PARK CITY, UTAH JANUARY 17–27 FILM GUIDE Contents Welcome to the Festival ................................................................................................. 2–3 Presenting, Leadership, and Sustaining Sponsors ....................................................... 4–5 Institute Associates and Official Providers .................................................................. 6 the Films ............................................................................................................... 7 Opening Night Park City, Salt Lake City Gala, and Closing Film ................................. 8–9 Documentary Competition ............................................................................................. 10 Dramatic Competition ..................................................................................................... 16 World Cinema Documentary Competition ................................................................... 22 World Cinema Dramatic Competition ........................................................................... 28 Premieres .......................................................................................................................... 34 Spectrum .......................................................................................................................... 43 Park City at Midnight ...................................................................................................... 50 Sundance Collection ....................................................................................................... 53 Shorts Programs .............................................................................................................. 54 Animation Spotlight ........................................................................................................ 57 New Frontier Features .................................................................................................... 59 New Frontier Artists ....................................................................................................... 62 New Frontier Multimedia Performance Events ............................................................ 65 New Frontier Panels and Presentations ........................................................................ 66 off screen ............................................................................................................68 Panels at Prospector ....................................................................................................... 69 Panels at Filmmaker Lodge ............................................................................................. 70 Music Café and Festival Special Events ........................................................................ 72 Sponsor Venues ............................................................................................................... 75 How to Festival..................................................................................................76 Ticketing ........................................................................................................................... 76 Theatres ........................................................................................................................... 77 Venues/Merchandise....................................................................................................... 78 Destination: Sundance Film Festival.............................................................................. 80 Film Festival timetables.......................................................................81 Index of Films .................................................................................................................. 102 Index of Directors ........................................................................................................... 103 Getting Around ................................................................................................................ 104 WELCOME TO THE 2008 SUNDANce FIlm FESTIVAL the beginning is always different. We all come from somewhere else. And whether your own journey has brought you from across the globe or from around the corner, we invite you to discover the new voices and new stories presented in film, music, art, and dialogue at the 008 sundance Film Festival. Welcome. FESTIVAL FIlmS Documentary Competition World Cinema Documentary Competition Sixteen world-premiere films that represent the best Sixteen documentaries by talented new work in American nonfiction filmmaking. filmmakers from around the world. Dramatic Competition World Cinema Dramatic Competition Sixteen world-premiere films that signal the arrival of Sixteen films that provide a window into the newest voices and storytelling in American film. the thematic and aesthetic concerns of artists around the globe. Premieres new Frontier A selection of the latest work from established With film screenings, media installations, performances, directors and world premieres of highly anticipated and panels, New Frontier highlights work that pushes films. The Premieres program is presented by boundaries and celebrates the convergence of film and Entertainment Weekly. art as a hotbed for new ideas and experimentation. spectrum shorts Presenting out-of-competition films from around The Festival’s short-film lineup showcases the creative, the world, the Spectrum program is a tribute to the boundary-pushing work of filmmaking’s newest talent. abundance of the compelling new voices in independent Shorts screen as part of programs and before features filmmaking. This year, the Festival presents seven throughout the Festival. The Shorts Programs are Spectrum films in a Documentary Spotlight. presented by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Park City at Midnight Ranging from horror to comedies to explicit animation, these films offer a lively last stop on the nightly social circuit. ShoRTS ONLINE OFF ScReeN This year, the Festival continues its tradition of From solo acts and bands performing at the Music streaming an exclusive selection of short films online, Café and throughout the Festival, to panels and free of charge, on the official Festival website at discussions that bring emerging and veteran www.sundance.org/festival. Every day of the Festival, filmmakers together with industry leaders, to one new short film will premiere online for 24 hours. gatherings that assemble the Festival community, Off Screen programming presents music, art, and Additionally, Sundance Institute expands its effort to dialogue to make your Festival experience complete. build audiences for shorts with unique partnerships to make the Festival shorts available for purchase and download on Apple’s iTunes Movie Store, Netflix. com, and Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE. Short films launch simultaneously on all of these platforms beginning on January 18, 2008, and run through 2011. Presented in partnership with Sundance Channel. 2008 Sundance Film Festival www.sundance.org/festival WeLCoMe TO tHe FESTIVAL SUNDANce INSTITUte is proud to acknowledge and thank the Official Sponsors of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Sponsor support reflects a commitment to sustaining the vitality of independent film, filmmakers, and audiences. Their presence enriches the Festival experience and helps sustain the Institute’s programs for artists throughout the year. PR ESENTING SPONSORS leADERSHIP SPONSORS SUSTAINING SPONSORS GROUP PARTNER Official Television Network of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival 2008 Sundance Film Festival www.sundance.org/festival sPONSORs the following contributors provide a broad range of support for sundance Institute, from cash donations to in-kind goods and services. Many Institute Associates maintain year-round working relationships with the Institute characterized by mutually aligned missions that nurture independent vision and thought. through their donations of in-kind goods and services, official Providers help sustain Festival operations, keeping expenses at a minimum and directing more funds to the Institute’s core programs. Institute Associates Avid technology, Inc. Canon Broadcast Division A & e IndieFilms the Canyons Resort Alfred P. sloan Foundation Chamberlain West Hollywood American society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (AsCAP) City Weekly the Blackhouse Foundation Contemporary International BMI David Holland’s Resort Lodging and Conference services Convergys Corporation Deer Valley Lodging Directors Guild of America Digital Kitchen Discovery Films Digital Projection International eastman Kodak Company Dolby Laboratories, Inc. entertainment Partners etnies Film Finders, Withoutabox express shuttle Film Independent Flavorpill Film the West The Hollywood Reporter Focus Features Hotel Monaco salt Lake City FotoKem Film and Video Identity Properties Fox searchlight Pictures image.net IFP Internap Lionsgate KCRW.org Mediastile, Inc. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. Miramax Films KPCW nBC Universal KRCL 90.9 FM Community Radio new Line Cinema Los Angeles Times nYU tisch school of the Arts Manpower overture Films o.C. tanner Paramount Vantage ola Loa/Drink Your Vitamins Park City Municipal Corporation Panavision Film and Digital Imaging Park City Visitors Bureau and Film Commission Park City Marriott PBS PARK CItY TELeVIsION Picturehouse Paul Frank Regent Releasing Peery’s egyptian theater sAGIndie/screen Actors Guild Pierpont Place showtime networks, Inc. Primal screen, Inc. sony Pictures Classics QsC