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Sundance Film Festival · 2020

Sundance Film Festival 2020

Kids

Programme

3 films · 1 review

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Binti

Twelve-year-old Binti dreams of making a name for herself as a vlogger and becoming a star like her idol Tatyana. But when they risk being deported as illegal aliens in a police raid, she and her father are forced to go on the run.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Frederike Migom; Writer: Frederike Migom; Stars: Joke Devynck, Caroline Stas, Tatyana Beloy, Mo Bakker, Kuno Bakker, Bebel Tshiani Baloji, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Baloji, Frank Dierens, Alix Konadu, Marijke Van Der Kelen, Linda Kompany, Wies Nuyens, Veronica van Belle, Joke Devynck)

US premiere

Come Away

Review preview for Come Away

While the film's more nostalgic elements are likely to help to keep adults on board it is also invigorated, not only by Goodhill's unorthodox approach to the works but also by the diverse casting.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Before Alice found Wonderland, and Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their brother dies in an accident, they seek to save their parents from downward spirals until finally they're forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2020; Director: Brenda Chapman; Writer: Lewis Carroll, Marissa Kate Goodhill, based on the novel by JM Barrie; Stars: Angelina Jolie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Caine, Derek Jacobi, Clarke Peters, David Gyasi, Anna Chancellor, David Oyelowo, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Damian O'Hare, Jordan A. Nash, Reece Yates, Jo Wheatley, Shun Yin, Rob Pavey)

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World premiere

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

The hilarious exploits of Timmy Failure and his 1,500-pound polar bear partner, Total, as they operate Total Failure, Inc., a Portland detective agency.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Tom McCarthy; Writer: Stephan Pastis, Tom McCarthy, based on the book by Stephan Pastis; Stars: Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Wallace Shawn, Craig Robinson, Kyle Bornheimer.)

World premiere