2008 Sundance Film Festival
A list of the films screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. A good place to start is "In Bruges" and "The Visitor."
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Trouble the Water
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Frozen River
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Man On Wire
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)
Audience Award: Documentary - Fields of Fuel
Audience Award: Dramatic - The Wackness
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Man on Wire
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Captain Abu Raed
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Trouble the Water
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Frozen River
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Man On Wire
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)
Audience Award: Documentary - Fields of Fuel
Audience Award: Dramatic - The Wackness
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Man on Wire
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Captain Abu Raed
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- DirectorBrett SimonStarsReece ThompsonMischa BartonBruce WillisAt a Catholic high school, a sophomore newspaper reporter investigates a case of stolen SAT exams. He thinks he's nailed the suspect and managed to get the popular girl when he realises a larger conspiracy is afoot.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJack BlackYasiin BeyDanny GloverTwo bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars.
- DirectorNeil YoungBenjamin JohnsonStarsDavid CrosbyStephen StillsGraham NashThe war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Freedom of Speech Tour" crisscrosses North America. Echoes of Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment abound as the band connects with today's audiences.
- DirectorSteven SchachterStarsWilliam H. MacyMeg RyanLL Cool JA Hollywood producer starts with his nephew's script on Disraeli, Jewish PM in 1800s UK, and ends filming in Cape Town with a black action star. Will a movie be made? Will he score Deidre?
- DirectorBoaz YakinStarsJosh LucasJacqueline BissetLukas HaasThe devastating legacy of a liaison between a concentration camp inmate and a Nazi doctor reflects on the lives of her sons.
- DirectorTerry KinneyStarsMatthew BroderickVirginia MadsenAlan AldaA Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.
- DirectorRupert WyattStarsBrian CoxDamian LewisJoseph FiennesFrank is 14 years into a life sentence when he decides to break out of the London prison to set things right with his ill junkie daughter. He plans an ingenious escape requiring 4 inmates with different skills.
- DirectorSean McGinlyStarsColin HanksJohn MalkovichTom HanksA young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
- DirectorAmy RedfordStarsSaffron BurrowsIsaach De BankoléPaz de la HuertaThe life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsLuke WilsonRadha MitchellGeorge LopezHenry Poole moves in to a house in his old neighborhood, to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a miracle by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
- DirectorSharon MaguireStarsMichelle WilliamsEwan McGregorMatthew MacfadyenA woman's life is forever changed when tragedy strikes at a soccer match.
- DirectorMichael KeatonStarsMichael KeatonKelly MacdonaldBobby CannavaleA woman leaves an abusive husband to start a new life in Chicago, where she befriends a man undergoing an emotional crisis, who she does not know is a professional killer, and a detective, who is investigating the hit man.
- DirectorKenny LeonStarsSean 'Diddy' CombsSanaa LathanAudra McDonaldAn African-American family struggles with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry.
- DirectorTom KalinStarsJulianne MooreEddie RedmayneStephen DillaneA dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies...
- DirectorBill MaherStarsCharlize TheronNick StahlAnnaSophia RobbThe drama follows a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.
- DirectorNoam MurroStarsDennis QuaidThomas Haden ChurchSarah Jessica ParkerInto the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.
- DirectorAlan BallStarsSummer BishilAaron EckhartPeter MacdissiA young Lebanese-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsWoody HarrelsonEmily MortimerBen KingsleyA Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsRichard JenkinsHaaz SleimanDanai GuriraA college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert De NiroJohn TurturroStanley TucciTwo weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
- DirectorPatrick SisamStarsTom ArnoldArmando AcevedoHolland HayesA commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
- DirectorUdayan PrasadStarsWilliam HurtMaria BelloKristen StewartA road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
- DirectorSacha GervasiStarsRobb ReinerSteve 'Lips' KudlowTiziana ArrigoniSince 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.
- DirectorTimothy Greenfield-SandersStarsKareem Abdul-JabbarSean 'Diddy' CombsThelma GoldenJournalist Elvis Mitchell interviews twenty-two African American leaders, ranging from athletes and academics to politicians, social activists, and artists, providing a series of living portraits-a unique glimpse into the zeitgeist of black America-and redefining traditional notions of a "blacklist".
