The following is a list of all films shown at the 27th Sundance Film Festival.
Feature competition
The following films were shown in competition at the 27th Sundance Film Festival.
U.S. Documentary
The following 16 films were selected from 841 submissions and each is a world premiere.
Title Director Year First showing Michael Rapaport 2011 January 22 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Constance Marks 2011 January 23 Buck Cindy Meehl 2010 January 21 Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology Tiffany Shlain 2011 January 21 Crime After Crime Yoav Potash 2011 January 23 Hot Coffee Susan Saladoff 2010 January 24 How to Die in Oregon Peter D. Richardson 2010 January 23 Marshall Curry 2011 January 21 Bill Haney 2011 January 21 Miss Representation Jennifer Siebel Newsom 2011 January 22 Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times Andrew Rossi 2010 January 23 The Redemption of General Butt Naked Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion 2010 January 22 Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles Jon Foy 2011 January 24 Sing Your Song Susanne Rostock 2011 January 20 Troubadours Morgan Neville 2010 January 22 We Were Here David Weissman 2010 January 22
U.S. Dramatic
The following 16 films were selected from 1,102 submissions and each is a world premiere.
Title Director Year First showing Another Earth Mike Cahill 2011 January 24 Another Happy Day Sam Levinson 2011 January 23 Benavides Born (distributed as All She Can) Amy Wendel 2011 January 22 Circumstance Maryam Keshavarz 2011 January 22 Gun Hill Road Rashaad Ernesto Green 2011 January 24 Here Braden King 2010 January 21 Higher Ground Vera Farmiga 2010 January 23 Homework Gavin Wiesen 2010 January 23 Matthew Chapman 2010 January 21 Like Crazy Drake Doremus 2011 January 22 Little Birds Elgin James 2010 January 23 Martha Marcy May Marlene Sean Durkin 2011 January 21 On the Ice Andrew Okpeaha MacLean 2011 January 21 Pariah Dee Rees 2011 January 20 Take Shelter Jeff Nichols 2011 January 24 Terri Azazel Jacobs 2011 January 22
World Cinema Documentary
The following 12 films were selected from 796 submissions.
Title Director Year First showing Jarreth Merz 2010 January 23 The Bengali Detective Philip Cox 2010 January 22 The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 Göran Hugo Olsson 2011 January 21 Family Portrait in Black and White Julia Ivanova 2011 January 23 The Flaw David Sington 2010 January 21 Ali Samadi Ahadi 2010 January 21 Hell and Back Again Danfung Dennis 2010 January 23 Knuckle Ian Palmer 2011 January 21 Position Among the Stars () Leonard Retel Helmrich 2010 January 21 Project Nim James Marsh 2011 January 20 Senna Asif Kapadia 2010 January 21 Matthew Bate 2011 January 22
World Cinema Dramatic
The following 14 films were selected from 1,073 submissions.
