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The 2022 Sundance Film Festival will take place from Jan. 2030, 2022.
Alan Cumming in ‘My Old School’; Keke Palmer in ‘Alice’; Dakota Johnson in ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’.Tommy Ga-Ken Wan/Sundance; Eliza Morse/Sundance
No other options, he walks into a Wells Fargo Bank and says “I’ve got a bomb.
Inspired by true events.Cast: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles.
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITIONWorld-premiere American documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people and events that shape the present day.
It was promptly burned, and its existence denied.
After a century shrouded in secrecy and speculation, descendants of theClotilda’s survivors are reclaiming their story.World Premiere.
A former street hustler becomes the symbol for a landmark movement.
But once out, he self-destructs, threatening the movement’s legacy and the man himself.World Premiere.
Seven women were arrested.
The accused were part of a clandestine online grid.
They called themselves JANE.World Premiere.
TikTok, Boom./ U.S.A. (Director: Shalini Kantayya, Producers: Ross M. Dinerstein.
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITIONTen films from emerging filmmaking talents around the world offer fresh perspectives and inventive styles.
Brian And Charles /U.K.
And a 7ft tall robot that eats cabbages.
Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces.
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITIONTen documentaries by some of the boldest filmmakers working around the world today.
Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.World Premiere.
Tantura /Israel (Director and Screenwriter: Alon Schwarz, Screenwriter and Producer: Shaul Schwarz.
Producer: Maiken Baird) In 1948, the State of Israel was established and civil war broke out.
Hundreds of Palestinian villages were destroyed with their inhabitants killed or exiled.
We Met in Virtual Reality /U.K.
NEXTPure, bold works distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling populate this program.
NEXT is presented by Adobe.
Every Day In Kaimuki/ U.S.A. (Director: Alika Tengan, Screenwriters: Naz Kawakami, Alika Tengan.
To prove that it worked, he shot himself 192 times.
He launched a multi-million-dollar company and became a cult figure among police.
But when Jane announces she’s moving to London, Lucy reveals a long-held secret.
Containing over 175 film clips, this will unalterably change the way we view and make movies.World Premiere.
As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness.
Through interviews and archival, a tribute to one of the greatest trailblazers in comedy and entertainment.World Premiere.
It’s 1993 and 16-year-old Brandon is the new kid in school.
Soon he’s top of the class, acing exams and even taking the lead in the school musical.
He’s the model pupil, until he’s unmasked…Cast: Alan Cumming.
She is capable, disciplined, and successful.
Everything is under control.
She just longs to be seen.
Should you even try?
Inspired by the book by Lizzy Goodman.World Premiere.
But it comes to an end when a stranger kidnaps her tormentors.
SPOTLIGHTThe Spotlight section is a tribute to the cinema we love from throughout the past year.
Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson.
Anne is a bright student with a promising future.
But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to escape the constraints of her social background disappearing.
An examination of that film in color, random, full of life reveals historical and personal dimensions.
Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter.Documentary.
Fiction.DAY ONE
KIDSThis section of the Festival is especially for our youngest independent film fans.
SPECIAL SCREENINGSFeaturing extended conversations following the screening, to allow audiences and storytellers to connect more deeply.
The Collection has grown to over 4,000 holdings representing nearly 2,300 titles.
