FESTIVAL GUIDE
The O2, 25-27 April
Welcome
WELCOME FROM ROBERT REDFORD
WELCOME FROM SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
It is our pleasure to bring the best of Sundance to London again this year and we welcome the opportunity to share independent stories and voices with audiences at The O2. Sundance has always been – and always will be – about the individual artists whose works inspire a fresh perspective on the world, or a new approach to the inevitable ups and downs of life. I hope this is what you will find at Sundance London, and I thank you for joining us.
Thank you for joining us for Sundance London 2014! We are so happy to be here and to share a program that is rich with creativity, originality, and new voices. Centered around the latest work by filmmakers and musicians from both sides of the pond, Sundance London also presents panel discussions and events that explore and celebrate the craft of independent storytelling.
Have fun.
Sundance London is one of the many programs offered by Sundance Institute, a non profit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. Driven by a mission to discover and serve independent artists and audiences, the Institute has provided creative, financial, and strategic support to thousands of filmmakers and theatre artists in the U.S. and around the world. We have introduced audiences to the best American independent film though our annual Sundance Film Festival, Next Fest, Film Forward, and of course, through Sundance London. The Institute is active year-round and around the world and we invite you to join our community of people who value and champion artistic freedom and innovation.
ROBERT REDFORD President & Founder Sundance Institute
We would like to thank our co-hosts for this event, The O2 and Sundance Enterprises, as well as our colleagues at BAFTA, BFI, BFI NET.WORK, The BRITDOC Foundation, Film London and Sheffield DocFest for joining us as collaborators and for welcoming us to London. And most of all, we thank you for attending. Whether you join us for a single film or for the entire weekend, we hope you will be inspired by what you experience here.
KERI PUTNAM
JOHN COOPER
Executive Director Sundance Institute
Director Sundance Film Festival
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WELCOME FROM THE O2 Hello and welcome to the third Sundance London. I am delighted to welcome back one of the film industry’s most prestigious events to The O2. It’s a huge privilege to host such a compelling array of films and music, which provides Londoners with access to some of the freshest talent around. As well as taking over Cineworld, Sundance London will also be hosting an exciting music programme in The O2’s newest venue, Brooklyn Bowl. Once again there is something for everyone interested in film and music at this year’s event. Impressively, 23 films will make their world, international, European or UK premieres here, while ten will be produced by females and seven by first time filmmakers. Complementing the film programme is an exciting music agenda that will include Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, and former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins on one of the music panel discussions, while the Festival Hub at Brooklyn Bowl will feature a number of live music performances. I am certain this is going to be the best Sundance London yet… Once again it has been a genuine pleasure to work with the Sundance Institute and I’d like to pay tribute to the teams on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as our fantastic volunteers, who have ensured that every facet of the festival is of the highest quality. I hope you enjoy what the team have put together for you this year and we look forward to seeing you again. Thanks for coming. Enjoy.
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CONTENTS 3 WELCOME MESSAGES 10 PARTNERS 13 FILMS
SPECIAL GUESTS
THE NATIONAL
Memento
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TOM ODELL
HALF MOON RUN LUCY ROSE THE BARCLAYCARD THEATRE
VILLAGE HALL
SUMMER STAGE
MIDLAKE CAITLIN ROSE PHOSPHORESCENT FLYTE
ETHAN JOHNS JACK SAVORETTI BRUNO MAJOR THE WEBB SISTERS
THE LAST INTERNATIONALE TO KILL A KING HERO FISHER
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AXIOM BLUE RUIN THE CASE AGAINST 8 DINOSAUR 13 DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST FINDING FELA FRANK FRUITVALE STATION HITS KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER LITTLE ACCIDENTS MEMENTO MEMPHIS OBVIOUS CHILD THE ONE I LOVE RESERVOIR DOGS THEY CAME TOGETHER THE TRIP TO ITALY UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY (EDC 2013) THE VOICES WINTER’S BONE
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Our London programme presents an exciting crosssection from the Sundance Film Festival – a mix of documentary and narrative features from the US and UK made by first-time and established directors, and short films from across the globe. We are thrilled to share these stories with film lovers beyond our borders.
AXIOM FRIDAY 25 APRIL 6:45 PM Archive live performance: FRIDAY 25 APRIL Festival Hub at Brooklyn Bowl. Doors: 8:00 PM. On stage: 9:00 PM Axiom is an island in the middle of nowhere with steep cliffs on all sides. On the island there is an underground city dominated by a bell, which decides the fate of the city’s inhabitants. South London collective, Archive finished recording the Axiom album earlier this year and immediately began working on the accompanying film with Spanish film collective NYSU. Archive will present this, the world premiere of their film Axiom, on the opening night of Sundance London. They will also perform live and DJ at The O2’s newest venue, Brooklyn Bowl at the Sundance London Opening Night Party on Friday 25 April.
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WORLD PREMIERE 2014, 40 min., b/w, U.K
Director: NYSU Screenwriters: DAVID GAMBERO NYSU Principal Cast: Jonathan David Mellor Santi Senso Cova de Alfonso Silvia Vacas Pablo Menasanch Julia Llerena
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BLUE RUIN
THE CASE AGAINST 8
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 9:15PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 12:15PM
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 5:30 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 12:00 PM
Blue Ruin premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it screened in the Directors’ Fortnight and went on to win the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize. Filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier attended the 2013 Sundance Film Festival as the cinematographer for Matthew Porterfield’s I Used to Be Darker, which screened in the NEXT program. A peaceful vagrant finds his quiet life upended by dreadful news and sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Since he is only an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. With his second feature film, writer/director Jeremy Saulnier creates a classic American revenge story, crackling with sudden violence and black humor. The film maintains an impressive edge-of-your-seat pace through the script’s surprising twists and turns and the efficient work of editor Julia Bloch. Beyond the thrills, Saulnier grounds the film’s humanity in the captivating eyes of lead actor Macon Blair, which never lose the burning intensity of righteous duty and overpowering fear.
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US NARRATIVE 2013, 91 mins., colour, U.S.A.
Director/Screenwriter: JEREMY SAULNIER Principal Cast: Macon Blair Amy Hargreaves Sidné Anderson Devin Ratray Kevin Kolack
Election Day 2008: Californians passed Proposition 8, a measure that repealed the right of same-sex couples to marry. This documentary takes us behind the scenes of the high-profile trial that overturned the controversial constitutional amendment. The case first made headlines with the shocking alliance of lead attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who last faced off on opposing sides in Bush v. Gore. The plaintiffs are two loving gay couples who find their families at the center of the same-sex marriage controversy.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY 2013, 112 min., colour, U.S.A.
