The 2019

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted ...

took place from January 24 to February 3, 2019. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 28, 2018.

Films

U.S. Dramatic Competition

* '' Before You Know It'' by Hannah Pearl Utt * '' Big Time Adolescence'' by Jason Orley * '' Blush'' by Debra Eisenstadt festival titled Imaginary Order * ''

Brittany Runs a Marathon ''Brittany Runs a Marathon'' is a 2019 American comedy film written and directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo, in his List of directorial debuts#2019, directorial debut. It stars Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, and Mic ...

'' by Paul Downs Colaizzo * ''

Clemency A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the j ...

'' by Chinonye Chukwu * '' The Farewell'' by Lulu Wang * '' Hala'' by Minhal Baig * '' Honey Boy'' by

Alma Har'el Alma Har'el (; born July 2, 1975) is an Israeli-American music video and film director. She is best known for her 2019 feature film debut '' Honey Boy'', for which she won a Directors Guild of America Award. Her 2011 documentary '' Bombay Beach ...

* '' The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' by Joe Talbot * ''

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'' by

Julius Onah Julius Onah (born February 10, 1983) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker.
He has direct ...

* '' Ms. Purple'' by

Justin Chon Justin Jitae Chon (born May 29, 1981) is a South Korean-American actor and filmmaker. He has directed three films, Gook (film), ''Gook'' (2017), ''Ms. Purple'' (2019), and ''Blue Bayou (film), Blue Bayou'' (2021). He is also known for portrayin ...

* '' Native Son'' by Rashid Johnson * '' Share'' by Pippa Bianco * ''

The Sound of Silence "The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original ac ...

'' by Michael Tyburski * '' Them That Follow'' by Britt Poulton and Dan Savage * '' To the Stars'' by Martha Stephens

U.S. Documentary Competition

* ''Always in Season'' by Jacqueline Olive * '' American Factory'' by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert * ''

Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted from July 16 to 24, 1969, by the United States and launched by NASA. It marked the first time that humans Moon landing, landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin l ...

'' by Todd Douglas Miller * '' Bedlam'' by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg * '' David Crosby: Remember My Name'' by A.J. Eaton * '' Hail Satan?'' by Penny Lane * ''

Jawline In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin ''mandibula'', 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla). The jawbone i ...

'' by Liza Mandelup * '' Knock Down the House'' by Rachel Lears * '' Midnight Family'' by Luke Lorentzen * '' Mike Wallace Is Here'' by Avi Belkin * ''Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements'' by Irene Taylor Brodsky * '' One Child Nation'' by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang * '' Pahokee'' by Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan * ''TIGERLAND'' by Ross Kauffman * ''Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary'' by Ben Berman * '' Where’s My Roy Cohn?'' by

Matt Tyrnauer Matt Tyrnauer is an American film director. He directed the documentary feature ''Valentino: The Last Emperor'' (2009), which was short listed for an Oscar (award), Oscar nomination in 2010, ''Citizen Jane: Battle for the City'' (2016), the Emm ...

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

*'' Dirty God'' by Sacha Polak *''

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'' by Gabriel Mascaro *'' Dolce Fine Giornata'' by

Jacek Borcuch Jacek Borcuch (born 17 April 1970) is a Polish actor, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than fifteen films since 1995. Selected filmography References External links * 1970 births Living people Polish male film ...

*'' Judy and Punch'' by Mirrah Foulkes *'' Koko-di Koko-da'' by Johannes Nyholm *'' The Last Tree'' by Shola Amoo *''

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'' by

Alejandro Landes Alejandro Landes Echavarría (born in 1980, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Colombian people, Colombian-Ecuadorian people, Ecuadorian film director, producer, screenwriter, and journalist. He is mainly known for directing Spanish-language films such as ...

*'' Queen of Hearts'' by May el-Toukhy *'' The Sharks'' by Lucía Garibaldi *'' The Souvenir'' by Joanna Hogg *'' This is not Berlin'' by Hari Sama *'' We Are Little Zombies'' by Makoto Nagahisa

World Cinema Documentary Competition

*''

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'' by

Rachel Leah Jones Rachel Leah Jones (Hebrew language, Hebrew: רייצ'ל לאה ג'ונס; born 1970) is an American-Israeli documentary film director and producer. Her documentary film ''Advocate (2019 film), Advocate'' about the controversial human rights lawyer ...

and Philippe Bellaïche *'' Cold Case Hammarskjöld'' by Mads Brügger *'' The Edge of Democracy'' by

Petra Costa Petra Costa (born 8 July 1984) is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress. In 2020, her documentary film ''The Edge of Democracy'' was nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards ...

*''The Disappearance of My Mother'' by Beniamino Barrese *'' Gaza'' by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell *'' Honeyland'' by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska *''Lapü'' by Juan Pablo Polanco and César Alejandro Jaimes *''The Magic Life of V'' by Tonislav Hristov *'' Midnight Traveler'' by Hassan Fazili *'' Sea of Shadows'' by Richard Ladkani *'' Shooting the Mafia'' by Kim Longinotto *''Stieg Larsson – The Man Who Played With Fire'' by Henrik Georgsson

Premieres

* '' After the Wedding'' by Bart Freundlich * ''

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'' by

Sophie Hyde Sophie Hyde (born 1977) is an Australian film director, writer, and producer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She is co-founder of Closer Productions and known for her award-winning debut fiction film, '' 52 Tuesdays'' (2013) and the comedy ...

* ''

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'' by

Gurinder Chadha Gurinder Kaur Chadha, (born 10 January 1960) is a Kenyan-born British film director of Indian origin. Most of her films explore the lives of Indians living in England. The common theme in her work showcases the trials of Indian women residing ...

* '' Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'' by Joe Berlinger * '' Fighting with My Family'' by

Stephen Merchant Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (2001–2003), and co-writer ...

* '' I Am Mother'' by Grant Sputore * '' Late Night'' by

Nisha Ganatra Nisha Ganatra (born June 25, 1974) is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama ''Chutney Popcorn'' (1999) and later directed the indepe ...

*''Mope'' by Lucas Heyne *'' Official Secrets'' by

Gavin Hood Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, and actor, best known for writing and directing '' Tsotsi'' (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also directed the films '' X-Men Origins: Wolver ...

*'' Paddleton'' by Alex Lehmann *''

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'' by Ritesh Batra * '' Relive'' by Jacob Aaron Estes * ''Sonja - The White Swan'' by Anne Sewitsky * '' The Mustang'' by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre * '' The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind'' by Chiwetel Ejiofor * '' The Report'' by Scott Z. Burns * '' The Sunlit Night'' by David Wnendt * '' The Tomorrow Man'' by Noble Jones * '' Top End Wedding'' by Wayne Blair *'' Troop Zero'' by Bert & Bertie *'' Velvet Buzzsaw'' by Dan Gilroy

Midnight

* '' Greener Grass'' by Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe * '' Little Monsters'' by

Abe Forsythe Abraham Forsythe (born 26 July 1981) is an Australian film and television actor, director, writer and producer. He is the son of actor and comedian Drew Forsythe. Career He first appeared on the TV series ''The Miraculous Mellops (TV series), T ...

* '' Memory: The Origins of Alien'' by Alexandre O. Philippe * ''Mope'' by Lucas Heyne * '' Sweetheart'' by J. D. Dillard * '' The Hole in the Ground'' by Lee Cronin * '' The Lodge'' by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala

Documentary Premieres

* '' Ask Dr. Ruth'' by

Ryan White Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagn ...

* '' Halston'' by Frédéric Tcheng * ''

Love, Antosha ''Love, Antosha'' is a 2019 American documentary film directed and produced by Garret Price, focusing on the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin. The film premiered in the Doc Premieres category at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January ...

'' by Garret Price * '' Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love'' by

Nick Broomfield Nicholas Broomfield (born 1948) is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he call ...

* ''MERATA: How Mum Decolonised The Screen'' by Heperi Mita * '' Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool'' by Stanley Nelson * ''Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins'' by Janice Engel * '' The Brink'' by

Alison Klayman Alison Klayman (born 1984) is an American filmmaker and journalist best known for her award-winning 2012 documentary '' Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry''. Life and career Klayman grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Brown University in 2006 wi ...

* '' The Great Hack'' by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim * '' The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley'' by

Alex Gibney Philip Alexander Gibney (; born October 23, 1953) is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, ''Esquire'' magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time." Gibney's works as director include ''T ...

* '' Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am'' by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders * '' Untouchable'' by

Ursula Macfarlane Ursula Macfarlane is a British film director. In 2007, Macfarlane and Saskia Wilson were nominated for a BAFTA for '' Breaking Up With The Joneses''. Filmography *'' Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me'' (2023) *'' The Lost Sons'' (2021) *'' Unt ...

* ''Words from a Bear'' by Jeffrey Palmer

Special Events

* '' Documentary Now! Original Cast Album: Co-Op'' by Alex Buono * '' Documentary Now! Season 52 Preview'' * '' Documentary Now! Waiting for the Artist'' by Alex Buono and Rhys Thomas * '' Leaving Neverland'' by Dan Reed * '' Lorena'' by Joshua Rofe * '' Now Apocalypse'' by

Gregg Araki Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His ''Teenage Apocalypse'' film trilogy, consisting of ''Totally F***ed Up ''(1993), ''The Doom Generation ''(1995) ...

