Kristen Stewart-starring drama 'Welcome to the Rileys' and Derek Cianfrance-directed film 'Blue Valentine' are among the movies named in the Dramatic Competitions.
- Dec 3, 2009
AceShowbiz - Sundance Institute has announced the line-up of films competing for jury prizes during the 26th Sundance Film Festival's U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions. Among the wide-ranging list of movies selected for the competitions are Kristen Stewart-starring drama "Welcome to the Rileys", family drama "Blue Valentine" starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, and James Franco's non-fiction drama "Howl".
Speaking about this year's selection, newly installed director of the festival John Cooper said, "A lot of our films are hard to describe, and that's very attractive." He then added, "We put marketability on the sidelines for a while and said, 'Let's just go for films that were highly original and pushed the envelope.'"
The 2010 Sundance Film Festival that runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah will include new non-competitive categories called Spotlight, for what are viewed as particularly audience-friendly films, and Next, dedicated to no-budget digital work. While the out-of-competition sections will be let out on Thursday, December 3, the in-competition list can be read below. More on each of the selected movies' details can be obtained via Sundance Festival 2010.
The In-Competition line-up for the 26th Sundance Film Festival:
Documentary Competition:
- "Bhutto"
- "Casino Jack and the United States of Money"
- "Family Affair"
- "Freedom Riders"
- "Gas Land"
- "I'm Pat ------- Tillman"
- "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child"
- "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
- "Lucky"
- "My Perestroika"
- "The Oath"
- "Restrepo"
- "A Small Act"
- "Smash His Camera"
- "12th and Delaware"
- "Waiting for Superman"
- "Blue Valentine"
- "Douchebag"
- "The Dry Land"
- "mHappythankyoumoreplease%"
- "Hesher"
- "Holy Rollers"
- "Howl"
- "The Imperialists Are Still Alive!"
- "Lovers of Hate"
- "Night Catches Us"
- "Obselidia"
- "Skateland"
- "Sympathy for Delicious"
- "3 Backyards"
- "Welcome to the Rileys"
- "Winter's Bone"
- "Enemies of the People" - Cambodia/U.K.
- "A Film Unfinished" - Germany/Israel
- "Fix Me" - France/Palestinian Territories/Switzerland
- "His and Hers" - Ireland
- "Kick in Iran" - Germany
- "Last Train Home" - Canada
- "The Red Chapel" - Denmark
- "Russian Lessons" - Georgia/Germany/Norway
- "Secrets of the Tribe" - Brazil
- "Sins of My Father" - Argentina/Colombia
- "Space Tourists" - Switzerland
- "Waste Land" - U.K.
- "All That I Love" - Poland
- "Animal Kingdom" - Australia
- "Boy" - New Zealand
- "Four Lions" - U.K.
- "Grown Up Movie Star" - Canada
- "The Man Next Door" - Argentina
- "Me Too" - Spain
- "Nuummioq" - Greenland
- "Peepli Live" - India
- "Son of Babylon" - Iraq
- "Southern District" - Bolivia
- "The Temptation of St. Tony" - Colombia/France/Germany/Peru
- "Undertow" - Italy
- "Vegetarian" - South Korea
