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The World Comes To SundanceThe world comes to the Sundance Film Festival from January 19 to 29. In the past several years, the Festival, which first made its reputation with American Indie cinema, has put as much emphasis on its World Cinema competitions, including sections for Dramatic Feature and Documentary Feature. By laying out a red carpet for international filmmakers and industry professionals, Sundance has been able to go mano-a-mano with such prestigious European-based film festivals as Berlin, Cannes and Venice. And since Sundance insists on world or international premieres (as do the three biggie festivals mentioned above), there has been a very interesting shift in the marketing strategies of international sales agents and distributors, who now see Sundance as key to their international promotion efforts. If a film hits it big in Sundance, and secures a U.S. or North American deal, then the stage is set for these companies to hawk the film at the European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival (which follows just a few weeks later) and also at Cannes in May. So, Sundance has taken advantage of its January dates to encourage international film sellers and buyers to make their way up to the mountains of Park City as their first stop of the new year. This is quite a sea change in strategy (European films premiering in Utah before they premiere in Europe) but one that has expanded the reach of the Sundance Film Festival and which offers attending professionals and general public a chance to review the cinema output around the globe. Below is the list of dramatic and documentary films competing at Sundance, with descriptions provided by the Festival. WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION 4 SUNS (Czech Republic, Director and screenwriter: Bohdan Sláma) — Immature Fogi attempts to straighten up and accept his responsibilities as a new husband and father, as well as role model to his troubled son from a previous relationship, but finds himself unable to change his nature, leaving him to watch haplessly as his family begins to crumble. Cast: Jaroslav Plesl, Aňa Geislerová, Karel Roden, Jiří Mádl, Klára Melíšková. World Premiere WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION ½ REVOLUTION (Denmark, Directors: Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim) — In January 2011, two filmmakers captured the reality of the Egyptian revolution as it occurred out of view from the world’s media in the alleyways and streets away from the square – and in the process were arrested by the secret police. North American Premiere Sandy Mandelberger 21.01.2012 | Sundance's blog Cat. : Alabama Alexis Dziena Alicia Rodríguez Aline Kuppenheim Allan Mogensen ambassador American Indie cinema Aňa Geislerová Andrés Wood Antony Starr Argentina Armando Bó Artist Australia Bart Layton Berlin Berlin Brazil Camila Gutiérrez Cannes Cannes Central Africa central China China Cinema of Canada coach Czech Republic Daniela David Trueba David Winters diplomat Director director and screenwriter Elena Soarez Eliseo Altunaga Emad Burnat Ena Koshino Entertainment Entertainment Eric Judor Erkan Avcı Europe European Felicity Price Felipe Pinto Film France Francisca Gavilán Fredrik Gertten Gabriela Aguilera Griselda Siciliani Guillermo Calderón guitarist Gulzar Ahmad Bhat Guy Davidi Israel Istanbul Jack Plotnick James Floyd James Swirsky Jaroslav Plesl Jennifer Baichwal Joel Edgerton John McInerny José Sacristán Journalist Karel Roden Karim El Hakim Kashmir Keiichi Kobayashi Kieran Darcy-Smith Kim Kold King L Law Law Lima Duarte Lisanne Pajot Lise Birk Pedersen London Luciano Moura Luis Machín Madrid Malik Bendjelloul Margaret Atwood Margarita Lopez María Gracia Omegna María Valverde Mariana Lima Marsha Martin Pieter Zandvliet model Mohammed Afzal Sofi Musa Syeed Nicolás Giacobone Omar Shargawi Pedro Peirano Person Attributes Person Career Person Location Rachel Leah Jones Ramon Fontserè Reiko Fujiwara Roberto Farías Rodrigo Bazaes Saïd Taghmaoui Sally El Hosaini Sally El Hosaini San Antonio Sandy Mandelberger Serdar Orçin singer Spain spokesperson Sports Sports Steve Little Sundance Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival Teresa Palmer Texas Thailand the Berlin Film Festival the SUNDANCE Film Festival Theo Thomas Durand United Kingdom United States Utah Utah Venice Venice Violeta Parra VIOLETA WENT Wagner Moura War War William Fichtner world cinema World Cinema Yung Chang Yung Chang FESTIVALS
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