- DirectorSusan KochJeff WernerStarsColin FarrellBrandon FrancisThe lives of homeless people are changed forever through an international soccer competition. This film follows six players as they set off for Cape Town, South Africa to play in the Homeless World Cup.
- DirectorSeth KramerDaniel A. MillerJeremy NewbergerStarsGregory D.S. AndersonK. David HarrisonDavid and Greg are "The Linguists," who document languages on the verge of extinction. In the rugged landscapes of Siberia, India, and Bolivia, their resolve is tested by institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest.
- DirectorStacy PeraltaStarsJim BrownTony MuhammadKershaun ScottWith a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockGeorge BushDick CheneyMorgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror.
- DirectorStephen WalkerSally GeorgeStarsJoe BenoitHelen BostonLouise CanadyA documentary on a chorus of senior citizens from Massachusetts who cover songs by Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay, Sonic Youth, and other unexpected musicians.
- DirectorAustin ChickStarsJosh HartnettNaomie HarrisAdam ScottAugust centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- DirectorJay DuplassMark DuplassStarsRoss PartridgeSteve ZissisGreta GerwigFour "actors" go to a cabin in the woods for the weekend to write a movie script. They talk about a relationship movie or a paper bag over the head movie. It starts with an anonymous baghead and slowly escalates.
- DirectorCraig LucasStarsMatthew PerryBen FosterGinnifer GoodwinA regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause around town.
- DirectorStanley TucciStarsStanley TucciPatricia ClarksonThijs RömerAffected by tragedy, a married couple decide to role play a blind date.
- DirectorRandall MillerStarsChris PineAlan RickmanBill PullmanThe story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".
- DirectorTom HinesStarsJR BourneEmily WagnerCarrie BakerTruman Korovin is a lonely, sharp-witted cab driver in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1980. The usual routine of picking up fares and spending his nights at his favorite bar, the Boatel, is disrupted when his girlfriend, Emily, dumps him on one of the coldest nights of the year. After an acid trip, Truman winds up in the local loony bin. Imprisoned in a grueling therapy group, Truman gets re-acquainted with loonies who are his old cab fares, which includes a local stripper he has insulted more than once. In this world, Truman must find or lose himself.
- DirectorDavid ZellnerStarsDavid ZellnerNathan ZellnerCaroline O'ConnorA recently divorced man tries to find the one aspect of his marriage that still matters to him: his missing cat, Goliath.
- DirectorDennis DortchStarsKathryn Taylor SmithBrandon Valley JonesChonte HarrisA between-the-sheets peek at Black Love and Sexuality.
- DirectorJan SchütteStarsOtto TausigRhea PerlmanBarbara HersheyAn 80-year-old man continues to pursue his love life with youthful vigor, risking his relationship with the woman he loves. Based on the short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
- DirectorAzazel JacobsStarsMatt BorenFlo JacobsKen JacobsA man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.
- DirectorCarlos BrooksStarsNick StahlVera FarmigaLeonardo NamA semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.
- DirectorTrygve Allister DiesenLucky McKeeStarsBrian CoxNoel FisherKyle GallnerA reclusive man sets out for justice and redemption when three troublesome teens kill his dog for no good reason.
- DirectorJames Benning
- DirectorBlutchCharles BurnsMarie CaillouStarsAure AtikaGuillaume DepardieuNicole GarciaSeveral scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
- DirectorMia TrachingerStarsLeslie SilvaJason OliveTom MadenIn a world in which the past, present and future simultaneously unfold, a woman whose genetic mutation leaves her devoid of morality struggles to preserve her romance with the man she loves.
- DirectorFudong YangStarsRan ChenKong ChenjiangYanqin GaoA rare screening of the artist's most recently completed films in his celebrated series, based on the history of seven intellectuals in the ancient Chinese Wei and Jin Dynasties.
- DirectorAri GoldStarsAri GoldMichael McKeanJane LynchIn his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsLena HeadeyUlrich ThomsenMelvil PoupaudAfter seeing herself drive down the street, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a mystery centered around a broken mirror.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsMichelle MorganJoshua CloseShawn RobertsA group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.
- DirectorOlly BlackburnStarsSian BreckinNichola BurleyJaime WinstoneThings go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsNaomi WattsTim RothMichael PittTwo psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
- DirectorLarry BishopStarsLarry BishopDennis HopperMichael MadsenTwo rival bikers gangs, the Victors and the Six-Six-Six's, refuel their decades-old rivalry.
