List of films at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival

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The following is a list of all films shown at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

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Feature competition

The following films were shown in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

U.S. Documentary

The following 16 films were selected for a world premiere in U.S. Documentary Competition program. [1] [2] Dinosaur 13 by Todd Miller served as the opening film of the program. [3]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory Michael Rossato-Bennett2013January 18
All the Beautiful Things John Harkrider2013January 20
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart Jeremiah Zagar 2014January 17
The Case Against 8 Ben Cotner and Ryan White 2013January 18
Cesar's Last Fast Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee2013January 19
Dinosaur 13 Todd Miller 2014January 16
E-Team Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman2013January 18
Fed Up Stephanie Soechtig 2013January 19
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz Brian Knappenberger 2014January 20
Ivory Tower Andrew Rossi 2013January 18
Marmato Mark Grieco2014January 17
No No: A Dockumentary Jeffrey Radice2014January 20
The Overnighters Jesse Moss 2013January 17
Private Violence Cynthia Hill2013January 19
Rich Hill Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos2014January 19
Watchers of the Sky Edet Belzberg 2014January 20

U.S. Dramatic

The following 16 films were selected for a world premiere in U.S. Dramatic Competition program. [4] [5] Whiplash by Damien Chazelle served as the opening film of the program. [3]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Camp X-Ray Peter Sattler2014January 17
Cold in July Jim Mickle 2014January 18
Dear White People Justin Simien 2013January 18
Fishing Without Nets Cutter Hodierne 2013January 17
God's Pocket John Slattery 2013January 17
Happy Christmas Joe Swanberg 2013January 19
Hellion Kat Candler 2014January 17
Infinitely Polar Bear Maya Forbes 2013January 18
Jamie Marks Is Dead Carter Smith 2014January 19
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter David Zellner 2014January 20
Life After Beth Jeff Baena 2014January 19
Low Down Jeff Preiss 2013January 19
The Skeleton Twins Craig Johnson 2013January 18
The Sleepwalker Mona Fastvold 2013January 20
Song One Kate Barker-Froyland2014January 20
Whiplash Damien Chazelle 2014January 16

World Cinema Documentary

The following 12 films were selected for a world premiere in World Cinema Documentary Competition program. [6] [7] The Green Prince by Nadav Schirman served as the opening film of the program. [3]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
20,000 Days on Earth Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard 2014January 20
Concerning Violence Göran Hugo Olsson2014January 17
The Green PrinceNadav Schirman2014January 16
Happiness Thomas Balmès2014January 17
Love Child Valerie Veatch2014January 17
Mr. Leos caraX Tessa Louise-Salomé2014January 20
My Prairie Home Chelsea McMullan 2014January 17
The Notorious Mr. Bout Tony Gerber and Maxim Pozdorovkin 2014January 17
The Return to Homs Talal Derki 2014January 17
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars Berit Madsen2014January 17
We Come as Friends Hubert Sauper 2014January 18
Web Junkie Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia2014January 19

World Cinema Dramatic

The following 12 films were selected for a world premiere in World Cinema Dramatic Competition program. [8] [9] Lilting by Hong Khaou served as the opening film of the program. [3]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
52 Tuesdays Sophie Hyde 2013January 18
Blind Eskil Vogt 2013January 17
Difret Zeresenay Berhane Mehari 2014January 18
The Disobedient Mina Djukic 2014January 20
God Help the Girl Stuart Murdoch 2013January 18
Liar's Dice Geetu Mohandas 2013January 18
Lilting Hong Khaou 2013January 16
Lock Charmer (Spanish : El cerrajero) Natalia Smirnoff 2013January 21
To Kill a Man Alejandro Fernández Almendras 2013January 17
Viktoria Maya Vitkova 2013January 19
Wetlands David Wnendt 2013January 18
White Shadow Noaz Deshe 2013January 17

Short Programs

The following 66 short films were selected from a record 8,161 submissions. [10] [11]

