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Sundance Film Festival · 2012

Sundance Film Festival 2012

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Encompasses a selection of pure, bold works by promising filmmakers distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling.

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8 films · 3 reviews

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Compliance

Review preview for Compliance

The bottom falls out of sanity in a way that, despite being based on real events, feels deeply unsatisfactory.

Sophie Monks Kaufman · 3 out of 5
A drama based on the real life case of fast food restaurant employees who abused vulnerable young people on the orders of a stranger on the phone who claimed to be investigating shoplifting.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Craig Zobel; Writer: Craig Zobel; Stars: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey, Matt Servitto, Ashlie Atkinson, Nikiya Mathis, Ralph Rodriguez, Stephen Payne, Amelia Fowler, John Merolla, Desmin Borges, Matt Skibiak)

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I Am Not A Hipster

Set in the indie music and art scene, this is a character-driven story exploring themes of love, loss and what it means to be creative in the face of tragedy.

(Year: 2012; Director: Destin Cretton; Writer: Destin Cretton; Stars: Dominic Bogart, Alvaro Orlando, Brad William Henke, Tammy Minoff, Kandis Erickson, Lauren Coleman) , Official site

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Kid-Thing

Review preview for Kid-Thing

Kid-Thing is all about kid-think, with David Zellner keeping his main character's child perspective front and centre at all times.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A rebellious girl whose existence is devoid of parental guidance, hears a woman calling from a mysterious hole in the ground, asking for help.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: David Zellner; Writer: David Zellner; Stars: Sydney Aguirre, Susan Tyrrell, Nathan Zellner, David Zellner)

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Mosquita Y Mari

A friendship between two 15-year-old Latinas becomes complex as they struggle to recognise the sexual undercurrent in their relationship.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Aurora Guerrero; Writer: Aurora Guerrero; Stars: Fenessa Pineda, Venecia Troncoso, Joaquín Garrido, Laura Patalano, Dulce Maria Solis)

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My Best Day

Karen’s life as a small-town receptionist is turned upside down when the father she never knew calls for a refrigerator repair. That day she encounters a sister addicted to off track betting, a brother struggling with grade school heartache and bullies, and a load of fireworks.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Erin Greenwell; Writer: Erin Greenwell; Stars: Rachel Style, Ashlie Atkinson, Raúl Castillo, Jo Armeniox, Robert Salerno, Harris Doran) , Official site

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Sleepwalk With Me

Review preview for Sleepwalk With Me

Managing to be funny, insightful and heartfelt at the same time without slipping into melodrama or cheesiness, Sleepwalk With Me also benefits from an extremely relatable and understated performance from Birbiglia.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
A stand-up comedian with a serious sleep disorder reassesses his life.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish; Writer: Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Joe Birbiglia, Seth Barrish; Stars: Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane, James Rebhorn, Cristin Milioti)

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That's What She Said

Armed with nothing but their addictions and lots of personal baggage, two best friends and a mysterious young interloper battle a series of misadventures on their quest for love in New York City.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Carrie Preston; Writer: Kellie Overbey; Stars: Anne Heche, Marcia DeBonis, Alia Shawkat)

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Twenty-Eight Hotel Rooms

Seen only as fragments in the secret world of hotel rooms, a long-term affair becomes perhaps the most significant relationship of a couple’s lives.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Matt Ross; Writer: Matt Ross; Stars: Marin Ireland, Chris Messina)

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