Title Director Year First showing Abraxas () Naoki Katô 2010 January 21 All Your Dead Ones () Carlos Moreno 2010 January 25 The Cinema Hold Up () Iria Gómez Concheiro 2011 January 2 () Amor Hakkar 2010 January 25 John Michael McDonagh 2010 January 20 Happy, Happy () Anne Sewitsky 2010 January 2 Kinyarwanda Alrick Brown 2011 January 24 Lost Kisses () Roberta Torre 2010 January 21 Mad Bastards Brendan Fletcher 2010 January 24 Restoration () Yossi (Joseph) Madmoni 2010 January 21 The Salesman () Sébastien Pilote 2011 January 21 Ticket to Paradise () Gerardo Chijona Valdes 2010 January 22 Tyrannosaur Paddy Considine 2010 January 21 Vampire Iwai Shunji 2010 January 22
Non-competition features
Premieres Title Country Director Writer Year Minutes Debut Cast URL Cedar Rapids U.S.A. Miguel Arteta Phil Johnston 2010 86 Jan 23 Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Alia Shawkat, Sigourney Weaver sundance imdb Flypaper U.S.A. Rob Minkoff Jon Lucas, Scott Moore 2010 85 Jan 28 Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey Tambor, Tim Blake Nelson, Pruitt Taylor Vince sundance imdb I Melt with You Canada, U.S.A. Mark Pellington Glenn Porter, based on the story by Glenn Porter and Mark Pellington 2011 125 Jan 26 Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay, Carla Gugino, Sasha Grey sundance imdb Life in a Day United Kingdom Kevin Macdonald 2011 90 Jan 27 sundance imdb Margin Call U.S.A. J.C. Chandor J.C. Chandor 2010 109 Jan 25 Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci sundance imdb Our Idiot Brother U.S.A. Jesse Peretz Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall 2010 95 Jan 22 Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer sundance imdb Perfect Sense United Kingdom David MacKenzie Kim Fupz Aakeson 2011 88 Jan 24 Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Ewen Bremner, Stephen Dillane, Denis Lawson, Connie Nielsen sundance imdb Red State U.S.A. Kevin Smith Kevin Smith 2011 96 Jan 23 Michael Angarano, Kerry Bishé, Nicholas Braun, Kyle Gallner, John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Michael Parks, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Root sundance imdb Salvation Boulevard U.S.A. George Ratliff Doug Max Stone, George Ratliff, based on the novel by Larry Beinhart 2010 95 Jan 24 Pierce Brosnan, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei sundance imdb The Convincer U.S.A. Jill Sprecher Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher 2010 109 Jan 25 Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup, David Harbour, Lea Thompson, Bob Balaban sundance imdb The Details U.S.A. Jacob Aaron Estes Jacob Aaron Estes 2010 91 Jan 24 Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysbert, Kerry Washington sundance imdb The Devil's Double Belgium Lee Tamahori Michael Thomas 2010 108 Jan 22 Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Mimoun Oaïssa, Raad Rawi, Philip Quast sundance imdb The Future Germany, U.S.A. Miranda July Miranda July 2011 91 Jan 21 Hamish Linklater, Miranda July, David Warshofsky, Isabella Acres, Joe Putterlik sundance imdb The Music Never Stopped U.S.A. Jim Kohlberg Gwyn Lurie, Gary Marks, based on the story "The Last Hippie" by Oliver Sacks 2010 105 Jan 21 J. K. Simmons, Julia Ormond, Cara Seymour, Lou Taylor Pucci, Mía Maestro sundance imdb The Son of No One U.S.A. Dito Montiel Dito Montiel 2010 95 Jan 28 Channing Tatum, Tracy Morgan, Katie Holmes, Ray Liotta with Juliette Binoche and Al Pacino sundance imdb Win Win U.S.A. Tom McCarthy Tom McCarthy, based on the story by Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni 2010 106 Jan 21 Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Jeffrey Tambor sundance imdb
