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 |
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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 |
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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 & Earl & 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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- ^ "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: 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.