2012 Sundance Predictions: Tim Sutton’s Pavilion

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#47. Pavilion – Tim Sutton

I’ve pretty much fallen in love with what Tim Sutton’s Pavilion might artistically and visually entail (see trailer). A youth portrait running at 70 mins, selected as one of IFP’s 2011 Narrative Lab projects we think this would be a great addition to the Sundance’s New Frontier section.

Gist: Max, a quietly troubled 15 year old, leaves his lakeside town to live with his father on the sun-blasted fringe of suburban Arizona. As the film drifts through endless summer days, the story is transformed through a succession of interrelated characters and what starts in a calm, lush, safe environment ends in a drastic, frayed and dark confusion.

Producers: TBD
(IONCINEMA.com Preview Page // IMDB Link)

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://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). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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