Directors: BEN COTNER RYAN WHITE
Filmmakers Ben Cotner and Ryan White gain unparalleled access to the key players in the controversy and provide fly-on-the-wall coverage of a trial the public was never allowed to see. Shot over five years, this extraordinary film offers unprecedented insight into the US system and the often mysterious process of taking a case to the Supreme Court. Chronicling one of America’s most significant civil rights battles, The Case Against 8 puts the viewer in the driver’s seat of history in the making. Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
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DINOSAUR 13
DRUNKTOWN'S FINEST
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 8:45 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2:30 PM
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 6:30 PM • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 5:45 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 11:30 AM
On August 12, 1990, in the badlands of South Dakota, paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute unearthed the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever found. It was the find of a lifetime – the world’s greatest dinosaur discovery. They named their dinosaur Sue. Two years later, when the FBI and the National Guard showed up, battle lines were drawn over ownership of Sue. The U.S. government, world-class museums, Native American tribes, and competing paleontologists became the Goliath to Larson’s David as he and his team fought to keep their dinosaur and wrestled with intimidation tactics that threatened their freedom as well.
Dinosaur 13 chronicles an unprecedented saga in American history and details the fierce battle to possess a 65-million-year-old treasure. With consummate skill, filmmaker Todd Miller excavates layer after layer, exposing human emotion in a dramatic tale that is as complex as it is fascinating.
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY 2014 , 105 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director: TODD MILLER
Drunktown’s Finest is Sydney Freeland’s feature film debut and her response to a news story that characterized her hometown of Gallup, New Mexico, as “Drunktown, USA.” Nizhoni was adopted and raised as a Christian by a white family, transsexual Felixxia dreams of becoming a model, and Sickboy is headed to basic training so he can take care of his soon-to-be-born child. We observe the Navajo Nation from the inside out through the eyes of these three unlikely characters. At first our preconceptions are reinforced, but slowly, as each of their lives unfolds, we confront the reality of living in this community, and we see these three aspiring to leave their town behind. Shot against a mesmerizing New Mexico landscape, Drunktown’s Finest portrays such a strong underlying tradition of acceptance and family that we start to wonder whether the outside world these characters crave is truly the answer.
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE 2013, 93 min., colour, U.S.A. English and Navajo with English Subtitles
Director/Screenwriter: SYDNEY FREELAND Principal Cast: Jeremiah Bitsui Carmen Moore Morningstar Angeline Kiowa Gordon Shauna Baker Elizabeth Frances
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FINDING FELA
FRANK
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 9:00 PM • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2:15 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 5:15 PM
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 6:30 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 11:45 AM
No individual better embodies African music of the 1970s and ’80s – and its pivotal role in postcolonial political activism – than Fela Kuti. After taking his native Nigeria by storm, the pioneering musician’s confrontational Afrobeat sound spread throughout the continent and beyond, even as it made determined enemies of the repressive Nigerian military regime. As a result of continued persecution, increasingly unorthodox behavior and, eventually, complications due to HIV, Kuti’s final years saw his musical output and influence wane. Within the past decade, a resurgence of interest in his work has posthumously repopularized Kuti, culminating in the massively successful Broadway show FELA!, written by Jim Lewis and directed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones. Academy Award–winning director Alex Gibney interweaves the show’s skilful staging with period interviews and hypnotic performances to recapture the essence of the man, his music, and his enduring cultural and political relevance. In conjunction with the screening of this film, Sundance London is proud to feature a live music performance from one of the members of Fela Kuti’s band Egypt 80 - Dele Sosimo and his Afrobeat Orchestra. Sunday 27 April from 8.00pm at the Festival Hub at Brooklyn Bowl. SUNDANCE-LONDON.COM
EUROPEAN PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY 2014, 120 min., colour/b&w, U.S.A
Director: ALEX GIBNEY
Frank is a comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, who discovers he’s bitten off more than he can chew when he joins a band of eccentric pop musicians led by the enigmatic Frank and his terrifying sidekick, Clara. Frank’s uniqueness lies in the fact that he makes music for the joy of creating… and because he wears a giant fake head. After a rocky start, Jon ingratiates himself with the band members but as his influence waxes, creative tensions mount, and the band’s entire raison d’être is called into question. Already a presence at the Cannes, Berlin, and Toronto film festivals, director Lenny Abrahamson makes his Sundance debut with a captivating offering featuring a phenomenal cast, as you’ve never seen them before. The ensemble creates lasting images and sounds for a film that playfully examines the nature of art and artists. Frank possesses such creative audacity and thought – provoking observations – propelled by a barrage of wit, performance and, of course, song – that you are bound to emerge feeling as if you have seen and heard something completely original.
UK PREMIERE 2013, 95 min., colour, Ireland/U.K.
Director: LENNY ABRAHAMSON Screenwriters: JON RONSON PETER STRAUGHAN Principal Cast: Michael Fassbender Domhnall Gleeson Maggie Gyllenhaal Scoot McNairy In association with:
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FRUITVALE STATION
HITS
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 6:00 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2:45 PM
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 8:30 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 5:45 PM
Oscar Grant was a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who loved his friends, was generous to strangers, and had a hard time telling the truth to the mother of his beautiful daughter. He was scared and courageous and charming and raw, and as human as the community he was part of. That community paid attention to him, shouted on his behalf, and filmed him with their cell phones when Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police officers, who were strong, intimidated, and acting in the way they thought they were supposed to behave around people like Oscar, shot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day in 2009. Director Ryan Coogler makes an extraordinary directorial debut with this soulful account of the real-life event that horrified the nation. Featuring radiant performances by Melonie Diaz and Michael B. Jordan as Grant, a young man whose eyes were an open window into his soul, Fruitvale offers a barometer reading on the state of humanity in American society today.
UK PREMIERE 2013, 85 min,. colour, U.S.A.