* '' Pop-Up Magazine'' * ''This Is Personal'' by Amy Berg

The following 10 films were selected for a world premiere in the ''Next'' program to highlight American cinema. * ''

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'' by Rhys Ernst * '' Give Me Liberty'' by Kirill Mikhanovsky * '' Light from Light'' by Paul Harrill * '' Paradise Hills'' by Alice Waddington * ''

Premature Premature may refer to: * ''Premature'' (2014 film), an American comedy film * ''Premature'' (2019 film), an American romantic drama film * '' PREMature'', a 2015 British television drama miniseries See also * Premature aging, of an organism * ...

'' by Rashaad Ernesto Green * '' Selah and the Spades'' by Tayarisha Poe * ''Sister Aimee'' by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann * '' The Death of Dick Long'' by Daniel Scheinert * ''The Infiltrators'' by Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra * '' The Wolf Hour'' by Alistair Banks Griffin

Awards

The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic Award was ''

'' (2019), directed by Chinonye Chukwu. The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary Award was '' One Child Nation'' (2019), directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang. The winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was '' The Souvenir'' (2019), directed by Joanna Hogg. The winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was '' Honeyland'' (2019), directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov. The winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award was ''

'' (2019) directed by

Juries

Jury members for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, were announced on January 17, 2019. ;U.S. Documentary Jury *

Lucien Castaing-Taylor Lucien Giles Castaing-Taylor (born 10 January 1966, Liverpool, United Kingdom) is a British anthropologist and artist who works in film, video, and photography. Biography Castaing-Taylor received his B.A. at Cambridge University and his PhD at t ...

* Yance Ford * Rachel Grady * Jeff Orlowski * Alissa Wilkinson ;U.S. Dramatic Jury * Desiree Akhavan *

Damien Chazelle Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' (2014), the musical romance ''La La Land'' (2016), the biographical drama ''First Man (film), First ...

* Dennis Lim * Phyllis Nagy * Tessa Thompson ;World Documentary Jury * Carl Spence *

Marina Stavenhagen Marina Stavenhagen (born July 16, 1962 in Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Ame ...

* Lynette Wallworth ;World Dramatic Jury *

Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and ''The Power of the Dog (film), The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for ...

* Charles Gillibert * Ciro Guerra ;World Cinema Documentary Jury * Maite Alberdi * Nico Marzano * Verena Paravel ;

Alfred P. Sloan Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. ( ; May 23, 1875February 17, 1966) was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a longtime president, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation. First as a senior executive and later as ...

Jury * Mandë Holdford * Katie Mack * Sev Ohanian * Lydia Dean Pilcher *

Corey Stoll Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo on the Netflix political thriller series ''House of Cards'' (2013–2016), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in ...

;Short Film Jury * Young Jean Lee * Carter Smith * Sheila Vand

Acquisitions

Sources: * '' American Factory'':

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* '' Anthropocene: The Human Epoch'':

Kino Lorber Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art film, art ho ...

* '' Ask Dr. Ruth'':

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* ''

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/ Warner Bros. Pictures (select territories) * '' The Brink'': Magnolia Pictures * ''

'':

Amazon Studios Amazon MGM Studios is an American film and television production and distribution company owned by Amazon, and headquartered at the Culver Studios complex in Culver City, California. Launched on November 16, 2010, it took its current name on O ...

* '' David Crosby: Remember My Name'':

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* '' Delhi Crime Story'': Netflix * ''The Dispossessed'': New York Times Op-Docs * '' The Farewell'':

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* '' Hala'':

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* ''Halston'': 1091 Media * '' Honey Boy'': Amazon Studios * '' Honeyland'':

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* '' Late Night'': Amazon Studios * ''

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* '' Little Monsters'': Neon and Hulu * '' The Lodge'': Neon * ''

'': Neon and

Topic Studios Topic Studios is an American film production company owned by First Look Media. The company is known for producing films '' Leave No Trace'' (2018), '' Luce'' (2019), '' The Climb'' (2019), and ''The Mauritanian'' (2021). The company also produc ...

* '' Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love'':

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* ''Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen'':

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* ''

'': Neon * ''

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'': Kino Lorber * '' Native Son'':

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* '' The Nightingale'':

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(US distribution); Transmission Films (Australia distribution) * '' Official Secrets'': IFC Films * '' One Child Nation'': Amazon Studios * '' Quarter Life Poetry'': FX * '' The Report'': Amazon Studios * '' Sea of Shadows'': National Geographic Documentary Films * '' Share'': HBO Films (in association with A24) * '' Shooting the Mafia'': Cohen Media Group * '' The Souvenir'': A24 * '' Them That Follow'': 1091 Media * '' The Tomorrow Man'':

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(US distribution); Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (international distribution) * '' Them That Follow'': 1091 Media * '' Where’s My Roy Cohn?'': Sony Pictures Classics * '' Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men'': Showtime

References

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