British films Sightseers - out in the UK today - and In Fear have joined this year's Sundance line-up.
The blackly comic caravaning horror directed by Ben Wheatley and Jeremy Lovering's sinister tale of a couple trapped in a car were among those announced by the Sundance Institute in the out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier.
Sundance director of programming Trevor Groth said, “I couldn’t be more pleased to announce the films selected for these sections because they illustrate the tremendous creativity and vibrancy of the independent film community. Spotlight features our favorite films that have premiered at other festivals and the Park City at Midnight and New Frontier sections are comprised of films that are bound to shock, intoxicate, derange or dazzle. Expect the unexpected when you venture down the path of these cinematic sensations.”
The 2013 edition of New Frontier will showcase films, media installations, multimedia performances, transmedia experiences and panel discussions that explore the convergence of film, art, new media technology and storytelling. 2013 will mark the seventh year of New Frontier, which will again take place at The Yard (1251 Kearns Blvd.) in Park City.
Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer and curator of the exhibition, said: “The 2013 edition of New Frontier is an exhibition of works that immerse audiences within moving image environments, including full-dome and wrap-around films, augmented reality experiences, 3D projection mapped environments, and data-moshed hip hop performances. The work by this year’s artists disorient time and space, and provoke a reconsideration of how we might cohere the fibers of our bodies with the realities of life on the digital frontier.”
We'll be bringing you full coverage of the festival in Park City from January 17 to 27 here.
