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Screen is tracking all the Sundance deals \u2013 from those on the ground to the sales announced prior to the festival.<\/p>\n
The in-person 2023 Sundance Film Festival runs January 19-29. All entries below appear in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n
On-site acquisitions
\nThe Eternal Memory (World Cinema Documentary Competition)
\nChilean couple keep their love alive while living with Alzheimer\u2019s disease
\nDir. Maite Alberdi
\nMTV Documentary FIlms acquired worldwide rights.<\/p>\n
Fair play (US Dramatic Competition)
\nPhoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich star in psychological thriller.
\nDir. Chloe Domont
\nNetflix acquired worldwide rights in $20m deal.<\/p>\n
Flora And Son (Premieres)
\nMusical crowd pleaser starring Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
\nDir. John Carney
\nApple Original Films has secured worldwide rights to in a deal in the $20m range.<\/p>\n
Kokomo City (NEXT)
\nBlack trans sex workers tell all.
\nDir: D. Smith
\nMagnolia Pictures acquired worldwide rights<\/p>\n
A Little Prayer (Premieres)
\nMan tries to protect daughter-in-law when son has affair.
\nDir. Angus MacLachlan
\nSony Classics acquired worldwide rights<\/p>\n
Passages (Premieres)
\nGay filmmaker questions sexuality, future after affair with woman.
\nDir. Ira Sachs
\nMUBI acquired US, UK & Ireland, Latin American rights<\/p>\n
The Persian Version (US Dramatic Competition)
\nIranian-American woman negotiates different cultures when her family reunites in New York City for her father\u2019s heart transplant.
\nDir: Maryam Keshavarz
\nSPC acquired North American rights<\/p>\n
The Starling Girl (US Dramatic Competition)
\nThe sexual awakening of a teenage girl in a fundamenstalist Christian community in Kentucky.
\nDir: Laurel Parmet
\nBleecker Street acquired North American rights<\/p>\n
Talk To Me (Midnight)
\nHorror about teens who try to contact the dead using an embalmed hand
\nDirs: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
\nA24 acquired North American rights<\/p>\n
Theater Camp (US Dramatic Competition)
\nMockumentary about employees who must keep their camp afloat.
\nDirs: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman
\nSearchlight Pictures acquired worldwide rights<\/p>\n
North American and worldwide pre-buys ahead of festival
\nThe Deepest Breath (Premieres)
\nDoc about free-diving.
\nDir: Laura McGann
\nNetflix has worldwide rights<\/p>\n
In My Mother\u2019s Skin (Midnight)
\nPhilippines tale about the young daughter of a dying woman who seeks help from flesh-eating fairy.
\nDir: Kenneth Dagatan
\nPrime Video has worldwide rights. <\/p>\n
Joyland (Spotlight)
\nOscar-shortlisted Pakistani film about love, yearning, and trans burlesque boss. Cannes premiere.
\nDir: Saim Sadiq
\nOscilloscope has US rights.
\nScreen review here<\/p>\n
Little Richard: I Am Everything
\nDoc about Black queer origins of rock n\u2019 roll and key role played by Richard Penniman aka Little Richard.
\nDir: Lisa Cort\u00e9s
\nMagnolia Pictures has worldwide rights. HBO Max has global streaming rights<\/p>\n
My Animal (Midnight)
\nSmall town hockey player with a dark secret falls for a figure skater
\nDir: Jacqueline Castel
\nParamount Worldwide Acquisition Group has worldwide excluding Canada. <\/p>\n
Other People\u2019s Children (Spotlight)
\nThis Venice premiere title stars Virginie Efira as woman who living with her lover and his daughter.
\nDir: Rebecca Zlotowski
\nMusic Box has US rights.
\nScreen review here<\/p>\n
Run Rabbit Run (Midnight)
\nAustralian horror film starring Succession\u2019s Sarah Snook as a fertility doctor whose beliefs are challenged by her daughter and a ghost from her past.
\nDir: Daina Reid
\nNetflix has worldwide rights excluding select territories.<\/p>\n
Squaring The Circle (The Story Of Hipgnosis) (Spotlight)
\nDoc about design studio behind iconic album covers. Telluride 2022 premiere.
\nDir: Anton Corbijn
\nUtopia has US rights.
