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Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Philippon, Marslett, Romanek
If my predix come true, this will be a fest heavy on first time filmmakers in the feature length film categories, which is nothing new of course. I've listed four new names below that could make their big time debuts at the fest.
Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Araki, Soderbergh, Winterbottom
I remember during my visit at the Cannes' 60th edition thinking to myself how Cannes is a "boys club" in relation to the count them on one hand number of female filmmakers that were invited to participate on the unique short film collection celebrating the festival. Males tend to outnumber female filmmakers in general, but at Sundance you sometimes get the sense that its an even playing field.
Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Baumbach, Braden King, Susser
I'm not sure what the ratio pans out to be, but if Braden King and Spencer Susser see their feature debuts get an invitation, then they would have been filmmakers who once presented a calling card short film at the festival and return with a feature length debut.
Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Duplass Bros., Janez Burger, Kit Hui
If the Croisette belonged to Sony Pictures Classics and IFC Films, then Park City is where Searchlight, Focus, Apparition, Roadside, Samuel Goldwyn and Magnolia get to have a piece of the cake. If my predictions are half right, then this year's Sundance will have a unusually high number of titles with A list talent for sale.
Usmonov Offers a ‘Novel’ Idea for Seydoux and Gourmet
In less than five years, Léa Seydoux has worked with the best of auteur cinema and dabbled into a little Hollywood as well. She had a small part in chapter one of QT's Basterds and Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, but she has made a name for herself by working with the likes of Christophe Honoré, Bertrand Bonello, Catherine Breillat, in Jessica Hausner's Lourdes and Raoul Ruiz's latest film. She'll next work for a little known filmmaker for North American audiences in director Djamshed Usmonov's first French-language film.
