Seven SFFS-Supported Films to Premiere at Sundance 2014
The official selections have been announced Sundance Festival 2014. Among them are seven films that the Film Society has supported through Filmmaker360 grants and services! Four of the films are SFFS/KRF Filmmaking grant winners, two are fiscally sponsored through Project Development, and one was a participant in Off the Page screenwriting workshop. More details about these fantastic films and filmmakers below:
"We’ve been huge fans of these projects for a long time and we’ve gotten to know each of them very well, so it’s immensely satisfying to see them getting the great start they deserve. It feels like an annual tradition now, traveling to Utah to witness films we’ve helped come to life hit public screens for the first time, and we’ll be there in January, cheering loudest of them all." -- Michele Turnure-Salleo, Director of Filmmaker360
Hellion Directed by Kat Candler U.S. Dramatic Competition Fall 2013 SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grant winner: $70,000 for postproduction
When his delinquent behavior forces his little brother to be taken away, a motocross-obsessed teenager and his emotionally absent father must take responsibility for their destructive behavior to bring him home.
Little Accidents Directed by Sara Colangelo Premieres Fall 2013 SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grant winner: $50,000 for postproduction
In a small American coal town, the disappearance of a boy draws a young miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive and a local 14-year-old together in a web of secrets.
Love is Strange Directed by Ira Sachs Premieres Fall 2013 SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grant winner: $70,000 for postproduction
A multi-generational story of love and marriage, Love is Strange depicts the delicate nature of any two people trying to build a long life together, and the possibility of love to grow deeper, and richer, with time.
Marmato Directed by Mark Grieco U.S. Documentary Competition Currently enrolled in the SFFS Project Development program
Colombia is the center of a new global gold rush, and Marmato, a historic mining town, is the new frontier. Filmed over the course of nearly six years, Marmato chronicles how townspeople confront a Canadian mining company that wants the $20 billion in gold beneath their homes.
Obvious Child Directed by Gillian Robespierre NEXT <=> Participated in the SFFS "Off the Page" screenwriting workshop in January 2013 An honest comedy about what happens when Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern gets dumped, fired, and pregnant, just in time for the worst/best Valentine's Day of her life.
The Overnighters Directed by Jesse Moss U.S. Documentary Competition Currently enrolled in the SFFS Project Development program
Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.
Ping Pong Summer Directed by Michael Tully NEXT <=> Fall 2012 SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grant winner: $50,000 for postproduction
1985. Ocean City, Maryland. Summer vacation. Rap music. Parachute pants. Ping pong. First crushes. Best friends. Mean bullies. Weird mentors. That awkward, momentous time in your life when you're treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you're as funky fresh as it gets.