List of films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
The following is a list of all films shown at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Feature competition
[edit]The following films were shown in competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
U.S. Documentary
[edit]The following 16 films were selected for a world premiere in U.S. Documentary Competition program.[1][2] Cartel Land by Matthew Heineman served as the opening film of the program.[3]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3½ MINUTES | Marc Silver | 2015 | January 24 |
| Being Evel | Daniel Junge | 2015 | January 25 |
| Best of Enemies | Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon | 2014 | January 23 |
| Call Me Lucky | Bobcat Goldthwait | 2014 | January 27 |
| Cartel Land | Matthew Heineman | 2015 | January 23 |
| City of Gold | Laura Gabbert | 2014 | January 27 |
| Finders Keepers | Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel | 2014 | January 27 |
| Hot Girls Wanted | Ronna Gradus and Jill Bauer | 2014 | January 24 |
| How to Dance in Ohio | Alexandra Shiva | 2015 | January 25 |
| Larry Kramer in Love and Anger | Jean Carlomusto | 2014 | January 23 |
| Meru | Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | 2014 | January 23 |
| Racing Extinction | Louie Psihoyos | 2014 | January 24 |
| (T)ERROR | Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe | 2015 | January 24 |
| The Wolfpack | Crystal Moselle | 2015 | January 25 |
| Welcome to Leith | Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker | 2014 | January 26 |
| Western | Bill Ross and Turner Ross | 2014 | January 25 |
U.S. Dramatic
[edit]The following 16 films were selected for a world premiere in U.S. Dramatic Competition program.[4][2] The Bronze by Bryan Buckley served as the opening film of the program.[3]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advantageous | Jennifer Phang | 2015 | January 26 |
| The Bronze | Bryan Buckley | 2015 | January 22 |
| The D Train | Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul | 2014 | January 23 |
| The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Marielle Heller | 2014 | January 24 |
| Dope | Rick Famuyiwa | 2014 | January 24 |
| I Smile Back | Adam Salky | 2014 | January 25 |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | 2014 | January 25 |
| The Overnight | Patrick Brice | 2014 | January 23 |
| People Places Things | James C. Strouse | 2014 | January 26 |
| Results | Andrew Bujalski | 2015 | January 27 |
| Songs My Brothers Taught Me | Chloé Zhao | 2015 | January 27 |
| The Stanford Prison Experiment | Kyle Patrick Alvarez | 2014 | January 26 |
| Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Nikole Beckwith | 2014 | January 23 |
| Unexpected | Kris Williams | 2015 | January 25 |
| The Witch | Robert Eggers | 2014 | January 27 |
| Z for Zachariah | Craig Zobel | 2014 | January 24 |
World Cinema Documentary
[edit]The following 12 films were selected for a world premiere in World Cinema Documentary Competition program.[5][2] How to Change the World by Jerry Rothwell served as the opening film of the program.[3]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Amina Profile | Sophie Deraspe | 2014 | January 24 |
| Censored Voices | Mor Loushy | 2015 | January 24 |
| The Chinese Mayor | Hao Zhou | 2014 | January 26 |
| Chuck Norris vs Communism | Ilinca Calugareanu | 2014 | January 23 |
| Dark Horse | Louise Osmond | 2014 | January 23 |
| Dreamcatcher | Kim Longinotto | 2015 | January 25 |
| How to Change the World | Jerry Rothwell | 2015 | January 22 |
| Listen to Me Marlon | Stevan Riley | 2015 | January 24 |
| Pervert Park | Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors | 2014 | January 23 |
| The Russian Woodpecker | Chad Gracia | 2014 | January 24 |
| Sembene! | Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman | 2014 | January 23 |
| The Visit | Michael Madsen | 2014 | January 25 |
World Cinema Dramatic
[edit]The following 12 films were selected for a world premiere in World Cinema Dramatic Competition program.[6][2] The Summer of Sangailé by Alantė Kavaitė served as the opening film of the program.[3]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorus | François Delisle | 2014 | January 2014 |
| Cloro | Lamberto Sanfelice | 2015 | January 26 |
| Glassland | Gerard Barrett | 2014 | January 23 |
| Homesick | Anne Sewitsky | 2014 | January 23 |
| Ivy | Tolga Karaçelik | 2014 | January 26 |
| Partisan | Ariel Kleiman | 2014 | January 25 |
| Princess | Tali Shalom Ezer | 2014 | January 23 |
