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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Sundance Film Festival</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/sundance-film-festival/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Self-Defeating War on Drugs, Military Rape, Oppression in the Occupied Territories: Sundance 2012 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-winners-war-on-drugs-military-rape/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-winners-war-on-drugs-military-rape/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:56:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36963</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ra'anan Alexandrovicz's The Law in These Parts Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, the story of a young girl growing up in Louisiana (to be released by Fox Searchlight) was the top U.S. narrative feature at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Eugene Jarecki's The House I Live In, a documentary about the United States' inane, costly, deadly, and corruptive war on drugs (good for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-winners-war-on-drugs-military-rape/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2012 Winners: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN, THE LAW IN THESE PARTS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-winners-violet-went-to-heaven-the-law-in-these-parts/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-winners-violet-went-to-heaven-the-law-in-these-parts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:25:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36960</guid> <description><![CDATA[Self-Defeating War on Drugs, Military Rape, Oppression in the Occupied Territories: Sundance 2012 Winners World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: Violeta Went to Heaven World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: The Law in These Parts U.S. Dramatic: Grand Jury Prize: Beasts of the Southern Wild U.S. Documentary: Grand Jury Prize: The House I Live In World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic: Valley of Saints World Cinema [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-winners-violet-went-to-heaven-the-law-in-these-parts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Watch Sundance 2012 Awards Online Live-Streaming</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/watch-sundance-2012-awards-online-live-streaming/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/watch-sundance-2012-awards-online-live-streaming/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:30:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>D. Zhea</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36959</guid> <description><![CDATA[You can watch the Sundance 2012 Awards online live-streaming right here on this page (scroll down for the live feed). John Cooper is hosting the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards ceremony, as originally announced host(ess) Parker Posey fell ill. A highly emotional Cooper has just finished reading a message dedicated to film executive Bingham Ray, who died Monday, January 23, after suffering a stroke at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/watch-sundance-2012-awards-online-live-streaming/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>1/2 REVOLUTION, BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS: Sundance 2012 World Cinema Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/putins-kiss-big-boys-gone-bananas-revolution-sundance-2012-world-cinema-documentary-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/putins-kiss-big-boys-gone-bananas-revolution-sundance-2012-world-cinema-documentary-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:48:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36070</guid> <description><![CDATA[Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim's ½ Revolution WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION ½ REVOLUTION / Denmark (Directors: Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim) — In January 2011, two filmmakers captured the reality of the Egyptian revolution as it occurred out of view from the world's media in the alleyways and streets away from the square – and in the process were arrested by the secret police. North [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/putins-kiss-big-boys-gone-bananas-revolution-sundance-2012-world-cinema-documentary-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WISH YOU WERE HERE, THE LAST ELVIS: Sundance 2012 World Cinema Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/wish-you-were-here-the-last-elvis-sundance-2012-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/wish-you-were-here-the-last-elvis-sundance-2012-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:48:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36069</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joel Edgerton, Wish You Were Here WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION 4 Suns / Czech Republic (Director/screenwriter: Bohdan Sláma) — Immature Fogi attempts to straighten up and accept his responsibilities as a new husband and father, as well as role model to his troubled son from a previous relationship, but finds himself unable to change his nature, leaving him to watch haplessly as his family begins [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/wish-you-were-here-the-last-elvis-sundance-2012-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME, LOVE FREE OR DIE: Sundance 2012 U.S. Documentary Competition Pt.2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/slavery-by-another-name-love-free-or-die-sundance-2012/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/slavery-by-another-name-love-free-or-die-sundance-2012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:19:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36066</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sam Pollard's Slavery by Another Name CHASING ICE, DETROPIA: Sundance 2012 U.S. Documentary Competition U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION (cont.) The Invisible War / U.S.A. (Director: Kirby Dick) — An investigative and powerfully emotional examination of the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the U.S. military, the institutions that cover up its existence and the profound personal and social consequences that arise from it. Marina Abramovi? The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/slavery-by-another-name-love-free-or-die-sundance-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CHASING ICE, DETROPIA: Sundance 2012 U.S. Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chasing-ice-detropia-sundance-2012-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chasing-ice-detropia-sundance-2012-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:18:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36065</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Orlowski's Chasing Ice U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION I The world premieres of 16 American documentary films. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry / U.S.A., China (Director: Alison Klayman) — Renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations and increasingly public clashes with the Chinese government. The Atomic States of America / U.S.A. (Directors: Don [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chasing-ice-detropia-sundance-2012-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2012 Movies: SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, HELLO I MUST BE GOING/U.S. Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/safety-not-guaranteed-hello-i-must-be-going-sundance-2012/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/safety-not-guaranteed-hello-i-must-be-going-sundance-2012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:05:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36058</guid> <description><![CDATA[Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass in Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed Sundance 2012 Movies: THE END OF LOVE, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON/U.S. Dramatic Competition U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION (Part II) Hello I Must Be Going / U.S.A. (Director: Todd Louiso, Screenwriter: Sarah Koskoff) — Divorced, childless, demoralized and condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35, Amy Minsky's prospects look bleak – [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/safety-not-guaranteed-hello-i-must-be-going-sundance-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2012 Movies: THE FIRST TIME, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON/U.S. Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-film-line-up/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-film-line-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:59:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36054</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brittany Anderson, Dylan O'Brien, The First Time U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION (Part I) The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films. Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under, in this tale of a six year old [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2012-film-line-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2011 Awards: Romantic Drama, Euthanasia Documentary Take Top US Prizes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-awards-romantic-drama-euthanasia-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-awards-romantic-drama-euthanasia-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:42:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26154</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Like Crazy Time for some Oscar 2012 predictions. Earlier this evening, the Sundance Film Festival announced the winners of its 2011 edition. [Full list of Sundance 2011 winners.] Drake Doremus' romantic drama Like Crazy, about a young American and his young British lover who are forced to live apart after she overstays her visa in the US, won the jury award [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-awards-romantic-drama-euthanasia-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2011 Winners: LIKE CRAZY, HOW TO DIE IN OREGON</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-winners-like-crazy-how-to-die-in-oregon/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-winners-like-crazy-how-to-die-in-oregon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26152</guid> <description><![CDATA[Felicity Jones in Drake Doremus' Like Crazy Sundance 2011 Awards: Romantic Drama, Euthanasia Documentary Take Top US Prizes Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic Like Crazy Grand Jury Prize, Documentary How to Die in Oregon World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic Happy, Happy World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary Hell and Back Again Dramatic Audience Award Circumstance Documentary Audience Award Buck World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award Kinyarwanda World Cinema [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-winners-like-crazy-how-to-die-in-oregon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2011: World Cinema Documentary Competition &#8211; Intelligent Chimpanzees, Iranian Oppression, Ghana Election</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-world-cinema-documentary-competition-intelligent-chimpanzee/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-world-cinema-documentary-competition-intelligent-chimpanzee/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:49:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25620</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ali Samadi Ahadi's The Green Wave WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION This year's 12 films were selected from 796 international documentary submissions. An African Election / Switzerland, U.S.A. (Director: Jarreth Merz) &#8211; The 2008 presidential elections in Ghana, West Africa, serve as a backdrop for this feature documentary that looks behind the scenes at the complex, political machinery of a third-world democracy struggling to avoid civil [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-world-cinema-documentary-competition-intelligent-chimpanzee/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2011: World Cinema Dramatic Competition &#8211; Sex-Starved Housewives, Vampires, Car Salesmen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-world-cinema-dramatic-competition-sex-starved-housewives/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-world-cinema-dramatic-competition-sex-starved-housewives/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:36:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25619</guid> <description><![CDATA[Agnes Kittelsen in Anne Sewitsky's Happy Happy WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION This year's 14 films were selected from 1,073 international narrative feature submissions. Abraxas / Japan (Director: Naoki Kato; Screenwriters: Dai Sako and Naoki Kato) &#8211; After botching a speech on career guidance at a local high school, a depressed Zen monk with a heavy metal past realizes that only music can revive his spirit. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-world-cinema-dramatic-competition-sex-starved-housewives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2011: U.S. Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-us-documentary-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-us-documentary-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:19:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25618</guid> <description><![CDATA[U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION This year's 16 films were selected from 841 submissions. Each is a World Premiere. Beats, Rhymes and Life (Director: Michael Rapaport) &#8211; The story of the rise and influence of one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the collective known as A Tribe Called Quest. BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer's Journey (Director: Constance Marks) &#8211; The Muppet [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-us-documentary-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2011: U.S. Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-us-dramatic-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-us-dramatic-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25617</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dagmara Dominczyk, Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground (photo: Molly Hawke) U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION This year's 16 films were selected from 1,102 submissions. Each is a World Premiere. Another Earth (Director: Mike Cahill; Screenwriters: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling) — On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, a horrible tragedy irrevocably alters the lives of two strangers, who begin an unlikely love affair. Cast: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sundance-2011-us-dramatic-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>More Sundance 2010 Winners: SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS, ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sundance-2010-winners-sympathy-for-delicious-664/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sundance-2010-winners-sympathy-for-delicious-664/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:49:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21477</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2010 Winners: WINTER’S BONE, ANIMAL KINGDOM, RESTREPO, THE RED CHAPEL Sundance 2010 special jury prizes went to the following: Sympathy for Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo and written by Christopher Thornton, who starred as a recently paralyzed DJ hooked on faith healing (Orlando Bloom plays a rocker in this one); Josh Fox’s documentary GasLand, about the effects of natural gas on air and water; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sundance-2010-winners-sympathy-for-delicious-664/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance Winners: WINTER&#039;S BONE, ANIMAL KINGDOM, RESTREPO, THE RED CHAPEL</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sundance-winners-2010-winters-bone-899/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sundance-winners-2010-winters-bone-899/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:57:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21474</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (top); Joel Edgerton in Animal Kingdom (middle); Kate Mara, Josh Radnor in Happythankyoumoreplease (bottom) Debra Granik's Winter’s Bone, Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s Restrepo, David Michod’s Animal Kingdom, and Mads Bruegger’s The Red Chapel were the four top jury prize winners at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone chronicles a teenage girl's difficult passage to full-fledged [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sundance-winners-2010-winters-bone-899/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Kristen Stewart TWILIGHT Effect: WELCOME TO THE RILEYS E-Mail Attack</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/kristen-stewart-twilight-welcome-to-the-rileys-108/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/kristen-stewart-twilight-welcome-to-the-rileys-108/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:54:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21472</guid> <description><![CDATA[Twilight fans have been inundating with e-mails potential Welcome to the Rileys buyers, begging them to get the rights to the Kristen Stewart (above) vehicle in which the Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon star plays a pole dancer/sex worker. Directed by Jake Scott and written by Ken Hixon, the drama also stars The Sopranos' James Gandolfini as the young woman's savior. &#34;PLEASE!! you [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/kristen-stewart-twilight-welcome-to-the-rileys-108/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>35</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kristen Stewart&#039;s THE RUNAWAYS Reviews: Sundance 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-the-runaways-reviews-445/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-the-runaways-reviews-445/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:05:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21288</guid> <description><![CDATA[In The Hollywood Reporter, Kirk Honeycutt calls Kristen Stewart's performance as The Runaways singer Joan Jett &#34;the driving force&#34; of Floria Sigismondi's debut narrative film The Runaways, which co-stars Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon. Tatum O'Neal, a child star and already an Oscar winner at the time Jett's band came to prominence in the mid-'70s, has a supporting role in the film. At Entertainment Weekly, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-the-runaways-reviews-445/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION Premiere: Sundance 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/8-the-mormon-proposition-sundance-556/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/8-the-mormon-proposition-sundance-556/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:54:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21277</guid> <description><![CDATA[Reed Cowan's 8: The Mormon Proposition received two &#34;sustained standing ovations&#34; at its Sundance Film Festival screening on Sunday, reports Sean P. Means in The Salt Lake Tribune. A rumored protest against the film failed to materialize. Narrated by Milk's Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black &#8212; who happens to be gay and to have been raised Mormon &#8212; 8: The Mormon Proposition accuses the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/8-the-mormon-proposition-sundance-556/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning in THE RUNAWAYS: Sundance 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-dakota-fanning-the-runaways-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-dakota-fanning-the-runaways-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:46:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21266</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Twilight Saga's Kristen Stewart is making a splash at the 2010 edition of the Sundance Film Festival. First, she was a foul-mouthed stripper/sex worker in Jake Scott's Welcome to the Rileys. Then comes writer-director Floria Sigismondi's narrative feature debut The Runaways, in which Stewart plays rocker Joan Jett, who fled home at the age of 16 and co-founded with Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-dakota-fanning-the-runaways-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kristen Stewart Praised for WELCOME TO THE RILEYS: Sundance 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-welcome-to-the-rileys-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-welcome-to-the-rileys-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:15:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21258</guid> <description><![CDATA[“I’m not ‘playing a stripper.' It’s really not a stripper movie at all. It sort of just opens your eyes about people that don’t have options. I know I’m speaking really vaguely about it.” That's Kristen Stewart, as quoted by Chris Lee in the Los Angeles Times blog 24 Frames. In the above quote, the lovestruck Bella from the The Twilight Saga movies, ever torn [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/kristen-stewart-welcome-to-the-rileys-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: Lucas Black, ENTER THE VOID, PLEASE GIVE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-lucas-black-please-give-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-lucas-black-please-give-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:29:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21248</guid> <description><![CDATA[At Blast Magazine, Brooklyne Kelly Peters does a q&#38;a with Lucas Black of Get Low, which co-stars Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray (above, with Black), and Robert Duvall as an old hermit who may or may not have