Svelato il programma del Festival di Sundance 2019 (24 gennaio / 3 febbraio), e come di consueto, la lineup è ricchissima e ci presenta il meglio dell’indie americano a venire. Tra i titoli selezionati, occhi puntati su Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile di Joe Berlinger, in cui Zac Efron interpreta il famigerato serial killer Ted Bundy; After the Wedding di Bart Freundlich, con Julianne Moore e Michelle Williams; Official Secrets, nuovo film di Gavin Hood con protagonisti Keira Knightley, Matt Smith e Ralph Fiennes; e Velvet Buzzsaw, thriller ambientato nel mondo dell’arte con Jake Gyllenhaal.

Qui il programma delle principali sezioni:

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION

• Before You Know It di Hannah Pearl Utt. Cast: Hannah Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock, Judith Light, Mandy Patinkin, Mike Colter, Alec Baldwin.
• Big Time Adolescence di Jason Orley. Cast: Pete Davidson, Griffin Gluck, Jon Cryer, Sydney Sweeney, Emily Arlook, Colson Baker.
• Brittany Runs A Marathon di Paul Downs Colaizzo. Cast: Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock, Alice Lee.
• Clemency di Chinonye Chukwu. Cast: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce, Richard Gunn, Danielle Brooks.
• The Farewell di Lulu Wang. Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo.
• Hala di Minhal Baig. Cast: Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Purbi Joshi, Azad Khan, Anna Chlumsky.
• Honey Boy di Alma Har’el. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe.
• Imaginary Order di Debra Eisenstadt. Cast: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Christine Woods, Max Burkholder, Steve Little, Catherine Curtin, Kate Alberts.
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco di Joe Talbot. Cast: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover.
• Luce di Julius Onaht. Cast: Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tim Roth, Norbert Leo Butz.
• Ms. Purple di Justin Chon. Cast: Tiffany Chu, Teddy Lee, Octavio Pizano, James Kang.
• Native Son di Rashid Johnson. Cast: Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Bill Camp, Sanaa Lathan.
• Share di Pippa Bianco. Cast: Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie, Nick Galitzine, Lovie Simone.
• The Sound of Silence di Michael Tyburski. Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton.
• Them That Follow di Britt Poulton e Dan Madison Savage. Cast: Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann.
• To The Stars di Martha Stephens. Cast: Kara Hayward, Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro, Shea Whigham, Malin Akerman, Tony Hale.

PREMIERES

• After The Wedding di Bart Freundlich. Cast: Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn. 
• Animals di Sophie Hyde. Cast: Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat.
• Blinded by the Light di Gurinder Chadha. Cast: Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura.
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind di Chiwetel Ejiofor. Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Lily Banda, Noma Dumezweni, Aissa Maiga, Joseph Marcell.
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile di Joe Berlinger. Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons.
• I Am Mother di Grant Sputore. Cast: Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, Hilary Swank.
• Late Night di Nisha Ganatra. Cast: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Paul Walter Hauser, Reid Scott, Amy Ryan.
• The Mustang di Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern, Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon, Josh Stewart.
• Official Secrets di Gavin Hood. Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Feinnes, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans.
• Photograph di Ritesh Batra. Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqi, Sanya Malhotra.
• Relive di Jacob Estes. Cast: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, Alfred Molina, Brian Tyree Henry.
• The Report di Scott Z. Burns. Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Ted Levine, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall.
• Sonja – The White Swan di Anne Sewitsky. Cast: Ine Marie Wilmann, Valene Kane, Eldar Skar, Anders Mordal, Pål Sverre Hagen, Aiden McArdle. International Premiere
• The Sunlit Night di David Wnendt. Cast: Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, Fridjov Sáheim, David Paymer.
• The Tomorrow Man di Noble Jones. Cast: John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher, Eve Harlow.
• Top End Wedding di Wayne Blair. Cast: Miranda Tapsell, Gwilym Lee, Kerry Fox, Huw Higginson, Ursula Yovich, Shari Sebbens.
• Troupe Zero di Bert & Bertie. Cast: Viola Davis, McKenna Grace, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Charlie Shotwell, Allison Janney.
• Velvet Buzzsaw di Dan Gilroy. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Billy Magnussen.

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