Sundance Institute presents the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, an exhibition of work that showcases the best of independent cinema. Each year the programming staff views thousands of submissions to select the most exciting and innovative works for the Festival.
The Sundance Institute announced the lineup of films for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. The films listed below make up the Independent Feature Film Competition, inaugural World Cinema Competition, Premieres, Park City at Midnight, American Spectrum, Frontier, Special Screenings, and Sundance Collection categories of the Festival.
Sundance offers a selection of 123 new films.
World Documentary Competition:
The films screening in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Film Competition are:
AFTER INNOCENCE
Director: Jessica Sanders
THE ARISTOCRATS
Director: Paul Provenza
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON
Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
THE EDUCATION OF SHELBY KNOX
Directors: Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt
ENRON: ASK WHY
Director: Alex Gibney
THE FALL OF FUJIMORI
Director: Ellen Perry
FROZEN ANGELS
Directors: Eric Black and Frauke Sandig
MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA
Director: David Redmon
MURDERBALL
Directors: Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
NEW YORK DOLL
Director: Greg Whiteley
RING OF FIRE: THE EMILE GRIFFITH STORY
Directors: Dan Klores and Ron Berger
ROMÁNTICO
Director: Mark Becker
SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS
Director: Hank Rogerson
TRUDELL
Director: Heather Rae
TWIST OF FAITH
Director: Kirby Dick
WHY WE FIGHT
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Dramatic Competition:
The films screening in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Competition are:
BETWEEN
Director: David Ocañas; Screenwriter: Robert Nelms
BRICK
Director: Rian Johnson; Screenwriter: Rian Johnson
DYING GAUL
Director: Craig Lucas; Screenwriter: Craig Lucas
ELLIE PARKER
Director: Scott Coffey; Screenwriter: Scott Coffey
FORTY SHADES OF BLUE
Director: Ira Sachs; Screenwriters: Michael Rohatyn and Ira Sachs
HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS SPENT THEIR SUMMER
Director: Georgina Garcia Riedel; Screenwriter: Georgina Garcia Riedel
HUSTLE & FLOW
Director: Craig Brewer; Screenwriter: Craig Brewer
JUNEBUG
Director: Phil Morrison; Screenwriter: Angus MacLachlan
LOGGERHEADS
Director: Tim Kirkman; Screenwriter: Tim Kirkman
LONESOME JIM
Director: Steve Buscemi; Screenwriter: James C. Strouse
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
Director: Miranda July; Screenwriter: Miranda July
POLICE BEAT
Director: Robinson Devor; Screenwriters: Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede
PRETTY PERSUASION
Director: Marcos Siega; Screenwriter: Skander Halim
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
Director: Noah Baumbach; Screenwriter: Noah Baumbach
THUMBSUCKER
Director: Mike Mills; Screenwriter: Mike Mills
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
Director: Travis Wilkerson; Screenwriter: Travis Wilkerson
World Cinema Documentary Competition:
The films screening in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition are:
THE 3 ROOMS OF MELANCHOLIA / Finland
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
DHAKIYARR VS. THE KING / Australia
Directors: Tom Murray and Allan Collins
GRIZZLY MAN / USA
Director: Werner Herzog
I AM CUBA, THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH / Brazil
Director: Vicente Ferraz
EL INMORTAL / Nicaragua/Spain/Mexico
Director: Mercedes Moncada
THE LIBERACE OF BAGHDAD / UK
Director: Sean McAllister
ODESSA ODESSA / Israel/France
Director: Michale Boganim
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: THE JOURNEY OF ROMÉO DALLAIRE / Canada