USA Narrative Short Films

TitleCountryDirectorYearMinutesFirst showing
130919 • A Portrait of Marina AbramovićUSA Matthu Placek 20137January 21
AfronautsUSA Frances Bodomo 201413January 18
The Big House (Al Bayt Al Kabeer)USA, Yemen Musa Syeed 20135January 17
The Bravest, the BoldestUSA Moon Molson 201417January 17
CatherineUSA Dean Fleischer-Camp 201313January 17
Chapel Perilous USA Matthew Lessner 201314January 17
Cruising Electric (1980)USA Brumby Boylston 20132January 18
DawnUSA Rose McGowan 201317January 16
DigUSA Toby Halbrooks 201310January 18
The End of Eating EverythingUSA Wangechi Mutu 20138January 17
FunnelUSA Andre Hyland 20138January 19
Gregory Go Boom USA Janicza Bravo 201317January 16
Here Come the GirlsUSA, Norway Young Jean Lee 201320January 17
I'm a MitzvahUSA Ben Berman and Josh Cohen 201419January 17
The Immaculate ReceptionUSA Charlotte Glynn 201316January 17
Jonathan's ChestUSA Christopher Radcliff 201414January 17
KekasihUSA, Malaysia Diffan Sina Norman 20139January 18
Master MusclesUSAEfrén Hernández201314January 17
Me + HerUSA Joseph Oxford 201413January 18
Person to PersonUSA Dustin Guy Defa 201418January 18
Rat Pack Rat USA Todd Rohal 201419January 17
VerbatimUSA Brett Weiner 20137January 17

International Narrative Short Films

TitleCountryDirectorYearMinutesFirst showing
2 Girls 1 CakeDenmark Jens Dahl 201313January 17
BestUnited Kingdom William Oldroyd 20123January 17
Black MulberryGeorgia, France Gabriel Razmadze 201222January 17
BurgerUnited Kingdom, Norway Magnus Mork 201311January 17
Butter LampFrance, China Hu Wei 201316January 16
The Cut Canada Geneviève Dulude-De Celles 201315January 17
Exchange & MartUnited Kingdom Cara Connolly and Martin Clark 201315January 18
Here I Am...There You Are...Israel Dikla Jika Elkaslassy 201312January 18
Life's a Bitch Canada François Jaros 20135January 17
Metube: August Sings Carmen (Habanera)Austria Daniel Moshel 20134January 17
Mi nina mi vidaCanada Yan Giroux 201319January 17
More Than Two HoursIran Ali Asgari 201315January 17
My Sense of ModestyFrance Sébastien Bailly 201321January 16
MysterySpain Chema García Ibarra 201311January 19
PleasureSweden Ninja Thyberg 201315January 17
SyndromedaSweden Patrik Eklund 201322January 17
WakeningCanada Danis Goulet 20139January 19

Documentary Short Films

TitleCountryDirectorYearMinutesFirst showing
ChoreographyUSA David Redmon and Ashley Sabin 20139January 17
Fe26USA Kevin Jerome Everson 20147January 18
Godka Cirka (A Hole in the Sky)Spain, France, USA Alex Lora and Antonio Tibaldi 201310January 18
Hacked CircuitUSA Deborah Stratman 201415January 18
I Think This Is the Closest to How the Footage LookedIsrael Yuval Hameiri and Michal Vaknin 20129January 17
The Last Days of Peter BergmannIreland Ciaran Cassidy 201320January 18
The Lion's Mouth OpensUSA Lucy Walker 201314January 18
Love. Love. Love.Russia Sandhya Daisy Sundaram 201312January 18
Notes on BlindnessUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia Peter Middleton and James Spinney 201413January 17
Of God and Dogs Syrian Arab Republic Abounaddara Collective 201312January 18
One Billion RisingUSA Eve Ensler and Tony Stroebel 20139January 19
Remembering the Artist, Robert De Niro, Sr.USA Perri Peltz and Geeta Gandbhir 201340January 17
Tim and Susan Have Matching HandgunsUSA Joe Callander 20132January 17
UntuckedUSA Danny Pudi 201315January 16

Animated Short Films

TitleCountryDirectorYearMinutesFirst showing
Allergy to OriginalityUSA Drew Christie 20124January 16
AstigmatismoSpain Nicolai Troshinsky 20134January 17
Blame It on the SeagullNorway Julie Engaas 201313January 17
Crime: The Animated Series (Marcus McGhee)USA, Canada Alix Lambert and Sam Chou 20135January 18
Marilyn MyllerUSA, United Kingdom Mikey Please 20136January 17
The Obvious ChildUnited Kingdom Stephen Irwin 201312January 17
Passer PasserUSA Louis Morton 20134January 17
Phantom LimbUnited Kingdom, Australia Alex Grigg 20135January 17
Piece, PeaceSouth Korea Jae-in Park 20137January 17
The PresentTaiwan Joe Hsieh 201315January 17
Subconscious Password Canada Chris Landreth 201311January 16
White MorningUnited Kingdom Paul Barritt 201312January 17
YearbookUSA Bernardo Britto 20136January 17

Non-competition features

The following films were shown out of competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Premieres

