Sundance 2022 - Screened
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1. A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (2021)
26 min | Short, Drama
Tired of loneliness, Vange goes to a lesbian party for the first time.
Director: Érica Sarmet | Stars: Zélia Duncan, Bruna Linzmeyer, Camila Rocha, Clarissa Ribeiro
Votes: 197
2. Call Jane (2022)
R | 121 min | Drama, History
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Director: Phyllis Nagy | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara
Votes: 6,133
3. Descendant (2022)
PG | 109 min | Documentary, History
Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story.
Director: Margaret Brown | Stars: Theodore Arthur, Gary Autrey, Chris Davis, Joycelyn Davis
Votes: 1,418
4. The Right Words (2021)
15 min | Short, Romance
When naive and romantic Mahdi is peer-pressured into confessing his love to Jada, a girl who doesn't know he exists, his declaration becomes a public spectacle.
Director: Adrian Moyse Dullin | Stars: Yasser Osmani, Aya Halal, Ramatoulaye Ndongo, Sanya Salhi
Votes: 317
5. Las Palmas (2011)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Prizewinning short about a baby placed in a virtual doll environment Las Palmas, getting drunk and goes bananas like any other uncivilized tourist would do.
Director: Johannes Nyholm | Star: Helmi Hellrand Nyholm
Votes: 564
6. Meal on the Plate (2022)
7 min | Short
You are what you eat. In a world where people start to look like the thing they eat most, you can take this quite literally. When a newcomer prefers different eating habits, the visible consequences turn the world upside down.
Director: Chenglin Xie
Votes: 18
7. Rendang of Death (2021)
7 min | Animation, Short
In a quaint Padang restaurant, two bros put their friendship to the test when it turns out that there's only a single plate of their favorite food left.
Director: Percolate Galactic | Stars: Unit Satuan Bengkel, Alva 'Dom' Delanova, PS Jati, Angelica Kosasih
Votes: 24
8. You Won't Be Alone (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.
Director: Goran Stolevski | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Sara Klimoska
Votes: 11,077
9. Dual (2022)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A woman opts for a cloning procedure after she receives a terminal diagnosis but when she recovers her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail, leading to a court-mandated duel to the death.
Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Theo James
Votes: 12,575
10. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher, is yearning for some adventure, and some sex. And she has a plan, which involves hiring a young sex worker named Leo Grande.
Director: Sophie Hyde | Stars: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Isabella Laughland, Les Mabaleka
Votes: 37,706
11. Brian and Charles (2022)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
After a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot.
Director: Jim Archer | Stars: David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey, Jamie Michie
Votes: 8,294
12. $75,000 (2021)
14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
How the biological aspect of albinism affects not only pigmentation, but also physical and mental health as people are victims of discrimination, mutilation, and ritual crimes in Africa.
Director: Moïse Togo | Stars: Seydou Cissé, Mohamed Tiécoura Coulibaly, Bassirou Sissoko
Votes: 11
13. Alice (2022)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.
Director: Krystin Ver Linden | Stars: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles
Votes: 3,270
14. Am I OK? (2022)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lucy and Jane have been best friends their entire lives. Only when Lucy embarks on a personal journey, will she face a test of her friendship, and her sense of self, on a path she may not be entirely ready to take.
Directors: Stephanie Allynne, Tig Notaro | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Kiersey Clemons
Votes: 463
15. Bump (I) (2021)
3 min | Short, Comedy
A young man's reluctance to let go of a trivial encounter leads him to seek retribution.
Director: Maziyar Khatam | Stars: Dylan Hatton, Maziyar Khatam
Votes: 46
16. Butter Lamp (2013)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Family
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant photograph Tibetan nomads in front of various backgrounds.
Director: Wei Hu | Stars: Genden Phuntsok, Soepha, Sonam Gonpo, Wangmo Tso
Votes: 780
17. Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter.
Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt
Votes: 26,543
18. Champ (2022)
8 min | Short, Drama
After basketball practice one night, Genevieve reveals a dark secret about their coach to her teammates. Wielding strategy and grit off the court, Genevieve works together with her teammates to find a way to retaliate.
Director: Hannah Peterson | Stars: Iris Cook, Lulu Davis, Madison Holden, Morgan Maher
Votes: 18
19. Close Ties to Home Country (2021)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Akanksha Cruczynski | Stars: Cassie Kramer, Sophia Rafiqi, Akanksha Cruczynski, Simon Hedger
Votes: 23
20. Displaced (2021)
15 min | Short, Drama
In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local players wander from one obscure location to another carrying with them the only possession of the club: their tables.
Director: Samir Karahoda | Stars: Jeton Mazreku, Ermegan Kazazi, Rifat Rifati
Votes: 92
21. Emergency (2022)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.
Director: Carey Williams | Stars: RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter
Votes: 9,624
22. F^¢k 'Em R!ght B@¢k (2022)
13 min | Short, Comedy
A queer Black aspiring Baltimore rapper must outwit his vengeful day-job boss in order to avoid getting fired after accidentally eating an edible.
Director: Harris Doran | Stars: Ddm Ddm, Kara Young, Catherine Curtin, Jack Bell
Votes: 67
23. Fire of Love (2022)
PG | 98 min | Documentary, Biography
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.
Director: Sara Dosa | Stars: Miranda July, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Roland Haas
Votes: 14,445
24. For Nonna Anna (2017)
13 min | Short, Drama
In this raw and graceful testimony of intersectional womanhood, a trans girl has to care for her Italian grandmother. She assumes that her Nonna disapproves of her - but instead discovers a tender bond in their shared vulnerability.
Director: Luis De Filippis | Stars: Maya V. Henry, Jacqueline Tarne, Anna Pecchia, Remy Barone
Votes: 111
25. God's Country (II) (2022)
R | 102 min | Thriller
When a college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.
Director: Julian Higgins | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Dan Gravage
Votes: 4,081
26. The Headhunter's Daughter (2022)
15 min | Short, Drama
Follows Lynn as she leaves her family behind and travels through the Cordilleran highlands to try her luck in the city as a country singer.
Director: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Stars: Ammin Acha-ur, Pablo Quintos
Votes: 55
27. Hold Up (I) (2006)
7 min | Short, Drama
A robber looks to make off with more than the money from a convenience store hold up.
Director: Madeleine Olnek | Stars: Dennis Davis, Nancy Giles, Cynthia Kaplan
Votes: 65
28. Huella (2022)
15 min | Short, Thriller
When her grandmother's death unleashes a generational curse, a disenchanted flamenco dancer resigned to a desk job is forced to experience the five stages of grief through a visit from her ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriela Ortega | Stars: Shakira Barrera, Denise Blasor, Carla Valentine, Celeste Lanuza
Votes: 41
29. If I Go Will They Miss Me (2022)
Short, Drama
Follows Lil' Ant who is obsessed with Pegasus, the Greek mythological character, and starts seeing imaginary airplane people around his home, and wishes to fly with them.
Director: Walter Thompson-Hernandez | Stars: Anthony Harris Jr., Tony Sirico
Votes: 22
30. Long Line of Ladies (2022)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A girl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming of age ceremony of the Karuk tribe of Northern California.
Directors: Shaandiin Tome, Rayka Zehtabchi | Stars: Ahtyirahm Allen, Alme Allen, Pimm Tripp-Allen
Votes: 58
31. Maidenhood (2022)
15 min | Short, Drama
Follows Catalina who tries to submit to the tradition to demonstrate her purity and worth as a woman to her beloved, but her body betrays her and she fails to demonstrate her chastity.
Director: Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza | Stars: Emma Aguilar, Mayra Jiménez Desales, Héctor Ortíz, Mayra Serbulo
Votes: 16
32. More Than Two Hours (2013)
15 min | Short, Drama
It's 3 AM.A boy and a girl are wandering in the city.They are looking for a hospital to cure the girl, but it is much harder than they thought.