Director/Screenwriter: RYAN COOGLER Principal Cast: Melonie Diaz Kevin Durand Michael B. Jordan Chad Michael Murray Ahna O’Reilly Octavia Spencer
Hits is a comedy about a paranoid municipal worker named Dave, his The Voice-obsessed 19-year-old daughter, a wannabe teenage rapper who has an unrequited crush on the daughter, and their neighbors in a small, workingclass town in upstate New York. Dave finds fame when videos of his rants at City Hall go viral, and hordes of appallingly well-meaning hipsters from Brooklyn descend on their town to make sure Dave’s rights aren’t trampled by “the man.” A writer, comedian, and actor perhaps best known for his work on Mr. Show and Arrested Development, David Cross makes his directorial debut with a sharpwitted satire that pokes fun at the absurd nature of fame in the Internet age. Featuring an impressive collection of some of the funniest comedians around, Hits unabashedly skewers contemporary culture into a delicious shish kebab of laughs.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE 2014, 100 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director/Screenwriter: DAVID CROSS Principal Cast: Meredith Hagner Matt Walsh James Adomian Jake Cherry Derek Waters Wyatt Cenac
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic and Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
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KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER FRIDAY 25 APRIL 6:15 PM • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 12:00 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 8:30 PM Kumiko lives in a cramped apartment in Tokyo with her pet rabbit, Bunzo. She works as an office lady, robotically preparing tea for her nitpicky boss. But on her own time, she obsessively watches a well-known American film on a weathered VHS tape. Eventually she maps out where a briefcase of castaway loot is buried within the fictional film. Then, convinced that her destiny depends on finding the money, she heads to the US and the harsh Minnesota winter to search for it. Inspired by an urban legend about a Japanese woman who took a similar journey, filmmaker brothers David and Nathan Zellner tackle their most ambitious project to date. Their love for lonely eccentrics remains, and Rinko Kikuchi gives a fascinating performance as the introspective, withdrawn Kumiko, whose increasing discomfort in the world leads her to retreat ever further into isolation. Shot with breathtaking precision, the film soars to transcendence as it reveals the beauty in the quest for reality, even if that reality is just your own. Winner of the U. S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Musical Score at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. #SundanceLondon
UK PREMIERE 2014, 105 min., colour, U.S.A. English and Japanese with English Subtitles
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MEMENTO
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 11:45 AM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 8:15 PM
SUNDAY 26 APRIL 6:00 PM
When a mining disaster tears at the fabric of an Appalachian coal-mining town, the lives of three very different inhabitants become inexplicably tangled in a web of secrets. Amos Jenkins, the sole survivor of the tragedy, unwillingly becomes a focal point of the resulting investigation. As tensions rise over who to blame for the deadly mishap, the teenage son of a top executive at the coal mine goes missing. Diane, the boy’s mother, grows emotionally estranged from her husband, Bill, as they search in vain for their child. Turning to the local church for support, Diane not only finds a comforting friend in Amos but also meets one of her son’s classmates, Owen Briggs, whom she learns was present at the time of his disappearance. Director Sara Colangelo first appeared at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 with her short film of the same name. In this feature-length expansion, she explores the intricacies of small-town social order to startling effect and illustrates how, in times of tragedy, we find solace in the unlikeliest of places.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE 2014, 105 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director/Screenwriter: SARA COLANGELO Principal Cast: Elizabeth Banks Boyd Holbrook Chloë Sevigny Jacob Lofland Josh Lucas
Memento is a complex puzzle in which the outcome is known and the enjoyment comes from piecing together the steps leading up to it. Guy Pearce (Ravenous) unleashes a riveting performance as Leonard Shelby, a man driven by the relentless desire to revenge his wife’s brutal murder while battling a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of his life before the ‘accident’, he can’t remember what happened 15 minutes ago, where he is, where he’s going, or why. Writer/director Christopher Nolan develops an elaborate tale that challenge the viewers’ expectations. The audience knows only what Leonard can piece together from various photographs, charts, notes, and tattoos, which serve as his memory. The justice of Shelby’s actions remains a fascinating question up to the very last frame. Equally impressive are Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano as the two constants in Leonard’s life who add to the confusion with their equivocal actions. Sundance-discovered films ‘From the Collection’ are presented as a joint celebration of the 30th anniversary of Sundance Film Festival and 25 years of Empire Magazine.
US NARRATIVE 2001, 120 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Screenwriters: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN JONATHAN NOLAN Principal Cast: Harriet Sansom Harris Mark Boone Junior Carrie-Anne Moss Joe Pantoliano Guy Pearce Stephen Tobolowsky In association with:
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MEMPHIS
OBVIOUS CHILD
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 9:30 PM • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 11:45 AM
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 8:45 PM • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2:45 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 9:15 PM
A strange singer with God-given talent drifts through his adopted city of Memphis with its canopy of ancient oak trees, streets of shattered windows, and aura of burning spirituality. Surrounded by beautiful women, legendary musicians, a stone-cold hustler, a righteous preacher, and a wolf pack of kids, the sweet, yet unstable, performer avoids the recording studio, driven by his own form of self-discovery. His journey quickly drags him from love and happiness right to the edge of another dimension. Writer/director Tim Sutton crafts an impressionistic folktale framed around the enigmatic musician/poet Willis Earl Beal and the city of Memphis. Adding a new legend to the city’s rich history, Memphis is an elusive document of mythmaking and the sources that feed those myths. Similar to his first feature, Pavilion, Sutton blurs the lines between fiction and reality, taking the audience to a wholly contemporary dreamlike world, bolstered by Chris Dapkins’ sublime camera and a driving blues soundtrack by Beal.
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE 2014, 79 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director/Screenwriter: TIM SUTTON Principal Cast: Willis Earl Beal Lopaka Thomas Constance Brantley Devonte Hull John Gary Williams Larry Dodson
Donna Stern is a 27-year-old Brooklyn comedian whose unapologetically lewd, warmhearted wit is pretty irresistible with audiences. When she gets heartlessly ‘dumped up with’ by her two-timing boyfriend, Donna plunges into some light stalking and heavy moping. Hitting a serious low point, she performs a dreary set of break-up vengeance and Holocaust jokes and drunkenly falls into bed with a nice young professional named Max – not remotely her type. A few weeks later, condoms be damned, she’s pregnant. Now Donna, incapable of telling anything but the naked truth when she’s on stage, will resort to any means to avoid telling Max the score. As her date with Planned Parenthood draws near, she must confront her doubts and fears like never before. It’s the unlikely, yet winning, combination of scatological humor, raw human honesty, and sweet romance that makes Obvious Child so much fun and so satisfying to watch. Jenny Slate’s wonderfully vulnerable performance keeps Donna’s journey real as she tentatively strips back her sarcastic armor and allows herself to trust – at least for now.
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UK PREMIERE 2013, 83 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director: GILLIAN ROBESPIERRE Story By: GILLIAN ROBESPIERRE KAREN MAINE ELISABETH HOLM Principal Cast: Jenny Slate Jake Lacy Gaby Hoffmann David Cross Gabe Liedman Richard Kind
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THE ONE I LOVE
RESERVOIR DOGS
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 8:15 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 12:00 PM
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 6:00 PM
Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation. At the urging of their therapist, they escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to salvage what’s left of their relationship. What starts off as a relaxing and tranquil retreat soon spirals into a dizzyingly bizarre experience that forces the couple to reflect upon the complexities of their troubled partnership. Over the course of a few days, Ethan and Sophie work diligently to rediscover their better selves and embrace the unexpected as everything they once thought was real becomes more and more surreal.