Director: Peter Raymont
SHAPE OF THE MOON / The Netherlands
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
UNKNOWN WHITE MALE / UK
Director: Rupert Murray
WALL / France/Israel
Director: Simone Bitton
YANG BAN XI–THE 8 MODELWORKS / The Netherlands
Director: Yan Ting Yuen
World Cinema Dramatic Competition:
The films screening in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Dramatic Competition are:
LIVE-IN MAID / Spain/Argentina
Director: Jorge Gaggero; Screenwriter: Jorge Gaggero
BROTHERS / Denmark
Director: Susanne Bier; Screenwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen
CRONICAS / Ecuador/Mexico
Director: Sebastian Cordero; Screenwriter: Sebastian Cordero
THE FOREST FOR THE TREES / Germany
Director: Maren Ade; Screenwriter: Maren Ade
GREEN CHAIR / South Korea
Director: Park Chul-su; Screenwriter: Park Chul-su
THE HERO / Angola/Portugal/France
Director: Zeze Gamboa; Screenwriter: Carla Baptista
KEKEXILI: MOUNTAIN PATROL / China
Director: Lu Chuan; Screenwriter: Lu Chuan
LILA SAYS / France/Italy/UK
Director: Ziad Doueiri; Screenwriters: Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma
MONSTERTHURSDAY / Norway
Director: Arild Østin Ommundsen; Screenwriters: Arild Østin Ommundsen and Gro Elin Hjelle
ON A CLEAR DAY / UK
Director: Gaby Dellal; Screenwriter: Alex Rose
PALERMO HOLLYWOOD / Argentina
Director: Eduardo Pinto; Screenwriters: Brian Maya and Federico Finkielstain
STRANGER / Poland
Director: Malgosia Szumowska; Screenwriter: Malgosia Szumowska
THIS CHARMING GIRL / South Korea
Director: Lee Yoon-Ki; Screenwriter: Lee Yoon-Ki
TONY TAKITANI / Japan
Director: Jun Ichikawa; Screenwriter: Jun Ichikawa
UNCONSCIOUS / Spain/Portugal/Italy/Germany
Director: Joaquín Oristrell; Screenwriters: Joaquín Oristrell, Teresa de Peligrí and Dominic Harari
WOLF CREEK / Australia
Director: Greg Mclean; Screenwriter: Greg Mclean
PREMIERES:
The Premieres at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival are:
3-IRON / South Korea
Director: Kim Ki-duk; Screenwriter: Kim Ki-duk
THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE / U.S.A.
Director: Rebecca Miller; Screenwriter: Rebecca Miller
CHUMSCRUBBER / U.S.A.
Director: Arie Posin; Screenwriters: Arie Posin and Zach Stanford
DEAR WENDY / Denmark/Germany/France/UK
Director: Thomas Vinterberg; Screenwriter: Lars von Trier
DRUM / South Africa
Director: Zola Maseko; Screenwriter: Jason Filardi
GAME 6 / U.S.A.
Director: Michael Hoffman; Screenwriter: Don DeLillo
THE GIRL FROM MONDAY / U.S.A.
Director: Hal Hartley; Screenwriter: Hal Hartley
HAPPY ENDINGS / U.S.A.
Director: Don Roos; Screenwriter: Don Roos
HEIGHTS / U.S.A.
Director: Chris Terrio; Screenwriters: Amy Fox and Chris Terrio
INSIDE DEEP THROAT / U.S.A.
Directors: Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
THE JACKET / U.S.A.
Director: John Maybury; Screenwriter: Marc Rocco
KUNG FU HUSTLE / Hong Kong/China
Director: Stephen Chow; Screenwriters: Tsang Kan Cheong, Stephen Chow, and Chan Man Keung
LACKAWANNA BLUES / U.S.A.
Director: George C. Wolfe; Screenwriter: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
LAYER CAKE / U.K.
Director: Matthew Vaughn; Screenwriter: J.J. Connolly
LOVERBOY / U.S.A.
Director: Kevin Bacon; Screenwriter: Hannah Shakespeare; Novel by Victoria Redel
MARILYN HOTCHKISS BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL / U.S.A.
Director: Randall Miller; Screenwriters: Randall Miller and Jody Savin
THE MATADOR / U.S.A.
Director: Richard Shepard; Screenwriter: Richard Shepard
MIRRORMASK / U.K.
Director: Dave McKean; Screenwriter: Neil Gaiman
MYSTERIOUS SKIN / U.S.A.
Director: Gregg Araki; Screenwriter: Gregg Araki.
NINE LIVES / U.S.A.
Director: Rodrigo Garcia; Screenwriter: Rodrigo Garcia
REEFER MADNESS / U.S.A.
Director: Andy Fickman; Screenwriter: Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy
RORY O'SHEA WAS HERE / U.S.A.
