Sundance '04

[aclockworkjj]

Tickets for this year's fest...

http://festival.sundance.org/film_guide/packages.html

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for those interested:

2004 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT!

Selections for the remaining 2004 Sundance Film Festival feature-length sections have been announced:

FRONTIER[/size]
BELOW THE BELT
Director - Robert M. Young
Screenwriter - Richard Dresser

LOMA LYNDA
Director - Jason Bognacki

THE MISSING
Director - Kang-sheng Lee
Screenwriter - Kang-sheng Lee

TARNATION
Director - Jonathan Caouette
Screenwriter - Jonathan Caouette

WAR
Director - Jake Mahaffy
Screenwriter - Jake Mahaffy

PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT
AZUMI
Director - Ryuhei Kitamura
Screenwriters - Rikiya Mizushima and Isao Kiriyama

GRAND THEFT PARSONS
Director - David Caffrey
Screenwriter - Jeremy Drysdale

HAUTE TENSION
Director - Alexandre Aja
Screenwriters - Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur

HOME OF PHOBIA
Director - Ryan Shiraki
Screenwriter - Ryan Shiraki

OVERNIGHT
Director - Mark Brian Smith

THE PARK
Director - Andrew Lau Lo
Screenwriters - Lo yiu Fai and Sam Lung

RASPBERRY REICH
Director - Bruce LaBruce
Screenwriter - Bruce LaBruce

SAW
Director - James Wan
Screenwriter - Leigh Whannell

NATIVE FORUM[/size]
49?
Director - Sherman Alexie

FLAT
Director - Beck Cole
Screenwriter - Beck Cole

IF THE WEATHER PERMITS
Director - Elisapie Isaac

IN SHADOW
Shirley Cheechoo
Screenwriter - Julia Chan

THE LAND HAS EYES
Director - Vilsoni Hereniko
Screenwriter - Vilsoni Hereniko

MEMORY
Director - Cedar Sherbert
Screenwriter - Cedar Sherbert

MIGHT OF THE STARCHASER
Director - Joseph Lazare
Screenwriters - Joseph Lazare and Walter Scott

NGATAHI - KNOW THE LINKS
Director - Dean Hapeta

OUR NATIONHOOD
Director - Alanis Obomsawin

PRAYER FOR A GOOD DAY
Director - Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Screenwriter - Zoe Leigh Hopkins

SHUSH
Director - Blackhorse Lowe
Screenwriter - Blackhorse Lowe

SPIN
Director - Danis Goulet
Screenwriter - Danis Goulet

TIGA E LE ILOA
Director - Popo Malufaitoaga (Lilo)
Screenwriter - Popo Malufaitoaga (Lilo)

TURN AROUND
Director - Samantha Saunders
Screenwriter - Samantha Saunders

TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
Director - Taika Cohen
Screenwriter - Taika Cohen

OPENING NIGHT [/size]
RIDING GIANTS
Park City
Director - Stacy Peralta
Screenwriters - Stacy Peralta and Sam George

EDGE OF AMERICA
Salt Lake City
Director - Chris Eyre
Screenwriter - Willy Holtzman

PREMIERE[/size]
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
Director - Stephen Fry
Screenwriter - Stephen Fry

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Directors - J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress
Screenwriters - J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress

D.E.B.S.
Director - Angela Robinson
Screenwriter - Angela Robinson

THE DREAMERS
Director - Bernardo Bertolucci
Screenwriter - Gilbert Adair

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Director - Mitch Rouse
Screenwriters - Mitch Rouse and Jay Leggett

EULOGY
Director - Michael Clancy
Screenwriter - Michael Clancy

GETT'N THE MAN'S FOOT OUTTA YOUR ASSSSS0!
Director - Mario Van Peebles
Screenwriters - Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty

IRON JAWED ANGELS
Director - Katja von Garnier
Screenwriters - Sally Robinson, Eugenia Bostwick Singer, Raymond Singer and Jennifer Friedes

LOVE IN THOUGHTS
Director - Achim von Borries
Screenwriters - Achim von Borries and Hendrik Handloegten

