Cast: Jessica Williams, Chris O’Dowd, Lakeith Stanfield, Noël Wells. Together, they discover how to make it through the tough times while realizing they like each other-a lot. She sees a light at the end of the tunnel when she meets the recently divorced Boone. (Director and screenwriter: Jim Strouse) - Jessica James, an aspiring NYC playwright, is struggling to get over a recent breakup. Cast: Katie Aselton, Toni Collette, Bridget Everett, Molly Shannon, Adam Scott, Adam Levine. Together, they reclaim a piece of the women they used to be. (Director: Alethea Jones, Screenwriter: Julie Rudd) - Four women, whose kids attend the same preschool class, get together for a “fun mom dinner.” When the night takes an unexpected turn, these unlikely new friends realize they have more in common than just marriage and motherhood. Cast: Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, Robert Redford, Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough, Ron Canada. (Director: Charlie McDowell, Screenwriters: Charlie McDowell, Justin Lader) - In a world where the afterlife has just been scientifically proven-resulting in millions of people taking their own lives to get there-comes this love story. Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois. World PremiereĬall Me by Your Name / Italy, France (Director: Luca Guadagnino, Screenwriters: James Ivory, Luca Guadagnino) - The sensitive and cultivated Elio, only child of the American-Italian-French Perlman family, is facing another lazy summer at his parents’ villa in the beautiful and languid Italian countryside when Oliver, an academic who has come to help with Elio’s father’s research, arrives. Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail must navigate the crisis with her parents and the emotional tug-of-war between his family and his heart. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani) - Based on the real-life courtship: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail and grad student Emily fall in love, but they struggle as their cultures clash. (Director: Michael Showalter, Screenwriters: Emily V. Cast: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley, Elena Kampouris, Diego Boneta. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. (Director: Ry Russo-Young, Screenwriter: Maria Maggenti) - Samantha Kingston has everything. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. (Director: Miguel Arteta, Screenwriter: Mike White) - Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. The Short Film program announcement will be forthcoming.Ī showcase of world premieres of some of the most highly anticipated narrative films of the coming year.īeatriz at Dinner / U.S.A. and World Competitions, NEXT and New Frontier, visit /festival. From citizen journalists to robust and powerful roles for women - in front of and behind the camera - these projects are a testament to the force and value of the individual.”Īmong the films that have premiered in these sections in recent years are Boyhood, Under The Shadow, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Captain Fantastic, The Lobster, Mistress America, Manchester By The Sea, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Shaun the Sheep, O.J.: Made in America and The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.įor a full list of films announced to date, including selections for the U.S. Inspired storytellers are shining a light on urgent issues or providing an exhilarating escape from them. Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival, said, “Powerful visions of our times - past, present and future - resound throughout these sections. These stories, and the conversations they spark, start here and will extend well beyond the mountain and the Festival in the months ahead.” John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “Some of the most pressing themes that we can trace through the Festival lineup - the environment, political upheaval, social change - are distilled to their very human essences in both comic and dramatic stories. Three projects announced today are part of The New Climate, the Festival’s new environmental program: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (Documentary Premieres), Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry (Spotlight) and RISE (Special Events). The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29. Park City, UT - The final pieces of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival feature film program fall into place today, as Sundance Institute announces the lineup for Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Midnight, Spotlight, Kids and Special Events.
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