Professional Motion Picture Production and Distribution NEWS

We are pleased to announce the line-up of films for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20�V30, 2005, in Park City, Utah. The Festival is the premier showcase for American independent film, is an important new platform for international independent film, and screens films that embody risk-taking, diversity, and aesthetic innovation.

"Every year a new generation of American independent filmmakers reinvents independent film," observes Geoffrey Gilmore, Director of the Sundance Film Festival. "We're excited about discovering these films and filmmakers, and about presenting them to our audiences. This year the Festival is screening some of the most artistically innovative films and inspired storytelling we have ever seen. That the selection was even more difficult than any year in my memory is really a testament to the quality of the films currently being made. The Festival continues to evolve and we work to remain connected to the global community of independent filmmakers even as social, political, and economic realities around the world are constantly changing. In addition to scouring the U.S. for films, our programmers traveled around the world looking for films to bring to the Festival for our inaugural world cinema competition."

For the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, 2,613 feature films were submitted for consideration, including 1,385 U.S. feature films and 1,228 international feature films. These numbers represent an increase from 2004, when 2,485 feature films were submitted, with 1,285 coming from the United States and 1,200 from abroad.

Counted among the films in the Independent Feature Film Competition and the World Cinema Competition for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival are 42 world premieres, 9 North American premieres, and 9 U.S. premieres.

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Salt Lake City, UT 84110