Sundance Film Festival 2020

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The Perfect Candidate The Perfect Candidate
The Perfect Candidate and La Llorona
And Then We Danced (Country: Sweden, Georgia; Year: 2019; Director: Levan Akin; Writer: Levan Akin; Stars: Ana Javakishvili, Giorgi Tsereteli, Tamar Bukhnikashvili, Marika Gogichaishvili, Kakha Gogidze, Levan Gabrava, Ana Makharadze, Nino Gabisonia, Mate Khidasheli, Aleko Begalishvili, Nia Gvatua, Lucas Hesling, Ketie Danelia, Giorgi Aladashvili, Soso Abramishvili)
A dancer falls in love with his fiercest rival.
The Assistant (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Kitty Green; Writer: Kitty Green; Stars: Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Kristine Froseth, Dagmara Dominczyk, Makenzie Leigh, Noah Robbins, Alexander Chaplin, Clara Wong, Juliana Canfield, Lou Martini Jr., Purva Bedi, Jon Orsini, Daoud Heidami, Bregje Heinen, Nemuna Ceesay)
A day in the life of Jane, an assistant to a high-powered film executive.
The Climb (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Michael Angelo Covino; Writer: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin; Stars: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Zina Wilde, Talia Balsam, Gayle Rankin, George Wendt, Judith Godrèche)
A look at the friendship between two guys that spans many years.
Collective (Colectiv) (Country: Romania; Year: 2019; Director: Alexander Nanau; Writer: Alexander Nanau, Antoaneta Opris)
Documentary considering the aftermath of a nightclub fire that exposed deep corruption in the Romanian healthcare system.
US premiere
Ema (Country: Chile; Year: 2019; Director: Pablo Larraín; Writer: Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno; Stars: Santiago Cabrera, Gael García Bernal, Giannina Fruttero, Mariana Di Girolamo, Mariana Loyola, Antonia Giesen, Eduardo Paxeco, Catalina Saavedra, Paola Giannini, Josefina Fiebelkorn, Paula Hofmann, Susana Hidalgo, Paula Luchsinger, Santiago Cabrera, Gael García Bernal)
A dancer and her choreographer husband find themselves trying to stop their lives falling apart after an adoption goes awry.
The Climb The Climb
The Climb and And Then We Danced
La Llorona (Country: Guatemala, France; Year: 2019; Director: Jayro Bustamante; Writer: Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez; Stars: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic, Julio Diaz, María Telón, Ayla-Elea Hurtado)
Enrique, a retired general who oversaw the Maya genocide, is haunted by his devastating crimes. A tale of horror and fantasy, reimagining the Latin American fable as an urgent metaphor of Guatemalan recent history and its unhealed political wounds.
The Perfect Candidate (Country: Saudi Arabia, Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour; Writer: Haifaa Al-Mansour, Brad Niemann; Stars: Mila Al Zahrani, Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali, Mila Al Zahrani, Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali)
A young female Saudi doctor decides to run for election.
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