Sundance 2023 movie guide
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- DirectorSing J. LeeStarsHiep Tran NghiaDustin NguyenDali BenssalahDuring a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County convicts.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorRaven JacksonStarsKaylee Nicole JohnsonChris ChalkJayah HenryA decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorChloe DomontStarsPhoebe DynevorAlden EhrenreichEddie MarsanAn unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorErica TremblayStarsMichael RoweBlayne AllenIsabel Deroy-OlsonFollowing her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorElijah BynumStarsJonathan MajorsHarrison PageHarriet Sansom HarrisAn amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorVuk Lungulov-KlotzStarsLio MehielCole DomanMiMi RyderWithin the space of 24 hours, Feña is swept through the extremes of human emotion when people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his life.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorMaryam KeshavarzStarsLayla MohammadiNiousha NoorKamand ShafieisabetWhen a large Iranian-American family gathers, a family secret is uncovered that catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past, and to discover they are more alike than they know.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorRandall ParkStarsJustin H. MinSherry ColaAlly MakiFollows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites - Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Lee -as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorRachel LambertStarsDaisy RidleyDave MerhejeParvesh CheenaFran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorLaurel ParmetStarsEliza ScanlenLewis PullmanJimmi Simpson17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorMolly GordonNick LiebermanStarsBen PlattMolly GordonNoah GalvinThe eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York must band together with the beloved founder's bro-y son to keep the camp afloat.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorA.V. RockwellStarsTeyana TaylorAaron Kingsley AdetolaAven CourtneyAfter unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition
- DirectorBen BraunChiaki YanagimotoOn March 20,1995 a deadly gas attack in Tokyo subway sent nation and its people into chaos. This exploration of Aum Shinrikyo, who is responsible for attack, involves the participation of those who lived through the horror as it unfolded.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorRebecca Landsberry-BakerJoe PeelerWhen the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorMadeleine GavinStarsHyeonseo LeeSung-eun KimSo-yeon LeeThe story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorNicole NewnhamStarsDakota JohnsonShere HiteMichael ConradShere Hite's bestselling book The Hite Report liberated female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys. Her findings rocked the American establishment and conversations about gender and sexuality.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorJoe BrewsterMichèle StephensonStarsNikki GiovanniTaraji P. HensonJames BaldwinA look at the life of poet, Nikki Giovanni and the revolutionary historical periods through which she lived, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorSam OsbornAlejandra VasquezStarsEdinburg North High School's Mariachi OroIn the world high school mariachi, musicians from South Texas reigns supreme. Under guidance of coach Abel Acuña, the Edinburg North High School team must turn shoestring and diverse inexperienced musicians into state champions.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorSierra UrichSpurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother's complicated pasts and her own fractured Iranian identity.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorLisa CortesStarsLittle RichardRalph HarperNewt CollierThe life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorAmanda KimStarsShuya AbeMarina AbramovicDolores AnThe life and times of Nam June Paik, the father of video art, who coined the phrase "Electronic Superhighway."Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorLuke LorentzenStarsMargaret 'Mati' EngelAn aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorZackary DruckerKristen LovellStarsCeyenne DoroshowCecilia GentiliRudy GiulianiThe history of New York's Meatpacking District told from the point of view of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. They recount the violence, policing, and gentrification that lead to a movement for transgender rights.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorNancy SchwartzmanStarsLisa AvalosDyanie BermeoRachel de LeonYoung women tell the police they've been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they're charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested, and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them.Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
- DirectorSofia AlaouiStarsOumaima BaridMehdi DehbiFouad OughaouAs she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event.Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition