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The 2011 Sundance Film Festival will rake place January 20 though 30, 2011 in Park City Utah.
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"A fight between an 8-bit superhero and a high-definition boss in a retrogaming world."
Quoting the description from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival site.

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!Women Art Revolution

!Women Art Revolution is a 2010 documentary film directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson.

"Today’s art world has embraced visionaries such as Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Miranda July and Shirin Neshat. But only a generation ago, it was extremely rare...

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  • Sep 2010

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?E?anx (The Cave)

"A hunter on horseback accidentally discovers a portal to the afterlife in this fantastical version of a true Tsilhqot'in story."
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  • 2009

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Abraxas

"Jonen is having a crisis of faith. In his youth, he was a punk-rock musician, creating noise and onstage spectacles. Now he’s settled into a life as a Buddhist monk with a wife and five-year-old son. During his career-day speech at a local high...

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After You Left

After You Left is a 2010 short comedy film directed by Jef Taylor.

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  • Jun 25, 2010

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All Your Dead Ones

"In this eerie and fantastically shot tragicomic satire, an ordinary farmer’s morning routine is interrupted when he makes a grim discovery in the middle of his cornfield—a huge pile of dead bodies. Aghast, he reports the mysterious massacre on what...

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  • Jan 2011

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An African Election

"In a world plagued by stolen elections, secret government agendas, and a renewed interest in the exploitation of African natural resources, what value does democracy offer, particularly in the tumultuous region of West Africa? For Ghana, a nation...

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  • 2010

Andy and Zach

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Animals Distract Me

Animals Distract Me is a 2010 short film written and directed by Isabella Rossellini.

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  • 2010

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Anne Truitt, Working

"Anne Truitt Working is a portrait of the Minimalist painter and sculptor, who is receiving long-overdue recognition for her critical contribution to the American avant-garde painting scene of the 1960’s. Elegantly observed by Jem Cohen, Truitt is...

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  • 2009

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Another Happy Day

"A wedding at her parents’ Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the fire of primal, Byzantine family dynamics. It’s the wedding of Lynn’s son, whom she was deprived of raising because of her acrimonious divorce, and a feud still rages...

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  • Jan 23, 2011

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Attenberg

Attenberg is a Greek drama film, written and directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival and Ariane Labed won the Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress. It was filmed in...

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  • Sep 8, 2010

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Baby

Baby is a 2010 short drama film directed and written by Daniel Mulloy.

"A young woman intervenes when she witnesses men mugging a girl. Now they won't leave her alone."
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Babyland

Babyland is a 2010 short drama film directed by Marc Fratello.

"Amber is young, pregnant and intent upon building the perfect nuclear family, but first she’ll have to find a way to get a dad for her impending package of joy."
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  • 2010

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Becoming Chaz

"Chaz Bono was a male trapped in a female shell for as long as he can remember. Growing up as Sonny and Cher’s adorable golden-haired daughter in a body he felt wasn’t his own was a crucible it took years to transcend. Now, as he undertakes gender...

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  • Jan 23, 2011

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

"Each and every day, millions of kids tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world’s most adored and recognizable children’s characters, a furry red monster named Elmo. Yet, with all of Elmo’s fame, the man behind the Muppet is able to walk down...

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  • Jan 23, 2011

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Benavides Born

Benavides Born is a 2010 drama film written and directed by Amy Wendel.

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Bike Race

"When two friends stage a bicycle race to determine who is the best racer of all time, Eddy Merckx or Lance Armstrong, a love triangle develops."
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  • 2010

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Bobby Fischer Against The World

Bobby Fischer Against the World is the first documentary feature to explore the life of the late chess Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer from USA. It incorporates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, Sam Sloan,...

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  • Jan 2011

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Brick Novax—Part 1

Brick Novax—Part 1 is a 2010 short film directed by Matt Piedmont.

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Buck

Buck is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Cindy Meehl. The film focuses on the life, career, and philosophy of the real-life "horse whisperer" Buck Brannaman. Buck explores the life of Buck Brannaman from his childhood living with an...

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  • Jan 21, 2011

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Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta. The script, written by Phil Johnston, was included on the 2009 Blacklist, a Hollywood list of the most popular unproduced screenplays of the year. Naive and idealistic insurance...

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  • Jan 23, 2011

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Cinderela

Cinderela is a 2010 short film written and directed by Magali Magistry.

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  • Jan 22, 2011

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Circumstance

Circumstance is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz.

"Teenagers Atafeh, and her best friend, Shireen, are experimenting with their burgeoning sexuality amidst the subculture of Tehran’s underground art scene when Atafeh’s...

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  • Jan 2011

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Close.

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  • 2010

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Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death and Technology

Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death and Technology is a 2010 documentary film directed by Tiffany Shlain.

"With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, Tiffany Shlain’s vibrant and insightful documentary, Connected, explores...

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  • Jan 21, 2011

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Crazy Beats Strong Every Time

Crazy Beats Strong Every Time is a 2011 short film written and directed by Moon Molson.

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  • Jan 21, 2011

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Crime After Crime

Crime After Crime is a 2011 documentary film directed by Yoav Potash about the case of Deborah Peagler. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011, and has since earned 16 major awards. The Los Angeles Times listed the...

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  • Jan 2011

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Deeper Than Yesterday

Deeper Than Yesterday is a 2009 short film written and directed by Ariel Kleiman.

"After three months underwater in a submarine, crew members have become savages. Oleg fears that losing his perspective may mean losing himself."
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  • 2009

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Diarchy

Diarchy is a 2010 short film written and directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino.

"Giano and Luc are traveling when a storm breaks, forcing them to take shelter in Luc's villa and precipitating a competition with terrible consequences."
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Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within

"Filmmaker José Padilha first came to the Sundance Film Festival as a producer on The Charcoal People (2000), then returned as director of Bus 174 (2003) and Secrets of the Tribe (2010). After winning acclaim in both fiction and nonfiction...

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  • Oct 8, 2010

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Ex-Sex

"Two former lovers navigate their fizzled relationship by confusing their emotional needs with their physical desires."
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Excuse Me

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Family Portrait in Black and White

Family Portrait in Black and White is a 2011 documentary film directed by Julia Ivanova.

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  • Jan 23, 2011

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Fight for Your Right Revisited

"After the boys leave the party . . ."
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  • Jan 20, 2011

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Flypaper

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  • Jan 28, 2011

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Forever's Gonna Start Tonight

Forever's Gonna Start Tonight is a 2010 short film written and directed by Eliza Hittman.

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Grab

Grab is a 2011 documentary film directed by Billy Luther.

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Granito

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  • Sep 14, 2011

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Gun Hill Road

Gun Hill Road is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green.

"An official selection of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Gun Hill Road is a tense and complex family drama about a teen embracing her gender identity and a...

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  • Jan 2011

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Happy, Happy

"Kaja is an optimistic and easygoing housewife—despite her loneliness and the fact that her husband won’t have sex with her. When Elisabeth and Sigve, who seem like the perfect husband and wife, move in next door, Kaja is thrilled by their...

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  • Sep 16, 2011

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Here

"Will (Ben Foster) is a satellite-mapping engineer conducting a survey of Armenia. One morning at his hotel, he meets Gadarine (Lubna Azabal), an Armenian expatriate and photographer, who has recently returned home. The pair impulsively decide to...

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  • Jan 2011

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Higher Ground

Higher Ground is a 2011 American drama film starring Vera Farmiga. The film is also Farmiga's directorial debut. Pregnant, married, and awkward at eighteen years old, Corinne Briggs grows more and more interested in Jesus, eventually giving herself...

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  • Jan 23, 2011

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