1 Check website or mobile app for full description and content information. description app for full Check website or mobile #sundance • sundance.org/festival sundance.org/festival Sundance Institute Presents Institute Sundance The U.S. Dramatic Competition Films As You Are The Birth of a Nation U.S. Dramatic Competition Dramatic U.S. Many of these films have not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Read the full descriptions online and choose responsibly. Films are generally followed by a Q&A with the director and selected members of the cast and crew. All films are shown in 35mm and DCP. Special thanks to Dolby Laboratories, Inc., for its support of our U.S.A., 2016, 110 min., color U.S.A., 2016, 117 min., color digital cinema projection. As You Are is a telling and retelling of a Set against the antebellum South, this story relationship between three teenagers as it follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and traces the course of their friendship through preacher whose financially strained owner, PROGRAMMERS a construction of disparate memories Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use prompted by a police investigation. Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. Director, Associate Programmers Sundance Film Festival Lauren Cioffi, Adam Montgomery, After witnessing countless atrocities against 2 John Cooper Harry Vaughn fellow slaves, Nat devises a plan to lead his DIRECTOR: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte people to freedom. Director of Programming Shorts Programmers SCREENWRITERS: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Trevor Groth Dilcia Barrera, Emily Doe, Madison Harrison Ernesto Foronda, Jon Korn, PRINCIPAL CAST: Owen Campbell, DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Nate Parker Senior Programmers Katie Metcalfe, Lisa Ogdie, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg, PRINCIPAL CAST: Nate Parker, David Courier, Shari Frilot, Adam Piron, Mike Plante, Kim Yutani, John Scurti, Scott Cohen, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Caroline Libresco, John Nein, Landon Zakheim Mary Stuart Masterson Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union, Mike Plante, Charlie Reff, Kim Yutani Mark Boone Jr. Programmers Monday, January 25, 8:45 p.m. – ASYOU25LN Hussain Currimbhoy, Heidi Zwicker Library Center Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 3:15 p.m. – BIRTH25CA Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – ASYOU26SE Eccles Theatre, Park City #sundance Sundance Mountain Resort Screening Room, Wednesday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – BIRTH27RA Sundance Resort Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 8:30 a.m. – ASYOU27PM Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – BIRTH28WN Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 12:15 p.m. – ASYOU28CD Friday, January 29, 8:30 p.m. – BIRTH29MN • Eccles Theatre, Park City The MARC, Park City sundance.org/festival Friday, January 29, 12:30 p.m. – ASYOU29RD Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. – BIRTH30LM Redstone Cinema 1, Park City Library Center Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 3:15 p.m. – ASYOU30GA Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Check website or mobile app for full description and content information. U.S. Dramatic Competition Christine Equity The Free World Goat U.S. Dramatic Competition Dramatic U.S. U.S.A., 2015, 123 min., color U.S.A., 2016, 100 min., color U.S.A., 2015, 100 min., color U.S.A., 2015, 102 min., color In 1974, a female TV news reporter aims for A female investment banker, fighting to get Following his release from a brutal stretch Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19-year- high standards in life and love in Sarasota, a promotion at her competitive Wall Street in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, Mo old boy pledges his brother’s fraternity Florida. Missing her mark is not an option. firm, leads a controversial tech IPO in the is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. in an attempt to prove his manhood. This story is based on true events. post-financial-crisis world, where regulations When his world collides with Doris, a What happens there, in the name of are tight but pressure to bring in big money mysterious woman with a violent past, he “brotherhood,” tests both the boys and decides to risk his newfound freedom to their relationship in brutal ways. remains high. 3 DIRECTOR: Antonio Campos keep her in his life. SCREENWRITER: Craig Shilowich PRINCIPAL CAST: Rebecca Hall, DIRECTOR: Meera Menon DIRECTOR: Andrew Neel Michael C. Hall, Maria Dizzia, Tracy Letts, SCREENWRITER: Amy Fox DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jason Lew SCREENWRITERS: David Gordon Green, J. Smith-Cameron PRINCIPAL CAST: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, PRINCIPAL CAST: Boyd Holbrook, Andrew Neel, Mike Roberts Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner Elisabeth Moss, Octavia Spencer, Sung Kang, PRINCIPAL CAST: Nick Jonas, Ben Schnetzer, Waleed Zuaiter Virginia Gardner, Danny Flaherty, Austin Lyon Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. – CHRIS23LE Library Center Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. – EQUIT26LE Sunday, January 24, 9:30 p.m. – CHRIS24GN