murdered a man a long while back. &#34;There’s more movies that should be made like Get Low,&#34; Black says. &#34;Every movie that’s made these days, it’s gotta be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-lucas-black-please-give-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION Sells Out at Sundance</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/8-the-mormon-proposition-sundance-989/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/8-the-mormon-proposition-sundance-989/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:41:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alessandro Moretti</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20808</guid> <description><![CDATA[8: The Mormon Proposition, Reed Cowan's (photo) controversial documentary on the connection between the Latter-day Saints Church and the passage of the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 in California in fall 2008, has sold out five screenings at the Sundance Film Festival, according to a report in Cache Valley's Herald Journal. (That's in northern Utah.) The report adds that tickets for 8: The Mormon Proposition &#34;were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/8-the-mormon-proposition-sundance-989/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010 Jury</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-jury-998/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-jury-998/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:45:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20616</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Sundance Film Festival has announced the members of its five juries for 2010. U.S. Documentary Competition Jury: filmmakers Greg Barker, Dayna Goldfine, Morgan Spurlock and Ondi Timoner, and Wired senior editor Nancy Miller U.S. Dramatic Competition Jury: novelist Russell Banks, producer Jason Kliot, director Karyn Kusama, actress Parker Posey, cinematographer Robert Yeoman World Cinema Documentary Competition Jury: documentarian Jennifer Baichwal, PBS correspondent Jeffrey Brown, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-jury-998/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: THE ROMANTICS, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, IT&#039;S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-the-romantics-the-kids-are-all-right-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-the-romantics-the-kids-are-all-right-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:01:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19915</guid> <description><![CDATA[Three more world premieres to be screened out of competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right (above), starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson; Galt Niederhoffer's The Romantics, featuring an ensemble cast that includes Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Anna Paquin, Adam Brody, Malin Ackerman, Elijah Wood, Candice Bergen, Jeremy Strong, and Dianna Agron; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-the-romantics-the-kids-are-all-right-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: New Frontier</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-new-frontier-949/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-new-frontier-949/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:55:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19120</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: NEW FRONTIER All My Friends Are Funeral Singers by Tim Rutili This program highlights work that explores the limits of traditional aesthetics and the narrative structures of filmmaking. Film info from the Sundance press release. All My Friends Are Funeral Singers / USA (Director and screenwriter: Tim Rutili) &#8212; A fortune teller lives and works in and old house crowded with ghosts.  When [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-new-frontier-949/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: Park City at Midnight</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-park-city-at-midnight-659/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-park-city-at-midnight-659/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:52:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19121</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT Ryan Reynolds in Buried Film info from the Sundance press release. 7 Days / Canada (Director: Daniel Grou; Screenwriter: Patrick Senecal) &#8212; A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who murdered his young daughter. Cast: Rémy Girard, Claude Legault, Fanny Mallette, Martin Dubreuil, Rose-Marie Coallier. World Premiere Buried / Spain, USA (Director: Rodrigo Cortes; Screenwriter: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-park-city-at-midnight-659/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: Spotlight &#8211; Documentaries</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-spotlight-documentaries-484/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-spotlight-documentaries-484/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:50:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19122</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: SPOTLIGHT (DOCUMENTARIES) Climate Refugees by Michael Nash Film info from the Sundance press release. 8: The Mormon Proposition / USA (Director: Reed Cowan) &#8212; An examination of the relationship between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the promotion and passage of California's Proposition 8 denying marriage rights for Gay and Lesbian couples. World Premiere Catfish / USA (Directors: Henry Joost [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-spotlight-documentaries-484/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: Spotlight &#8211; Narrative</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-spotlight-narrative-843/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-spotlight-narrative-843/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:48:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19123</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: SPOTLIGHT (NARRATIVE) Sylvie Testud in Lourdes Film info from the Sundance press release. Bran Nue Dae / Australia (Director: Rachel Perkins; Screenwriters: Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins, and Jimmy Chi) &#8212; In the summer of 1965, a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome &#8212; fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. Cast: Rocky McKenzie, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-spotlight-narrative-843/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: Next</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-next-435/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-next-435/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:45:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19124</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: NEXT (&#60;=&#62;) One Too Many Mornings by Michael Mohan Film info from the Sundance press release. Armless (Director: Habib Azar; Screenwriter: Kyle Jarrow) &#8212; In this off-kilter comedy, a woman comes to terms with her husband's strange secret. Cast: Daniel London, Janel Moloney, Matt Walton, Zoe Lister-Jones, Laurie Kennedy, Keith Powell. World Premiere Bass Ackwards (Director and screenwriter: Linas Phillips) &#8212; After ending [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-next-435/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: Premieres</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-premieres-435/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-premieres-435/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:40:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19125</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: PREMIERES Bill Murray, Robert Duvall in Get Low Film info from the Sundance press release. Abel / Mexico, USA (Director: Diego Luna; Screenwriters: Diego Luna and Agusto Mendoza) &#8212; A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence. Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, Carlos Aragon, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza. World Premiere Cane [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-premieres-435/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: US Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-us-dramatic-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-us-dramatic-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:05:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19079</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2010: U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION Aaron Tveit, James Franco in Howl by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman The 16 films listed below were selected from 1,058 submissions. Each film is a world premiere. Film information from the Sundance Film Festival website. Blue Valentine (Director: Derek Cianfrance; Screenwriters: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis) &#8212; Blue Valentine is the story of love lost and love found [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-us-dramatic-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: World Cinema Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-world-cinema-narrative-competition-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-world-cinema-narrative-competition-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:27:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19068</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: WORLD CINEMA NARRATIVE COMPETITION Lola Dueñas, Pablo Pineda in Me Too by Álvaro Pastor, Antonio Naharro This year’s 14 films were selected from 1,022 international narrative feature submissions. Film information from the Sundance Film Festival website. All that I Love / Poland (Director and Screenwriter: Jacek Borcuch) &#8212; In 1981, during the growing Polish Solidarity movement, four small-town teenagers form a punk rock [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-world-cinema-narrative-competition-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: World Cinema Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-world-cinema-documentary-competition-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-world-cinema-documentary-competition-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:26:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19069</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION The Red Chapel by Mads Brügger This year’s 12 films were selected from 782 international documentary submissions. Film information from the Sundance Film Festival website. A Film Unfinished / Germany, Israel (Director: Yael Hersonski) &#8212; Film reels uncovered in Nazi archives reveal the mechanisms used to stage Warsaw Ghetto life&#8211;images which have shaped our view of history. World Premiere [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-world-cinema-documentary-competition-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2010: US Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-us-documentary-competition-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-us-documentary-competition-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:26:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19066</guid> <description><![CDATA[SUNDANCE 2010: U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION This year 16 films were selected from 862 submissions. Each film is a world premiere. Film information from the Sundance Film Festival website. Bhutto (Directors: Jessica Hernandez and Johnny O'Hara; Screenwriter: Johnny O'Hara) &#8212; A riveting journey through the life and work of recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister and a polarizing figure in the Muslim world. World [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2010-us-documentary-competition-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2009 Sundance Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-sundance-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-sundance-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:01:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15481</guid> <description><![CDATA[Among the top winners at Sundance 2009 were Grand Jury and Audience: U.S. Dramatic winner Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire (as opposed to the upcoming sci-fi thriller Push, starring Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans). Directed by Lee Daniels and adapted by Damien Pearl, Push follows an overweight, pregnant teenager living in Harlem who must struggle to find her place in the world. Mo'Nique, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-sundance-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:00:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7402</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards 2009 Sundance Film Festival: January 15-25, 2009 &#160; Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic: Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary: We Live in Public, directed by Ondi Timoner World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: The Maid (La Nana), directed by Sebastián Silva World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: Rough Aunties, directed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-phillip-morris-sarandon-gere/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-phillip-morris-sarandon-gere/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:35:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7391</guid> <description><![CDATA[Damon Wise in the London Times: &#34;Written by the team responsible for the similarly dark Bad Santa and based on a true story, I Love You Phillip Morris is an extraordinary film that serves as a reminder of just how good [Jim] Carrey [above, with Ewan McGregor] can be when he's not tied into a generic Hollywood crowd-pleaser. His comic timing remains as exquisite as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-phillip-morris-sarandon-gere/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Gay Themes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-gay-themes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-gay-themes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7224</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morris Gay boycott or no, Sundance 2009 has several films dealing &#8212; at least to some extent &#8212; with gay characters. The most publicized gay-focused film at Sundance is I Love You Phillip Morris, about a scary-looking ex-cop (Jim Carrey) who becomes a criminal and is arrested. While in jail, he falls for a fellow inmate [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-gay-themes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009 Buzz</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-buzz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-buzz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:29:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7222</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter Travers in Rolling Stones: &#34;It begins again. Here I am in Park Cty [sic], Utah, where Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary by trying to bust through the gloom of a nation's economic crisis and the growing pissy impatience among audiences for any movies that don't have cute dogs or horror scenes in 3D. What does that mean for indie films [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-buzz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Ten Shorts on itunes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-ten-shorts-on-itunes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-ten-shorts-on-itunes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:28:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7223</guid> <description><![CDATA[James by Connor Clements The following Sundance 2009 short films are available for viewing/downloading &#8212; free of charge &#8212; via itunes stores in the US, UK, and Canada. They'll remain available until Jan. 25. Go to www.iTunes.com/sundance. The available films are (synopses from the Sundance Festival's press release): Acting for the Camera (Director: Justin Nowell; Screenwriter: Thomas Nowell) &#8212; An acting class. Today's scene: the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-ten-shorts-on-itunes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Frontier</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-frontier/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-frontier/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:44:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5389</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Frontier Where Is Where by Eija-Liisa Ahtila Artist Spotlight: The Works of Maria Marshall / U.S. (Director: Maria Marshall) Maria Marshall's disturbing and gorgeously composed video projections provoke the psychological dimensions of cinema. Often violent and always visually charming, Marshall often uses her two sons in the main roles of her films. Her work tackles fundamental subjects of motherhood, socialization and life experience [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-frontier/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Park City at Midnight</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-park-city-at-midnight/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-park-city-at-midnight/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:43:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5388</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Park City at Midnight Dead Snow by Tommy Wirkola &#160; Black Dynamite / U.S. (Director: Scott Sanders; screenwriters: Michael Jai White, Scott Sanders, Byron Minns) When &#34;The Man&#34; murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to take him on. Cast: Michael Jai White, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-park-city-at-midnight/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Spectrum &#8211; Documentary Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum-documentary-films/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum-documentary-films/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:41:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16386</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Spectrum The Yes Men Fix the World by Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr Documentary Films: It Might Get Loud / U.S. (Director: Davis Guggenheim) The history of the electric guitar from the point of view of three legendary rock musicians. Cast: The Edge, Jimmy Page, Jack White. U.S. premiere No Impact Man / U.S. (Directors: Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein) The film follows [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum-documentary-films/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Spectrum &#8211; Dramatic Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:40:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5386</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Spectrum Johnny Mad Dog by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire Dramatic Films: Against the Current / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Peter Callahan) Facing the anniversary of his pregnant wife's tragic death, 35-year-old Paul Thompson enlists the help of two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River. Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser, Mary Tyler Moore, Michelle Trachtenberg. World premiere The Anarchist's Wife (La [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Premieres</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-premieres/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-premieres/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:38:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5384</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Premieres Mary and Max by Adam Elliot Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola) In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin) After enduring vastly different [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-premieres/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-film-line-up/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-film-line-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:03:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5354</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Daniels, Lou Taylor Pucci in The Dream of Romans (top); Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan in An Education (bottom) Perhaps it's just my impression, but the 25th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 15-25, 2009, in Park City, Utah, seems to be focused on more commercial fare. If so, that's understandable considering that for the most part Sundance films have been [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-film-line-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: World Cinema Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-documentary-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-documentary-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:02:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5341</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: World Cinema Documentary Competition &#160; Afghan Star (above) / Afghanistan and U.K. (Director: Havana Marking) After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, &#34;Pop Idol&#34; has come to television in Afghanistan &#8212; and millions are watching and voting for their favorite singer. This film follows the dramatic stories of four contestants as they risk their lives to sing. North American premiere Big River [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-documentary-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: World Cinema Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5337</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: World Cinema Dramatic Competition &#160; Nathalie Baye in A French Gigolo &#160; Before Tomorrow (Le Jour Avant Lendemain) / Canada (Directors: Madeline Piujuq, Marie-Helene Cousineau) A wise old woman fights to survive impossible circumstances with her young grandson in the Canadian Arctic. Cast: Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik, Tumasie Sivuarapik. U.S. premiere Bronson / U.K. (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
