Sundance Film Festival 2024
This is a list of all the movies I have seen from Sundance 2024, in chronological viewing order (see also the titles remaining on my pre-festival interest list and my Top Picks list). Films #1-#5 were seen before the festival; #6-#27 were in Park City; #28-#35 were on the festival viewing platform at home; and #36 onwards were after the festival.
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- DirectorJared HessStarsJon HederEfren RamirezJon GriesA listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.Originally seen on DVD back in 2004
- DirectorDee ReesStarsAdepero OduyeKim WayansAasha DavisA Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.Originally seen at TIFF 2011
- DirectorJennifer KentStarsEssie DavisNoah WisemanDaniel HenshallA single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.Originally seen at the cinema on general release.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsGlen PowellAdria ArjonaRettaA professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.Originally seen at TIFF 2023
- DirectorMolly Manning WalkerStarsAnna AntoniadesMia McKenna-BruceLara PeakeThree British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.Originally seen at FilmBath 2023
- DirectorAmrou Al-KadhiStarsBilal HasnaLouis GreatorexDarkwahA drag queen longs for love. Their act at a Pride event attracts a marketing executive. Ensuing romance forces the performer to confront their identity.
- DirectorTheda HammelStarsJohn EarlyQaher HarhashElizabeth DementTerry, in strict quarantine in his ex-husband's Brooklyn home, cares for his injured nephew, a 19-year-old Moroccan model named Bahlul, drawing attention from everyone in his life.
- DirectorAsmae ElMoudirStarsMohamed El MoudirAsmae ElMoudirZahra JeddaouiA Moroccan woman's search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As a daughter and filmmaker, she fuses personal and national history as she reflects on the 1981 Bread Riots, drawing out connections to modern Morocco.
- DirectorMikko MakelaStarsRuaridh MollicaHiftu QuasemJonathan HydeMax, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
- DirectorAaron SchimbergStarsSebastian StanRenate ReinsveAdam PearsonAfter undergoing a facial reconstructive surgery, Edward becomes fixated on an actor in a stage production based on his former life.
- DirectorChiwetel EjioforStarsJay WillMary J. BligeChiwetel EjioforThe story of an inner-city Newark kid who attends Yale yet ultimately succumbs to harsh economic realities and the demons of his past.
- DirectorJ.M. HarperStarsKembaKiller MikeMac PhippsBronx rap artist Kemba explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad - revealing how law enforcement has quietly used artistic creation as evidence in criminal cases for decades.
- DirectorAlessandra Lacorazza SamudioStarsResidenteSasha CalleLio MehielOn a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- DirectorJosh MargolinStarsJune SquibbFred HechingerRichard RoundtreeWhen 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
- DirectorSusanna FogelStarsKathryn NewtonConnie BrittonLeah GibsonWinner is a brilliant young misfit from Texas who finds her morals challenged while serving in the U.S. Air Force and working as an NSA contractor.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsLucy LiuJulia FoxChris SullivanShowcases a suburban house inhabited by a mysterious entity.
- DirectorIndia DonaldsonStarsLily ColliasSumaya BouhbalValentine BlackDuring a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
- DirectorShuchi TalatiStarsPreeti PanigrahiKani KusrutiKesav Binoy KironFollows the journey of 16 year old Mira, whose sexy, rebellious coming of age is disrupted by her young mother who never got to come of age herself.
- DirectorTitus KapharStarsAndré HollandJohn Earl JelksAndra DayA Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they struggle and learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.
- DirectorJesse EisenbergStarsKieran CulkinJesse EisenbergOlha BosovaMismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
- DirectorJon BellStarsShari SebbensMeyne WyattTessa RoseA young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.
- DirectorRich PeppiattStarsMóglaí BapMo CharaDJ PróvaiWhen fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
- DirectorAndrew ZucheroSam ZucheroStarsKristen StewartSteven YeunA postapocalyptic romance in which a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love after the end of human civilization.
- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsTom HanksPedro PascalAngus CloudFour interconnected stories set in 1987 Oakland, CA. will tell about the love of music, movies, people, places and memories beyond our knowable universe.
- DirectorRose GlassStarsAnna BaryshnikovKristen StewartDave FrancoGym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.
- DirectorKelly O'SullivanAlex ThompsonStarsKeith KupfererKatherine Mallen KupfererTara MallenWhen a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
- DirectorThea HvistendahlStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieBahar ParsOn a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
- DirectorAngela PattonNatalie RaeFour young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.
- DirectorLaura ChinnStarsNico ParkerLaura LinneyWoody HarrelsonWhile caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up a friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
- DirectorDawn PorterStarsJamie FoxxMariah CareyRichard MarxChronicles the life of an iconic musical performer, from childhood musical talent to worldwide fame. Explores his collaborations, influences, character and relationships with family, friends and fans.
- DirectorSean WangStarsIzaac WangJoan ChenShirley ChenIn 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
- DirectorEsteban ArangoStarsRiver GalloDylan O'BrienVictoria PedrettiUnfolding over the course of Valentine's Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
- DirectorNathan SilverStarsJason SchwartzmanCarol KaneDolly De LeonA cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.
- DirectorStephen MaingBrett StoryStarsChris SmallsAngelika MaldonadoConnor SpenceA group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City's Staten Island challenges one of the world's largest companies in a unionization battle.
- DirectorJules RosskamStarsAndré Alan PérezAngel PiedraEvin Hunter LuehrsAn Iranian American trans man travels back in time to an LGBTQ+ archive to understand his sexuality. He encounters his past and present selves during an erotic journey of self-discovery.
- DirectorBao NguyenStarsLionel RichieHarriet SternbergWendy ReesOn January 28th 1985, dozens of the era's most popular musicians gathered in Los Angeles to record a charity single for African famine relief. Setting egos aside, they collaborated on a song that would make history.
- DirectorAmanda McBaineJesse MossStarsEmily WorthmoreBrooke TaylorCecilia BartinFollows 500 adolescent girls from all across Missouri as they come together for a week-long immersion in a sophisticated democratic laboratory, where they organize a Supreme Court to consider the most contentious issues of the day.
- DirectorKobi LibiiStarsJustice SmithZachary BartonAnthony CoonsA young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier.