A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (Director and Screenwriter: Dito Montiel) – A writer recounts his teenage experiences in tough 1980s Astoria, New York – where all his friends ended up dead, as junkies, or in prison – exploring how he managed to emerge unscathed. World Premiere.

COME EARLY MORNING (Director and Screenwriter: Joey Lauren Adams) – The story of a southern woman trying to escape her addictions and self-destructive behavior to find true love. World Premiere.

FLANNEL PAJAMAS (Director and Screenwriter: Jeff Lipsky) – A magical evening in a local diner sparks an intense courtship and an emotionally mercurial marriage that challenges two New Yorkers to the core. World Premiere.

FORGIVEN (Director and Screenwriter: Paul Fitzgerald) – On the eve of his campaign launch for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a small town District Attorney receives word that the governor has exonerated a death row inmate whom he'd prosecuted five years earlier. World Premiere.

HALF NELSON (Director: Ryan Fleck; Screenwriters: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck) – An innercity junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret. World Premiere.

THE HAWK IS DYING (Director: Julian Goldberger; Screenwriters: Harry Crews (novel) and Julian Goldberger) – A Gainesville, Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red – tailed hawk. World Premiere.

IN BETWEEN DAYS (Director: So Yong Kim; Screenwriters: So Yong Kim and Bradley Rust Gray) – When a recent Korean immigrant falls in love with her best and only friend, their misunderstood affection for each other creates a delicate relationship that is challenged by the demands of living in a new country. World Premiere.

PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS (Director and Screenwriter: Maria Maggenti) – On the rebound from her latest lesbian relationship, a New York writer finds herself in two surprising and complicated love affairs in this only-in-New-York screwball comedy. World Premiere.

QUINCEANERA (Directors and Screenwriters: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland) – Disaffected Latino teenagers come of age in a gentrifying community in Echo Park district of Los Angeles. World Premiere.

RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR (Director and Screenwriter: Chris Gorak) – Multiple dirty bombs are detonated and spread deadly toxic ash and mass panic throughout Los Angeles. With limited information, time and supplies, and in the midst of city – wide chaos, a married couple struggles to survive. World Premiere.

SHERRYBABY (Director and Screenwriter: Laurie Collyer) – After serving a three-year prison sentence, a young woman quickly discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned. World Premiere.

SOMEBODIES (Director and Screenwriter: Hadjii) – Surrounded by eccentric relatives, prankster classmates, and more-or-less rehabilitated ex-cons, a Black college student stumbles along the path to responsible adulthood. World Premiere.

STAY (Director and Screenwriter: Bobcat Goldthwait) – A youthful, impulsive sexual encounter opens the door to a dark comedy about the complexities of honesty. World Premiere.

STEEL CITY (Director and Screenwriter: Brian Jun) – In a small Midwest town, two irresponsible brothers must come to terms with the lives they live after their father is incarcerated for killing a woman. World Premiere.

STEPHANIE DALEY (Director and Screenwriter: Hilary Brougher) – A forensic psychologist, seven months pregnant, is hired to learn the truth behind a teenager's denial of accusations that she concealed her pregnancy and committed infanticide. World Premiere.

WRISTCUTTERS – A LOVE STORY (Director: Goran Dukic; screenwriters: Goran Dukic and Etgar Kerett) – An Offbeat Comedy, A Love Story, A Road Movie – But Everybody's Dead! World Premiere.

Sundance 2006: Documentary Lineup

Sundance 2006: World Cinema Documentary Lineup

Sundance 2006: World Cinema Dramatic Lineup