\nRelease: Summer 2023<\/p>\n
Films with distribution in place
\n20 Days In Mariupol (World Cinema Documentary Competition)
\nReporters risk their lives covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine
\nDir: Mstyslav Chernov
\nFrontline\/PBS has rights. <\/p>\n
All Dirt Roads Taste Of Salt (US Dramatic Competition)
\nThe life and loves of a Black woman in Mississippi
\nDir: Raven Jackson
\nA24 has rights<\/p>\n
The Amazing Maurice (Kids)
\nStreetwise cat and rodent pals hatch moneymaking plot
\nDir: Toby Genkel
\nSky Cinema has rights. <\/p>\n
birth\/rebirth (Midnight)
\nShudder Original offers new take on Frankenstein story
\nDir: Laura Moss
\nShudder has North American rights. <\/p>\n
Cassandro (Premieres)
\nGay amateur wrestler turns Lucha Libre world on its head
\nDir: Roger Ross Williams
\nPrime Video has worldwide rights. <\/p>\n
Earth Mama (Premieres)
\nPregnant single mother fights to reclaim her children from foster careDir: Savanah Leaf
\nA24 has North American rights. <\/p>\n
The Eight Mountains (Spotlight)
\nCannes 2022 premiere about the lifelong friendship of two boys from an Alpine village
\nDirs: Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
\nSideshow Releasing and Janus Films have North American rights
\nScreen review here<\/p>\n
Infinity Pool (Midnight)
\nLuxury resort harbours secret horrors
\nDir: Brandon Cronenberg
\nNeon\/Topic has North American rights. <\/p>\n
Judy Blume Forever (Premieres)
\nProfile of the beloved children\u2019s author
\nDirs: Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok
\nPrime Video has worldwide rights<\/p>\n
Landscape With Invisible Hand (Premieres)
\nTeens find a way to survive after tech-obsessed aliens take over Earth
\nDir: Cory Finley
\nMGM has rights <\/p>\n
L\u2019immensita (Spotlight)
\nVenice premiere explores the relationship between a disillusioned wife and her child in 1970s Rome.
\nDir: Emanuele Crialese
\nMusic Box has US rights while Warner Bros has Italy.
\nScreen review here<\/p>\n
Little Richard: I Am Everything (US Documentary Competition)
\nProfile of musical icon reveals the Black queer origins of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll
\nDir: Lisa Cortes
\nCNN Films\/HBO Max has worldwide rights. <\/p>\n
Murder In Big Horn (Premieres)
\nNative American families in Montana seek answers about missing Indigenous women
\nDirs: Razelle Benally, Matthew Galkin
\nShowtime has North American rights<\/p>\n
Past Lives (Premieres)
\nClose childhood friends from South Korea reunite in New York decades later
\nDir: Celine Song
\nA24 has rights. <\/p>\n
Polite Society (Midnight)
\nWe Are Lady Parts creator\u2019s action comedy about an aspiring stuntwoman\u2019s bid to thwart her sister\u2019s wedding
\nDir: Nida Manzoor
\nFocus Features has worldwide rights.
\nRelease date: April 28 2023 in US<\/p>\n
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Premieres)
\nTwo-part profile of celebrated child star
\nDir: Lana Wilson
\nHulu has US rights. <\/p>\n
Rye Lane (Premieres)
\nPair of heartbroken young adults connect over the course of one day in London
\nDir: Raine Allen-Miller
\nSearchlight Pictures has worldwide rights. <\/p>\n
Stephen Curry: Underrated (Premieres)
\nProfile of basketball great Stephen Curry
\nDir: Peter Nicks
\nApple TV+ has worldwide rights. <\/p>\n
Still: A Michael J. Fox Story (Premieres)
\nBeloved Hollywood 80s star recounts early successes and living with Parkinson\u2019s
\nDir: Davis Guggenheim
\nApple TV+ has worldwide rights<\/p>\n
The Stroll (US Documentary Competition)
\nHistory of New York\u2019s Meatpacking District through the eyes of trans sex workers
\nDirs: Kristen Lovell, Zackary Drucker
\nHBO has worldwide rights. <\/p>\n
A Thousand And One (US Dramatic Competiton)
\nMother kidnaps her six-year-old son from the foster care system in New York
\nDir: A.V. Rockman
\nFocus Features has rights. <\/p>\n
Victim\/Suspect (US Dramatic Competiton)
\nInvestigation into how women who report sexual assault are often accused of fabrication.
\nDir: Nancy Schwartzman
\nNetflix has worldwide rights. <\/p>\n
You Hurt My Feelings (Premieres)
\nAn author discovers her husband dislikes her new novel.
\nDir: Nicole Holofcener
\nA24 has rights. <\/p>\n
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