The do-gooders over at the Sundance Institute have announced the four projects that will benefit from the expertise of others. Now in its fifth year, the Documentary Film Editing and Story Laboratory merges creative advisors with the lucky few who get some hands on help.
The Creative Advisors for the 2007 Documentary Editing and Story Lab are: editors Jean-Philippe Boucicaut (CITIZEN KING and MATTERS OF RACE); Kate Amend (THIN, and Academy Award-winner The Long Way Home); Lewis Erskine (Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple and Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind); Mary Lampson (A Lion in the House and HARLAN COUNTY) and accomplished directors Robb Moss (SECRECY and The SAME RIVER TWICE) and Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (THE INNER TOUR and JAMES’ JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM). Here are the brief descriptions of the lucky four projects that should get a Sundance festival birth fairly soon.
TIBET IN SONG
Ngawang Choephel (director) Tim Bartlett (editor)
Through the story of Tibetan music, this film depicts the determined efforts of Tibetan people, both in Tibet and in exile, to preserve their unique cultural identity after more than a half-century of Chinese occupation. It evokes the courage, defiance and determination that have preserved Tibetan culture in contemporary consciousness.
THE SARI SOLDIERS
Julie Bridgham (director) Mona Davis (editor)
Six Nepali women on opposing sides of Nepal's political conflict battle to transform their country's future. Amidst an autocratic Monarch's "War on Terror" against the Maoist rebels, the film follows their journey from the war-torn hillsides, to the extraordinary street revolution to reclaim democracy, and their struggles and pursuits for justice.
RECYCLE
Mahmoud Al Massad (director)
A moderate Muslim father in Jordan faces a setback at every turn. Forced to collect cardboard in the streets of Zarqa, he is barely sustaining his family. As his situation deteriorates he has to make a radical decision to save himself from humiliation.
TROUBLE THE WATER
Tia Lessin (director) Carl Deal (director) Woody Richman (editor)
A streetwise young couple survives the flooding of New Orleans by any means necessary, rescuing dozens of neighbors along the way, and using video to capture the storm and its aftermath. This redemptive tale of outlaws who become heroes is set against one of the largest diasporas in American history.
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Wed May 30, 2012
Fri Jun 01, 2012
- 6 Month Rule
- A Cat in Paris
- Found Memories (Historias Que So Existem Quando Lembradas)
- High School
- Pink Ribbons, Inc.
- Piranha 3DD
- Snow White and the Huntsman
Fri Jun 08, 2012
- Bel Ami
- Dark Horse
- Double Trouble
- Lola Versus
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
- Paul Williams Still Alive
- Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
- Prometheus
- Safety Not Guaranteed
Wed Jun 13, 2012
Fri Jun 15, 2012
- Americano
- Extraterrestrial
- Rock of Ages
- That's My Boy
- The Tortured
- The Woman In the Fifth
- Your Sister's Sister
Wed Jun 20, 2012
Fri Jun 22, 2012
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Brave
- The Invisible War
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- To Rome with Love
Wed Jun 27, 2012
Fri Jun 29, 2012
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- Madea's Witness Protection
- Magic Mike
- Neil Young Journeys
- People Like Us
- Take this Waltz
- Unforgivable (Impardonnables)
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- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
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- Nuit #1
- Searching for Sugarman
- Step Up Revolution
Fri Aug 03, 2012
Fri Aug 10, 2012
Wed Aug 15, 2012
Fri Aug 17, 2012
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Fri Aug 24, 2012
- The Apparition
- Hit and Run
- Little White Lies (Les Petits Mouchoirs)
- The Loneliest Planet
- Premium Rush
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- Sinister
- Sleepwalk With Me
Fri Aug 31, 2012
Fri Sep 07, 2012
Fri Sep 14, 2012
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- Cogan's Trade
- Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
- Dredd
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Four selected for Sundance Institute 'Editing & Story Lab'
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Reviews
Review: The Kid With a Bike
"Despite the one-dimensionality of its anti-patriarchal theme (appeasing the knee-jerk expectations of European film fest audiences), the Dardennes avoid cheapening the story with ideological smugness, achieving an emotional resonance without easy sentimentality."
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Review: Wrong
"Encoded in the outlandish humor that pervades the film are bits of commentary on everyday life. The most overt is Dupieux's urging to appreciate the relationships around you, which is manifested in the dog kidnapping, but also in a subplot in which a woman from the pizzeria moves between men without even realizing they have changed. Another cultural critique is found in the rainy office, an instantly recognizable visual metaphor for how dreary a 9 to 5 job can be."
Festivals
Community Film Ratings
- Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
- This is not a Film
- Four Lovers
- Free Samples
- The Hunger Games
- The Motel Life
- The Raid: Redemption
- Nobody Walks
- The Three Stooges
- Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan's Hope
- The Wait
- The Deep Blue Sea
- Cirkus Columbia
- Yellow
- Arcadia
- Hello Darkness
- Sassy Pants
- Smashed
- Nature Calls
- Sound of Noise
- Lumpy
- Rampart
- I Used to Be Darker
- For Ellen
- Prisoners
- Foxfire
- Detroit Unleaded
- Delicacy
- Love (Amour)
- Tomorrow, When the War Began
- California Solo
- Post Tenebras Lux
- Phenom
- Goats
- Sound of My Voice
- Holly Motors
- Bernie
- Un Amour de Jeunesse (Goodbye First Love)
- Vehicle 19
- Damsels in Distress
- The Turin Horse
- The End of Love
- A Bag of Hammers
- Keyhole
- The Master
- Loft
- Black Butterflies
- The Broken Tower
- 0000
- The Details
- The Playroom
- Untitled Ramin Bahrani Drama
- Headhunters
- Kiss of the Damned
- The Cabin in the Woods
- The Kid With a Bike
- Angel Face
- Attenberg
- This Must Be the Place
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
- Struck by Lightning
- Restless City
- The Story of Luke
- Café De Flore
- Return
- Simon Killer
- On the Road
- Bullhead
- Northeast
- Pariah
- Fightville
- Snowtown
- Detachment
- The Girl is in Trouble
- Big Miracle
- Monsieur Lazhar
- Thin Ice
- God Bless America
- We Have a Pope
- Elles
- Virginia
- Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
- Laurence Anyways
- Alps
- HERE
- The Innkeepers
- The Perks of Being A Wallflower
- The Avengers
- Beware of Ginger Baker
- Dark Shadows
- Hyde Park on Hudson
- Stones in the Sun
- The Vow
- Kill List
- Norwegian Wood
- Let the Bullets Fly
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home
- Goon
- Miss Bala
- Post Mortem
- War Horse
- Playback
- Headshot
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
- Now Is Good
- Meanwhile
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