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In acclaimed author Charlie McDowell’s highly original directorial debut, Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass deliver delightfully wry and engaging performances as a couple on the verge of dissolution. McDowell injects his distinct, comedic voice into this uncanny exploration of the human relationship – with welcomingly unpredictable results.
Principal Cast: Mark Duplass Elisabeth Moss Ted Danson
2014, 91 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director: CHARLIE MCDOWELL Screenwriter: JUSTIN LADER
Reservoir Dogs is a gritty crime drama packing hard-boiled dialogue, brutal violence, taut suspense, and nervous humor into a gutsy depiction of a highstakes jewel heist gone awry. Writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s underworld story has six unacquainted professional criminals brought together by veteran thief Joe Cabot to execute an intricately planned diamond robbery. The heist runs into a police ambush, forcing a violent confrontation that leaves one thief bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound. The four surviving thieves regroup at an abandoned warehouse to await instructions. Uneasy speculation about a double-crosser amongst them agitates the wary criminals and provokes harrowing confrontations and fierce dissension. Reservoir Dogs is a furious nuclear reaction of violence and intrigue. Its ensemble cast unites the genre’s established legends with notable rising new talent. Tarantino’s eclectic and outrageous vision is best described as Jim Thompson meets Samuel Beckett – a fusion of pulp drama, black humor and the existentialist void.
US NARRATIVE 1992, 105 min., colour, U.S.A..
Director/Screenwriter: QUENTIN TARANTINO Principal Cast: Steve Buscemi Harvey Keitel Michael Madsen Chris Penn Tim Roth Lawrence Tierney In association with:
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THEY CAME TOGETHER
THE TRIP TO ITALY
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 6:30 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 3:00 PM
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 9:30 PM
They Came Together relates the epic love story of Joel, a corporate executive for Candy
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2014, 83 min., colour, U.S.A.
pop operation, the unlikely lovers find themselves hurtled into a whirlwind romance. From quaint bookstores and coffee shops to neurotic family members and psychotic exlovers, Joel and Molly must face some harrowing obstacles on their path to true love. Brought to us by the ingenious comedian David Wain, who directed the 2001 Sundance Film Festival cult classic Wet Hot American Summer, They Came Together is a
Director: DAVID WAIN Screenwriters: MICHAEL SHOWALTER DAVID WAIN
phenomenal homage to the iconic romantic comedies of American cinema. Led by longtime David Wain collaborators Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd, the star-studded cast treats its audience to absurdly hilarious cameos at every turn. This is a true treasure trove of American comedy.
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Principal Cast: Amy Poehler Paul Rudd Ed Helms Cobie Smulders Max Greenfield Christopher Meloni
Michael Winterbottom’s largely improvised 2010 film, The Trip, took comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon – or semifictionalized versions thereof – on a restaurant tour around northern England. In this witty and incisive follow-up, Winterbottom reunites the pair for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in some sparkling banter and impersonation-offs. Rewhetting our palates from the earlier film, the characters enjoy mouthwatering meals in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri while riffing on subjects as varied as Batman’s vocal register, the artistic merits of “Jagged Little Pill,” and, of course, the virtue of sequels. Winterbottom trains his camera to capture the idyllic Italian landscape and the gastronomic treasures being prepared and consumed while keeping the film centered on the crackling chemistry between the two leads. The Trip to Italy effortlessly melds the brilliant comic interplay between Coogan and Brydon into quieter moments of self-reflection, letting audiences into their insightful ruminations on the nuances of friendship and the juggling of family and career. The result is a biting portrait of modern-day masculinity.
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EUROPEAN PREMIERE 2014, 108 min., colour, U.K.
Director: MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM Screenwriters: ROB BRYDON, STEVE COOGAN, MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM Principal Cast: Steve Coogan Rob Brydon 80mm In association with:
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UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY (EDC 2013)
THE VOICES
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 7:00 PM • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 9:00 PM
Jerry is a seemingly normal man trying to succeed in his new job at the Milton Bathtub Factory. He lives in a normal apartment – the type you would expect from a young bachelor – with his dog, Bosco, and his cat, Mr. Whiskers. Yet something seems off. As the new guy at work, Jerry is asked to help plan the company picnic, and he meets Fiona, an attractive English girl from accounting. Jerry immediately takes a liking to Fiona and excitedly goes home to tell his pets about her. And surprisingly, they answer. But all this is just the beginning of an insanely bizarre and twisted tale.
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The Voices deviously disorients the viewer by severely shifting tones throughout the film. Ryan Reynolds deftly handles the quirky role of Jerry and proves that, whether it be ‘buried’ in a box (as he was in the 2010 film of the same name) or speaking with animals, he doesn’t shy away from unconventional roles. Director Marjane Satrapi, who burst onto the international film scene with Persepolis, makes her Sundance Film Festival debut with an intoxicating trip into a deranged world that is sure to shock and delight.
Principal Cast: Ryan Reynolds Gemma Arterton Anna Kendrick Jacki Weaver
Launched with auspicious beginnings in 1997, Electric Daisy Carnival was first held in Los Angeles, much to the delight of its initial crowd of a few thousand electronic music fans. Since then, it has grown into a global phenomenon. Besides drawing the top talents in electronic and dance music today, EDC is also known for its full-scale carnival rides, over-the-top displays of pyrotechnics, and interactive art installations, not to mention its international community of rabid devotees – in 2013, nearly 350,000 revelers descended upon Las Vegas to experience what is now the world’s largest dancemusic festival. The acclaimed production duo of Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz bring this event to life in brilliant 3-D, going behind the scenes to show what it takes to stage one of the biggest parties in the known universe. They chronicle the unique journeys of individual attendees from all walks of life, all of whom share one common desire – to shed their inhibitions and immerse themselves in this judgment-free celebration of life and music.
