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2011 Sundance Predictions: Victoria Mahoney’s Yelling to the Sky

And finally….I’d be truly disappointed if somehow this 50th prediction pick didn’t materialize, as it as “Sundance” written all over it. I sort of jumped the gun with my predictions last year by naming Victoria Mahoney’s Yelling to the Sky as a 2010 ready title. I was “off” by couple of seasons. The Sundance Lab supported filmmaker has spent 2010 deep in post-production and receive some extra support from the IFP Filmmaker Labs and was a Cinereach Sundance Institute Grantee. All that to say: 2011 will definitely be the breakout year for her directorial debut.

#50. Yelling to the Sky – Victoria Mahoney

And finally….I’d be truly disappointed if somehow this 50th prediction pick didn’t materialize, as it as “Sundance” written all over it. I sort of jumped the gun with my predictions last year by naming Victoria Mahoney’s Yelling to the Sky as a 2010 ready title. I was “off” by couple of seasons. The Sundance Lab supported filmmaker has spent 2010 deep in post-production and receive some extra support from the IFP Filmmaker Labs and was a Cinereach Sundance Institute Grantee. All that to say: 2011 will definitely be the breakout year for her directorial debut.

Set in a depraved New York neighborhood, the youngest of three mixed-race sisters named Sweetness (Zoë Kravitz’s first major starring role) O’Hara, spends the better part of being seventeen navigating an identity between the known: a violent life of crime, and the unknown: a life of purpose and meaning. Supporting cast includes: Tim Blake Nelson, Gabourey Sidibe, Antonique Smith, Marc John Jefferies, Jason Clarke, Shareeka Epps, E.J. Bonilla and Gleendilys Inoa. Expect a U.S Dramatic Competition slot.

* Producers: Ged Dickersin, Diane Houslin, Billy Mulligan and Mahoney
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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).

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