After two truncated years of pandemic-related disruptions, film festivals around the world returned with full-flowing in-person events this year.
07.12.2022 - 21:19 / deadline.com
Back to in-person attendance for the first time since 2020, the Sundance Film Festival is leaning into its independent roots with a timely 2023 line-up that examines the Russian invasion of Ukraine, conflict in Iran and the dangers of technology, as well as documentaries on author Judy Blume, Michael J Fox, Brooke Shields and the Emperor of Rock’n’Roll himself, Little Richard.
Running from January 19 – 29 in and around Park City, the Robert Redford created shindig today unveiled 101 feature films in the US and World Dramatic and Documentary competition categories as well as Premieres, NEXT, Midnight, New Frontier, Spotlight and Kids selections. That’s up from last year’s 84 feature titles, and a nod to the evolution of festival attendance due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and off of a record number of 15,855 submissions comprised of 4,061 feature-length films. Of the 4,061 feature film submissions, 1,662 were from the U.S., and 2,399 were international.
And good news for buyers: Several of these movies are up for grabs with only 18 booked titles already having distribution as follows:
–In World Cinema Documentary Competition, there’s Frontline/PBS’s 20 Days in Mariupol about a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
-In Dramatic Competition there’s Focus Features’ A Thousand and One produced by Lena Waithe about a mother kidnapping her son from the foster care system and A24’s Barry Jenkins produced All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt about generations of women in Mississippi.
–In Documentary Competition, CNN/HBO Max’s Little Richard: I Am Everything and Netflix’s Victim/Suspect, the latter following investigative journalist Rae de Leon who uncovers
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