Library Center Theatre, Park City Tuesday, January 26, 12:15 p.m. – FREEW26CD Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. – GOATT22LN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 2:45 p.m. – EQUIT27MA Eccles Theatre, Park City Library Center Theatre, Park City Monday, January 25, 11:30 a.m. – CHRIS25MD The MARC, Park City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. – FREEW27LN Saturday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. – GOATT23PM The MARC, Park City Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. – EQUIT28BN Library Center Theatre, Park City Prospector Square Theatre, Park City #sundance Wednesday, January 27, 12:15 p.m. – CHRIS27CD Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City Thursday, January 28, 12:30 p.m. – FREEW28RD Saturday, January 23, 9:15 p.m. – GOATT23DN Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 3:30 p.m. – EQUIT29CA Redstone Cinema 1, Park City The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City Friday, January 29, 7:00 p.m. – CHRIS29RE Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 29, 8:30 a.m. – FREEW29EM Wednesday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – GOATT27CA Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. – EQUIT30EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City Eccles Theatre, Park City Egyptian Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 30, 12:15 p.m. – FREEW30DD Friday, January 29, 11:30 a.m. – GOATT29MD • The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City The MARC, Park City sundance.org/festival sundance.org/festival Check website or mobile app for full description and content information. U.S. Dramatic Competition The Intervention Joshy Lovesong Morris from America U.S. Dramatic Competition Dramatic U.S. U.S.A., 2016, 91 min., color U.S.A., 2015, 82 min., color U.S.A., 2016, 85 min., color U.S.A./Germany, 2016, 89 min., color English and German with English subtitles A weekend getaway for four couples takes Josh treats what would have been his Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks a sharp turn when one of the couples bachelor party as an opportunity to on an impromptu road trip with her young Thirteen-year-old Morris, a hip-hop discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to reconnect with his friends. daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along loving American, moves to Heidelberg, host an intervention on their marriage. the way, the dynamic between the two Germany, with his father. In this completely friends intensifies before circumstances foreign land, he falls in love with a local DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jeff Baena girl, befriends his German tutor-turned- force them apart. Years later, Sarah 4 DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Clea DuVall PRINCIPAL CAST: Thomas Middleditch, attempts to rebuild their intimate connection confidant, and attempts to navigate PRINCIPAL CAST: Melanie Lynskey, Adam Pally, Alex Ross Perry, Nick Kroll, in the days before Mindy’s wedding. the unique trials and tribulations of Cobie Smulders, Alia Shawkat, Clea DuVall, Brett Gelman, Jenny Slate adolescence. Natasha Lyonne, Ben Schwartz DIRECTOR: So Yong Kim Sunday, January 24, 6:15 p.m. – JOSHY24LE SCREENWRITERS: So Yong Kim, DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Chad Hartigan Library Center Theatre, Park City Bradley Rust Gray PRINCIPAL CAST: Markees Christmas, Monday, January 25, 9:30 p.m. – JOSHY25GN Preceded by Join the Club Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Eva Vives Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City PRINCIPAL CAST: Jena Malone, Riley Keough, U.S.A., 2015, 6 min., color Tuesday, January 26, 11:15 a.m. – JOSHY26MD Brooklyn Decker, Amy Seimetz, Ryan Eggold, Jakub Gierszał, Levin Henning The MARC, Park City Rosanna Arquette A writer’s dilemma of whether or not to join Friday, January 29, 9:00 a.m. – JOSHY29CM a professional networking club takes many Eccles Theatre, Park City Friday, January 22, 12:15 p.m. – MORRI22CD interesting turns as it unfolds entirely during Eccles Theatre, Park City one therapy session. Saturday, January 30, 11:30 a.m. – JOSHY30PD Monday, January 25, 12:15 p.m. – LOVES25CD #sundance Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Eccles Theatre, Park City Saturday, January 23, 6:30 p.m. – MORRI23OE Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 p.m. – LOVES26PN Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden Prospector Square Theatre, Park City Sunday, January 24, 4:00 p.m. – MORRI24RA Tuesday, January 26, 3:30 p.m. – INTER26CA Wednesday, January 27, 11:30 a.m. – LOVES27ED Redstone Cinema 2, Park City Monday, January 25, 6:00 p.m. – MORRI25IE Eccles Theatre, Park City Egyptian Theatre, Park City • Salt Lake City Library Theatre, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 a.m. – INTER27LM Thursday, January 28, 9:30 p.m. – LOVES28GN sundance.org/festival Library Center Theatre, Park City Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Wednesday, January 27, noon – MORRI27LD Thursday, January 28, 9:30 p.m. – INTER28RN Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. – LOVES30MM Library Center Theatre, Park City Redstone Cinema 1, Park City The MARC, Park City Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m.