Sundance 2021 Movie Guide
Sundance 2021 Movie Guide
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- DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorChristopher Makoto YogiStarsSteve IwamotoConstance WuTim ChiouA family in Hawai'i faces the imminent death of their eldest as the ghosts of the past haunt the countryside.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorClint BentleyStarsClifton Collins Jr.Moises AriasMolly ParkerAn aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorPascual SistoStarsCharlie ShotwellMichael C. HallJennifer EhleA coming-of-age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorKaren CinorreStarsGrace Van PattenMia GothSokoAna is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war. Though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she realizes that she's not the killer they want her to be.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorJerrod CarmichaelStarsJerrod CarmichaelChristopher AbbottTiffany HaddishJerrod Carmichael makes his directorial debut and stars in On the Count of Three, a darkly comic feature about two best friends, Val (Carmichael) and Kevin (Christopher Abbott), on the last day of their lives.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorRebecca HallStarsTessa ThompsonRuth NeggaAndré Holland"Passing" follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorErin VassilopoulosStarsAlessandra MesaAni MesaPico AlexanderOn the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, altering the trajectory of both their lives.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorNikole BeckwithStarsPatti HarrisonEd HelmsRosalind ChaoWhen a young loner becomes the gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorLyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.StarsMichael GreyeyesChaske SpencerJesse EisenbergTwo men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving the savage murder of a schoolmate.Category: U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorJamila WignotStarsAlvin AileyCicely TysonRennie HarrisAn immersive portrait of dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, told through his own words and a new dance inspired by his life.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorTheo AnthonyStarsTheo AnthonyKeaver BrenaiRobert CunniffA far-ranging look at the biases in how we see things, focusing on the use of police body cameras.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorMaisie CrowStarsCesar AvilaMason Daniel Heath GarciaCristina MartinezA group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorIsabel BethencourtParker HillIn the lazy days of a Texas summer, three teenage girls navigate friendship, relationships, and toxic masculinity as they make the transition to the adult world.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorPeter NicksStarsDwayne DavisDenilson GariboLibby SchaafOakland as a tantalizing case study. In a city that struggles with rising crime and health care woes, its public school systems aren't exactly equipped to prepare youth for the travails of young adulthood.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorPedro KosStarsAnita CasparyHelen KelleyCorita KentA look at Los Angeles's Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, nuns who challenged the patriarchal conventions of the Catholic Church 50 years ago and are still taking a stand today.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorMariem Pérez RieraStarsRita MorenoJustina MachadoNorman LearA look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- 20211h 58mPG-138.0 (14K)96MetascoreDirectorQuestloveStarsDorinda DrakeBarbara Bland-AcostaDarryl LewisDocumentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorDebbie LumStarsAlvan CaiShealand FairchildRachael SchmidtSeniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorNatalia AlmadaDocumentary explores how humanity expresses itself with technology and the intended and unintended consequences of our tech-dominated world.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorAna KatzStarsRaquel BankDaniel KatzNicolás LevinSebastián, a man in his thirties, works a series of temporary jobs and he embraces love at every opportunity. He transforms, through a series of short encounters, as the world flirts with possible apocalypse.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorAmalia UlmanStarsAle UlmanAmalia UlmanNacho VigalondoAmidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorAjitpal SinghStarsVinamrata RaiChandan BishtHarshita TiwariA mother toils to save money to build a road in a Himalayan village to take her wheelchair-bound son for physiotherapy but her husband who believes that a shamanic ritual 'Jaagar' is the remedy, steals her savings.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorBlerta BasholliStarsYllka GashiÇun LajçiAurita AgushiFahrije's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorRonny TrockerStarsMark WaschkeSabine TimoteoJule HermannA mysterious home invasion triggers off a shake in the core of a cosmopolitan middle-class family and unveils the fragility of truth and the power of individual perspective.