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsJey CrisfarMarcel SchluttNicholas Fox RicciardiOtto is a handsome, sensitive, neo-Goth zombie with an identity crisis wandering the streets of the city, until one day he auditions for a zombie film...
- DirectorNacho VigalondoStarsKarra ElejaldeCandela FernándezBárbara GoenagaA man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
- DirectorEdet BelzbergStarsBobby BarriosChris DaigleMatthew MarksUncle Sam really wants you! A compelling exploration of army recruitment in the United States told through the story of Louisiana Sergeant, First Class Clay Usie, one of the most successful recruiters in the history of the U.S. Army.
- DirectorNanette BursteinStarsHannah BaileyJake TusingMegan KrizmanichA documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
- DirectorChris BellStarsChris BellMike BellMark BellAn examination of America's win-at-all-cost culture from the perspective of bodybuilding and performance enhancing drugs, as it focuses on a pair of siblings chasing their dream.
- DirectorJoshua TickellStarsLaurie LennardJoshua TickellLarry DavidAmerica is addicted to oil and it is time for an intervention. Enter Josh Tickell, a man with a plan and a Veggie Van, who is taking on big oil, big government, and big soy to find solutions in places few people have looked.
- DirectorIrena SalinaDan BergerStarsBill AlexanderMaude BarlowBasil BoldWater is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. 'Flow' confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsHunter S. ThompsonJohnny DeppJoe CairoA portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
- DirectorLisa F. JacksonJackson travels to remote villages in the war zones of the Congo to meet rape survivors, providing a piercing, intimate look into the struggle of their lives.
- DirectorPatrick CreadonStarsRobert BixbyHumphrey BogartWarren BuffettFew are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.
- DirectorEllen KurasThavisouk PhrasavathStarsThavisouk PhrasavathThe epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the family's extraordinary journey in this deeply personal, poetic, and emotional film.
- DirectorMargaret BrownIn 2007 Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras is celebrated... and complicated. Following a cast of characters, parades, and parties across an enduring color line, we see that beneath the surface of pageantry lies something else altogether.
- DirectorSteven SebringStarsPatti SmithLenny KayeOliver RayAn intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer Patti Smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself.
- DirectorMarina ZenovichStarsAndrew BraunsbergRichard BrennemanDouglas DaltonExamines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
- DirectorPeter GalisonRobb MossStarsSteven AftergoodThomas BlantonJames BruceAmidst the American hunger for instantaneous news and up-to-date "facts," this unflinching film uncovers the vast, invisible world of government secrecy.
- DirectorJacqueline Reem SalloumStarsTamer NafarSuhell NafarMahmoud JreriThe voice of a new generation rocks and rhymes as Palestinian rappers form alternative voices of resistance within the Israeli-Palestinian struggle.
- 1988– 1h 26m7.0 (61)TV EpisodeDirectorKatrina BrowneAlla KovganJude RayStarsKatrina BrowneKeila DePoorterTom DeWolfHistory finally gets rewritten as descendants of the largest slave-trading family in early America face their past, and present, as they explore their violent heritage across oceans and continents.
- DirectorCarl DealTia LessinStarsMichael BrownGeorge W. BushJulie Chen MoonvesA redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.
- DirectorNeil AbramsonStarsNick CannonMatt SiglochDotan BaerThe story of a young Marine, fresh from Camp Pendleton, who is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during a four-day Thanksgiving leave.
- DirectorChusyStarsFrank AveryJeremiah BrennanRalph BrierleyTold in three segments ranging from satirical to tragic, the film is a wildly original look at American manners, prejudices, and family dynamics.
- DirectorClark GreggStarsSam RockwellAnjelica HustonKelly MacdonaldA sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsMaria BelloRufus SewellJason PatricAn unhappy wife orders a guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love.
- DirectorCourtney HuntStarsMelissa LeoMisty UphamCharlie McDermottA mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?
- DirectorMarianna PalkaStarsMarianna PalkaJason RitterEric EdelsteinA look at the relationship between a lonely introverted girl and a young video store clerk vying for her attention.
- DirectorGeoffrey HaleyStarsWes BentleyWinona RyderRay RomanoA man (Bentley) who makes his living composing other people's suicide notes enters into a romance with the sister (Ryder) of a recent client.
