The 2021

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took place from January 28 to February 3, 2021. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 15, 2020. Due to the

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, the festival combined in-person screenings at the Ray Theatre in Park City, with screenings held online as well as on screens and drive-ins in 24 states and territories across the United States.

Films

U.S. Dramatic Competition

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'', written and directed by Siân Heder * '' I Was a Simple Man'', written and directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi * ''

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'', directed and co-written by Clint Bentley * ''

John and the Hole ''John and the Hole'' is a 2021 American coming-of-age psychological thriller film directed by Pascual Sisto and written by Nicolás Giacobone. A feature-length adaptation of Giacobone's short story, ''El Pozo'', the film stars Charlie Shot ...

'', directed by

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'', written, directed and co-produced by Karen Cinorre * ''

On the Count of Three ''On the Count of Three'' is a 2021 American black comedy-drama film directed by Jerrod Carmichael (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay by Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch. It stars Carmichael and Christopher Abbott as two friends wh ...

'', directed by

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* '' Passing'', written, directed and produced by

Rebecca Hall Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is an English actress and filmmaker. She made her first onscreen appearance at age 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of '' The Camomile Lawn'', directed by her father, Sir Peter Hall. Her professional s ...

* ''

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'', directed by Erin Vassilopoulos * ''

Together Together ''Together Together'' is a 2021 American comedy film written and directed by Nikole Beckwith. The film stars Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro, Julio Torres, and Anna Konkle. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival ...

'', written and directed by Nikole Beckwith * ''

Wild Indian ''Wild Indian'' is a 2021 American thriller film written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. The film stars Michael Greyeyes and Chaske Spencer with Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth. The film was supported by the Sundance Institute thro ...

'', written and directed by

Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. (born 1989) is an American and Ojibwe filmmaker from the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin. His debut feature, ''Wild Indian'' (2021), was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. ...

U.S. Documentary Competition

* '' Ailey'', directed and co-produced by Jamila Wignot * ''

All Light, Everywhere ''All Light, Everywhere'' is an 2021 American documentary film, written and directed by Theo Anthony. It follows the biases on how humans see things, focusing primarily on the use of police body cameras. The film had its world premiere at the S ...

'', written and directed by

Theo Anthony Theo Anthony is an American film director, editor, and cinematographer from Baltimore, Maryland known for his documentary films, including 2016's '' Rat Film''. Anthony's work draws inspiration from the experimental film essays of directors s ...

* ''At the Ready'', directed by Maisie Crow * ''

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'', directed by Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt * ''

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'', directed and co-produced by

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* '' Rebel Hearts'', directed, co-written and co-edited by Pedro Kos * '' Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It'', directed, co-produced and co-edited by Mariem Pérez Riera * ''

Summer of Soul ''Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)'' is a 2021 American documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in his directorial debut. It had its world premiere at the ...

'', directed by

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* ''

Try Harder! ''Try Harder!'' is a 2021 American documentary film, directed and produced by Debbie Lum. It follows students at Lowell High School as they apply and hope for admission to the college of their dreams. It had its world premiere at the Sundance ...

'', directed and co-produced by

Debbie Lum Deborah Lum is an American documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco. Her projects frequently explore subject matters within the Asian and Asian American community. She has had a long working relationship with ITVS. Career Lum worked for ...

* ''Users'', directed by

Natalia Almada Natalia Almada is a Mexican-American photographer and filmmaker. Her work as a filmmaker focuses on Mexican history, politics, and culture in insightful and poetic films that push the boundaries of how the documentary form addresses social issues. ...

Premieres

* ''Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir'', directed by James Redford * '' Bring Your Own Brigade'', written, produced and directed by Lucy Walker * '' The Cursed'' (original festival title: ''Eight for Silver''), written and directed by

Sean Ellis Sean Ellis (born 1970) is a British film director, writer, producer and fashion photographer. He is best known for his films '' Cashback'' (2004), '' The Broken'' (2008), ''Metro Manila'' (2013), in the Tagalog language, and '' Anthropoid'' (201 ...