| The Second Mother | Anna Muylaert | 2015 | January 25 |
| Slow West | John Maclean | 2015 | January 24 |
| Strangerland | Kim Farrant | 2014 | January 23 |
| The Summer of Sangailé | Alantė Kavaitė | 2015 | January 22 |
| Umrika | Prashant Nair | 2015 | January 24 |
Next
[edit]The following 10 films were selected for a world premiere in Next program to highlight the American cinema.[7][2] Christmas, Again by Charles Poekel served as the opening film of the program.[3]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob and the Trees | Diego Ongaro | 2014 | January 26 |
| Christmas, Again | Charles Poekel | 2014 | January 23 |
| Cronies | Michael Larnell | 2014 | January 25 |
| Entertainment | Rick Alverson | 2014 | January 24 |
| H. | Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia | 2014 | January 25 |
| James White | Josh Mond | 2014 | January 23 |
| Nasty Baby | Sebastián Silva | 2014 | January 24 |
| The Strongest Man | Kenny Riches | 2014 | January 25 |
| Take Me to the River | Matt Sobel | 2014 | January 26 |
| Tangerine | Sean S. Baker | 2014 | January 23 |
Short Programs
[edit]The following 60 short films were selected from a record 8,061 submissions.[8][9][10]
USA Narrative Short Films
[edit]| Title | Director | Country | Year | Minutes | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actresses | Jeremy Hersh | U.S.A. | 2014 | 12 | January 23 |
| A.D. 1363, The End of Chivalry | Jake Mahaffy | U.S.A., New Zealand | 2015 | 3 | January 23 |
| Color Neutral | Jennifer Reeves | U.S.A. | 2014 | 7 | January 26 |
| Dog Bowl | Gordy Hoffman | U.S.A. | 2014 | 19 | January 28 |
| Hugh the Hunter | Zachary Heinzerling | U.S.A. | 2014 | 10 | January 23 |
| A Million Miles Away | Jennifer Reeder | U.S.A. | 2014 | 28 | January 30 |
| Mulignans | Shaka King | U.S.A. | 2014 | 5 | January 23 |
| Myrna the Monster | Ian Samuels | U.S.A. | 2014 | 14 | January 29 |
| Oh Lucy! | Atsuko Hirayanagi | Japan, Singapore, U.S.A. | 2014 | 21 | January 27 |
| Pink Grapefruit | Michael Mohan | U.S.A. | 2015 | 9 | January 23 |
| Rabbit | Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre | France, U.S.A. | 2014 | 17 | January 23 |
| SMILF | Frankie Shaw | U.S.A. | 2014 | 9 | January 23 |
| Stop | Reinaldo Marcus Green | U.S.A. | 2014 | 9 | January 23 |
| Superior | Erin Vassilopoulos | U.S.A. | 2015 | 16 | January 24 |
International Narrative Short Films
[edit]| Title | Director | Country | Year | Minutes | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Alley | Cécile Ducrocq | France | 2014 | 29 | January 30 |
| The Chicken | Una Gunjak | Germany, Croatia | 2014 | 15 | January 22 |
| Daytimer | Riz Ahmed | United Kingdom | 2014 | 16 | January 23 |
| Followers | Tim Marshall | United Kingdom, Australia | 2014 | 12 | January 30 |
| Great Northern Mountain | Amanda Kernell | Sweden | 2015 | 15 | January 24 |
| Greenland | Oren Gerner | Israel | 2014 | 17 | January 24 |
| Hole | Martin Edralin | Canada | 2014 | 15 | January 23 |
| I am Hong Kong | Flora Lau | China | 2014 | 11 | January 24 |
| The Little Deputy | Trevor Anderson | Canada | 2015 | 9 | January 24 |
| Out of Sight | Nick Rowland | United Kingdom | 2014 | 28 | January 31 |
| Russian Roulette | Ben Aston | United Kingdom | 2014 | 5 | January 23 |
| Saturday | Mike Forshaw | United Kingdom | 2014 | 15 | January 22 |
| Spring | Tania Claudia Castillo | Mexico | 2014 | 18 | January 24 |
| Take Me | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and André Turpin | Canada | 2014 | 10 | January 24 |
| VOLTA | Stella Kyriakopoulos | Greece | 2014 | 12 | January 24 |
Documentary Short Films
[edit]| Title | Director | Country | Year | Minutes | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers | Michael T. Vollmann | U.S.A. | 2015 | 12 | January 26 |
| Abandoned Goods | Pia Borg and Edward Lawrenson | United Kingdom | 2014 | 38 | January 24 |
| The Collectors: Beekeeping | Steven Cantor | U.S.A. | 2014 | 21 | January 23 |
| Every Day | Gabe Spitzer | U.S.A. | 2014 | 12 | January 22 |
| The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul | Kitty Green | Australia | 2015 | 8 | January 24 |
| Hotel 22 | Elizabeth Lo | U.S.A. | 2014 | 8 | January 23 |
| It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise | Matt Wolf | U.S.A. | 2014 | 36 | January 29 |
| Making it in America | Joris Debeij | U.S.A. | 2014 | 9 | January 29 |
| {THE AND} Marcela & Rock | Topaz Adizes | U.S.A. | 2014 | 13 | January 31 |
| Midnight Three & Six | Joe Callander | U.S.A. | 2014 | 12 | January 28 |
| Object | Paulina Skibińska | Poland | 2015 | 15 | January 25 |
| One Year Lease | Brian Bolster | U.S.A. | 2014 | 11 | January 24 |