- DirectorRawson Marshall ThurberStarsJon FosterPeter SarsgaardSienna MillerA college graduate's defining summer crossing his gangster dad and exploring love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.
- DirectorMatthew StantonStarsJerome HawkinsMatthew StantonChris SullivanAfter witnessing the brutal murder of his best friend, a young African American man flees the badlands of Houston and finds himself in Trublin, a backward, racially intolerant town where he meets an unlikely kindred spirit who takes him under his wing.
- DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsElle FanningPatricia ClarksonFelicity HuffmanConfounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.
- DirectorPaul SchneiderStarsBilly CrudupPaul GiamattiDavid HornsbyA comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
- DirectorAlex RiveraStarsLuis Fernando PeñaLeonor VarelaJacob VargasThe near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.
- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsAlgenis Perez SotoJose RijoWalki CuevasDominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.
- DirectorChristine JeffsStarsAmy AdamsEmily BluntAlan ArkinIn order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.
- DirectorJonathan LevineStarsJosh PeckBen KingsleyOlivia ThirlbyIt's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
- DirectorAlexandra WestmeierIn post-Soviet Russia, troubled underage boys caught at various offenses (from stealing to multiple murder) are committed for a few years to closed state reform schools. There, they live in a military type of regime, starting the day with open air exercises, making beds to absurdly meticulous rules etcetera. Ironically, many come from such poor and/or abusive, often broken families that a structured life with three square meals, a warm dorm and regular classes feels like a better deal, some actually dread returning home.
- DirectorPietra BrettkellyStarsMatthu PlacekVanessa BeecroftJeffrey DeitchVanessa Beecroft is obsessively determined to adopt Sudanese twin orphans. Her consuming passion drives her marriage to a breaking point and fuels her controversial art, raising troubling questions about exploitation, culture clash, and the imposition of the West on Africa.
- DirectorTanaz EshaghianAn intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran, seen through the lens of those living at its fringes, 'Be Like Others' is a provocative look at a generation of young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex change surgery.
- DirectorChris WaittStarsAleksandra BoyarskayaDanielle McLeodOlivia TrenchA humorous look at life for a loser in love.
- DirectorIsaac JulienBernard RoseStarsDavid HockneyDerek JarmanChris LoweA film involving two courageous and innovative artists-one the subject and one the filmmaker-provides a cinematic journey that illuminates the work and enduring importance of the late Derek Jarman.
- DirectorSachithanandam SathananthanSabiha SumarFrom on-the-street interviews to audiences with religious leaders to dinner with the President of Pakistan, the film takes the temperature of a culture on issues from politics to women's rights.
- DirectorNino KirtadzeRussian nationalism percolates in a castle outside Moscow, where Mikhail Morozov rules autonomously over young initiates, laying the groundwork for a rapidly growing right-wing movement.
- DirectorMarc EvansStarsMumia Abu-JamalYasiin BeyNoam ChomskyA look at the life of imprisoned political activist and former Black Panther member, Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose death sentence for killing a police officer was overturned in 2001 due to errors made during his original 1982 sentencing hearing.
- DirectorJames MarshStarsPhilippe PetitJean François HeckelJean-Louis BlondeauA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
- DirectorKazuya YamadaStarsPuujeeYoshiharu SekinoAgainst the backdrop of a magnificent but harsh natural landscape, a Japanese photojournalist encounters puujee, a young girl who tames wild horses on the Mongolian plains.
- DirectorMahmoud al MassadStarsAbu AmarA Jordanian family man living in the hometown of Muslim leader Al-Zarqawi struggles to support his family and define his identity in a tense political climate.
- DirectorGonzalo ArijonStarsJose AlgortaRoberto CanessaAlfredo DelgadoFor the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1972 Andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival.
- DirectorPatrick ReedAcclaimed doctor James Orbinski, former head of Doctors Without Borders, returns to Africa to confront the harsh reality of conditions there and explores what it means to be a humanitarian.
- DirectorYung ChangStarsJerry Bo Yu ChenCampbell Ping HeCindy Shui YuAt the edge of the Yangtze River, not far from the Three Gorges Dam, young men and women take up employment on a cruise ship, where they confront rising waters and a radically changing China.