* '' How It Ends'', written, directed and produced by

Daryl Wein Daryl Robert Wein (born December 23, 1983) is an American artist, filmmaker, producer and actor. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California to Jan Sparling and Mitchell Wein, he was raised in Westport, Connecticut. His father worked as a creative ...

and

Zoe Lister-Jones Zoe Lister-Jones (born September 1, 1982) is an American actress, and filmmaker who co-starred as Jen Collins Short in the CBS sitcom ''Life in Pieces'' from 2015 to 2019. She is also known for her roles in the television shows ''Delocated'' (20 ...

* '' In the Earth'', written and directed by

Ben Wheatley Benjamin Wheatley (born 7 May 1972) is an English filmmaker and screenwriter. Beginning his career in advertising, Wheatley first gained recognition and acclaim for his commercials and short films, before transitioning into feature films and tel ...

* '' In the Same Breath'', directed and co-produced by

Nanfu Wang Nanfu Wang (born 1985) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Her debut film '' Hooligan Sparrow'' premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017. Her second film, ''I ...

* '' Judas and the Black Messiah'', directed and co-written by

Shaka King Shaka King (born March 7, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for directing and co-writing the 2021 biopic '' Judas and the Black Messiah''. Biography An only child, King was born on March 7, ...

* ''

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'', directed by

Robin Wright Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She has won a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award, and has received eleven Emmy Award nominations for her work in television. Wright first gained attention for her role in t ...

* ''Marvelous and the Black Hole'', directed by Kate Tsang * ''

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'', written and directed by

Fran Kranz Francis Elliott Kranz (born July 13, 1981) is an American actor and film director. He is known for his portrayal of Topher Brink in the science fiction drama series ''Dollhouse''. He had prominent roles in the films ''The Cabin in the Woods'' and ...

* '' The Most Beautiful Boy in the World'', written and directed by Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri * '' My Name Is Pauli Murray'', directed by

Betsy West Betsy West is an American producer, filmmaker, and video journalist. With Julie Cohen, she has directed four biographical documentary films focusing on American women: ''RBG'' (2018), '' My Name is Pauli Murray'' (2021), ''Julia'' (2021) and ' ...

and Julie Cohen * ''Philly D.A.'', directed by Ted Passon, Yoni Brook and Nicole Salazard * ''

Prisoners of the Ghostland ''Prisoners of the Ghostland'' is a 2021 American horror Western film directed by Sion Sono, from a script by Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai. It stars Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, and Bill Moseley. Its plot revolves around a notorious crimi ...

'', directed by

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* ''

The Sparks Brothers ''The Sparks Brothers'' is a 2021 British-American documentary film about Ron and Russell Mael, members of the pop and rock duo Sparks. The film, directed by Edgar Wright, and produced by Wright, Nira Park, George Hencken and Laura Richards ...

'', directed by

Edgar Wright Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive utilisation of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots, dolly zooms and a ...

* '' Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street'', directed by Marilyn Agrelo

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

* ''

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet ''The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet'' ( es, El perro que no calla) is a 2021 Argentine absurdist drama film directed by Ana Katz and written by Gonzalo Delgado with Katz. The film stars Daniel Katz, Julieta Zylberberg, Valeria Lois, Mirella Pascual ...

'', directed by

Ana Katz Ana Katz (born November 2, 1975) is an Argentine writer, director and actress. Her writing and directing credits include ''My Friend from the Park'', ''Los Marziano'', ''Musical Chairs (2002 film), Musical Chairs'', ''A Stray Girlfriend'' and ' ...

* '' El Planeta'', written and directed by

Amalia Ulman Amalia Ulman (born 1989) is an Argentinian artist and film director based in New York City whose practice includes performance, installation, video and net-art works. Her work deals with issues of class, gender, sexuality, and middlebrow aes ...

* '' Fire in the Mountains'', written and directed by Ajitpal Singh * ''

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'', written and directed by Blerta Basholli * ''

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'', written and directed by Ronny Trocker * ''

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'', written and directed by Alex Camilleri * '' One for the Road'', directed by

Nattawut Poonpiriya Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya ( th, นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ, born 1981) is a Thai director, working extensively on television commercials and music videos, but best known for the films ''Countdown'', '' Bad Genius'' and '' On ...

