Festival Predictions

2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Austin Vesely’s Slice

Published on November 28, 2016

Like several other media folks, this new project only came to our attention when the cool kids in film distribution landed the rights. With a 2017 full to the gills for the A24 folks, this project directed by newbie Austin Vesely and featuring artist Chance The Rapper wrapped filming in late September, so this means Sundance might have received a special rough cut fresh out of the oven. If this is Rian Johnson’s Brick type of dope, then maybe Slice and the fictitious town of Kingfisher has a legit chance. You’ll get the entire area code understanding in this comprehensive piece. The Chicago shot microindie includes Zazie Beetz, Chance The Rapper, Katherine Cunningham and The Eyes of My Mother‘s Will Brill.

Gist: When a pizza delivery driver is murdered on the job, the city searches for someone to blame: ghosts? drug dealers? a disgraced werewolf?

Production Co./Producers: Brandon Riley

Prediction: NEXT section.

U.S. Distributor: A24

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).