THE MACHINIST
Director - Brad Anderson
Screenwriter - Scott Alan Kosar

MARIE AND BRUCE
Director - Tom Cairns
Screenwriters - Tom Cairns and Wallace Shawn

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Director - Walter Salles
Screenwriter - Jose Rivera

NEVER DIE ALONE
Director - Ernest Dickerson
Screenwriters - James Gibson and Donald Goines

REDEMPTION
Director - Vondie Curtis Hall
Screenwriter - J.T. Allen

THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD
Director - Guy Maddin
Screenwriters - Guy Maddin, Kazuo Ishiguro and George Toles

SAVED
Director - Brian Dannelly
Screenwriters - Brian Dannelly and Michael Urban

SKY BLUE
DirectorS - Moon-saeng Kim and Sunmin Park
Screenwriters - Moon-saeng Kim, Jun-Young Park and Sunmin Park

TIPTOES
Director - Matthew Bright
Screenwriter - Bill Weiner

TOUCH OF PINK
Director - Ian Iqbal Rashid
Screenwriter - Ian Iqbal Rashid

TRAUMA
Director - Marc Evans
Screenwriter - Richard Smith

ZATOICHI
Director - Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter - Takeshi Kitano

WORLD CINEMA/DOCUMENTARY[/size]
THE BASQUE BALL: Skin Against Stone
Director - Julio Medem

THE BIG DURIAN
Director - Amir Muhammad

THE CORPORATION
Directosr - Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott

DISBELIEF
Director - Andrei Nekrasov

THE GARDEN
Directors - Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash

INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVISIBLE WORLD
Director - Jean Michel Roux

JOURNEYINGS AND CONVERSATIONS
Director - Arvind Sinha

REPATRIATION
Director - Dong-won Kim

SCREAMING MEN
Director - Mika Ronkainen

WORLD CINEMA[/size]
15
Director - Royston Tan
Screenwriter - Royston Tan

CARANDIRU
Director - Hector Babenco
Screenwriters - Victor Navas, Hector Babenco and Fernando Bonassi

THE CON GAME
Director - Alberto (Chicho) Durant
Screenwriter - Alberto (Chicho) Durant

DONAU, DUNA, DUNAJ, DUNAV, DUNAREA
Director - Goran Rebic
Screenwriters - Goran Rebic and Heinz Ambrosch

GOOD BYE, LENIN!
Director - Wolfgang Becker
Screenwriters - Wolfgang Becker and Bernd Lichtenberg

A GOOD LAWYER'S WIFE
Director - Im Sangsoo
Screenwriter - Im Sangsoo

I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
Director - Mike Hodges
Screenwriter - Trevor Preston

KOUNANDI
Director - Apolline Traore
Screenwriter - Apolline Traore

LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Director - Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Screenwriters - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and Prabda Yoon

LE JARDIN DE PAPA
Director - Zeka Laplaine
Screenwriter - Zeka Laplaine

LOVE BY MISTAKE GERARDO
Director - Gerardo Chijona
Screenwriters - GERARDO Chijona and Eduardo del llano

THE MISSING HALF
Director - Benoît Mariage
Screenwriter - Benoît Mariage

MON IDOLE
Director - Guillaume Canet
Screenwriters - Guillaume Canet and Philippe Lefebvre

NINA'S TRAGEDIES
Director - Savi Gavison
Screenwriter - Savi Gavison

THE PRINCIPLES OF LUST
Director - Penny Woolcock
Screenwriter - Penny Woolcock

REMEMBER ME
Director - Gabriele Muccino
Screenwriter - Gabriele Muccino and Heidrun Schleef

THE RETURN
Director - Andrey Zvyagintsev
Screenwriters - Vladimir Moiseyenko and Aleksandr Novototsky

SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS
Director - Jean-François Pouliot
Screenwriter - Ken Scott

SEVEN TIMES LUCKY
Director - Gary B. Yates
Screenwriter - Gary B. Yates

SILENCE OF THE SEA
Director - Vahid Mousaian
Screenwriter - Vahid Mousaian

A SILENT LOVE
Director - Federico Hidalgo
Screenwriters - Federico Hidalgo and Paulina Robles

