The Sundance Institute unveiled the lineup of films in the competition slated for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival taking place in Park City, Utah, January 20-30.
The December 1 announcement revealed selections in four categories: US Dramatic and Documentary, and World Dramatic and Documentary.
Out of 10,000 submissions, the festival will screen a total of 115 feature-length films, representing 28 countries by 40 first-time filmmakers, with 92 world premieres.
The US Dramatic competition will screen 16 world premieres including the directorial debut of Vera Farmiga ( The Departed, Up In the Air), Higher Ground, in which she also stars as a mother who turns to fundamentalists for life's answers.
Other films include teen story Homework starring Emma Roberts, Rita Wilson and Blair Underwood, suspense story The Ledge featuring Liv Tyler and Terrence Howard, psychological drama Take Shelter with Michael Shannon, and the dramedy Terri with John C. Reilly.
The US Documentary Competition includes 16 world premieres covering topics from environmental radicals to assisted suicide, and actor Michael Rapaport's film Beats, Rhymes and Life about the 1990's hip hop act A Tribe Called Quest. Also debuting is Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey about the man who plays the Muppet.
The World Cinema Dramatic Competition will screen 14 films from Columbia, Ireland, Norway, Rwanda, Australia, Cuba, and France/Algeria.
The World Cinema Documentary Competition has scheduled 12 films including a chronicle of the American black power movement by Swedish journalists, an examination of the US financial collapse from the UK and The Bengali Detective, about a dance-obsessed private-eye.
The Sundance Film Festival, one of the biggest showcases for independent cinema in the US, attracts Hollywood executives who come to discover filmmaking trends. Films in the 2010 festival that garnered attention and awards included The Kids Are All Right, Blue Valentine, Winter's Bone, and artist Banky's documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop.
Trailer for The Bengali Detective:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/bg-5003020/the_bengali_detective_trailer/
http://www.sundance.org/festival
RC
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