subtitles Mon. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC Director: Heidi Ewing
Enrique, a retired general who oversaw Thu. 1/30, 3:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC Sun. 1/26, noon, PC Library, PC
the Mayan genocide, is haunted by his Sat. 2/1, 9:00 a.m., Holiday 2, PC Mon. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
devastating crimes. A tale of horror and
fantasy reimagining the Latin American Tue. 1/28, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
fable as an urgent metaphor of recent Black Bear Fri. 1/31, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Guatemalan history and its unhealed At a remote lake house, a filmmaker Sat. 2/1, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC
political wounds. plays a calculated game of desire and
Director: Jayro Bustamante jealousy in the pursuit of a work of art
that blurs the boundaries between The Killing of Two Lovers
Fri. 1/24, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC autobiography and invention. David desperately tries to keep
Tue. 1/28, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC his family of six together during a
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
separation from his wife. They both
Wed. 1/29, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Fri. 1/24, noon, PC Library, PC agree to see other people, but David
Fri. 1/31, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC struggles to grapple with his wife’s new
Sat. 1/25, 4:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
relationship.
Sat. 1/25, 11:59 p.m., Tower, SLC
Director: Robert Machoian
Wed. 1/29, 9:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Thu. 1/30, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Mon. 1/27, 12:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Tue. 1/28, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Thu. 1/30, 3:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri. 1/31, 8:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Sat. 2/1, 12:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
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La Leyenda Negra Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia Summertime
English and Spanish with English and Spanish with In the heat of the summer, the lives of
English subtitles English subtitles 25 strangers collide. A love letter to Los
Angeles written and performed by a
In Compton, a soon-to-be- It’s not just a speedboat ride, it’s a
collective of young spoken-word poets.
undocumented teenager fights for her Miami adventure.
right to stay in America while risking her Director: Carlos López Estrada
Directors: The Daniels, Hannah Fidell,
family, her friendships, and her first love. Alexa Lim Haas, Lucas Leyva, Olivia Thu. 1/23, 5:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Director: Patricia Vidal Delgado Lloyd, Jillian Mayer, The Meza Brothers,
Fri. 1/24, 9:30 a.m., The Ray, PC
Terence Nance, Brett Potter, Dylan
Preceded by Little Chief Fri. 1/24, 9:30 p.m., Tower, SLC
Redford, Xander Robin, Julian Yuri
Mon. 1/27, 5:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC Rodriguez, Celia Rowlson-Hall Sat. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance
Wed. 1/29, 8:30 a.m., The MARC, PC Wed. 1/29, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Sun. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
Thu. 1/30, 4:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Fri. 1/31, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Tue. 1/28, 11:59 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri. 1/31, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC Wed. 1/29, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Fri. 1/31, 8:45 p.m., Tower, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 3:00 p.m., Holiday 2, PC
The Mountains Are a
Dream That Call to Me Some Kind of Heaven
English and Nepali with English subtitles
Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined
On the Annapurna Massif, Tukten, a fantasyland, four residents of America’s
young Nepali man setting off for a new largest retirement community, The
life as a laborer in Dubai, encounters Villages, Florida, strive to find happiness
an older Australian woman who causes and meaning.
him to change course and discover his
Director: Lance Oppenheim
homeland in a new light.
Director: Cedric Cheung-Lau Sun. 1/26, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Tue. 1/28, 9:00 a.m., Temple, PC
Sat. 1/25, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Wed. 1/29, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Mon. 1/27, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Thu. 1/30, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 9:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Fri. 1/31, 6:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Thu. 1/30, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Fri. 1/31, 3:00 p.m., Resort, Sundance Spree
Sat. 2/1, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Kurt Kunkle, a rideshare driver thirsty for
followers, has figured out a deadly plan
to go viral. As his disturbing livestream is
absurdly embraced by the social media
hellscape, a comedienne emerges as
the only hope to stop this rampage.
Director: Eugene Kotlyarenko
Fri. 1/24, 8:30 p.m., The MARC, PC
Sat. 1/25, 11:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Sun. 1/26, noon, Broadway 6, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Thu. 1/30, 4:15 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
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MIDNIGHT The Night House
A widow begins to uncover her recently
deceased husband’s disturbing secrets.
Run Sweetheart Run
A blind date turns violent and the
woman has to get home through Los
Angeles, with her date in pursuit.
Director: David Bruckner
Director: Shana Feste
Fri. 1/24, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Amulet His House Sat. 1/25, noon, Temple, PC Mon. 1/27, 11:59 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Sun. 1/26, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC Wed. 1/29, 11:45 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in English and Dinka with English subtitles
London, is offered a place to stay at a Wed. 1/29, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC Thu. 1/30, noon, Temple, PC
A young refugee couple makes a
decaying house, inhabited by a young Sat. 2/1, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC Fri. 1/31, 6:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
harrowing escape from war-torn South
woman and her dying mother. As he Sat. 2/1, 10:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust
starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot to their new life in a small English town The Nowhere Inn
ignore his suspicion that something that has an evil lurking beneath the Scare Me
insidious might also be living alongside When St. Vincent sets out to make
surface.
them. a documentary about her music, During a power outage, two strangers
Director: Remi Weekes the goal is to both reveal and revel tell scary stories. The more Fred and
Director: Romola Garai
Mon. 1/27, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC in the unadorned truth behind her Fanny commit to their tales, the more
Sun. 1/26, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC onstage persona. But when she hires the stories come to life in the dark
Tue. 1/28, 9:15 p.m., SLC Library, SLC a close friend to direct, notions of of the Catskills cabin. The horrors of
Tue. 1/28, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC
Wed. 1/29, 5:45 p.m., The Ray, PC reality, identity, and authenticity grow reality manifest when Fred confronts
Thu. 1/30, 11:30 a.m., The MARC, PC
Thu. 1/30, 2:30 p.m., Prospector, PC increasingly distorted and bizarre. his ultimate fear: Fanny is the better
Sat. 2/1, 11:59 p.m., Tower, SLC storyteller.