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UK PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY 2013, 85 min., U.S.A. English Subtitles
Directors: DAN CUTFORTH JANE LIPSITZ
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WINTER'S BONE SUNDAY 27 APRIL 3:15 PM Deep in the Ozark Mountains, clans live by a code of conduct that no one dares defy – until an intrepid teenage girl has no other choice. When Ree Dolly’s crystal-meth-making father skips bail and goes missing, her family home is on the line. Unless she finds him, she and her young siblings and disabled mother face destitution. In a heroic quest, Ree traverses the county to confront her kin, break their silent collusion, and bring her father home. With thrilling tension, Winter’s Bone depicts an archetypal rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood. Only this time, the young warrior is a girl. As our heroine braves immoveable obstacles, she redefines the notion of family loyalty and, in the process, discovers her own power. The spare precision of Debra Granik’s direction is effortlessly profound. Stunningly genuine performances and exquisite visual details capture the textures and rhythms of a world where the mythic and the naturalistic intermingle. Sundance-discovered films ‘From the Collection’ are presented as a joint celebration of the 30th anniversary of Sundance Film Festival and 25 years of Empire Magazine.
US NARRATIVE 2010, 100 min., colour, U.S.A.
Director: DEBRA GRANIK Screenwriters: DEBRA GRANIK ANNE ROSELLINI Principal Cast: Jennifer Lawrence John Hawkes Dale Dickey Garret Dillahunt Sheryl Lee Tate Taylor In association with:
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EXCHANGE & MART Director: CARA CONNOLLY, MARTIN CLARK Screenwriter: CARA CONNOLLY Reg is a lonely girl at a remote Scottish boarding school where paranoia about rape is rife. Her unorthodox selfdefense class provides the human touch she craves so deeply. When she is attacked in the woods, she knows what she has to do...
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.
Short films have always had a special place at the heart of the Sundance Film Festival, where they have launched the careers of some of the most gifted filmmakers working today, including Lynn Shelton, Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Watching a shorts programme is an exhilarating cinematic journey rarely experienced outside of a film festival. With many award winners, these programmes feature a diverse selection of films that played at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and that exemplify the uncompromised creativity at work in the short form.
Director/Screenwriter: SANDHYA DAISY SUNDARAM Russian with English Subtitles
Every year, through the endless winters, her love takes new shapes and forms.
SHORTS PROGRAMME 1 • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 11:30 AM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 5:45 PM
MARILYN MYLLER
CRUISING ELECTRIC
Director/Screenwriter: MIKEY PLEASE Marilyn maketh. Marilyn taketh awayeth. Marilyn is trying really hard to create something good. For once, her expectation and reality are going to align. It will be epic. It will be tear-jerkingly profound. It will be perfect. Nothing can go wrong.
(1980) Director/Screenwriter: BRUMBY BOYLSTON The marketing department green-lights a red-light tie-in: 60 lost seconds of modern movie merchandising.
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Director: ROSE MCGOWAN Screenwriters: M.A. FORTIN, JOSHUA JOHN MILLER Dawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.
BLINDNESS Directors: PETER MIDDLETON, JAMES SPINNEY In 1983, writer and theologian John Hull became blind. To help make sense of his loss, he began keeping an audio diary. Encompassing dreams, memories, and his imaginative life, Notes on Blindness immerses the viewer in Hull’s experience. #SundanceLondon
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SHORTS PROGRAMME 2 • SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2:30 PM • SUNDAY 27 APRIL 8:45 PM
OF GOD AND DOGS
AFRONAUTS
Director: ABOUNADDARA COLLECTIVE A young, free Syrian soldier confesses to killing a man he knew was innocent. He promises to take vengeance on the God who led him to commit the murder.
Director/Screenwriter: FRANCES BODOMO It’s July 16, 1969: America is preparing to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of miles away, the Zambia Space Academy hopes to beat America to the moon in this film inspired by true events.
PHANTOM LIMB
BURGER
Director/Screenwriter: ALEX GRIGG James and Martha narrowly survive a motorcycle accident. During the aftermath, however, James begins to experience Martha’s phantom pains.
Director/Screenwriter: MAGNUS MORK It’s late night in a burger bar in Wales...
Arabic with English Subtitles
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SHORT FILM COMPETITION WINNER
Director/Screenwriter: GENEVIÈVE DULUDE-DECELLES
The winner of the Sundance London Short Film Competition will make its premiere at the festival. The competition was a collaborative effort with Ravensbourne College and Talenthouse through which around 300 UKbased filmmakers entered original pieces between three and five minutes in length around the theme ‘Making A Go Of It’. At the time of print, the winner had not yet been selected.
The Cut tells the story of a father and a daughter, whose relationship fluctuates between proximity and detachment, at the moment of a haircut.
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I THINK THIS IS THE CLOSEST TO HOW THE FOOTAGE LOOKED
METUBE: AUGUST SINGS CARMEN "HABANERA"
A man with poor means recreates a lost memory of the last day with his mom. Objects come to life in a desperate struggle to produce a single moment that is gone.
Director/Screenwriter: DANIEL MOSHEL George Bizet`s ‘Habanera’ from Carmen has been reinterpreted and enhanced with electronic sounds for MeTube, a homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users, video bloggers, and gifted and less gifted selfpromoters on the Internet.
THE LAST DAYS OF
THE OBVIOUS CHILD
PETER BERGMANN
Director/Screenwriter: STEPHEN IRWIN Somebody broke the girl’s parents. The rabbit was there when it happened. It was an awful mess.
Director/Screenwriter: YUVAL HAMEIRI Hebrew with English Subtitles
Director/Screenwriter: CIARAN CASSIDY In 2009, a man claiming to be from Austria arrived in the town of Sligo, Ireland. During his final days, Peter Bergmann went to great lengths to ensure no one ever discovered who he was and where he came from.
LIFE'S A BITCH
YEARBOOK
Director: FRANÇOIS JAROS Screenwriter: GUILLAUME LAMBERT
Director/Screenwriter: BERNARDO BRITTO A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet blows up.
French with English Subtitles
Love. Grief. Shock. Denial. Sleeplessness. Bubble bath. Mucus. Masturbation. Pop tart. Pigeons. Toothpaste. Hospital. F__k. Bye. Hair. Sports. Chicken. Bootie. Kids. Rejection. Squirrels. Cries. Awkward – 95 scenes, five minutes: life’s a bitch.
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: FIVE PROJECTS FROM THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE SHORT FILM CHALLENGE SUNDAY 27 APRIL 12:30 PM, CINEWORLD 10, 34 MIN. This short film screening event marks the launch of a new project by Sundance Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to harness the power of independent films and create a global conversation about imaginative solutions to the challenges of extreme hunger and poverty. Launched in early 2014, this unique project has begun a worldwide call-for-entries where five everyday storytellers will win $10,000 USD and premiere their films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Enjoy the international premiere of five new short works in documentary and fiction by award-winning Sundance Institute alumni filmmakers Megan Mylan, Tod Lending, Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman, Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Myers and Ritesh Batra.
