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2012 Sundance: Movies in Competition!

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Jan 19, 2012 7:55 PM
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Black Rock, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth
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Jack Zbuska

Black Rock

Awww, three childhood friends (Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and Katie Aselton) are setting aside their personal issues and reuniting for a girls' weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. Sounds perfect. But one wrong move quickly turns their relaxing retreat into a deadly fight for survival.


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That's What She Said

Anne Heche stars in this flick about two best friends and a mysterious young interloper who go on a series of misadventures while on a quest for love in New York City.


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Italy Gross

Excision

AnnaLynne McCord stars as a disturbed high school student who aspires to become a doctor but ends up going to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.


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Sundance

For Ellen

Paul Dano and Jon Heder star in this story of a struggling musician taking an overnight long-distance drive, hoping to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter.


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Christophe Husson

Keep the Lights On

Director Ira Sachs takes us on a journey inspired by true events about a steamy long-term relationship between two men driven by addiction and secrets.


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Middle of Nowhere

An African-American woman struggles to uphold her marriage and identity as her husband is sentenced to jail in this film by director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay.


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Bill Gray

LUV

Danny Glover and Common star in this flick about a newly orphaned 11-year-old boy who spends a day with his troubled uncle on the streets of Baltimore.


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Benjamin Kasulke

Safety Not Guaranteed

Kristen Bell and Aubrey Plaza are part of a group of magazine employees who set out to investigate a classified ad that seeks a partner for a time-travel expedition.


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Sundance

Filly Brown

Codirectors Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos narrate a tale of Maria Jose "Majo" Tonorio (Jenni Rivera), a tough L.A. street poet who rises to fame but must deal with all the drama that comes with it.


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The Comedy

In true hipster fashion, a guy who is about to inherit his father's estate spends his time with a bunch of up-to-no-good, aging Brooklyn hipsters, in this film by Rick Alverson.


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Sundance

The Surrogate

John Hawkes plays a 36-year-old poet and journalist looking to lose his virginity. In anti-Steve Carel fashion, he consults his therapist, his priest and even a professional sex surrogate? Whatever that is, the cast looks great, which includes Helen Hunt and William H. Macy.


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The End of Love

Mark Webber serves up this drama about a young father dealing with the loss of the mother of his child. The cast includes Michael Cera, Jason Ritter and Amanda Seyfried.


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Gemma La Mana

The First Time

Ah, young love. The title pretty much sums up the whole story of two crazy kids in high school falling in love for the first time, but of course in an adorably funny way. Victoria Justice, Brittany Robertson and Dylan O'Brien star in this rom-com.


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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Looks like this isn't going to be a typical story about a 6-year-old and her dad. We will follow a young girl named Hushpuppy whose father begins dying of a mysterious illness at the same time as the natural world starts to fall apart.

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