2012 Sundance Film Festival: Day 1
Day 1 links!
24 Frames: Sundance shorts stream on Yahoo for online Audience Award voting
24 Frames: “Hello, I Must Be Going”
IndieWire: A Buyer’s Guide: A Primer
IndieWire: Opening Night report
THR: Content Film and Preferred Content Cut Six-Film Production Deal
THR: Spike Lee talks Red Hook Summer
THR: Rashida Jones on her screenwriting debut with Celeste and Jesse Forever
Variety: Opening Night: Busy but no fireworks
Four films on opening night. From IndieWire:
‘Hello I Must Be Going’: Melanie Lynskey Steals The Show
“Love Liza” director Todd Louiso returned last night to Park City to premiere “Hello I Must Be Going,” a finely etched character study featuring a strong lead performance from Melanie Lynskey (“Win Win”).
‘Queen of Versailles’: Investigating The Lives of the 1%
In what was the first of four opening night screenings at Sundance, Lauren Greenfield’s documentary “Queen of Versailles” got major laughs from the audience while providing an excellent kick-off to the fest.
‘Searching For Sugar Land’: Sundance’s First ‘Wow Moment’?
The first wow moment of Sundance 2012 occurred opening night when a packed house at the Library Center Theatre met elusive musician Rodriguez, the subject of director Malik Bendjelloul’s World Cinema Documentary entry, “Searching For Sugar Man.”
‘Wish You Were Here’: An Indie Australian ‘Hangover Part 2’?
“Sundance has a very rich history with Australian films,” Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming Trevor Groth said upon introducing Kieran Darcy-Smith’s “Wish You Were Here,” the opening night selection from the World Narrative Competition. “Going back to ‘Shine’ and most recently ‘Animal Kingdom.’ And I think this film is going to join their ranks.”
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