Sundance Festival Program

THE 1996 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM

The Festival opens on January 18 in Salt Lake City with the U.S. Premiere of Kenneth Branagh's A MIDWINTER'S TALE.
On January 19, opening night in Park City presents Hal Hartley's three-part feature FLIRT.
Robert Young's CAUGHT starring Edward James Olmos and Maria Conchita Alonso will be presented on January 24.

One-hundred seventeen feature films and fifty-seven shorts will be presented primarily in Park City, Utah from January 18-28, 1996. Overall, 55 World Premieres and 32 U.S. Premieres will be screened. In addition to the Independent Feature Film Competition and the American Spectrum, the Festival will present a selection of premieres and international features, and a special tribute to Hollywood maverick William Wellman along with the U.S. Premiere of the documentary WILD BILL, chronicling his career. Dianne Wiest will be honored for her artistic contribution to independent cinema.

Premieres (highlights)

ANGELS & INSECTS (USA) by Phillip Haas
BOUND (USA) by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
CARRIED AWAY (USA) by Bruno Barreto
COLD FEVER (Iceland/USA) by Fredrik Thor Fridriksson
GUANTANAMERA (Spain, Cuba, Germany) by Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio
IF LUCY FELL (USA) by Eric Schaeffer
IT'S MY PARTY (USA) by Randal Kleiser
LOOKING FOR RICHARD? (USA) by Al Pacino
LOSING CHASE (USA) by Kevin Bacon
NORMAL LIFE (USA) by John McNaughton
NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (USA) by Gary Walkow
PALOOKAVILLE (USA) by AlanTaylor
SHINE (Australia) by Scott Hicks.

Documentary Feature Film Competition

THE BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE by Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein
BELLY TALKERS by Sandra Luckow
BUCKMINSTER FULLER: THINKING OUT LOUD by Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman
THE CELLULOID CLOSET by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
CUTTING LOOSE by Susan Todd and Andrew Young
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN by Beth Gage and George Gage
HALVING THE BONES by Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury
HYPE! by Doug Pray
JANE: AN ABORTION SERVICE by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy
A LEAP OF FAITH by Tricia Regan and Jenifer McShane
MY KNEES WERE JUMPING: REMEMBERING THE KINDERTRANSPORTS by Melissa Hacker
PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS (title change from FALLEN ANGELS: THE WEST MEMPHIS CHILD MURDERS) by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
SYNTHETIC PLEASURES by Iara Lee
TENDER FICTIONS by Barbara Hammer
TROUBLESOME CREEK: A MIDWESTERN by Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher
WHEN WE WERE KINGS by Leon Gast.

Dramatic Feature Film Competition

BANDWAGON by John Schultz
BIG NIGHT by Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scot
CARE OF THE SPITFIRE GRILL by Lee David Zlotoff
COLOR OF A BRISK AND LEAPING DAY by Christopher Munch
THE DARIEN GAP by Brad Anderson
EDEN by Howard Goldberg
FEMALE PERVERSIONS by Susan Streitfeld
FOLLOW ME HOME by Peter Bratt
FREEWAY by Matthew Bright
GIRLS TOWN by Jim McKay;
GOD'S LONELY MAN by Francis von Zerneck
I SHOT ANDY WARHOL by Mary Harron
THE KEEPER by Joe Brewster
LATE BLOOMERS by Julia Dyer
WALKING AND TALKING by Nicole Holofcener
WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE by Todd Solondz
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD by Dan Ireland
WHO'S THAT LADY? by Alexander Payne

American Spectrum (independent film, out of competition)

AMERICAN JOB by Chris Smith
DADETOWN by Russ Hexter; DRUNKS by Peter Cohn
ED'S NEXT MOVE by John Walsh
EVERYTHING RELATIVE by Sharon Pollack
FRISK by Todd Verow
JOE & JOE by David Wall; JOHNS by Scott Silver
THE LAST SUPPER by Stacy Title
MANNY & LO by Lisa Krueger
MY FATHER'S GARDEN by Miranda Smith
NOTHING TO LOSE by Eric Bross
PERSONAL BELONGINGS by Steven Bognar
PIE IN THE SKY by Bryan Gordon
SCORPION SPRING by Brian Cox
STACCATO PURR OF THE EXHAUST by Luis M. Meza
STRUGGLES IN STEEL by Tony Buba and Ray Henderson
SYDNEY by Paul Anderson
TIMELESS by Chris Hart
WITHOUT AIR by Neil Abramson.

World Cinema (out of competition)

301 302 (Korea) by Chul-Soo Park
ANGEL BABY (Australia) by Michael Rymer
BELIEVE ME (UK) by Angela Pope
CELESTIAL CLOCKWORK (Venezuela/France/Belgium/Spain) by Fina Torres
MADAGASCAR (Cuba) by Fernando Perez
LOVE ME AND YOU'LL SEE (Cuba) by Daniel Diaz Torres
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS (UK) by Richard Spence
DON'T DIE WITHOUT TELLING ME WHERE YOU'RE GOING (Argentina) by Eliseo Subiela
FLOWER OF MY SECRET (Spain) by Pedro Almodovar
FOREIGNLAND (Brazil)
by Walter Salles; GO NOW (UK) by Michael Winterbottom; HOUSE (Canada) by Laurie Lynd
JENIPAPO (Brazil) by Monique Gardenberg
JONAH AND THE PINK WHALE (Bolivia) by Juan Carlos Valdivia
LE GARCU (France) by Maurice Pialat
LOADED (New Zealand) by Anna Campion
LOVED UP (UK) by Peter Cattaneo
MIDAQ ALLEY (Mexico) by Jorge Fons
A MONGOLIAN TALE (China) by Xie Fei
NOBODY WILL SPEAK OF US WHEN WE'RE DEAD (Spain) by Agustin Diaz Yanes
NOSTALGIA FOR COUNTRYLAND (Vietnam) by Dang Nhat Minh
NOTHING PERSONAL (Ireland)
by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
NUDE WITH ORANGES (Venezuela) by Luis Alberto Lamata
RUDE (Canada) by Clement Virgo
STONEWALL (UK/USA) by Nigel Finch
THE SUBURBANATORS (Canada) by Gary Burns
THE TYPEWRITER, THE RIFLE, AND THE MOVIE CAMERA (UK) by Adam Simon
VOICES (UK/USA)) by Malcolm Clarke
WAR STORIES (OUR MOTHERS NEVER TOLD US) (New Zealand) by Gaylene Preston
WHITE BALLOON (Iran) by Jafar Panahi
WILD HORSES (Argentina) by Marcelo Pineyro.

Midnights (out of competition)

THE GRAVE (USA) by Jonas Pate
HUSTLER WHITE (USA) by Bruce LaBruce and Rick Castro
RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (Hong Kong) by Stanley Tong
TOKYO FIST (Japan) by Shinya Tsukamoto
TRAILER CAMP (USA) by Jenni Olson

Other Special Sections

A nine film mini-retrospective of William Wellman; two programs of films from Native filmmakers; fifty-seven short films chosen from 1200-plus submitted; "Awesome Animation" (new works by Bill Plimpton, Barry Purvis, Nick Park and others); "Frontier" (unusual) films including THE BLOODY CHILD, directed by Nina Menkes, DESERET, directed by James Benning, and PREDICTIONS OF FIRE, directed by Michael Benson; "The New Media Center" featuring a series of special presentations emphasizing content and creativity by artists working in the field.

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