Sundance 2020 Cheat Sheet

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U.S. Dramatic Competition

Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version Cast: Radha Blank, Peter Y. Kim, Oswin Benjamin  

Esteban Arango, Blast Beat Cast: Diane Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama, Daniel Dae Kim  

Angel Manuel Soto, Charm City Kings Cast: Teyonah Parris, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, William Catlett  

Adam Rehmeier, Dinner in America Cast: Kyle Gallner, Emily Skeggs, Lea Thompson  

Braden King, The Evening Hour Cast: Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Lili Taylor   Ekwa Msangi, Farewell Amor Cast: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson  

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari Cast: Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Youn Yuh-jung  

Channing Godfrey Peoples, Miss Juneteenth Cast: Nicole Beharie, Alexis Chikaeze, Lori Hayes  

Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Cast: Ryan Eggold, Théodore Pellerin, Sharon Van Etten  

Edson Oda, Nine Days Cast: Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård, Tony Hale  

Max Barbakow, Palm Springs Cast: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons  

Alex Huston Fischer & Eleanor Wilson, Save Yourselves! Cast: Sunita Mani, John Reynolds, Ben Sinclair  

Josephine Decker, Shirley Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Logan Lerman, Michael Stuhlbarg  

Eugene Ashe, Sylvie’s Love Cast: Tessa Thompson, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Eva Longoria  

Tara Miele, Wander Darkly Cast: Sienna Miller, Diego Luna, Vanessa Bayer  

Janicza Bravo, Zola Cast: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun      

U.S. Documentary Competition

Ramona S. Diaz, A Thousand Cuts  

Bao Nguyen, Be Water  

Bill Ross & Turner Ross, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets  

Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine, Boys State  

Shalini Kantayya, Coded Bias  

Mark Manning, The Cost of Silence  

Nicole Newnham & Jim LeBrecht, Crip Camp  

Kirsten Johnson, Dick Johnson Is Dead  

Arthur Jones, Feels Good Man  

Elyse Steinberg & Josh Kriegman & Eli Despres, The Fight  

Cristina Costantini & Kareem Tabsch, Mucho Mucho Amor  

Matt Wolf, Spaceship Earth  

Garrett Bradley, Time  

Kim A. Snyder, Us Kids  

David France, Welcome to Chechnya  

Matt Yoka, Whirlybird      

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Amanda Kernell, Charter Cast: Ane Dahl Torp, Troy Lundkvist, Tintin Poggats Sarri  

Maïmouna Doucouré, Cuties Cast: Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Maïmouna Gueye  

Visar Morina, Exil Cast: Mišel Matičević, Sandra Hüller  

Verónica Chen, High Tide Cast: Gloria Carrá, Jorge Sesán, Cristian Salguero  

Fernanda Valadez, Identifying Features  Cast: Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas  

Zoé Wittock, Jumbo Cast: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Sam Louwyck  

Zeina Durra, Luxor Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Karim Saleh, Michael Landes  

Brandon Cronenberg, Possessor Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Tuppence Middleton, Jennifer Jason Leigh  

Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, Summer White Cast: Adrián Rossi, Sophie Alexander-Katz, Fabián Corres  

Aneil Karia, Surge Cast: Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson  

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection Cast: Jerry Mofokeng Wa Makheta, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng, Siphiwe Nzima  

Massoud Bakhshi, Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness Cast: Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi      

World Cinema Documentary Competition

ACASĂ, MY HOME – un film de Radu Ciorniciuc Acasă :: the film spune povestea unei familii care a trăit timp de 20 de ani în sălbăticia din Delta Văcărești, până când locul a căpătat statutul de zonă protejată – Parcul Natural Văcărești – primul parc natural urban din România. Timp de patru ani, regizorul Radu Ciorniciuc a urmărit marea aventură prin care a trecut familia Enache: de la o viață în completă armonie cu natura, la traiul plin de provocări din marea junglă urbană a capitalei.➡ http://proiectulacasa.ro/filmul/Selectat în competiția oficială World Cinema Documentary la Sundance Film Festival #Sundance2020#AcasaMyHome tells the story of a family that lived for 20 years in the wilderness of Văcărești Delta, until the place gained the status of a protected area – Văcărești Natural Park – the first urban natural park in Romania. For four years, the director Radu Ciorniciuc followed the great adventure through which the Enache family went: from a life in complete harmony with nature, to the challenging life in the great urban jungle of Romania's capital. ➡ http://proiectulacasa.ro/ the movie/To be presented in the official World Cinema Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival # Sundance2020 Posted by Acasă :: the film on Monday, December 9, 2019  

