2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Sarnoski’s Pig

Date:

November 20, 2020

In early 2020, Neon purchased the rights to Gunda (the docu film) and Pig which had completed production in late December of 2019. Shot in the backdrop of Portland, Oregon, writer/director Michael Sarnoski got to direct Nicolas Cage in what we imagine was an angry Nicolas Cage. Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin are also onboard. Sarnoski directed a trio of shorts and television work prior to.

Gist: This follows a mushroom forager (Cage) whose beloved pig goes missing.

Production Co./Producers: Vanessa Block, Dimitra Tsingou, Ben Giladi, Nicolas Cage.

Prediction: MIDNIGHT.

U.S. Distributor: Neon.

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Eric Lavallée https://www.ericlavallee.com

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury 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 was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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