As per our pre-Thanksgiving tradition, we are attempting to give fans of the Sundance Film Festival a preview of what’s to come via our Park City prognostications. Admittedly, we are clueless on some (e.g. Richard Linklater’s Moon Landing Film or Robinson Devor’s You Can’t Win), but we keep meticulous tabs on future American indie, world cinema and docu film offerings and this year’s 100 suggestions indicate a fest of renewal with several first time feature filmmakers possibly breaking into the fest. And speaking of firsts, we will have seen a changing of the guard with Kim Yutani replacing Trevor Groth as Director of Programming.
For those who need a reprieve from their families or are too stuffed to move, check out all 100 film profiles — from A to Z order, evenly split over the course of the next four days. A record number of submissions (14,200) will fit into the shorts and features programs and the break down should reflect the same section numbers as the previous year: U.S. Dramatic Competition (16), U.S. Documentary Competition (16), Premieres (18), Documentary Premieres (14), Midnight Premieres (9), World Cinema Dramatic Competition (12), World Cinema Documentary Competition (12), NEXT (10), Sundance Kids (3), Spotlight (8). Thank you for your patronage and comments.
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