Radu Ciorniciuc, Acasa, My Home

ACASĂ, MY HOME – un film de Radu Ciorniciuc Acasă :: the film spune povestea unei familii care a trăit timp de 20 de ani în sălbăticia din Delta Văcărești, până când locul a căpătat statutul de zonă protejată – Parcul Natural Văcărești – primul parc natural urban din România. Timp de patru ani, regizorul Radu Ciorniciuc a urmărit marea aventură prin care a trecut familia Enache: de la o viață în completă armonie cu natura, la traiul plin de provocări din marea junglă urbană a capitalei.➡ http://proiectulacasa.ro/filmul/Selectat în competiția oficială World Cinema Documentary la Sundance Film Festival #Sundance2020#AcasaMyHome tells the story of a family that lived for 20 years in the wilderness of Văcărești Delta, until the place gained the status of a protected area – Văcărești Natural Park – the first urban natural park in Romania. For four years, the director Radu Ciorniciuc followed the great adventure through which the Enache family went: from a life in complete harmony with nature, to the challenging life in the great urban jungle of Romania’s capital. ➡ http://proiectulacasa.ro/ the movie/To be presented in the official World Cinema Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival # Sundance2020 Posted by Acasă :: the film on Monday, December 9, 2019

Acasă :: the film spune povestea unei familii care a trăit timp de 20 de ani în sălbăticia din Delta Văcărești, până când locul a căpătat statutul de zonă protejată – Parcul Natural Văcărești – primul parc natural urban din România. Timp de patru ani, regizorul Radu Ciorniciuc a urmărit marea aventură prin care a trecut familia Enache: de la o viață în completă armonie cu natura, la traiul plin de provocări din marea junglă urbană a capitalei.➡ http://proiectulacasa.ro/filmul/Selectat în competiția oficială World Cinema Documentary la Sundance Film Festival #Sundance2020#AcasaMyHome tells the story of a family that lived for 20 years in the wilderness of Văcărești Delta, until the place gained the status of a protected area – Văcărești Natural Park – the first urban natural park in Romania. For four years, the director Radu Ciorniciuc followed the great adventure through which the Enache family went: from a life in complete harmony with nature, to the challenging life in the great urban jungle of Romania’s capital. ➡ http://proiectulacasa.ro/ the movie/To be presented in the official World Cinema Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival # Sundance2020 Posted by Acasă :: the film on Monday, December 9, 2019  

Iryna Tsilyk, The Earth Is Blue as an Orange  

Hubert Sauper, Epicentro  

Diana Neille & Richard Poplak, Influence  

Emma Sullivan, Into the Deep  

Maite Alberdi, The Mole Agent  

Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela  

Benjamin Ree, The Painter and the Thief  

Jerry Rothwell, The Reason I Jump  

Susanne Regina Meures, Saudi Runaway  

Sam Soko, Softie  

Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw, The Truffle Hunters      

NEXT

Danny Madden, Beast Beast Cast: Shirley Chen, Will Madden, Jose Angeles  

Lawrence Michael Levine, Black Bear Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon  

Heidi Ewing, I Carry You With Me Cast: Armando Espitia, Christian Vázquez, Michelle Rodríguez  

Robert Machoian, The Killing of Two Lovers Cast: Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, Chris Coy  

Patricia Vidal Delgado, La Leyenda Negra Cast: Monica Betancourt, Kailei Lopez, Irlanda Moreno  

Cedric Cheung-Lau, The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me Cast: Sanjaya Lama, Alice Cummins  

Daniels & Hannah Fidell & Alexa Lim Haas & Lucas Leyva & Olivia Lloyd & Jillian Mayer & The Meza Brothers & Terence Nance &  Brett Potter & Dylan Redford & Xander Robin & Julian Yuri Rodriguez & Celia Rowlson-Hall, Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia Cast: Mel Rodriguez, Finn Wolfhard, Casey Wilson  

Lance Oppenheim, Some Kind of Heaven Cast: David Shayne, Loulwa Khoury  

Eugene Kotlyarenko, Spree Cast: Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette  

Carlos López Estrada, Summertime Cast: 25 Get Lit Poets      

Premieres (Fiction)

Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, Downhill Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell  

Euros Lyn, Dream Horse Cast: Toni Collette, Damian Lewis  

Viggo Mortensen, Falling Cast: Lance Henriksen, Viggo Mortensen, Hannah Gross, Laura Linney  

