Ana Katz,
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet, 2021, DCP, black-and-white, sound, 73 minutes.
THE PRIZES WERE AWARDED a month ago, some very big deals have closed in recent weeks, and the Sundance Film Festival has closed its streaming platform, hopefully never to be used again at least not as the primary means of connecting Sundance’s chosen movies to Sundance audiences. Having covered the festival for thirty-two years, the place Park City, Utah and my ten-day routine there is stamped into my neurological pathways, so it’s no wonder that I had flashes of
déjà vu while sitting at home watching four or five movies a day on my desktop. One evening, checking in by phone with my Sundance housemate of many years, he mentioned that he had found time earlier to attend his book group, and for a second I thought he meant he had flown to L.A. and back to Park City without my noticing. The festival itself amplified this dreamlike displacement, surrounding the films with as much of the Su
Together
Together starring Ed Helms
are among 72 features selected for 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs online and in select US arthouse venues from January 28-February 3.
The line-up, announced on Tuesday (December 15), includes
One For The Road, Thai filmmaker Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to
Bad Genius; Edgar Wright’s music documentary
The Sparks Brothers
Land; Ben Wheatley’s virus horror
In The Earth; The Roots drummer Questlove’s documentary
Summer Of Soul; and Kevin Macdonald’s Special Screenings selection
Life In A Day 2020.
A features roster representing 29 countries and 38 first-time feature filmmakers includes three films from Cannes Label 2020:
Pascual Sisto’s
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When the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 28, 2021, in Park City, Utah, there won’t be a long line of people standing outside the Eccles Theater, watching their breath catch in the cold winter air and Main Street surely won’t be packed with revelers and sponsor activations, either.
Instead, on account of the coronavirus pandemic, next year’s Sundance will actually expand amid the contraction of live events. Rather than relying solely on in-person experiences, the festival has plans that extend far beyond the theater: a digital platform where patrons around the world can watch this year’s lineup; drive-in screenings at venues around the country; in-person showings at independent art houses nationwide where indoor events can happen safely and in accordance with public health guidelines; and even a virtual reality space that includes live performances and a lobby where people can digitally congregate.
Here are the 72 feature films in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which will mostly screen online
The festival will be shorter with limited in-person events, to avoid spreading COVID-19.
(Daniel Power | courtesy of Focus Features / Sundance Institute) Robin Wright directs and stars in the drama Land. It s an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. | Updated: Jan. 5, 2021, 12:33 a.m.
With everything that will be different about the 2021 Sundance Film Festival a shorter event, with fewer films, most of it happening online the quality of movies on the slate has stayed constant, said the festival’s new director, Tabitha Jackson.