Show 2009 Sundance Film Festival announces films Festival Celebrates 25 Years of Independent Filmmaking and Cinematic Storytelling Park ark City UT UT- UT Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the US U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the Sundance Film Festival In addition to the four Competition categories the Festival presents films in five out- out of-competition of sections tobe to tobe tobe be announced tomorrow The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 1525 1525 15 1525 25 in Park City Salt Lake LakeI I City Ogden an and Sun Sundance dance Utah The complete list of films is available at www This years year's films are not narrowly defined Instead we have a blurring of genres a crossing of boundaries geographic generational socioeconomic socioeconomic socioeconomic socio- socio economic and the like Jike said Geoffrey ey Gilmore Director Sundance Film Festival The result is both an exhilarating and emotive Festival in which traditional mythologies are suspended discoveries are made and creative storytelling is embraced Audiences may be surprised by how much emotion this years year's films evoke said John Cooper Director of Programming Sundance Film Festival We Ve are seeing the next evolution of the independent film movement where films films' focus on storytelling with witha a sense of connection and purpose For the 2009 Sundance Film Festival length feature-length films were selected including 87 world premieres 19 North American premieres and 4 US U.S. premieres representing 21 countries with 42 first- first time filmmakers including 28 in competition These films were selected from feature- feature length film submissions composed of 1905 US U.S. and 1756 international length feature-length films 2009 Sundance Film Festival Sponsors The 2009 Sundance Film Festival Sponsors help sustain not only the Festival but also the year- year round programs of the nonprofit nonprofit non non- profit Sundance Institute Their support is crucial to the Institutes Institute's mission of nurturing independent artists inspiring risk- risk taking and encouraging diversity in the arts This years year's Festival Sponsors include Presenting Sponsors Entertainment Weekly HP and Honda Leadership Sponsors American Express Delta Air Lines Google Microsoft Corporation and Sustaining Sponsors Blockbuster Inc a partnership between Brita and the National Milk Mustache got milk Campaign Le Vert Absinthe Francaise LOr L'Or LOreal al Paris The New York Times Ray- Ray Ban Sony Electronics Inc Stella Artois Timberland and Utah Film Commission Sundance Channel is the Official Television Network of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for US U.S. and international independent film held each January in inand inand inand and around Park City Utah Presenting approximately dramatic and documentary length feature films in seven distinct categories and between 60 and 80 short films each year the Sun Sundance dance Film Festival has introduced American audiences to some of the most groundbreaking groundbreaking ground ground- breaking films of the past two decades including sex lies and videotape Maria Full of Grace Hedwic Hedwig and the Angry Inch An Inconvenient Truth Trouble the Water r and Central Station www festival Sundance Institute Founded by Robert Redford in 1981 Sundance Institute is a not-for- not profit organization that fosters the development o of f original storytelling in film and theatre and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival Internationally recognized for tor its artistic development programs for directors screenwriters producers film composers playwrights and theatre artists Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Angels in America Spring Awakening Boys Dont Don't Cry and Born Bom into Brothels Visit to view the full list of the announced films for 2009 |