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorAlex CamilleriStarsJesmark SciclunaMarlene SchranzDavid SciclunaA man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorBaz PoonpiriyaStarsYayaying Rhatha PhongamChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingTracy FisherBoss, a high-end club owner living in New York, receives a call from his estranged best friend in Thailand, revealing he has terminal cancer and needs his help to complete a final bucket list.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorIuli GerbaseStarsRenata de LélisEduardo MendonçaGirley PaesAfter a toxic and mysterious pink cloud appeared, Giovana finds herself stuck in a flat with a man she just met, changing her life in a way she never expected.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorNinja ThybergStarsSofia KappelZelda MorrisonEvelyn ClaireBella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorJakub PiatekStarsBartosz BieleniaMagdalena PoplawskaAndrzej KlakOn New Year's Eve 1999, an armed man enters a TV studio during a broadcast, takes the host hostage and makes one demand: to give a message live on air.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- DirectorJessica BeshirStarsDJ ExpressKawa SherifSalih SigirciA spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations - and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop today.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad EskandariFLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorSam HobkinsonStarsMisha DefonsecaKaren SchulmanJane DanielMisha and the Wolves is the dramatic tale of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher - who turned detective - revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorCamilla NielssonStarsNelson ChamisaA young and charismatic leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorKristina LindströmKristian PetriStarsKristina LindströmLuchino ViscontiMario TursiIn 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorSally AitkenStarsValerie TaylorJeremiah S. SullivanRon TaylorPioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorHogir HiroriStarsMahmud ReshoSihamZahraFilm follows a group into Syria's Al-Hol, a dangerous camp in the Middle East, as they risk their lives to save a women being held by ISIS as abducted sex slaves.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorSalomé JashiDocumentary follows trees that are transported, at great expense and inconvenience, from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country's former prime minister.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorSushmit GhoshRintu ThomasStarsMeera DeviShyamkali DeviSuneeta PrajapatiIn a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.Category: World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorCarlson YoungStarsCarlson YoungUdo KierDermot MulroneyDecades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive.Category: Next
- DirectorDash ShawStarsLake BellMichael CeraAlex KarpovskyCryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.Category: Next
- DirectorManuel CrosbyDarren KnappStarsTyson BrownShelby DuclosJesse JanzenAfter being conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date plans with girl-next-door Kelsey implode as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.Category: Next
- DirectorMarion HillStarsIdella JohnsonHannah PepperLucien GuignardA surprise reunion in the South of France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.Category: Next
- DirectorCarey WilliamsStarsCamaron EngelsMoe IrvinRJ CylerA modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet'.Category: Next
- DirectorPacho VelezStarsRuddy HarootianDisnie SebastienAlternately humorous and touching, Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.Category: Next
- DirectorAlexis GambisStarsWilliam MapotherPaulina GaitanTenoch HuertaA Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown, nestled in the majestic butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his hybrid identity, sparking a personal metamorphosis.Category: Next
- DirectorKentucker AudleyAlbert BirneyStarsPenny FullerKentucker AudleyGrace GlowickiIn a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric.Category: Next
- DirectorJane SchoenbrunStarsAnna CobbMichael J RogersTheo AnthonyAlone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.Category: Next
- DirectorJames RedfordStarsAmy TanDaisy TanJohn Tan Sr.A look at the life and work of author Amy Tan.Category: Premieres
- DirectorLucy WalkerStarsTrina CunninghamMike DavisDon HankinsAn investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.Category: Premieres
- DirectorSean EllisStarsBoyd HolbrookKelly ReillyAlistair PetrieIn rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.Category: Premieres
- DirectorZoe Lister-JonesDaryl WeinStarsZoe Lister-JonesCailee SpaenyWhitney CummingsIn this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza (Zoe Lister-Jones) embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.Category: Premieres
- DirectorNanfu WangStarsAlex AzarBill de BlasioAnthony FauciHow did the Chinese government turn pandemic cover-ups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party?Category: Premieres
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsJoel FryReece ShearsmithHayley SquiresAs the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.Category: Premieres
- DirectorShaka KingStarsLaKeith StanfieldDaniel KaluuyaJesse PlemonsOffered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.Category: Premieres
- DirectorRobin WrightStarsRobin WrightDemián BichirSarah Dawn PledgeEdee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world and retreats to the wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.Category: Premieres
- DirectorKate TsangStarsMiya CechRhea PerlmanLeonardo NamA teenage delinquent teams up with a surly children's party magician to navigate her dysfunctional family and inner demons.Category: Premieres
- DirectorFran KranzStarsJason IsaacsMartha PlimptonAnn DowdThe parents of both the shooter and one of the victims of a school shooting tragedy agree to meet and talk in an attempt to move forward.Category: Premieres
- DirectorJulie CohenBetsy WestStarsPatricia Bell-ScottPauli MurrayDolores ChandlerA look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.Category: Premieres
- CreatorYoni BrookTed PassonNicole SalazarStarsLarry KrasnerBob ListenbeeDana BazelonA groundbreaking inside look at the long shot election and tumultuous first term of Larry Krasner, Philadelphia's unapologetic District Attorney, and his experiment to upend the criminal justice system from the inside out.Category: Premieres
- DirectorSion SonoStarsNicolas CageSofia BoutellaNick CassavetesA notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.Category: Premieres
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsRon MaelRussell MaelBeckA musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.Category: Premieres
- DirectorMarilyn AgreloStarsFrank BiondoLinda BoveFran BrillTake a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most impactful children's series in TV history. From the iconic furry characters to the songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed our world.Category: Premieres
- DirectorPrano Bailey-BondStarsNiamh AlgarMichael SmileyNicholas BurnsAfter viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister's disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality.Category: Midnight
- DirectorJames AshcroftStarsDaniel GilliesErik ThomsonMiriama McDowellA schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.Category: Midnight
- DirectorRodney AscherStarsNick BostromJoshua CookeErik DavisDocumentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles the question "are we living in a simulation?" with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his quest for the answer.Category: Midnight
- DirectorFrida KempffStarsCecilia MiloccoAlbin GrenholmVille VirtanenA woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.Category: Midnight
- DirectorHarpo GuitLenny GuitStarsMaxi DelmelleHarpo GuitClaire BodsonIssachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother's beloved dog, they have 24 hours to find it - or she will kick them out.Category: Midnight
- DirectorDusty MancinelliMadeleine Sims-FewerStarsMadeleine Sims-FewerAnna MaguireJesse LaVercombeA troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.Category: Midnight
- DirectorPhilippe LacôteStarsBakary KonéSteve TientcheuJean Cyrille DigbeuA young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.Category: Spotlight
- DirectorMona FastvoldStarsKatherine WaterstonVanessa KirbyCasey AffleckSomewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.Category: Spotlight
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldHoward HongDanica JensenStarsDespina MirouOlivia CastanhoShaira Yasmin BergLife In A Day 2020 will call on millions of people around the world to film their lives on July 25.Category: Special Screenings
- StarsMarisol Agostina IrigoyenNatalia di CienzoMelissa RomeroSeries follows Juana, a 17-year-old girl in a wheelchair who's eager to explore her sexuality.Category: Indie Series
- DirectorMiriam GuttmannTwo mothers and their children must face a new reality and try to live with each other after finding out their fertility doctor, Jan Karbaat, secretly used his own seed instead of donors'.Category: Indie Series
- StarsShirel NatafFanta KebeZakaria-Tayeb LazabFour 16-year-olds from a working-class Paris neighborhood play their favorite game, "Would You Rather?" - and the results force them to make choices about their lives and the game.Category: Indie Series
- StarsMarianne RendónParker YoungSarah Tolan-MeeLonely, self-isolating Mae navigates the world of online dating during the early days of quarantine. Her first attempt is a comic disaster; then she meets Will and her world begins to change in unexpected ways.Category: Indie Series