The following 19 feature films were selected for a world premiere in non-Competition program. [12] [13]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Boyhood Richard Linklater 2013January 19
Calvary John Michael McDonagh 2013January 19
Frank Lenny Abrahamson 2013January 17
Hits David Cross 2014January 21
I Origins Mike Cahill 2014January 18
Laggies Lynn Shelton 2013January 17
Little Accidents Sara Colangelo 2014January 22
Love Is Strange Ira Sachs 2014January 18
A Most Wanted Man Anton Corbijn 2013January 19
Nick Offerman: American Ham Jordan Vogt-Roberts 2013January 23
The One I Love Charlie McDowell 2014January 21
The Raid 2: Berandal Gareth Evans 2013January 21
Rudderless William H. Macy 2013January 24
They Came Together David Wain 2014January 24
The Trip to Italy Michael Winterbottom 2014January 20
The Voices Marjane Satrapi 2013January 19
White Bird in a Blizzard Gregg Araki 2014January 20
Wish I Was Here Zach Braff 2013January 18
Young Ones Jake Paltrow 2013January 18

Documentary Premieres

The following 12 films were selected for Documentary Premieres program. [14] [15]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
The Battered Bastards of Baseball Chapman Way and Maclain Way 2014January 20
Finding Fela Alex Gibney 2014January 17
Freedom Summer Stanley Nelson Jr. 2013January 17
Happy Valley Amir Bar-Lev 2013January 19
Lambert & Stamp James D. Cooper 2014January 20
Last Days in Vietnam Rory Kennedy 2013January 17
Life Itself Steve James 2014January 19
Mitt Greg Whiteley 2013January 17
This May Be the Last Time Sterlin Harjo 2013January 19
To Be Takei Jennifer M. Kroot 2014January 18
We Are the Giant Greg Barker 2014January 18
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger Joe Berlinger 2014January 18

Spotlight

The following 8 films were selected for Spotlight program. [16] [17]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Blue Ruin Jeremy Saulnier 2013January 17
The Double Richard Ayoade 2013January 17
Ida Pawel Pawlikowski 2013January 21
Locke Steven Knight 2013January 17
The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra 2013January 19
Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch 2013January 20
R100 Hitoshi Matsumoto 2013January 18
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie 2013January 17

Next

The following 11 films were selected for a world premiere in Next program to highlight the American cinema. [18] [19]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Appropriate Behavior Desiree Akhavan 2014January 18
Drunktown's Finest Sydney Freeland 2013January 18
The Foxy Merkins Madeleine Olnek 2013January 20
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Ana Lily Amirpour 2014January 19
Imperial Dreams Malik Vitthal 2014January 20
Land Ho! Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz 2014January 19
Listen Up Philip Alex Ross Perry 2014January 20
Memphis Tim Sutton 2014January 17
Obvious Child Gillian Robespierre 2013January 17
Ping Pong Summer Michael Tully 2014January 18
War Story Mark Jackson 2014January 19

Park City at Midnight

The following 8 films were selected for Park City at Midnight program. [20] [21]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
The Babadook Jennifer Kent 2014January 17
Cooties Jonathan Millott and Cary Murnion2014January 18
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead Tommy Wirkola 2014January 19
The Guest Adam Wingard 2014January 17
Killers The Mo Brothers 2014January 20
The Signal William Eubank 2014January 20
EDC 2013: Under the Electric Sky Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz2013January 18
What We Do in the Shadows Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement 2014January 19

From the Collection

The following 2 films were selected for From the Collection program. [22]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Clerks Kevin Smith 1994January 24
Hoop Dreams Steve James 1994January 20

New Frontier Films

The following 7 films were selected for New Frontier Films program. [23] [24]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
The Better Angels A.J. Edwards 2013January 18
The Girl from Nagasaki Michel Comte 2013January 21
HitRecord on TV Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2014January 17
Living stars Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn 2013January 17
The Measure of All Things Sam Green 2014January 20
This World Made Itself; Myth and Infrastructure; Dreaming of Lucid Living Miwa Matreyek 2013January 19
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People Thomas Allen Harris 2013January 17

Sundance Kids

The following 2 films were selected for Sundance Kids program. [25] [26]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Ernest & Celestine Stéphane Aubier, Benjamin Renner and Vincent Patar 2013January 18
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang Óskar Santos 2013January 18

Free Fail Film

The following film was shown at Free Fail Film program. [27] [28] [29]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Bottle Rocket Wes Anderson 1996January 20

Surprise Screenings

[30] [31]

TitleDirectorYearFirst showing
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I Lars von Trier 2013January 21

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