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Sundance Film Festival

2007

Enemies Of Happiness won the World Cinema Documentary competition
Enemies Of Happiness won the World Cinema Documentary competition

Turning its attention increasingly to short film - and announcing a mobile phone project - the daddy of all independent festivals goes from strength to strength. In 2007 122 feature films were selected including 82 world premieres, 24 North American premieres and 10 US premieres, representing 25 countries with nearly 60 first or second-time feature filmmakers.

The Grand Jury Prize Dramatic went to Padre Nuestro - concerning a Mexican immigrant in New York - while the Grand Jury Prize Documentary went to Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) - a documentary equating political corruption in Brazil with street-level violence in Rio. Triumphing in the World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary sections were Sweet Mud (Adama Meshugaat) - a drama about a boy taking care of his mentally ill mum in a Kibbutz - and Enemies Of Happiness (Vores Lykkes Fjender) - about the Afghanistani women redefining a country. Audience Awards went to Grace Is Gone, In The Shadow Of The Moon, Hear And Now and Once.

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Latest reviews

  • The Nines
    Review preview for The Nines

    After all the care taken in this film, it's sad that the resolution is so cliched.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Alternative reality comedy thriller about a man who may or may not be a celebrity.
  • The Signal
    Review preview for The Signal

    Rarely have the faultlines between comedy and horror been exposed with greater precision.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Three-part tale of horror sees a strange signal start to drive people crazy.
  • Fido
    Review preview for Fido

    An inventive and superior entry into the zomcom canon.

    Daniel Hooper · 4 out of 5
    Zom-com sees a boy befriended by the family zombie... but trouble brews when he eats the neighbour.
  • Zoo
    Review preview for Zoo

    Zoo ought to present insurmountable problems to any artist working in a visual medium – but Devor turns every obstacle into a virtue.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Documentary triggered by a man's death by bestiality.
  • Spitfire 944
    Review preview for Spitfire 944

    A delight.

    Tony Sullivan · 5 out of 5
    Filmmakers track down a Second World War pilot.
  • Once
    Review preview for Once

    Like the best works of art, John Carney’s Once is both melancholy and beautiful, a fragile poem that seems almost too delicate for the big screen.

    The Exile · 5 out of 5
    Guy meets Girl and makes beautiful - and Oscar-winning - music with her.
  • My Kid Could Paint That
    Review preview for My Kid Could Paint That

    Like all good art, this raises difficult questions.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Documentary about a four-year-old who has sold $300,000 of paintings - but is she a genius or an exploited child?
  • Chapter 27
    Review preview for Chapter 27

    The film is more documentary-drama than exploitation fare.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    The days leading up to the assassination of John Lennon.
  • How She Move
    Review preview for How She Move

    Feels as if it has been lifted wholesale from an after school special.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A troubled teenager tries to prove herself through dance.
  • Manufactured Landscapes
    Review preview for Manufactured Landscapes

    There is nothing wrong with Baichwal's camerawork, with a fascinating opening eight-minute shot of it roaming across a Chinese factory floor, particularly stunning - but everything lacks depth.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A documentarian follows photographer Edward Burtynsky as he captures the effects of industrialisation in Asia.

A–Z of Sundance Film Festival 2007 reviews

Features

  • Taking Cinderella back to her roots
    David Kaplan talks about his rotoscope-animation of the fairytale, based on a Chinese version of the story, at the Sundance 2007 premiere of the film.
  • Sundance 2007 : Day Ten
    The final day of Eye For Film's coverage leads us to black comedy - The Savages. And the Awards are dished out.
  • Sundance 2007 : Day Nine
    Sexual deviancy explored, black comedy with Martin Freeman, and the hugely controversial Hounddog.
  • Sundance 2007 : Day Eight
    Van Der Graff generator bedclothes, Away From Her starts the waterworks, and Donovan serenades Eye For Film. (And - IMDB user Rotary Girl, we're not worthy!!)
  • Sundance 2007 : Day Seven
    Eye For Film joins Garth Jennings for a chat, and turns up to the Filmmaker's party. Waitress and Weapons are the movies du jour.
  • Sundance 2007: Day Six
    Outstanding Brit flick Son of Rambow takes the breath away, Nick Broomfield discusses Ghosts, and Crossing The Line crosses the critics well.
  • Sundance 2007: Day Five
    Cancellations and other disappointments : Anthony Hopkins slipstreams his way into a muddle, but at least Scotland's own Kate Dickie takes time to chat.
  • Sundance 2007: Day Four
    Domesticated Zombies?! Every bit as uneventful as it sounds - at least Clubland makes up for it.
  • Sundance 2007: Day Three
    A foolish imperial/metric conversion, and the aptly titled Snow Angels. That, and Freud's retroactive horror film.
  • Sundance 2007: Day Two
    The latest mutterings of a mad mind... I blame the Skittles.
  • Sundance Film Festival 2007: Day One continued - Press conference
    A comparatively calm Robert Redford introduces the latest Sundance Film Festival, the granddaddy of independent film festivals.
  • Sundance 2007: Day One
    Day One : No shrieking children airplane insanity, but bugger us.. it's cold!
  • Looking forward to Sundance
    The setting may be cold but 2007 promises to be another hot year for films at the world's biggest independent film festival.

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