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2012 Sundance Predictions: Devyn Waitt’s Not Waving But Drowning
Among the hundreds of hopefuls vying for one of the limited few spots in U.S Dramatic Comp/NEXT sections we've got a slice of life double portrait in Devyn Waitt's Not Waving But Drowning. Recently added among the eleven projects headed over to the Gotham in Progress showcase, here's a sampling of what this coming-of-age has to offer.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Kevin Patrick Connors’ The Normals
I've lost count of how many items Jess Weixler is attached to in my predictions list - but here is another indie comedy with actor Bryan Greenberg in the lead, a supporting perf from indie stalwart John Sayles and with a newbie filmmaker in the driver's seat. Kevin Patrick Connors' has been to Park City before as an Executive Producer on Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and The Normals will be his big coming out party. If accepted, this book adaptation will be part of the Premieres line-up.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Ry Russo Young’s Nobody Walks
A 2010 Sundance Screenwriters Lab selected project with additional support from the Annenberg Film Fellowship Grant and the Indian Paintbrush Fellowship, Ry Russo Young teamed with Lena Dunham for a project that attracted the likes of Dylan McDermott, Rosemarie DeWitt, John Krasinski and Olivia Thirlby for a film budgeted at a significantly larger amount than what it cost to make her debut film, You Wont Miss Me (a New Frontier programmed film). Nobody Walks looks poised for a U.S Dramatic Comp inclusion.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Shaul Schwarz’s Narco Cultura
An award-winning photographer, sometime in 2012 (perhaps not Park City) we should be seeing Shaul Schwarz's first foray into the docu scene. Currently in production, and we're hoping well into post, Narco Cultura was among the recently award a grant from the Cinereach folks and worth-noting, Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen are producing the project - Mexico's not so odd pop culture phenomena. Here's a rich look at the upcoming doc.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Alan and Gabe Polsky’s The Motel Life
Producers Alan and Gabe Polsky switched hats in 2011 and directed their first feature film - an adaptation of a chilly novel with a cast that includes Dakota Fanning, Stephen Dorff, Emile Hirsch, Kris Kristofferson and Park City regular Joshua Leonard. Having filmed earlier in the year (see outdoor winter set pic) The Motel Life should be ready to grab one of the Premiere screening slots. The Polsky's were at the fest last year with Elgin James' Little Birds.
