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Sundance 2007 preview: World Dramatic Comp
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January 18 to 28, 2007
Counting Down:
Blame It On Fidel (France), directed and written by Julie Gavras, which takes the point of view of a 9-year-old girl whose parents become political radicals in early '70s Paris.
Drained (Brazil), directed by Heitor Dhalia and written by Marcal Aquino and Dhalia, about the life change of a devious pawnbroker.
Driving With My Wife's Lover (South Korea), directed by Kim Tai-sik and written by Kim Joen-han and Kim, which describes the long taxi journey of a man and the cab driver he's learned is having an affair with his wife.
Eagle Vs. Shark (New Zealand), directed and written by Taika Waititi, a portrait of two social misfits who try to find love. A Miramax release in its world premiere.
Ezra (France), directed by Newton I. Aduaka and written by Aduaka and Alain-Michel Blanc, which examines the attempt of a former child soldier to carve out a normal life after the civil war in Sierra Leone. World premiere.
Ghosts (U.K.), directed by Nick Broomfield and written by Broomfield and Jez Lewis, a fact-based telling of the tragic struggle of an illegal Chinese woman to find a footing in the U.K.
How Is Your Fish Today? (U.K.), directed by Xiaolu Guo and written by Rao Hui and Xiaolu, which looks at a Chinese writer's inner journey through his fictional characters.
How She Move? (Canada), directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid and written by Annmarie Morais, the tale of a private school student forced to return to her former crime-ridden neighborhood, where she takes up competitive “Step” dancing. World premiere.
The Island (Russia), directed by Pavel Lounguine and written by Dmitri Sobolev, a drama bout an odd monk at a small Russian Orthodox monastery.
Khadak (Belgium/Germany), directed and written by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, about a young Mongolian faced with the end of the nomad way of life in the wake of an animal plague.
The Legacy (Georgia/France), directed and written by Gela Babluani and Temur Babluani, which focuses on three French hipsters and a translator who encounter an old man and his grandchild determined to end a clan war in Georgia, where the French intend to claim an inherited castle.
The Night Buffalo (Mexico), directed by Jorge Hernandez Aldana and written by Hernandez Aldana and Guillermo Arriaga, about a 22-year-old schizophrenic who designs a web to ensnare his cheating girlfriend and her lover before committing suicide. World premiere.
Noise (Australia), directed and written by Matthew Saville, about the struggle of a young cop, who suffers from tinnitus, or ear-ringing, to clear his head of the screaming he hears in the wake of a mass murder on a train. World premiere.
Once (Ireland), directed and written by John Carney, a modern musical love story featuring Glen Hansard and his Irish band “The Frames.”
Dreams of Dust (Burkina Faso/Canada/France), directed and written by Laurent Salgues, about a Nigerian peasant who hopes to put his past behind him by working in a gold mine in Burkina Faso.
Sweet Mud (Israel), directed and written by Dror Shaul, an account of a man the deal with his mother's mental illness within the constraints of '70s kibbutz life.
