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2012 Sundance Predictions: Julia Dyer’s The Playroom
Having John Hawkes cast in your film doesn't assure a playdate in Park City, but Hawkes plus having shown your first film (Late Bloomers) at the film festival way back in 1996 might help in spades to receive a sophomore showing showcase which would be the case for Julia Dyer's The Playroom. If included, this would surely be included in the U.S Dramatic Comp.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I'd normally be weary of the results when a novelist gets behind a camera to adapt their own project, but Stephen Chbosky's first outing as a director (1995's The Four Corners of Nowhere) premiered at the fest and he should get to bring his sophomore project based on his 1999 novel. Will The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a novel about an unconventional thinker be unconventional in design? If so, then this might. along with its huge cast receive an invite to the fest's Premieres section.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Tim Sutton’s Pavilion
I've pretty much fallen in love with what Tim Sutton's Pavilion might artistically and visually entail (see trailer). A youth portrait running at 70 mins, selected as one of IFP's 2011 Narrative Lab projects we think this would be a great addition to the Sundance's New Frontier section.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Nicholas McCarthy’s The Pact
Nicholas McCarthy jettisoned between his 2011 Park City shown short film (see trailer here) to an actual feature film version in a lightening quick pace hitting the editing room at summer's end. With Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien and Agnes Bruckner toplining, The Pact should be a strong contender for a Park City at Midnight slot.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Penny Lane and Brian Frye’s Our Nixon
I'm curious to see what they've found and I'm more curious in seeing how married filmmaking couple journo Brian L. Frye and art prof Penny Lane pieced together a treasure trove of Super 8 home movies filmed by Nixon's closest aides (view trailer). Currently in post, the Cinereach supported, Kickstarter helped Our Nixon appears to be a paean to a small snippet of an era (1969-1972) that could play in anything from the Frontier section to the Spotlight Docs section to the fest U.S Doc Comp.
