Festival Predictions

2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow

Published on November 12, 2023

Her feature debut We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021) was an official Sundance selection (pandemic edition) but everything indicates that Jane Schoenbrun could see her sophomore item get a proper in-person showcase. I Saw the TV Glow moved into production in July of last year with a cast of hip artists such as Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine toplining and notables supporting players such as Helena Howard, Danielle Deadwyler, Phoebe Bridgers and yes even Fred Durst. A Thousand and One cinematographer Eric K. Yue teamed with Schoenbrun on this project.

Gist: Two teenagers bond over their love of a television series; after it is mysteriously cancelled, their reality begins to blur.

Production Co./Producers: Ali Herting, Smudge Films’ Sarah Winshall, Sam Intili, Fruit Tree’s Emma Stone and Dave McCary.

Prediction: Midnight.

U.S. Distributor: A24.

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).