SILENT WATERS
Director - Sabiha Sumar
Screenwriters - Paromita Vohra and Sabiha Sumar

SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER AND... SPRING
Director - Kim Ki-duk
Screenwriter - Kim Ki-duk

STANDER
Director - Bronwen Hughes
Screenwriters - Bronwen Hughes and Bima Stagg

TAKE MY EYES
Director - Icíar Bollaín
Screenwriters - Icíar Bollaín and Alicia Luna

A THOUSAND PEACE CLOUDS ENCIRCLE THE SKY
Director - Julian Hernandez
Screenwriter - Julian Hernandez

THE THREE STEP DANCING
Director - Salvatore Mereu
Screenwriter - Salvatore Mereu

WHAT SEBASTIAN DREAMT
Director - Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Screenwriters - Rodrigo Rey Rosa and Robert Fitterman

[meatwad]

I think this lineup of films looked bad at first. But there are a few that i'm interested in seeing...

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
THE DREAMERS
EULOGY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

[Ghostboy]

The Butterfly Effect? WTF?

[TheVoiceOfNick]

It's interesting that nearly all of those movies have the writer also listed as the director... damn wanna-be auteurs!  I shouldn't be talking...   :P

[Pubrick]

based on titles alone, the following will win/be awesome..

49?
Director - Sherman Alexie

IF THE WEATHER PERMITS
Director - Elisapie Isaac

MEMORY
Director - Cedar Sherbert
Screenwriter - Cedar Sherbert

SHUSH
Director - Blackhorse Lowe
Screenwriter - Blackhorse Lowe

GETT'N THE MAN'S FOOT OUTTA YOUR ASSSSS0!
Director - Mario Van Peebles
Screenwriters - Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty

THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD
Director - Guy Maddin
Screenwriters - Guy Maddin, Kazuo Ishiguro and George Toles

ZATOICHI
Director - Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter - Takeshi Kitano

INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVISIBLE WORLD
Director - Jean Michel Roux

JOURNEYINGS AND CONVERSATIONS
Director - Arvind Sinha

I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
Director - Mike Hodges
Screenwriter - Trevor Preston

LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Director - Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Screenwriters - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and Prabda Yoon

A THOUSAND PEACE CLOUDS ENCIRCLE THE SKY
Director - Julian Hernandez
Screenwriter - Julian Hernandez

hm, that was fun.

[godardian]

I think this lineup of films looked bad at first. But there are a few that i'm interested in seeing...

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
THE DREAMERS
EULOGY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

Employee of the Month by Strangers with Candy co-creator Mitch Rouse... definitely of interest.

Dreamers, of course! Wonder if they'll show the uncencorsed version at the fest?

Bright Young Things could be interesting. I like Stephen Fry. He's okay... for a monarchist (I believe he's a "sir" or a "knight" of some sort).

[Ernie]

I have heard of only very few of them right now but I look definitely forward to the sundance channel's coverage which is always awesome.

The only one I'm really familiar with is Eulogy which I definitely want to see. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is one of those titles that makes you want to see a film you've never heard of.

I guess I just really like to play dumb up until the coverage starts up, it can be overwhelmingly cool if there's a lot of good films. I hope it's at least better than Cannes which fucking sucked.

[aclockworkjj]

just some more stuff for those interested:

Don't miss the 2004 Sundance Online Film Festival

Enhanced with new features such as one-on-one discussions with Festival programmers, an interview with Robert Redford, clips from Sundance Film Festival Digital Dialogues and other panels, and the "winner's circle" films from 2003, the Sundance Online Film Festival is bigger and better this year.  Don't miss the best in this year's made-for-web filmmaking, as well as a selection of short films from this year's Festival in Park City.  
Begins December 15.  Visit www.sundance.org for more information.

[ono]

So I read at IMDb.com today that Sundance '04 started today.  Can't believe I almost forgot.  I can't view the festivities myself or anything.  Don't have the right channel.  Anyone there or planning to go?

[Kal]

I might stop by... not sure... I'm going to the Palm Springs Festival tomorrow

[MacGuffin]

Redford: Sundance defines itself

PARK CITY -- Robert Redford has two kinds of buzz going at this year's Sundance Film Festival: There's the early buzz, which has been more about a new book critical of him and the festival, and then there's the usual buzz about what's hot among the festival films.