Documentary premieres Title Country Director Writer Year Minutes Debut Cast URL Becoming Chaz U.S.A. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato 2010 88 Jan 23 sundance imdb Bobby Fischer Against the World U.S.A. Liz Garbus 2010 93 Jan 21 sundance imdb Granito U.S.A. Pamela Yates Peter Kinoy, Pamela Yates, Paco de Onís 2011 103 Jan 25 sundance imdb Magic Trip U.S.A. Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney 2010 90 Jan 28 sundance imdb Reagan U.S.A., United Kingdom Eugene Jarecki 2011 105 Jan 23 sundance imdb Rebirth U.S.A. Jim Whitaker 2010 104 Jan 21 sundance imdb The Greatest Movie Ever Sold U.S.A. Morgan Spurlock Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock 2011 90 Jan 22 sundance imdb The Interrupters U.S.A. Steve James 2011 162 Jan 21 sundance imdb These Amazing Shadows U.S.A. Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton 2010 90 Jan 22 sundance imdb
Spotlight Title Country Director Writer Year Minutes Debut Cast URL Attenberg Greece Athina Rachel Tsangari Athina Rachel Tsangari 2010 95 Jan 21 Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou, Yorgos Lanthimos sundance imdb Elite Squad 2 Brazil José Padilha Bráulio Mantovani 2010 120 Jan 23 Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, André Mattos, Sandro Rocha, Maria Ribeiro, Milhem Cortaz sundance imdb I Saw the Devil South Korea Kim Jee-woon Park Hoon-jung 2010 141 Jan 21 Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik sundance imdb In a Better World Denmark, Sweden Susanne Bier Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story by Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen 2010 113 Jan 21 Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Markus Rygaard, William Jøhnk Nielsen sundance imdb Incendies Canada, France Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve, in collaboration with Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne 2010 130 Jan 21 Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard sundance imdb Kaboom U.S.A. Gregg Araki Gregg Araki 2010 85 Jan 21 Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida, Juno Temple, Andy Fischer-Price sundance imdb Letters from the Big Man U.S.A. Christopher Münch Christopher Münch 2011 115 Jan 23 Lily Rabe, Jason Butler Harner, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Jim Cody Williams, Fiona Dourif, Karen Black sundance imdb Meek's Cutoff U.S.A. Kelly Reichardt Jon Raymond 2010 104 Jan 21 Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Shirley Henderson, Rod Rondeaux sundance imdb Old Cats Chile Pedro Peirano, Sebastián Silva Pedro Peirano, Sebastián Silva 2010 89 Jan 21 Belgica Castro, Claudia Celedon, Alejandro Sieveking, Catalina Saavedra, Alejandro Goic, Alicia Rodriguez sundance imdb Submarine United Kingdom Richard Ayoade Richard Ayoade, based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne 2010 94 Jan 22 Craig Roberts, Paddy Considine, Sally Hawkins, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor sundance imdb Uncle Kent U.S.A. Joe Swanberg Joe Swanberg, Kent Osborne 2010 72 Jan 21 Kent Osborne, Jennifer Prediger, Josephine Decker, Joe Swanberg, Kev sundance imdb
NEXT Title Country Director Writer Year Minutes Debut Cast URL Bellflower U.S.A. Evan Glodell Evan Glodell 2010 103 Jan 21 Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes sundance imdb Lord Byron U.S.A. Zack Godshall Zack Godshall, Ross Brupbacher 2011 91 Jan 24 Paul Batiste, Gwendolyn Spradling, Kayla Lemaire, Bria Hobgood, Eric Schexnayder, Justin Bickham sundance imdb Prairie Love U.S.A. Dusty Bias Dusty Bias, Ashley Martin Bias, Holly Lynn Ellis 2010 80 Jan 23 Jeremy Clark, Holly Lynn Ellis, Garth Blomberg sundance imdb Restless City U.S.A. Andrew Dosunmu Eugene Gussenhoven 2011 80 Jan 23 Danai Gurira, Anthony Okungbowa, Sy Alassane, Sky Grey, Babs Olusanmokun sundance imdb Sound of My Voice U.S.A. Zal Batmanglij Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling 2011 85 Jan 24 Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Avery Pohl sundance imdb The Lie U.S.A. Joshua Leonard Joshua Leonard, Jeff Feuerzeig, Jess Weixler, Mark Webber 2010 80 Jan 22 Joshua Leonard, Jess Weixler, Mark Webber, Alia Shawkat, Jane Adams, Kelli Garner sundance imdb U.S.A. Megan Griffiths Megan Griffiths 2010 93 Jan 22 Amy Seimetz, Ross Partridge, Tony Doupe, Scoot McNairy, Lynn Shelton, Gergana Mellin sundance imdb to.get.her U.S.A. Erica Dunton Erica Dunton 2010 86 Jan 21 Jazzy de Lisser, Chelsea Logan, Adwoa Aboah, Audrey Speicher, Jami Eaton, Jill Jackson sundance imdb
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