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A special Q&A with artist and filmmaker Hank Willis Thomas will follow, moderated by Sundance Institute staff. If you wish to attend this event, request a ticket from The O2 Box Office during the festival. The screening will be filled on a firstcome first-served basis.
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SHORTS WORKSHOP: LONDON SATURDAY 26 APRIL 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Recognising the important role shorts have in cinema, storytelling, and culture, Sundance Institute presents Shorts Workshop: London to help empower the next generation of artists. Made a short film or just starting out, this Saturday seminar of Sundanceorganised panels and discussions will offer first-hand advice, insight, and access into the world of story development, production, working with cast and crew, and will help you to get the most out of making and presenting your short film. Experienced filmmakers will talk on stage about the finer points of their craft – how to work with characters and dialogue in a script; how to work with cinematographers, editors and all crew to create a healthy and collaborative experience; working with actors to give what they need to embody the film on screen; and going from working in shorts to various career opportunities. Short Film Programmers from the Sundance Film Festival will discuss how the festival works and how to navigate the festival world at large. All panel discussions will leave plenty of time open for Q&A from the audience.
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Panelists include: Mahalia Belo, Volume Jason Michael Berman, The Dry Land, Jess + Moss, LUV, Little Accidents Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents Rose McGowan, Dawn Daniel Mulloy, Antonio’s Breakfast, Dad, Baby, Son David Zellner, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. Plus representatives from BAFTA, BFI, Film London and Talenthouse. Shorts Workshop: London tickets are £100 + booking fee
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GUTS TO GLORY: HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR STORY? SATURDAY 26 APRIL 3:30 PM With case studies from script to screen, this in-depth panel will get down and dirty about the often bumpy ride that it takes to realize your dream of getting your film made. From the spark of an idea, to typing the words FADE IN, to your world premiere at a major festival, filmmakers share stories from the trenches on how they navigated the obstacles, faced the challenges, compromised when they had to, and ultimately beat the odds. Are you ready for the true story? This is a panel for anyone who has made a film (or dreams of making a film) or anyone who just wants to know the real deal.
As well as great films and gigs, Sundance London presents a number of lively panel discussions with luminaries from both sides of the pond.
THE ART OF FILM MUSIC
Moderated by: John Cooper, Director, Sundance Film Festival
SATURDAY, 26 APRIL 12:15 PM What goes into a successful film score? What is the ideal way for directors and composers to interact? What are some of the many roles music can play in the filmmaking process? How can music enhance (or ruin) a movie? These and other questions related to the intersection of film and music will be discussed by two leading practitioners.
Panelists include: Lenny Abrahamson, Director, Frank Ryan Coogler, Director/Screenwriter, Fruitvale Station Jon Ronson, Screenwriter, Frank Marjane Satrapi, Director, The Voices
Moderated by: Peter Golub, Director, Sundance Institute Film Music Program, Composer, Frozen River, The Great Debaters, The Laramie Project Panelists include: Alex Heffes, Composer, Last King of Scotland, Red Riding Hood, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Javier Navarrete, Composer, Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, The Sea, Byzantium
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DOCUMENTARY COLLIDE From last year’s Stories We Tell to the controversial The Act of Killing, the hybrid documentary is going from strength to conventionbusting strength. But British documentary seems to be pushing the boundaries even further in challenging the genres of music, biography, and archive film. Why is this and what does it tell us about the role of artists and musicians in documentary filmmaking?
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Join the creative partnerships behind three recent festival hits for an exploration of what went into stretching the limits of the form, an insight into the unusual collaborations between director and subject, and a look at the questions these films pose about memory, truth and the creative process.
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Moderated by: Tabitha Jackson, director, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Panelists include: Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace, composer, director, The Big Melt Edward Lovelace and James Hall, directors, The Possibilities Are Endless Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell, subjects, The Possibilities Are Endless Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, directors, 20,000 Days on Earth
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FRIDAY
AT BROOKLYN BOWL Located at The O2’s newest entertainment venue – Brooklyn Bowl, the Festival Hub is the perfect place to relax between films, meet other festival goers, talk film, and mingle with music artists, filmmakers, and panel guests. BROOKLYN BOWL SESSIONS FREE lively conversations with filmmakers and talent featured in the festival program.
ARCHIVE: LIVE PERFORMANCE & DJ SET FRIDAY 25 APRIL DOORS: 8:00 PM. LIVE: 9:00 PM (DJ set to follow)
MUSIC AT BROOKLYN BOWL A dynamic showcase of live performances by emerging and established artists and bands from across the musical spectrum.
Join us at Brooklyn Bowl for the Sundance London Opening Night Party, where London trip-hop collective Archive will perform live followed by a DJ set. The band will also present the world premiere of their film Axiom at the festival.
Admission to Brooklyn Bowl on the festival weekend is FREE and open to all, subject to capacity.
London and Brighton-based music collective Archive are part-orchestral, part-electronic, part-soulful, part-progressive and wholly emotion-soaked and cinematic. They feature four dynamic and diverse singers fronting a restlessly inventive landscape constructed by Archive’s long-standing core of Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths. * Tickets to Axiom and Archive live at the Sundance London Opening Night Party can be purchased as a Music and Movie Package and also seperately.
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MUSIC AT BROOKLYN BOWL
SATURDAY
SCOTT MATTHEWS 7:30 PM BROOKLYN BOWL SESSION
Scott’s diverse musical taste and experimentations with funk, soul, and indie rock inform his career as a solo artist. His four acclaimed albums include his most recent, ‘Home Part 1.’ Scott has headlined tours and toured with some of the world’s most respected artists, including Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol, Rufus Wainwright, Tori Amos, and Robert Plant.
A COUPLA FUNNY DAVIDS 2:00 PM Time to get your balls out of the gutter and head to Brooklyn Bowl for a lively chat and some sure-fire laughs with a couple of very talented and very funny dudes named David. David Cross is an Emmy-winning comedian, writer, actor and co-creator of the critically acclaimed HBO sketch comedy show ‘Mr. Show with Bob and David.’ He is also the Director/Screenwriter of Hits, which is playing Sundance London. David Wain has written and directed numerous very funny feature films and TV series. Four of Wain’s films have been at Sundance, including They Came Together which stars his longtime collaborators Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd and is currently playing Sundance London.
THE SOHO HOBO 8:15 PM The Soho Hobo is a songwriter, musician, producer, and performer, and the former front man of 90s Britpop band, Jocasta. He has composed for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and Universal Music and has subsequently released 14 albums, including the critically acclaimed ‘Secrets of Soho.’
Anything is game in comedy. Saddle up as this duo of Davids join Sundance Director of Programming Trevor Groth for a wickedly fun heart-to-heart where no one and nothing will be spared.
GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY 9:00 PM
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Following the success of their debut album, harmonic British pop group Goldheart Assembly have performed everywhere from huge stages at Glastonbury and Reading to tiny bars in Houston, Texas. They have also toured extensively with Band of Horses and The Civil Wars, among others. Their second album, Long Distance Song Effects, has received extensive radio play and widespread critical acclaim.
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MUSIC AT BROOKLYN BOWL
SUNDAY BROOKLYN BOWL SESSION
TRULY INDEPENDENT VISIONS 2:00 PM
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Where better than a bowling alley for truly independent filmmakers to strike up a conversation about cinema outside the box? Bold, innovative, forward-thinking storytelling doesn’t just happen – it takes an active imagination and media technology that supports cinematic innovation. Join intrepid filmmakers who know that you have to throw a lot of gutter balls before you hit a strike. Filmmakers Sydney Freeland (Drunktown’s Finest), Charlie McDowell (The One I Love), and David Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter) join Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer David Courier to discuss what it takes to realize a truly independent vision.
DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA
AN AFTERNOON OF FILM TRIVIA
SUNDAY 27 APRIL LIVE: 8:00 PM.
FILM QUIZ AT BROOKLYN BOWL 3:30 PM Celebrate this year’s 30th Anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., with a FREE quiz covering three decades’ worth of the best, funniest, and most outrageous films, hosted by Chris Hewitt of Empire Magazine. Film fans who think they know their stuff can join filmmakers and Sundance Programmers in an afternoon of film trivia. The winning team will walk away with fantastic prizes – and bragging rights!
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KICKSTARTER & CREATIVE COMMUNITIES 5:00 PM Join Kickstarter co-founder & CEO Yancey Strickler for a conversation on building community around your work. Learn how to use Kickstarter to make films, share stories, and maintain creative freedom. Presented by:
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Dele Sosimi is a rhythm keyboard player who performed with Nigerian Afrobeat creator Fela Kuti and his band Egypt 80 from 1979-1986, and later formed Positive Force with Fela’s son Femi Kuti. Now based in London and playing with his own Afrobeat Orchestra, expect nothing but the funkiest rhythm guitars, fiery percussion, call and response vocals, and blazing horns – faithful to the original blueprint, but also clearly bearing Dele’s own DNA. Dele has performed worldwide, including at London’s Jazz Café and South Bank, Joe Zawinuls’ The Birdland in Vienna, Montreux Jazz Festival, Womad, the Mostly Jazz Festival, and has also led a large contingent of Jazz Musicians in celebrating the musical legacy of Fela Kuti at the 2011 edition of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. His bi-monthly sessions ‘Afrobeat Vibration’ have also grown to be London’s top underground event, featuring Fela classics and original tracks from the albums Identity and Turbulent Times and the fresh single ‘T.M.I.’ This performance is being presented in conjunction with the Sundance London screening of Finding Fela, which documents the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, music, and the political importance of the Afrobeat musical movement and its use as a political forum to oppose the Nigerian dictatorship and advocate for the rights of oppressed people. #SundanceLondon
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An active programme of hotly tipped emerging acts. The Gibson Pop-Up Stage artists include: Dancing Years, Emma Jane, Emma Stevens, Hannah Jane Lewis, Hometown Show, In Dynamics, Joe McCarty, Joshua O’Keefe, Kosoti, Kristyna Myles, Lesley Pike, Luke Fincher, Mo Evans, Natalie Shay, T, The 45s, The DuBarrys, The Soho Hobo, Time For T. Presented in association with:
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FRIDAY 25 APRIL
Timetable
CINEWORLD 6
CINEWORLD 7
CINEWORLD 8
CINEWORLD 9
SKY SUPERSCREEN
FESTIVAL HUB
06:00 PM
07:00 PM
06:00 PM KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER Narrative, 105 MIN. 6:15 PM
AXIOM
Narrative, 40 MIN. 6:45 PM
08:00 PM
DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY (EDC 2013)
Narrative, 93 MIN. 6:30 PM
Documentary, 85 MIN. 7:00 PM
FRANK
07:00 PM
UK SPOTLIGHT Narrative, 95 MIN. 6:30 PM
DOORS OPEN
08:00 PM
8:00 PM
09:00 PM
10:00 PM
FINDING FELA
Documentary, 120 MIN. 9:00 PM
OBVIOUS CHILD
Narrative, 83 MIN. 8:45 PM
MEMPHIS
Narrative, 79 MIN. 9:30 PM
BLUE RUIN
Narrative, 91 MIN. 9:15 PM
THE TRIP TO ITALY
UK SPOTLIGHT Narrative, 108 MIN. 9:30 PM
OPENING NIGHT PARTY FEATURING ARCHIVE 9:00 PM
09:00 PM
10:00 PM
11:00 PM
11:00 PM
12:00 AM
12:00 AM
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SATURDAY 26 APRIL
Timetable
10:00 AM
CINEWORLD 6
CINEWORLD 7
CINEWORLD 8
CINEWORLD 9
CINEWORLD 10
SKY SUPERSCREEN
FESTIVAL HUB
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
01:00 PM
11:00 AM SHORTS PROGRAMME 1 KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER
Narrative, 105 MIN. 12:00 PM
PANEL: THE ART OF FILM MUSIC
85 MIN. 11:30 AM
MEMPHIS
LITTLE ACCIDENTS
Narrative, 79 MIN. 11:45 AM
SHORTS WORKSHOP: LONDON
90 MIN. 12:15 PM
01:00 PM
12:30 PM
FINDING FELA
04:00 PM
95 MIN. 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
PANEL: GUTS TO GLORY: HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR STORY
Narrative, 93 MIN. 5:45 PM
03:00 PM
04:00 PM
05:00 PM Documentary, 112 MIN. 5:30 PM
THEY CAME TOGETHER Narrative, 83 MIN. 6:30 PM
RESERVOIR DOGS
THE ONE I LOVE
HITS
Narrative, 91 MIN. 8:15 PM
THE VOICES
Narrative, 103 MIN. 9:15 PM
Narrative, 100 MIN. 8:30 PM
06:00 PM
FRUITVALE STATION
COLLECTION Narrative, 105 MIN. 6:00 PM
Narrative, 85 MIN. 6:00 PM
07:00 PM MUSIC AT BROOKLYN BOWL: SCOTT MATTHEWS THE SOHO HOBO GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY
08:00 PM
10:00 PM
02:00 PM
THE CASE AGAINST 8
DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST
07:00 PM
09:00 PM
BROOKLYN BOWL SESSION: A COUPLA FUNNY DAVIDS
90 MIN. 3:30 PM
05:00 PM
06:00 PM
SHORTS PROGRAMME 2
Documentary, 120 MIN. 2:15 PM
OBVIOUS CHILD
Narrative, 83 MIN. 2:45 PM
12:00 PM
Narrative, 105 MIN. 11:45 AM
02:00 PM