Director: Ali Asgari | Stars: Taha Mohammadi, Shahrzad Ghasemi, Roshanak Haghighattalab, Safoora Kazempour
Votes: 739
33. My Old School (2022)
104 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend.
Director: Jono McLeod | Stars: Alan Cumming, Brandon Lee, Dawn Steele, Lulu
Votes: 1,704
34. Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022)
R | 110 min | Drama
A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
Director: Jamie Dack | Stars: Lily McInerny, Gretchen Mol, Emily Jackson, Quinn Frankel
Votes: 2,850
35. Prayers for Sweet Waters (2021)
16 min | Short, Documentary
A submergence into the vivid realities of three Transgender sex workers living in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Director: Elijah Ndoumbe | Stars: Wes Leal, Flavirina Nana, Gulam Petersen
Votes: 12
36. Reckless (II) (2021)
10 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a society on the verge of being crushed by mounting water pressure, Nikki's highest wish is to get back together with her ex-boyfriend.
Director: Pella Kagerman | Stars: Elle Kari Bergenrud, Amed Bozan, Emelie Garbers, Carl Kumlin
Votes: 26
37. Resurrection (2022)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined and successful. Everything is under control until David returns - that is - carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.
Director: Andrew Semans | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper
Votes: 11,826
38. The Right Words (2021)
15 min | Short, Romance
When naive and romantic Mahdi is peer-pressured into confessing his love to Jada, a girl who doesn't know he exists, his declaration becomes a public spectacle.
Director: Adrian Moyse Dullin | Stars: Yasser Osmani, Aya Halal, Ramatoulaye Ndongo, Sanya Salhi
Votes: 317
39. Shark (III) (2021)
14 min | Short, Comedy
His first girlfriend was hit by a car. His second girlfriend fell off a cliff. His wife has come prepared.
Director: Nash Edgerton | Stars: Nash Edgerton, Rose Byrne, Krew Boylan, Elly Hiraani Clapin
Votes: 437
40. Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver (2021)
9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The completion of Jim Jarmusch's film 'Stranger Than Paradise' depended on producer Sara Driver's willingness and ability to smuggle one of the world's weirdest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.
Directors: Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster | Star: Sara Driver
Votes: 36
41. The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022)
98 min | Drama
Cecilia travels to her father's farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her long-deceased mother whose presence brings to life a painful past chorused by the natural world around them.
Director: Francisca Alegria | Stars: Mía Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Benjamin Soto, Leonor Varela
Votes: 372
42. TikTok, Boom. (2022)
97 min | Documentary
With TikTok crowned the world's most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists and experts alike.
Director: Shalini Kantayya | Stars: Richard Cannon III, Jon 'TheBlondeJon' Madrid, Jonathan Madrid
Votes: 227
43. Warsha (2022)
15 min | Short, Drama
Away from everyone's eyes, a Beirut crane operator is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.
Director: Dania Bdeir | Stars: Hassan Aqqoul, Khansa, Kamal Saleh
Votes: 384
44. Work (I) (2022)
13 min | Short, Drama
Gabi, unable to move on from a recent breakup, impulsively drops into an old job at an underground lap dance party, where she runs into a friend from her past.
Director: April Maxey | Stars: Darlisa Ali, Star Amerasu, Scott Bender, Jay Dathorne
Votes: 19
45. Emily the Criminal (2022)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences.
Director: John Patton Ford | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Bernardo Badillo, John Billingsley
Votes: 55,521
46. La corona (2008)
40 min | Documentary, Short
The contestants are murderers, guerrillas, and thieves. The winner will be crowned Queen, but she won't be invited on a press tour as a role model for young girls. Instead, she will be escorted back to her cell.
Directors: Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega
Votes: 117
47. Navalny (2022)
R | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
Director: Daniel Roher | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Christo Grozev, Dasha Navalnaya
Votes: 29,927
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