* '' The Pink Cloud'', written and directed by Iuli Gerbase * ''

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'', written and directed by Ninja Thyberg * ''

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'', directed and co-written by Jakub Piątek

World Cinema Documentary Competition

* '' Faya Dayi'', written, directed and produced by Jessica Beshir * '' Flee'', directed and co-written by

Jonas Poher Rasmussen Jonas Poher Rasmussen (born May 19, 1981) is a Danish filmmaker. In 2021, he wrote and directed the animated documentary, '' Flee,'' that received three nominations for the Best Documentary Feature, Best International Film and Best Animated Feat ...

* ''

Misha and the Wolves ''Misha and the Wolves'' is a 2021 documentary film written and directed by Sam Hobkinson. The film examines the fraudulent 1997 Holocaust memoir of Misha Defonseca. The film premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2021. On Au ...

'', directed by Sam Hobkinson * '' The Most Beautiful Boy in the World'', written and directed by Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri * '' Playing with Sharks'', directed by Sally Aitken * ''President'', directed by Camilla Nielsson * '' Sabaya'', directed and edited by Hogir Hirori * ''Taming the Garden'', directed by Salomé Jashi * '' Writing with Fire'', directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

Midnight

* '' Censor'', directed by

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* '' Knocking'', directed by Frida Kempff * '' A Glitch in the Matrix'', directed by Rodney Ascher * '' Coming Home in the Dark'', directed and co-written by James Ashcroft * ''

Mother Schmuckers ''Mother Schmuckers'' (french: Fils de plouc, lit=Son of a slob, link=no) is a 2021 Belgian comedy film directed and written by Harpo Guit and Lenny Guit. The film stars Claire Bodson, Maxi Delmelle, Harpo Guit, Yannick Renier, Habib Ben Tanfou ...

'', written and directed by Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit * ''

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'', written and directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli

* ''

The Blazing World ''The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World'', better known as ''The Blazing World'', is a 1666 work of prose fiction by the English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. Feminist critic Dale Spender calls it a ...

'', directed and co-written by Carlson Young * '' Cryptozoo'', written and directed by Dash Shaw * ''

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'', written and directed by Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp * ''Ma Belle, My Beauty'', directed by Marion Hill * '' R#J'', directed and co-written by Carey Williams * ''Searchers'', directed by Pacho Velez * ''

Son of Monarchs ''Son of Monarchs'' ( es, Hijo de Monarcas) is a 2020 American-Mexican drama film directed and written by Alexis Gambis. The film stars Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Alexia Rasmussen, Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez, Noé Hernández, Paulina Gaitán and Wi ...

'', written and directed by Alexis Gambis * '' Strawberry Mansion'', written and directed by Albert Birney ans Kentucker Audley * ''

We're All Going to the World's Fair ''We're All Going to the World's Fair'' is a 2021 American Coming of age film, coming-of-age horror film written, directed, and edited by Jane Schoenbrun. The film stars Anna Cobb in her debut role and Michael Rogers (actor), Michael J. Rogers. ...

'', written, directed and edited by Jane Schoenbrun

Spotlight

* ''

Night of the Kings ''Night of the Kings'' (french: La Nuit des rois) is a feature drama/fantasy film directed by Philippe Lacôte and released in 2020. The film is produced by Delphine Jaquet (Banshee Films, France), Yanick Letourneau (Peripheria, Canada), Ernest ...

