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Sundance Film Festival · 2024

Sundance Film Festival 2024

Episodic

This section also includes an Episodic Pilot showcase of three titles: Me/We, La Mesias and Penelope

Programme

5 films

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Better Angels: The Gospel According To Tammy Faye

As told by her family, friends, and enemies, the meteoric rise, scandalous fall, and unlikely resurrection of Tammy Faye, the "First Lady of the Electric Church," poses an increasingly relevant question: How did we get the story so wrong?

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Dana Adam Shapiro; Writer: Helen Rollins, Dana Adam Shapiro; Stars: Tammy Faye Bakker, Jim Bakker, Jessica Chastain, Jay Bakker)

World premiere

Conbody Vs Everybody

Taking place over eight years, Coss Marte builds ConBody, a gym inspired by workouts he developed while in prison. Committed to employing trainers who were formerly incarcerated, Coss creates a community fighting to break the cycle of recidivism while navigating society’s many obstacles to re-entry.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Debra Granik; Stars: Coss Marte)

World premiere

God Save Texas

Three directors offer their unique and personal perspectives on their home state

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, Iliana Sosa)

World premiere

Lolla: The Story Of Lollapalooza

In the summer of ’91, the Lollapalooza music festival was born. What started as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction rose from the underground to launch a cultural movement and change music forever.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Michael John Warren)

World premiere

The Synanon Fix

Exploring the rise and fall of the Synanon organisation - through the eyes of the members who lived it - from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Rory Kennedy; Writer: Mark Bailey, Jeffrey Swimmer)

World premiere