New for 2010, the Spotlight section is a tribute to the cinema we love. Regardless of where these impressive films have played throughout the world, the Sundance Film Festival is thrilled to light a marquee for them. We've split the strand into Narrative and Documentary sections for ease of reference.
I Am Love and Mother And Child
Bran Nue Dae
(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Rachel Perkins; Writer: Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins, Jimmy Chi, Kuckles, Patrick Duttoo Bin Amat, Michael Manolis Mavromatis, Stephen Pigram; Stars: Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Geoffrey Rush, Ernie Dingo)
A boy runs away from boarding school and goes on a surreal - and musical-number filled - roadtrip across Australia.
US Premiere
Daddy Longlegs (Go Get Some Rosemary)
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie; Writer: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie; Stars: Ronald Bronstein, Sage Ranaldo, Frey Ranaldo)
A happy-go-lucky man tries to bond with his kids but can't quite get the hang of responsibility.
North American Premiere
Enter The Void
(Country: France, Germany, Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Gaspar Noé; Writer: Gaspar Noé; Stars: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Emily Alyn Lind, Jesse Kuhn, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear, Sara Stockbridge, Edward L. Papazian)
A psychedelic journey into the afterlife.
US Premiere
I Am Love (Io sono l'amore)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Luca Guadagnino; Writer: Luca Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Pippo Delbono, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson)
Left on the sidelines, a bored woman embarks on a journey of self discovery.
US Premiere
Louis CK: Hilarious
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Louis CK; Writer: Louis CK; Stars: Louis CK)
Sharp-tongued comedian Louis C.K. pulls no punches in this visceral concert experience.
World Premiere
Enter The Void and Daddy Longlegs
Lourdes
(Country: Austria; Year: 2009; Director: Jessica Hausner; Writer: Jessica Hausner; Stars: Gilette Barbier, Walter Benn, Aurelia Burckhardt, Martin Habacher, Hubert Kramar, Gerhard Liebmann, Elina Löwensohn, Petra Morzé, Martin Thomas Pesl, Linde Prelog, Léa Seydoux, Sylvie Testud, Bruno Todeschini, Orsolya Tóth, Thomas Uhlir)
The story of a wheelchair-using woman's pilgrimage in search of a miracle.
US Premiere
Mother And Child
(Country: US, Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Rodrigo García; Writer: Rodrigo García; Stars: Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Naomi Watts, Samuel L Jackson, Jimmy Smits, David Morse, Carla Gallo, Tatyana Ali, Amy Brenneman, Marc Blucas, Brittany Robertson, Cherry Jones, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Ahmed Best, S. Epatha Merkerson),
Official Site
Tale of three women and maternal love.
US Premiere
A Prophet (Un prophète)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Jacques Audiard; Writer: Thomas Bidegain and Jacques Audiard, based on an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit; Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Gilles Cohen, Antoine Basler, Leïla Bekhti, Pierre Leccia, Foued Nassah, Jean-Emmanuel Pagni, Frédéric Graziani, Slimane Dazi),
Official Site,
Trailer
An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.
Pumzi
(Country: South Africa, Kenya; Year: 2009; Director: Wanuri Kahiu; Writer: Wanuri Kahiu; Stars: Chantelle Burger, Kudzani Moswela)
A Sci-Fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, "The Water War".
North American Premiere
St Louis Blues (Un transport en commun)
(Country: France, Senegal; Year: 2009; Director: Dyana Gaye; Stars: Anne Jeanine Barboza, Yakhoub Ba, Bakary 'Vieux' Cissé, Abdoulaye Diakhaté, Antoine Diandy, Marième Diop, Adja Fall, Naïma Gaye, Umban Gomez de Kset, Mbègne Kassé, Gaspard Manesse, Bigué N'Doye)
Along the journey from Dakar to Saint Louis, seven passengers of a taxi meet each other and tell their lives through songs.
US Premiere
Lourdes and A Prophet
The Tunnel
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2010; Director: Jenna Bass; Writer: Jenna Bass; Stars: Mveleli Jela, Tyrone Keogh, Patricia Matongo, Chiedza Mhende, Sibulele Mlumbi, Finch Moyo, Martin Munro, Vuyisile Pandle, Ntlantla Qhomo, Vuyolwethu Tshalisa, Anthony Watterson, Pakamisa Zwedala)
When her father vanishes in Eighties Zimbabwe, young Elizabeth believes he has dug a tunnel to the city. Only by facing reality will she discover the truth behind his disappearance.
World Premiere
Women Without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2009; Director: Shirin Neshat; Writer: Shahrnoush Parsipour; Stars: Bijan Daneshmand, Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Shabnam Toloui, Orsolya Tóth)
Four women search for freedom in Iran, 1953.
US Premiere