Director: Damien O'Donnell; Screenwriter: Jeffrey Caine
SNOWLAND / Germany
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer; Screenwriter: Hans W. Geissendörfer
UPSIDE OF ANGER / U.S.A.
Director: Mike Binder; Screenwriter: Mike Binder
AMERICAN SPECTRUM:
The films screening in the American Spectrum category of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival are:
212
Director: Anthony Ng; Screenwriter: Anthony Ng
5TH WORLD
Director: Blackhorse Lowe; Screenwriter: Blackhorse Lowe
DUANE HOPWOOD
Director: Matt Mulhern; Screenwriter: Matt Mulhern
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD
Director: Ben Wolfinsohn; Screenwriter: Ben Wolfinsohn
LOVE, LUDLOW
Director: Adrienne Weiss; Screenwriter: David Paterson
MITCHELLVILLE
Director: John D. Harkrider; Screenwriter: John D. Harkrider
THE MOTEL
Director: Michael Kang; Screenwriter: Michael Kang
THE PUFFY CHAIR
Director: Jay Duplass; Screenwriter: Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass
RIZE
Director: David LaChapelle
THE SALON
Director: Mark Brown; Screenwriter: Mark Brown
SAVING FACE
Director: Alice Wu; Screenwriter: Alice Wu
STEAL ME
Director: Melissa Painter; Screenwriter: Melissa Painter
SWIMMERS
Director: Doug Sadler; Screenwriter: Doug Sadler
THE TALENT GIVEN US
Director: Andrew Wagner; Screenwriter: Andrew Wagner
THIS REVOLUTION
Director: Stephen Marshall; Screenwriter: Stephen Marshall
PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT:
The films screening in the Park City at Midnight category of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival are:
9 SONGS / U.S.A
Director: Michael Winterbottom; Screenwriter: Michael Winterbottom
DIRTY LOVE / U.S.A
Director: John Asher; Screenwriter: Jenny McCarthy
HARD CANDY / U.S.A
Director: David Slade; Screenwriter: Brian Nelson
MATANDO CABOS / Mexico
Director: Alejandro Lozano; Screenwriter: Alejandro Lozano
OLD BOY / South Korea
Director: Park Chan-Wook; Screenwriters: Park Chan-Wook, Hwang Jo-yun and Lim Jun-hyeong
STRANGERS WITH CANDY: THE MOVIE / U.S.A
Director: Paul Dinello; Screenwriters: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert
THREE...EXTREMES / Hong Kong/South Korea/Japan
Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-Wook, and Takashi Miike; Screenwriters: Lilian Lee, Park Chan-Wook, and Haruko Fukushima
WHAT IS IT? / U.S.A.
Director: Crispin Glover; Screenwriter: Crispin Glover
FRONTIER:
The films screening in the Frontier category 2005 Sundance Film Festival are:
FRONTIER 6 / U.S.A
Director: Luke Savisky
THE JOY OF LIFE / U.S.A.
Director: Jenni Olson; Screenwriter: Jenni Olson
ROOM / U.S.A.
Director: Kyle Henry; Screenwriter: Kyle Henry
SUGAR / U.S.A.
Directors: Reynold Reynolds, and Patrick Jolley; Screenwriters: Reynold Reynolds, Patrick Jolley, and Samara Golden
SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE 2 ½ / U.S.A.
Director: William Greaves; Screenwriter: William Greaves
TROPIC OF CANCER / Mexico
Director: Eugenio Polgovsky
SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
The Special Screenings of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival are:
BALLETS RUSSES / U.S.A
Director: Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller
THE EMPEROR’S JOURNEY / France
Director: Luc Jacquet.
THE GARDEN / U.S.A
Director: Frederick Wiseman
THE PROTOCOLS OF ZION / U.S.A
Director: Marc Levin
REEL PARADISE / U.S.A
Director: Steve James
ROCK SCHOOL / U.S.A
Director: Don Argott
GREEN BUSH / U.S.A
Director: Warwick Thornton
A THOUSAND ROADS / U.S.A
Director: Chris Eyre
SUNDANCE COLLECTION:
The Sundance Collection screenings at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival are:
HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. / U.S.A
Director: Barbara Kopple (1976)
STRANGER THAN PARADISE / U.S.A
Director: Jim Jarmusch; Screenwriter: Jim Jarmusch (1984)
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