'', directed by Philippe Lacôte * '' The World to Come'', directed by Mona Fastvold

Shorts

U.S. Fiction

* ''Ava from My Class'', directed by Youmin Kang * ''Bambirak'', directed by Zamarin Wahdat * ''BJ's Mobile Gift Shop'', directed by Jason Park * ''Bruiser'', directed by Miles Warren * ''Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma'', directed by Topaz Jones, rubberband. * ''Doublespeak'', directed by Hazel McKibbin * ''i ran from it and was still in it'', directed by Darol Olu Kae * ''In the Air Tonight'', directed by Andrew Norman Wilson * ''LATA'', directed by Alisha Mehta * ''Raspberry'', directed by Julian Doan * ''The Touch of the Master's Hand'', directed by Gregory Barnes * ''White Wedding'', directed by Melody C Roscher * ''Wiggle Room'', directed by Sam Guest and Julia Baylis * ''Yoruga'', directed by Federico Torrado Tobón * ''You Wouldn't Understand'', directed by Trish Harnetiaux

International Fiction

* ''The Affected'', directed by Rikke Gregersen * '' Black Bodies'', directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall * ''The Criminals'', directed by Serhat Karaaslan * ''Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss'', directed by Sonny Calvento * ''Five Tiger'', directed by Nomawonga Khumalo * ''Flex'', directed by Josefin Malmén, David Strindberg * '' Like the Ones I Used to Know'' (''Les Grandes claques''), directed by

Annie St-Pierre Annie St-Pierre is a Canadian film director and producer from Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska, Quebec. She is most noted for her documentary film '' All That We Make (Fermières)'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Doc ...

* ''Lizard'', directed by Akinola Davies, Jr. * ''The Longest Dream I Remember'', directed by Carlos Lenin * ''Mountain Cat'', directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir * ''Unliveable'', directed by Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho * ''The Unseen River'', directed by Phạm Ngọc Lân * ''We're Not Animals'', directed by Noé Debré

Non-Fiction

* '' A Concerto Is a Conversation'', directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers * ''Dear Philadelphia'', directed by Renee Osubu * ''The Field Trip'', directed by Meghan O'Hara, Mike Attie and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck * ''My Own Landscapes'', directed by Antoine Chapon * ''The Rifleman'', directed by Sierra Pettengill * ''Snowy'', directed by Kaitlyn Schwalje and Alex Wolf Lewis * ''Spirits and Rocks: An Azorean Myth'', directed by Aylin Gökmen * ''Tears Teacher'', directed by Noemie Nakai * ''This Is the Way We Rise'', directed by Ciara Lacy * ''To Know Her'', directed by Natalie Chao * '' When We Were Bullies'', written, directed and produced by Jay Rosenblatt * ''Up at Night'', directed by Nelson Makengo

Animation

* ''The Fire Next Time'', directed by Renaldho Pelle * ''Forever'', directed by Mitch McGlocklin * '' The Fourfold'', directed by

Alisi Telengut Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist and animator, most noted for her short films '' The Fourfold'' and '' The Displeasure (La Grogne)''. ''The Fourfold'' was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards ...

* ''Ghost Dogs'', directed by Joe Cappa * ''GNT'', directed by Sara Hirner and Rosemary Vasquez-Brown * ''KKUM'', directed by Kang-min Kim * ''Little Miss Fate'', directed by Joder von Rotz * ''Misery Loves Company'', directed by Sasha Lee * ''Souvenir Souvenir'', directed by Bastien Dubois * ''Trepanation'', directed by Nick Flaherty

Awards

The following awards were given out:

Grand Jury Prizes

* U.S. Dramatic Competition – ''

'' ( Siân Heder) * U.S. Documentary Competition – ''

'' ( Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson) * World Cinema Dramatic Competition – ''

'' (Blerta Basholli) * World Cinema Documentary Competition – '' Flee'' (Jonas Poher Rasmussen)

Audience Awards

* U.S. Dramatic Competition – ''

'' ( Siân Heder) * U.S. Documentary Competition – ''

'' ( Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson) * World Cinema Dramatic Competition – ''Hive'' (Blerta Basholli) * World Cinema Documentary Competition – '' Writing with Fire'' (Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh) * NEXT – ''Ma Belle, My Beauty'' (Marion Hill)

Directing, Screenwriting and Editing

* U.S. Dramatic Competition – Siân Heder for ''

'' * U.S. Documentary Competition –

for ''Users'' * World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Blerta Basholli for ''Hive'' * World Cinema Documentary Competition – Hogir Hirori for ''Sabaya'' * Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch for ''

'' * Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Kristina Motwani and Rebecca Adorno for ''

