2011 Sundance Predictions: Miranda July’s The Future

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November 3, 2010

#09. The Future – Miranda July

It will be one of the most sought after films to see and potentially buy – big question: what section will The Future show in? Miranda July’s long awaited return since 2005’s Me and You and Everyone We Know is a relationship comedy with Hamish Linklater toplining.

Formerly titled “Satisfaction”, this is a contempo romantic comedy turns on a young couple: Jason, goes off on an ecological mission; Sophie starts an affair with an older man. Both events threaten the relationship. In the filmmaker’s own words: “We haunt oursevles, googling our own name, perpetually clicking on search … because if we’re always searching then we never have to notice that we’ve found it, we’re there, this is really it.”

* Producers: Gina Kwon (The Motel) with Razor Films’ Gerhard Meixner & Roman Paul
(IONCINEMA.com Preview Page // IMDB Link)

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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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