Florian Zeller, The Father Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss  

Rodrigo Garcia, Four Good Days Cast: Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Stephen Root, Joshua Leonard  

Julie Taymor, The Glorias Cast: Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Janelle Monáe  

Phyllida Lloyd, Herself Cast: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill  

Jeff Baena, Horse Girl Cast: Alison Brie, Debby Ryan, John Reynolds  

Dominic Cooke, Ironbark Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley  

Miranda July, Kajillionaire Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger  

Andrew Cohn, The Last Shift Cast: Richard Jenkins, Shane Paul McGhie, Da’Vine Joy Randolph  

Dee Rees, The Last Thing He Wanted Cast: Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Rosie Perez  

Liz Garbus, Lost Girls Cast: Amy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie, Lola Kirke  

Sean Durkin, The Nest Cast: Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche  

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Laverne Cox  

Greg Barker, Sergio Cast: Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Garret Dillahunt  

Michael Almereyda, Tesla Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Eve Hewson, Hannah Gross  

Alan Ball, Uncle Frank Cast: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi  

Benh Zeitlin, Wendy Cast: Devin France, Yashua Mack, Tommie Lynn Milazzo, Shay Walker  

Sara Colangelo, Worth Cast: Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan      

Premieres (Documentary)

Catherine Gund, Aggie  

Ryan White, Assassins  

Sam Feder, Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen  

Bryan Fogel, The Dissident  

James D. Stern & Fernando Villena, Giving Voice  

Alison Ellwood, The Go-Go’s  

Ron Cicero & Kimo Easterwood, Happy Happy Joy Joy – The Ren & Stimpy Story  

Lana Wilson, Miss Americana  

Laurent Bouzereau, Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind  

Jeff Orlowski, The Social Dilemma  

 Little predators in training…#Inferno #OkavangoPBS #OkavangoRiverofDreams Nature | PBS Posted by Dereck and Beverly Joubert on Tuesday, November 5, 2019  

Dereck Joubert & Beverly Joubert & Ivo Filatsch, Okavango: River of Dreams (Director’s Cut)

Little predators in training…#Inferno #OkavangoPBS #OkavangoRiverofDreams Nature | PBS Posted by Dereck and Beverly Joubert on Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Little predators in training…#Inferno #OkavangoPBS #OkavangoRiverofDreams Nature | PBS Posted by Dereck and Beverly Joubert on Tuesday, November 5, 2019  

Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering, On the Record  

Ron Howard, Rebuilding Paradise  

Ai Weiwei, Vivos      

Midnight

Romola Garai, Amulet Cast: Carla Juri, Alex Secareanu, Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia  

Justin Simien, Bad Hair Cast: Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, Jay Pharoah  

Remi Weekes, His House Cast: Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu, Matt Smith  

Joko Anwar, Impetigore Cast: Tara Basro, Marissa Anita, Christine Hakim  

David Bruckner, The Night House Cast: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Stacy Martin  

Bill Benz, The Nowhere Inn Cast: Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein  

Natalie Erika James, Relic Cast: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote  

Shana Feste, Run Sweetheart Run Cast: Ella Balinska, Pilou Asbæk, Clark Gregg  

Josh Ruben, Scare Me Cast: Aya Cash, Josh Ruben, Chris Redd, Rebecca Drysdale      

Spotlight

Levan Akin, And Then We Danced Cast: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakhishvili  

Kitty Green, The Assistant Cast: Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh  

Michael Angelo Covino, The Climb Cast: Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin  

Alexander Nanau, Collective Cast: Catalin Tolontan, Mirela Neag, Razvan Lutac  

Pablo Larraín, Ema Cast: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera  

Jayro Bustamante, La Llorona Cast: María Mercedes Coroy, Margarita Kénefic, Sabrina De La Hoz, Julio Diaz  

Haifaa Al Mansour, The Perfect Candidate Cast: Mila Alzahrani, Dhay, Khalid Abdulraheem, Shafi Alharthy    

Kids

Frederike Migom, Binti Cast: Bebel Tshiani Baloji, Mo Bakker, Joke Devynck, Baloji  

Brenda Chapman, Come Away Cast: Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Jordan Nash, Keira Chansa  

Tom McCarthy, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Cast: Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Wallace Shawn      

From the Collection

Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman,  Born into Brothels  

Lisa Cholodenko, High Art Cast: Ally Sheedy, Radha Mitchell, Gabriel Mann