| Papa Machete | Jonathan David Kane | U.S.A. | 2014 | 11 | January 24 |
| Pop-Up Porno: f4m | Stephen Dunn | Canada | 2014 | 3 | January 31 |
| Pop-Up Porno: m4f | Stephen Dunn | Canada | 2014 | 4 | January 28 |
| Pop-Up Porno: m4m | Stephen Dunn | Canada | 2014 | 3 | January 24 |
| Serenity | Jack Dunphy | U.S.A. | 2014 | 6 | January 28 |
| Starting Point | Michał Szcześniak | Poland | 2014 | 26 | January 31 |
Animated Short Films
[edit]| Title | Director | Country | Year | Minutes | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath House | Niki Lindroth von Bahr | Sweden | 2014 | 15 | January 23 |
| Beach Flags | Sarah Saidan | France | 2014 | 14 | January 23 |
| The Horse Raised By Spheres | David OReilly | U.S.A., Ireland | 2014 | 3 | January 31 |
| Mynarski Death Plummet | Matthew Rankin | Canada | 2014 | 8 | January 31 |
| OM Rider | Takeshi Murata | U.S.A. | 2014 | 12 | January 29 |
| Palm Rot | Ryan Gillis | U.S.A. | 2014 | 8 | January 24 |
| Storm hits jacket | Paul Cabon | France | 2014 | 14 | January 31 |
| The Sun Like a Big Dark Animal | Christina Felisgrau and Ronnie Rivera | U.S.A. | 2014 | 5 | January 24 |
| Symphony No. 42 | Réka Bucsi | Hungary | 2013 | 10 | January 27 |
| teeth | Daniel Gray and Tom Brown | United Kingdom, U.S.A., Hungary | 2014 | 8 | January 23 |
| Tupilaq | Jakob Maqe | Denmark | 2013 | 6 | January 26 |
| Two Films About Loneliness | William Bishop-Stephens and Christopher Eales | United Kingdom | 2014 | 6 | January 26 |
| World of Tomorrow | Don Hertzfeldt | U.S.A. | 2015 | 17 | January 29 |
Non-competition features
[edit]The following films were shown out of competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Premieres
[edit]The following 18 feature films were selected for a world premiere in non-Competition program.[11] A Walk in the Woods by Ken Kwapis served as the opening film of the program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Walk in the Woods | Ken Kwapis | 2014 | January 23 |
| Brooklyn | John Crowley | 2014 | January 26 |
| Digging for Fire | Joe Swanberg | 2015 | January 26 |
| Don Verdean | Jared Hess | 2014 | January 28 |
| The End of the Tour | James Ponsoldt | 2014 | January 23 |
| Experimenter | Michael Almereyda | 2014 | January 25 |
| Grandma | Paul Weitz | 2014 | January 30 |
| I Am Michael | Justin Kelly | 2014 | January 29 |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Brett Haley | 2015 | January 27 |
| Last Days in the Desert | Rodrigo García | 2014 | January 25 |
| Lila & Eve | Charles Stone III | 2014 | January 30 |
| Mississippi Grind | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | 2014 | January 24 |
| Mistress America | Noah Baumbach | 2014 | January 24 |
| Seoul Searching | Benson Lee | 2015 | January 30 |
| Sleeping with Other People | Leslye Headland | 2015 | January 24 |
| Ten Thousand Saints | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | 2014 | January 23 |
| True Story | Rupert Goold | 2014 | January 23 |
| Zipper | Mora Stephens | 2014 | January 27 |
Documentary premieres
[edit]The following 13 films were selected for Documentary Premieres program.[12] What Happened, Miss Simone? by Liz Garbus served as the opening film of the program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Trilogy Part IV | Brad Besser | 2015 | January 23 |
| The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | Stanley Nelson Jr. | 2015 | January 23 |
| Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Douglas Tirola | 2014 | January 25 |
| Fresh Dressed | Sacha Jenkins | 2014 | January 24 |
| Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Alex Gibney | 2014 | January 25 |
| The Hunting Ground | Kirby Dick | 2014 | January 23 |
| In Football We Trust | Tony Vainuku and Erika Cohn | 2014 | January 23 |
| Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck | Brett Morgen | 2015 | January 24 |
| The Mask You Live In | Jennifer Siebel Newsom | 2014 | January 23 |
| Most Likely to Succeed | Greg Whiteley | 2014 | January 25 |
| Prophet's Prey | Amy J. Berg | 2015 | January 26 |
| Tig | Kristina Goolsby and Ashley York | 2015 | January 26 |
| What Happened, Miss Simone? | Liz Garbus | 2014 | January 22 |
Spotlight
[edit]The following 9 films were selected for Spotlight program.[13] 99 Homes by Ramin Bahrani served as the opening film of the program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia | Mark Cousins | 2014 | January 27 |
| '71 | Yann Demange | 2014 | January 24 |
| 99 Homes | Ramin Bahrani | 2014 | January 23 |
| Aloft | Claudia Llosa | 2014 | January 26 |
