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
The following films were shown in competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
U.S. Documentary
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
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 & 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
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
The following 12 films were selected for a world premiere in World Cinema Dramatic Competition program.[6][2] The Summer of Sangailé by Alanté Kavaïté 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 | Alanté Kavaïté | 2015 | January 22 |
| Umrika | Prashant Nair | 2015 | January 24 |
Next
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
The following 60 short films were selected from a record 8,061 submissions.[8][9][10]
USA Narrative Short Films
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
The following films were shown out of competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Premieres
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
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
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
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 | François Simard and Anouk Whissell | 2014 | January 26 |
New Frontier Films
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
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
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
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
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: The U.S. Documentary Competition". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES FILMS IN U.S. AND WORLD COMPETITIONS, NEXT <=> FOR 2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2015 Sundance Film Festival Unveils Films in Competition (Full List)". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: U.S. Dramatic Competition". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: World Cinema Documentary Competition". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: World Cinema Dramatic Competition". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: The Next <=> Lineup". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: Short Films". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM PROGRAM FOR 2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "2015 Sundance Film Festival Guide" (PDF). Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: Premieres". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: Documentary Premieres". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: Spotlight Section". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: Park City at Midnight". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: New Frontier Films". Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Sundance 2015: Special Events and 'Power of Story' Panel Lineup". Retrieved February 17, 2015.
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