'' * NEXT Innovator Price -

Dash Shaw Dash Shaw is an American comic book writer/artist and animator. He is the author of the graphic novels ''Cosplayers'', ''Doctors'', ''New School'', and ''Bottomless Belly Button'', published by Fantagraphics. Additionally, Shaw has written ''Love ...

for '' Cryptozoo''

Special Jury Prizes

* U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – The cast of ''

'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Best Actor - Clifton Collins Jr. for ''

'' * U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Emerging Filmmaker - Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt for ''Cusp'' * U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Nonfiction Experimentation -

for ''

'' * World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Vérité Filmmaking - Camilla Nielsson for ''President'' * World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Impact for Change - Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh for '' Writing with Fire'' * World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Acting - Jesmark Scicluna for ''

'' * World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision - Baz Poonpiriya for '' One for the Road''

Short Film Awards

* Short Film Grand Jury Prize - ''Lizard'' * Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction - ''The Touch of the Master's Hand'' * Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction - ''Bambirak'' * Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction - ''Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma'' * Short Film Jury Award: Animation - ''Souvenir Souvenir'' * Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting - ''Wiggle Room'' * Short Film Special Jury Award for Screenwriting - ''The Criminals''

Special Prizes

* Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize - ''

'' * Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction - Nicole Salazar for ''Philly D.A.'' * Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction - Natalie Qasabian for ''Run'' * Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Nonfiction - Juli Vizza * Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Fiction - Terilyn Shropshire * Sundance Institute/NHK Award -

Meryam Joobeur Meryam Joobeur is a Tunisian Canadian film director."Portrait de R ...

for ''Motherhood''

Acquisitions

Sources: * ''Ailey'':

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* ''

'': Super LTD * ''Bring Your Own Brigade'':

CBSN CBS News (formerly CBSN, also known as the CBS News Streaming Network) is an American streaming video news channel operated by the CBS News and Paramount Streaming divisions of Paramount Global. Launched on November 6, 2014, it features blocks ...

* ''Censor'':

Magnet Releasing Magnolia Pictures is an American film distributor. It is a subsidiary of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's 2929 Entertainment. Magnolia was formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, and specializes in both foreign and independent films. Mag ...

(US distribution); Vertigo Releasing (UK distribution);

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...

(worldwide) * ''CODA'':

Apple TV+ Apple TV+ is an American subscription streaming service owned and operated by Apple Inc. Launched on November 1, 2019, it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service was announced ...

* ''Cryptozoo'':

Magnolia Pictures Magnolia Pictures is an American film distributor. It is a subsidiary of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's 2929 Entertainment. Magnolia was formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, and specializes in both foreign and independent films. Ma ...

* ''Cusp'': Showtime Documentary Films * ''El Planeta'': Utopia * ''Faya Dayi'': MUBI (select territories, including UK and Latin America) * ''First Date'': Magnet Releasing * ''Flee'': Neon and Participant (US distribution);

Curzon Artificial Eye Curzon Film (), formerly known as Artificial Eye or Curzon Artificial Eye, is a British film distributor, specialising in independent, foreign-language and art house films for cinema and home entertainment. History Artificial Eye was founded i ...

(UK distribution); Haut et Court (French distribution) * ''A Glitch in the Matrix'': Magnolia Pictures (US distribution);

Dogwoof Dogwoof is a film-distribution company based in the United Kingdom. History Dogwoof Pictures Dogwoof was founded in 2003 by Andy Whittaker, and originally concentrated on foreign films, including such titles as ''Don't Move'', '' Fateless'', ...

(UK distribution) * ''Hive'':

Zeitgeist Films Zeitgeist Films is a New York-based distribution company founded in 1988 which acquires and distributes films from the U.S. and around the world. In 2017, Zeitgeist entered into a multi-year strategic alliance with film distributor Kino Lorber. ...

and

Kino Lorber Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art house films ...

(US distribution) * ''Homeroom'':

Hulu Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television series ...

(US distribution) * ''How It Ends'':

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(US distribution; through

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) * ''I Was a Simple Man'':

Strand Releasing Strand Releasing is an American film production company founded in 1989 and is based in Culver City, California. The company has distributed over 300 auteur-driven titles from acclaimed international and American directors such as Apichatpong Wee ...

