Sundance 2009: Line-Up Announced

Two weeks after announcing that the Aussie claymation film Mary and Max will open the festival, Sundance has now revelaed its entire line-up that will take Park City, Utah by storm from 15th - 25th January 2009.

Sticking to its roots and projecting the festival as a committed supporter and door-opener for low-budget films and first-time filmmakers, Sundance released the following statement: “For the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, 118 feature-length films were selected including 87 world premieres, 19 North American premieres, and 4 American premieres representing 21 countries with 42 first-time filmmakers, including 28 in competition. These films were selected from 3,661 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,905 Americanand 1,756 international feature-length films.”

The Line-Up
Fanfared on their website are the press releases detailing the 118 feature-length films that will make Sundance 2009:

Film In Competition: Documentary, U.S. Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary, and World Cinema Dramatic

Films in the out-of-competition sections of Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, and Park City at Midnight

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