03:00 PM
10:00 AM
DINOSAUR 13
UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY (EDC 2013)
Documentary, 105 MIN. 8:45 PM
Documentary, 85 MIN. 9:00 PM
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08:00 PM
09:00 PM
10:00 PM
11:00 PM
11:00 PM
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12:00 AM
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SUNDAY 27 APRIL
Timetable
10:00 AM
CINEWORLD 6
CINEWORLD 7
CINEWORLD 8
CINEWORLD 9
CINEWORLD 10
SKY SUPERSCREEN
FESTIVAL HUB
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM BLUE RUIN 01:00 PM
Narrative, 91 MIN. 12:15 PM
THE CASE AGAINST 8
Documentary, 112 MIN. 12:00 PM
FRANK
UK SPOTLIGHT Narrative, 95 MIN. 11:45 AM
DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST Narrative, 93 MIN. 11:30 AM
FIVE PROJECTS FROM THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE SHORT FILM CHALLENGE
Narrative, 91 MIN. 12:00 PM
FRUITVALE STATION WINTER’S BONE
COLLECTION Narrative, 100 MIN. 3:15 PM
PANEL: HYBRID VIGOUR WHEN MUSIC, ART, & DOCUMENTARY COLLIDE
Narrative, 85 MIN. 2:45 PM
BROOKLYN BOWL SESSIONS: TRULY INDEPENDENT VISIONS
DINOSAUR 13
Documentary, 105 MIN. 2:30 PM
THEY CAME TOGETHER
MEMENTO
85 MIN. 5:45 PM
COLLECTION Narrative, 120 MIN. 6:00 PM
Documentary, 120 MIN. 5:15 PM
HITS
05:00 PM BROOKLYN BOWL SESSIONS: KICKSTARTER & CREATIVE COMMUNITIES 06:00 PM
Narrative, 100 MIN. 5:45 PM
LITTLE ACCIDENTS
KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER
Narrative, 105 MIN. 8:30 PM
10:00 PM
3:30 PM
04:00 PM
5:00 PM
07:00 PM
08:00 PM
09:00 PM
03:00 PM
FILM QUIZ
FINDING FELA SHORTS PROGRAMME 1
2:00 PM
02:00 PM
Narrative, 83 MIN. 3:00 PM
90 MIN. 3:30 PM
05:00 PM
07:00 PM
01:00 PM
12:30 PM
03:00 PM
06:00 PM
12:00 PM
THE ONE I LOVE
02:00 PM
04:00 PM
10:00 AM
SHORTS PROGRAMME 2 OBVIOUS CHILD
Narrative, 83 MIN. 9:15 PM
95 MIN. 8:45 PM
Narrative, 105 MIN. 8:15 PM
THE VOICES
Narrative, 103 MIN. 8:45 PM
08:00 PM MUSIC AT BROOKLYN BOWL: DELE SOSIMI AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA 09:00 PM From 8:00 PM
10:00 PM
11:00 PM
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12:00 AM
12:00 AM
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INFORMATION HOW TO GET TICKETS
Tickets to Sundance London are still available online through www.SundanceLondon.com. During the festival tickets can also be purchased at The O2 Box Office – subject to availability. Film tickets are £12.50 plus booking fee. Tickets for the opening night Archive and Axiom music and movie package is £25.00 plus booking fee. Tickets for Shorts Workshop: London are £100.00 plus booking fee. There are no refunds, but please note that in the event of a film cancellation, exchanges, vouchers or refunds at face value will be offered.
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You can still order tickets online on the day of the screening but you need to collect your ticket one hour before the screening. Although demand for tickets has been high, it’s always worth checking at The O2 Box Office for any remaining or returned tickets during the festival.
CUSTOMER SERVICE Our Festival Volunteers will answer questions in person and will be positioned various locations throughout the festival. For general questions you can also email us at SundanceLondonCustomer@theo2.co.uk
BOX OFFICE HOURS The O2 Box Office is where Sundance London tickets for films and music events can be collected and purchased during the festival. Please note we do not use any box offices at Cineworld Or Brooklyn Bowl. The O2 Box office hours for Sundance London sales and collections are: Friday 25 April: 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM Saturday 26 April: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Sunday 27 April: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
THE LAST TUBE The last tube departs from North Greenwich station at around 12.15 AM.
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Films: You may still get into a screening, even if it appears that a screening has sold out online or at The O2 Box Office. The ‘waitlist’ has become a Sundance Film Festival tradition. It’s not a ‘list’, but a queue. To ‘Waitlist’ - go directly to the Waitlist line at Cineworld and arrive no later than 30 minutes before the published screening start time. If there are empty seats – tickets will be sold in queue order. Waitlist tickets are £12.50 plus booking fee. Credit cards and cash are accepted. All timetables for waitlist tickets are subject to change at the discretion of the theatre manager.
SUNDANCE LONDON MERCHANDISE Merchandise items are currently available on line at Sundance-London.com During the festival at The O2, Sundance London merchandise can be purchased at our dedicated merchandise point at Cineworld.
TERMS OF ENTRY To guarantee admittance to cinemas, ticket holders must be in the appropriate line at least 15 minutes prior to the published screening start time. The use of mobile devices or any form of recording devices is strictly prohibited during screenings and
other events. The misuse of any such equipment may result in items being confiscated and possible conviction. No babes in arms or strollers are permitted at any of the screenings or events. Pets, except for service animals, are also not allowed. Cineworld, Sundance Institute and The O2 reserve the right to search the personal belongings of any patron inside or around the venue. In addition, you release the above parties from any and all liability for loss or damage to person or property while at or around the premises, and agree to comply with all published rules and regulations. By entering the venue, irrevocably grant to Sundance Institute and Ansco Management Limited and their affiliates all rights to any audio and visual recording made of you and the use of your name, likeness, and performance throughout the world in perpetuity in any and all media now or hereafter known, including for advertising and promotional uses, without any payment to, or approval from, you. You also release the above parties from any and all liability for loss or damage to person or property while at or around the premises, and you agree to comply with all published rules and regulations. In the interest of the safety of our patrons, and to ensure that everybody has a great time, The O2 and Cineworld set terms of entry. The full terms are available for viewing on line at www.theo2.co.uk/venue/terms-ofentry.html and www.cineworld.co.uk/terms.