| Eden | Mia Hansen-Løve | 2014 | January 23 |
| Girlhood | Céline Sciamma | 2014 | January 24 |
| The Tribe | Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy | 2014 | January 24 |
| White God | Kornél Mundruczó | 2014 | January 23 |
| Wild Tales | Damián Szifrón | 2014 | January 23 |
Park City at Midnight
[edit]The following 8 films were selected for Park City at Midnight program.[14] Knock Knock by Eli Roth served as the opening film of the program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cop Car | Jon Watts | 2014 | January 24 |
| The Hallow | Corin Hardy | 2014 | January 25 |
| Hellions | Bruce McDonald | 2014 | January 25 |
| It Follows | David Robert Mitchell | 2014 | January 24 |
| Knock Knock | Eli Roth | 2015 | January 23 |
| The Nightmare | Rodney Ascher | 2014 | January 26 |
| Reversal | José Manuel Cravioto | 2014 | January 23 |
| Turbo Kid | RKSS | 2014 | January 26 |
New Frontier Films
[edit]The following 19 films were selected for New Frontier Films program.[15] The Royal Road by Jenni Olson served as the opening film of the program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| The VR Works of Felix & Paul | Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël | 2014 | January 24 |
| 1979 Revolution Game | Navid Khonsari and Vassiliki Khonsari | 2014 | January 24 |
| Assent | Oscar Raby | 2014 | January 31 |
| Birdly | Max Rheiner | 2014 | January 23 |
| Dérive | François Quévillon | 2015 | January 24 |
| Evolution of Verse | Chris Milk | 2015 | January 24 |
| Kaiju Fury! | Ian Hunter | 2014 | January 23 |
| Possibilia | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert | 2014 | January 23 |
| Project Syria | Nonny de la Peña | 2014 | January 31 |
| Paradise | Pleix | 2015 | January 31 |
| Perspective, Chapter 1: The Party | Rose Troche and Morris May | 2015 | January 31 |
| Way to Go | Vincent Morisset | 2014 | January 24 |
| Zero Point | Danfung Dennis | 2015 | January 24 |
| The Forbidden Room | Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson | 2014 | January 26 |
| Liveforever | Carlos Moreno | 2014 | January 26 |
| The Royal Road | Jenni Olson | 2015 | January 23 |
| Sam Klemke's Time Machine | Matthew Bate | 2014 | January 23 |
| Station to Station | Doug Aitken | 2014 | January 25 |
| Things of the Aimless Wanderer | Kivu Ruhorahoza | 2014 | January 26 |
Special Events
[edit]The following 3 films were selected for Special Events program.[16] Misery Loves Comedy by Kevin Pollak served as the opening film of the program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animals. | Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano | 2015 | January 26 |
| The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | Andrew Jarecki | 2015 | January 27 |
| Misery Loves Comedy | Kevin Pollak | 2014 | January 23 |
Sundance Kids
[edit]The following 3 films were selected for Sundance Kids program. Operation Arctic by Grethe Bøe-Waal served as the opening film of the program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Games Maker | Juan Pablo Buscarini | 2014 | January 24 |
| Operation Arctic | Grethe Bøe-Waal | 2014 | January 24 |
| Shaun the Sheep Movie | Richard Goleszowski and Mark Burton | 2014 | January 25 |
From the Collection
[edit]The following film was selected for From the Collection program.[10]
| Title | Director | Year | First showing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | 1991 | January 26 |
References
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- ^ a b c d e Chai, Barbara (3 December 2014). "2015 Sundance Film Festival Unveils Films in Competition (Full List)". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: U.S. Dramatic Competition". 3 December 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: World Cinema Documentary Competition". 3 December 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: World Cinema Dramatic Competition". 3 December 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
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- ^ "Sundance 2015: Premieres". 8 December 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: Documentary Premieres". 8 December 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: Spotlight Section". 4 December 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: Park City at Midnight". 4 December 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: New Frontier Films". 4 December 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ "Sundance 2015: Special Events and 'Power of Story' Panel Lineup". 8 December 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.