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14 Buzziest Sundance Movies for Sale in 2021, From Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ to Rebecca Hall’s ‘Passing’ (Photos)
Other acquisition titles, such as “Wild Indian,” “Coda” and “The Sparks Brothers,” play virtual fest running Jan. 28-Feb. 3Brian Welk | January 28, 2021 @ 7:00 AM Last Updated: January 28, 2021 @ 7:28 AM
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This year s Sundance is shorter, virtual, national instead of local and has a new director for the first time in years. But what has not changed is that Sundance remains one of the best marketplaces for independent films. This year s lineup even has some hopeful Oscar contenders such as Robin Wright s Land and Judas and the Black Messiah from Warner Bros., and we ve already seen a few titles such as Together Together, The World to Come and The Most Beautiful Boy in the World find homes. But while there may be fewer films overall and without the in-person wheeling an
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Filmmaker Julian Doan faced a strange challenge while making his short film “Raspberry.”
“How do you make a film about a banal, boring and unembellished death interesting in seven minutes?” Doan said. “This was something I wanted to capture. I wanted someone to experience the gravity of the situation.”
“Raspberry,” which is available for on-demand screening starting Friday, Jan. 28, during the Sundance Film Festival, is about an Asian family that has to say goodbye to their dead father as the undertakers prepare to take his body to the mortuary.
To overcome the challenge, Doan relied on his cast that includes Raymond Lee, Alexis Rhee, Joseph Lee and Gihee Hong, who play the grieving family members, and Molly Leland and Matt Kelly, who portray the undertakers.
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Sian Heder’s “CODA,” one of the Sundance Film Festival’s opening-day films, follows a 17-year-old high school student, played by Emilia Jones, above, who is torn between pursuing her love of music and staying to help her hearing-impaired family’s fishing business. The family is portrayed by deaf actors Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant and Academy Award-winner Marlee Matlin.
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Filmmaker Sian Heder reinvented her way of directing while making “CODA,” which will premiere on Jan. 28 at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
Heder learned American Sign Language because the feature film is about a 17-year-old girl, played by Emilia Jones, who is torn between pursuing her love of music and the fear of abandoning her deaf family, portrayed by deaf actors Marlee Martin, Troy Kotsur and Daniel Durant.
by Jasmyne Keimig • Jan 12, 2021 at 1:40 pm
Judas and the Black Messiah is coming to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which partners with Northwest Film Forum this year. Courtesy of Sundance Institute
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival adds two new world premiere features to this year s lineup: Shaka King s
Judas and the Black Messiah, starring Lakeith Stanfield as FBI informant William O Neal and Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton, will debut in the Premieres section on February 1. The World Documentary Competition section welcomes
Captains of Zaatari, a documentary following two best friends trapped in a refugee camp in Jordan, debuting on January 31. More on films to watch here, and check out more about the 2021 Sundance Film Festival s partnership with Northwest Film Forum here. We ll have comprehensive coverage of the fest on Slog as a treat to end the hell-month that is this January.