Sundance Film Festival 2017

In addition to the detailed titles, there will be a Surprise Film screening.

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Ain't Them Bodies Saints Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Ain't Them Bodies Saints and Marjorie Prime
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: David Lowery; Writer: David Lowery; Stars: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine, Nate Parker, Charles Baker, Heather Kafka, Kentucker Audley, Robert Longstreet)
Love story about an escaped outlaw and the wife who waits for him.
As part of David Lowery In Conversation event
Bitch (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Marianna Palka; Writer: Marianna Palka; Stars: Jaime King, Jason Ritter, Brighton Sharbino, Eric Edelstein, Caroline Aaron, Marianna Palka, Roger Guenveur Smith, Bill Smitrovich, Sol Rodriguez, Rio Mangini, Jason Maybaum, Ren Hanami, Kingston Foster)
A woman snaps under crushing life pressures and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog. Her philandering, absentee husband is forced to become reacquainted with his four children and sister-in-law as they attempt to keep the family together during this bizarre crisis.
Beatriz At Dinner (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Miguel Arteta; Writer: Mike White; Stars: Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Chloë Sevigny, Connie Britton, Nina Arianda, Amy Landecker, John Early, Jay Duplass, David Warshofsky, Natalia Abelleyra)
A masseuse clashes with a real estate developer over a mansion meal.
Opening night
The Big Sick (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Michael Showalter; Writer: Emily V Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani; Stars: Holly Hunter, Zoe Kazan, Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, Celeste Arias, Vella Lovell, Matty Cardarople, Bo Burnham, Adeel Akhtar, Linda Emond, Shenaz Treasurywala, Anupam Kher, Aidy Bryant, Kurt Braunohler, Rebecca Naomi Jones), Trailer
A couple struggle to maintain their culture-clash relationship... and then one of them falls ill.
Bushwick (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion; Writer: Nick Damici, Graham Reznick; Stars: Brittany Snow, Dave Bautista, Arturo Castro, Christian Navarro, Angelic Zambrana, Jeff Lima, Patrick M. Walsh, Quincy Chad, Jay Hieron, Jeremie Harris, Alex Breaux, Ludovic Coutaud, Adrian Matilla, Justin L. Wilson, Myra Lucretia Taylor)
A young woman teams up with a military veteran to try and survive when insurgents bring war to the streets of New York City.
Bitch Bitch
Bitch and Dina
Chasing Coral (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Jeff Orlowski)
Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
Crown Heights (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Matt Ruskin; Writer: Matt Ruskin; Stars: Lakeith Stanfield, Nestor Carbonell, Yul Vazquez, Bill Camp, Brian Tyree Henry, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Zach Grenier, Josh Pais, Ron Canada, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Adriane Lenox, Skylan Brooks, Sarah Goldberg, Marsha Stephanie Blake)
When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend, Carl King, devotes his life to proving Colin's innocence. Adapted from This American Life, this is the incredible true story of their harrowing quest for justice.
Dina (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini)
An unconventional love story.
A Ghost Story (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: David Lowery; Writer: David Lowery; Stars: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Rob Zabrecky, Will Oldham, Liz Franke, Sonia Acevedo)
This is the story of a ghost and the house he haunts.
Closing night
Icarus (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Bryan Fogel)
A documentarian investigating doping in cycling accidentally uncovers an international Olympic scandal.
A Ghost Story A Ghost Story
A Ghost Story and Icarus
The Incredible Jessica James (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: James C Strouse; Writer: James C Strouse; Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Noël Wells, Megan Ketch, Jessica Williams, Evander Duck Jr., Robert King, Anne Carney, Eric Loscheider, McManus Woodend, Gavin Haag)
Jessica James, an aspiring NYC playwright, is struggling to get over a recent break-up. She sees a light at the end of the tunnel when she meets the recently divorced Boone. Together, they discover how to make it through the tough times while realising they like each other — a lot.
Marjorie Prime (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Michael Almereyda; Writer: Michael Almereyda, Jordan Harrison; Stars: Geena Davis, Jon Hamm, Tim Robbins, Lois Smith, Stephanie Andujar, Leslie Lyles, Hannah Gross, Bill Walters, Azumi Tsutsui)
A family buy a hologram to help their matriarch, who is losing her memory.
Walking Out (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Alex Smith, Andrew J Smith; Writer: David Quammen, Alex Smith, Andrew J Smith; Stars: Matt Bomer, Bill Pullman, Josh Wiggins, Alex Neustaedter, Lily Gladstone, Chaske Spencer, Ken White, Erik P Resel)
A teenager must summon all his strength so that he and his father can survive after an accident in the wilderness.
Wilson (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Craig Johnson; Writer: Daniel Clowes, Daniel Clowes; Stars: Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, Laura Dern, Cheryl Hines, Margo Martindale, Shaun Brown, Tom Proctor, David Warshofsky, James Saito, Isabella Amara, Bruce Bohne, Roxy Wood, Katie Rose Law, Sally-Anne Hunt, Ava Justin)
Wilson, a lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged misanthrope, reunites with his estranged wife and gets a shot at happiness when he learns he has a teenage daughter he has never met. In his uniquely outrageous and slightly twisted way, he sets out to connect with her.
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