Redford hasn't read the book, "Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film" but doesn't seem unduly surprised by its appearance.

"Fourteen years ago the writer (Peter Biskind) did a real hatchet job on us that was very disingenuous. Some people have an agenda of their own and those kinds of things are more about them," he says.

"As far as this festival goes, I don't define it. It defines itself," he added. "What films have come out of the lab, what films have come through the festival and then gone on from there. Also, the filmmakers who have come through it for the last twenty years, talk to them about it. That to me is where the truth is."

He shrugs, "The only thing you can do is just keep doing what you're doing and look at the results."

Outwardly, Redford's take on the course of the festival and the nature of independent film is characteristically cheery, especially with the realization that Sundance's participation with this festival is now in its twentieth year. He seems personally energized and vows to get to more films this year.

Redford's own production company, South Fork, has a film playing in the festival, "Motorcycle Diaries," directed by Walter Salles. He also stars in a low-budget, work-in-progress, "The Clearing," about the underside to success, that also will be screened at the fest. It was directed by first-time filmmaker Pieter Jan Brugge.

Yet, in twenty years of the growth of the festival, Redford readily acknowledges that the more things change the more they remain the same. The most daunting challenge facing new filmmakers, like 20 years ago, is to get their work shown.

"The industry is constructed against them," he concludes. "We no longer have the sorts of platforms where you could build word-of-mouth for such projects. Now, it is all about the big opening weekend. They get it (boxoffice) to figures where it almost reaches the negative cost of the film," he noted. "This is a dangerous environment for artists to work in, and it is not likely to open. My gut is that new distribution forms will evolve with the new technology ? DVDs, broadband."

In essence, he foresees that technology will be the ally of the independent filmmaker. In years past, technology and the indie filmmaker seemed mutually exclusive in the sense that indie filmmakers were often disdainful of technology, or, as per their nature, more interested in the human aspects of narrative filmmaking.

"Technology will democratize film," he says. "There are alternative networks of distribution that are going to come on the horizon that are going to make filmmaking easier. But they are also going to have the problem of quality. A 14-year-old kid can grab camera and call himself a filmmaker, (but that) does not mean it is going to be any good. But for the filmmaker there is a positive sign in the marketplace, so I consider that positive."

He reiterates that the Sundance Institute, primarily through its summer labs, is focused on storytelling, creating the kinds of "regional" voices that the institute has nurtured and developed from its inception in 1980.

Nonetheless, he notes a regression in Hollywood storytelling over the last several years. "I think the bar has been lowered on the part of storytelling. It is certainly not lowered on technology and special effects. It is almost to the point of virtual reality for human beings. On the other hand, the bar has been raised for technology. It is changing the shape of film, but we don't know where it is going to go yet. We don't know what hobgoblins will come up in technology. What is probably inevitable, technology will change the face of the face of the industry. The new way will be a pioneering way."

One such hobgoblin was the controversy over the MPAA's ban on screeners.

Redford doesn't see that as a threat to the independent filmmaker. "I don't think it was an anti-indie stance. It was a fear of piracy. People are trying to make the adjustments to the new technology. There is a fear of being overtaken by something they can't control, in this case, piracy. You have to understand where the MPAA's decision came from: a desire to control the business part of the industry."

Nonetheless, Redford stresses that technology, or at least the mindset that develops it and celebrates it, must also change in order for it to survive. "I think technology has got to lose its image as being cold, soulless, alien and geek-oriented," he feels. "It must move to the humanistic side of things. It must ally itself with more humanistic elements out there. I think that is where Sundance is trying to move. You can't go forward without emphasizing the human aspect."

[Myxo]

The Butterfly Effect? WTF?

I noticed that too. It makes me sad to see entries like that..

[Henry Hill]

is THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT actually getting kudos at sundance? *puke* ashton kutcher should be banned from the film industry.

[abuck1220]

it's sad that the only thing i've heard out of sundance this year is that paris hilton is apparently fucking a backstreet boy.

long live indepedent film!