The Sundance Film Festival isn’t just the biggest celebration of independent film in the U.S. these days — it’s now a global operation. About five years ago, for the first time, the Park City festival upped sticks across the Atlantic for Sundance London, and the festival’s still going strong in 2017, revealing a killer line-up this morning.
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There are no brand-new premieres at the festival, but a number of highlights from the January Park City line-up are getting their international premieres, including opener “Beatriz At Dinner” from Miguel Arteta and starring Salma Hayek, and hotly tipped comedy “The Big Sick,” while Michael Almereyda’s sci-fi “Marjorie Prime,” Cannes-bound Dave Bautista-starring politically topical one-take actioner “Bushwick” and, most excitingly, David Lowery’s much-raved-about “A Ghost Story” with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara (which will close the festival) are receiving their UK premieres.
As usual, there are strong line-ups of shorts — including Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut “Come Swim” and Charlie Lyne’s “Fish Story” — and panels — including a conversation with Lowery — to go with it. The festival runs at the gorgeous Picturehouse Central in the middle of London from June 1st to 4th, and priority ticket sales begin today, before the general public gets a chance next Tuesday. Get more details over at the official site.
Feature Film Programme
BEATRIZ AT DINNER – Miguel Arteta (Opening Film)
THE BIG SICK – Michael Showalter
BITCH – Marianna Palka
BUSHWICK – Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milllot
CHASING CORAL – Jeff Orlowski
CROWN HEIGHTS – Matt Ruskin
DINA – Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini
A GHOST STORY – David Lowery (Closing Film)
ICARUS – Bryan Fogel
THE INCREDIBLE JESSICA JAMES – Jim Strouse
MARJORIE PRIME – Michael Almereyda
WALKING OUT – Alex & Adam Smith
WILSON – Craig Johnson
SURPRISE FILM
Short Film Programme
5 FILMS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY – Peter Huang
AND THE WHOLE SKY FIT IN THE DEAD COW’S EYE – Francisca Alegria
COME SWIM – Kristen Stewart
LUCIA, BEFORE AND AFTER – Anu Valia
NIGHT SHIFT – Marshall Tyler
PUSSY – Renata Gasiorowska
TEN METER TOWN – Maximilien Van Aetryck & Axel Danielson
UK Short Film Programme
DAWN OF THE DEAF – Rob Savage
DEAR MR. SHAKESPEARE – Shola Amoo
FISH STORY – Charlie Lyne
IN THE HILLS – Hamid Ahmadi
MOTHER – Leo Leigh
ROBOT & SCARECROW – Kibwe Tavares
TOUGH – Jennifer Zheng
WHITE RIOT: LION – Rubika Shah
Panels
Docs Panel – On Collaboration: Documentary Practices & Process
Independent Film Trumps Reality
Art Vs. Stepping Stone – An Argument: Sundance Meets London
I Get Overwhelmed: From Saints To Ghosts, David Lowery In Conversation