2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ian Samuels’ The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

Rising starlet Kathryn Newton (who we just saw in Freaky – read review) toplines this sophomore feature — an Amazon Studios backed fantasy project from helmer Ian Samuels. The filmmaker saw his short film Myrna the Monster hit Sundance in 2015, and the shot in Alabama (in February of this year) The Map of Tiny Perfect Things also features Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami, Josh Hamilton, Cleo Fraser, and Jorja Fox. This is based on a screenplay by Lev Grossman, based upon his short story of the same name.

Gist: Two teens who live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create the titular map.

Production Co./Producers: Weed Road Pictures’ Akiva Goldsman, Ashley Fox, Gregory Lessans, Aaron Ryder.

Prediction: Premieres

U.S. Distributor: Amazon Studios.