* ''Jockey'':

Sony Pictures Classics Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom. It distributes, produce ...

* ''John and the Hole'':

IFC Films IFC Films is an American film production and distribution company based in New York. It is an offshoot of IFC owned by AMC Networks. It distributes mainly independent films under its own name, select foreign films and documentaries under its ...

* ''Luzzu'': Kino Lorber (US distribution);

Peccadillo Pictures Peccadillo Pictures is a UK-based film producer and distributor of art house, gay and lesbian, independent and world cinema. They have provided distribution for many films such as '' Weekend'', ''Tomboy'', '' XXY'', '' Eyes Wide Open'', ''Four M ...

(UK distribution) * ''Marvelous and the Black Hole'':

FilmRise FilmRise is a New York City–based film and television studio and streaming network, which has become one of the largest independent providers of content to ad-supported streaming (AVOD) platforms, in addition to providing the largest free direc ...

* ''Mayday'': Magnolia Pictures * ''Misha and the Wolves'':

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...

(US distribution); BBC Storyville (UK distribution) * '' The Most Beautiful Boy in the World'': Juno Films * ''On the Count of Three'':

Annapurna Pictures Annapurna Pictures is an independent American media company founded by Megan Ellison in 2011, that specializes in film production, live theatre production, television through its Annapurna Television division, and video game publishing through i ...

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Orion Pictures Orion Pictures (legal name Orion Releasing, LLC) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Amazon through its Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) subsidiary. In its original operating period, the company produced and released films ...

(US distribution; through United Artists Releasing) * ''Passing'': Netflix * ''Playing with Sharks'':

National Geographic Documentary Films National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney General ...

* ''Pleasure'': A24 (Later acquired by

NEON Neon is a chemical element with the symbol Ne and atomic number 10. It is a noble gas. Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with about two-thirds the density of air. It was discovered (along with krypt ...

) * ''Prisoners of the Ghostland'':

RLJE Films RLJ Entertainment (formerly Image Entertainment) is an American film production company and home video distributor, distributing film and television productions in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 34 ...

* ''Rebel Hearts'':

Discovery+ Discovery may refer to: * Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown * Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown * Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discove ...

* ''Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It'':

Roadside Attractions Roadside Attractions is an American production company and film distributor based in Los Angeles, California, founded on July 27, 2000, by Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff, specializing largely in independent films An independent film, in ...

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Focus Features Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as part of Universal Pictures, a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the U ...

(US distribution);

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

(International distribution) * '' Strawberry Mansion'':

Music Box Films Music Box Films is a distributor of foreign and independent film in theatrical, DVD/Blu-ray, and video-on-demand markets in the United States. Based in Chicago, Music Box Films is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corpor ...

(US distribution); Alief (International distribution) * '' Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street'':

Screen Media Films Screen Media Ventures, LLC. is an American-Canadian distribution company founded in 2001. In 2008, Screen Media selected The Creative Coalition as its exclusive nonprofit partner in launching the Spotlight Initiative. The partnership permits the p ...

(US distribution); LevelFilm (Canada) * ''

'': Searchlight Pictures and Hulu (worldwide);

Star A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked ...

(select territories) * ''Superior'': Factory 25 (US distribution); Visit Films (international sales);

Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency LLC (CAA) is an American talent and sports agency based in Los Angeles, California. It is regarded as an influential company in the talent agency business and manages numerous clients. In March 2016, CAA had 1,800 emplo ...

(US sales) * ''

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Bleecker Street Bleecker Street is an east–west street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightclub district. The street connects a neighborhood today popular for music venues and comedy, but which ...

(US distribution); Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (International distribution) * ''

'': Shudder * ''Wiggle Room'': Searchlight Pictures * ''Wild Indian'':

Vertical Entertainment Vertical Entertainment is an American film distribution and production company founded by producers Richard B. "Rich" Goldberg and Mitch Budin in 2012. History In 2012, Rich Goldberg & Mitch Budin founded Vertical Entertainment, a film distribut ...

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