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Sundance Film Festival

2010

The daddy of all independent festivals celebrates its 26th edition in 2010. Run in conjunction with the Sundance Institute - set up by Robert Redford to support independent film - it has continued to develop its brief and has this year announced a new section, Next, dedicated to low and no-budget films.

John Cooper is also marking his first year at the helm with a night of screenings across the US showcasing films from the festival at the same time as they screen in Park City.

Got a feature or short film screening at LFF 2008 and want us to review it? If you have a screener, please feel free to send it to us.

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  • Boy
    Review preview for Boy

    This is an upbeat, often hilarious, but never mawkish, celebration of love.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A Boy and his brother find their fantasy version of their dad is somewhat different to the real deal.
  • Mother And Child
    Review preview for Mother And Child

    Bening’s performance is a triumph over leaden writing.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 2 out of 5
    Tale of three women and maternal love.
  • Cane Toads: The Conquest
    Review preview for Cane Toads: The Conquest

    Well-researched and interesting.

    Paul Logan · 3 out of 5
    In 3D, Mark Lewis explores one of Australia's greatest environmental catastrophes as he follows the unstoppable march of the cane toad across the continent.
  • The Taqwacores
    Review preview for The Taqwacores

    In many ways, The Taqwacores is punk movie-making by numbers.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A good young Muslim boy moves into a house where punk turns the tables on everything he thought he knew about Islam.
  • The Company Men
    Review preview for The Company Men

    It's well directed but even if most of the cast weren't phoning it in they would have real difficulty eliciting sympathy.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Three corporate executives struggle to come to terms with losing their jobs.
  • Waste Land
    Review preview for Waste Land

    Walker's documentary is moving, life-affirming and challenges what you think you might know about these people who pick through the rubbish.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Portrait of garbage pickers in Rio who participated in a project with artist Vik Muniz.
  • Animal Kingdom
    Review preview for Animal Kingdom

    Michod has created a deeply pessimistic but fascinating world lit by excellent cinematography and set to a moody score.

    Owen Van Spall · 4.5 out of 5
    After the death of his mother, a 17-year-old boy is thrust precariously between an explosive criminal family and a detective who thinks he can save him. Plus read our exclusive .
  • Abel
    Review preview for Abel

    There's some late in the day pathos which does pull at the heart strings, but the film falls flat once more with a half-baked open ended conclusion.

    James Benefield · 2 out of 5
    A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence.
  • Howl
    Review preview for Howl

    The real standout performance is Franco’s.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    The story of Allen Ginsberg’s ground-breaking poem is told through a mixture of reconstruction and animation.
  • 7 Days
    Review preview for 7 Days

    There’s undoubted style and polish from Grou here, but the disjointed whole doesn’t stand up to the weight of its own pretensions.

    Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5
    A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who murdered his young daughter.

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