Sat. 2/1, 7:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC Director: Bill Benz
Director: Josh Ruben
Bad Hair Sat. 1/25, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Impetigore Fri. 1/24, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
When an ambitious young woman is Sun. 1/26, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
pressured into getting a weave in order Indonesian with English subtitles Thu. 1/30, 3:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC Sun. 1/26, 11:45 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
to succeed in 1989’s image-obsessed An out-of-luck woman decides to go Fri. 1/31, 11:30 a.m., Prospector, PC Wed. 1/29, 6:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
world of music television, her career back to her secluded home village in Thu. 1/30, 3:00 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Sat. 2/1, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
flourishes, though it comes at a cost hopes of inheritance. Little does she
Fri. 1/31, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
much greater than money. know, the villagers have been waiting for
Director: Justin Simien her, because she has what they need to Relic
lift off a plaguing curse. When Edna, the elderly and widowed
Thu. 1/23, 9:00 p.m., The Ray, PC matriarch of the family, goes missing,
Director: Joko Anwar
Sat. 1/25, 3:00 p.m., Grand, SLC her daughter Kay and granddaughter
Sun. 1/26, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC Sam travel to their remote family home
Sun. 1/26, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Tue. 1/28, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC to find her. Soon after her return, they
Tue. 1/28, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
Wed. 1/29, 9:00 p.m., Temple, PC start to discover a sinister presence
Fri. 1/31, 3:30 p.m., The Ray, PC haunting the house and taking control
Fri. 1/31, 6:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
of Edna.
Sat. 2/1, 9:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Director: Natalie Erika James
Sat. 1/25, 11:59 p.m., The Ray, PC
Mon. 1/27, 9:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
Wed. 1/29, 9:15 p.m., Redstone 7, PC
Fri. 1/31, 11:59 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Sat. 2/1, 11:59 p.m., PC Library, PC
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INDIE EPISODIC Laetitia
French with English subtitles
Eighteen-year-old Laetitia has
disappeared. Police quickly arrest Tony
Meilhon, but investigators still can’t
find the body. This story follows the
Chemo Brain Indie Episodic Showcase repercussions for Laetitia’s family and
Danish with English subtitles twin sister, Jessica; the police force’s
AWKWARD FAMILY PHOTOS inner workings and social services; the
When Oliver is diagnosed with testicular judicial system; and government itself.
A hilarious, odd, and heartfelt
cancer, his life is turned upside down. Based on real events.
exploration of the imperfect family
This lighthearted drama series depicts
experience. The families behind some of Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
the derailment of a young man that is
the most viral photos from the archives
doing everything he can to not lose Tue. 1/28, 6:00 p.m., Park Avenue, PC
of AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com tell their
his friends, his girlfriend, himself, and
unique stories and reunite to recreate Wed. 1/29, 9:00 p.m., Tower, SLC
ultimately his life.
their original photos, forcing them to Thu. 1/30, 1:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC
Director: Kristian Håskjold reconcile their past and celebrate their
Preceded by Embrace awkwardness.
Untitled Pizza Movie
Against the backdrop of Oakland, Director: William Kirkley
How do you remember somebody
California, Iranian American medical in a disposable world? Weaving an
THE RIDE
student Kat tries to save her Iranian abandoned film about pizza in NYC in
family by taking on a surprising side Wayne, a 40-year-old rideshare driver
the early ’90s with a stunning physical
hustle. The show is a culturally diverse, and spiritual coach, recently moved
archive in a remarkable triple portrait,
quasi-surrealist dramedy that captures back in with his mom and discovers the
this series traces three lives over 30
the ever-increasing need for human only thing that gives his life meaning
years, three continents, and the fault
connection and the subsequent is to help his passengers let go of their
lines of class, dreams, and memory.
commodification of it. negative thoughts, whether they want
his help or not. Director: David Shapiro
Director: Jessica Sanders
Director: Linas Phillips Mon. 1/27, 6:00 p.m., Temple, PC
Tue. 1/28, 2:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Tue. 1/28, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 3:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC HEY LADY!
Wed. 1/29, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
Thu. 1/30, 7:00 p.m., Holiday 4, PC A fearlessly off-the-charts rampage of
urban vengeance as senior citizen Lady,
along with her friend Rosie, upturns
everything in her path—social norms,
City So Real rules of etiquette, and even the series
with English subtitles itself.
An impressionistic mosaic portrait of Directors: Sarah Polley, Adriana Maggs,
current-day Chicago that delivers a Will Bowes
deep, multifaceted look into the soul of
Tue. 1/28, 11:30 a.m., Egyptian, PC
America’s third-largest city, set against
the backdrop of its history-making 2019 Wed. 1/29, 9:00 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
mayoral campaign. Thu. 1/30, 10:00 a.m., Holiday 4, PC
Director: Steve James
Mon. 1/27, 8:30 p.m., Prospector, PC
Tue. 1/28, 6:00 p.m., SLC Library, SLC
Wed. 1/29, 3:00 p.m., PC Library, PC
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