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2013 Sundance Film Festival
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 17, 2013, until January 27, 2013, in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Sundance, Utah. The festival had 1,830 volunteers. Films A record 12,146 films were submitted, 429 more films than the 2012 festival. 4,044 feature films were submitted and 119 were selected (with 103 of them being world premieres). 8,102 short films were submitted and 65 were selected. The festival had films representing 32 countries, from 51 first-time filmmakers, 27 of which had films in competition. For the first time in the festival's history, half of the films featured were made by women and half by men. In the U.S. dramatic competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the U.S. documentary competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the dramatic premieres category, however, only 3 of the 18 films were directed by women. Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jobs (film)
''Jobs'' is a 2013 American biographical drama film based on the life of Steve Jobs, from 1974 while a student at Reed College to the introduction of the iPod in 2001. It is directed by Joshua Michael Stern, written by Matt Whiteley, and produced by Stern and Mark Hulme. Steve Jobs is portrayed by Ashton Kutcher, with Josh Gad as Apple Computer's co-founder Steve Wozniak. ''Jobs'' was chosen to close the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Plot In Reed College, in 1974, the high tuition costs force Steve Jobs to drop out, but Dean Jack Dudman allows him to sit in on classes. Jobs is particularly interested in a calligraphy course. Influenced by Baba Ram Dass's book '' Be Here Now'' and their experiences with LSD, Jobs and his friend Daniel Kottke spend time in India. His philosophical ideas lead Jobs to the decision not to wear any footwear. Two years later, Jobs is back in Los Altos, California, living with his adoptive parents Paul and Clara. While working for Atari as a vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ass Backwards
''Ass Backwards'' is a 2013 American female buddy black comedy film written by and starring June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson. It was directed by Chris Nelson and produced by Heather Rae. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2013. Plot Loveable losers Kate and Chloe ( June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson) are best friends with a not-so-firm grip on reality. The girls have been inseparable ever since tying for dead last at a kiddie beauty pageant as children. Now they are all grown up and living in New York City, where Chloe is a "rising star" dancing in a glass box at a nightclub, and Kate is the "CEO" of her own one-woman egg-donor "corporation." Their past humiliations at the pageant remain long forgotten until they receive an invitation to the pageant's milestone anniversary celebration. With unpleasant memories flooding back, Kate and Chloe decide to redeem themselves, take a road trip back to their hometown, and win the elusive crown. On the roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiseul
''Jiseul'' () is a 2012 South Korean war drama film written and directed by Jeju Island native O Muel. The film is shot in black and white with the entire cast composed of local actors speaking their natural dialect. "Jiseul" means "potato" in Jeju dialect. O said he picked it as the title of his film because "potatoes are considered a staple food in many countries, often symbolizing survival and hope." Set during the Jeju Uprising on the island in 1948, O said the film does not focus on the large-scale struggle, but on a forgotten true story about a group of villagers who hid in a cave for 60 days to escape from a military attack. They hid underground for months, cold and numb, far too close for comfort—just like the potatoes to which the title refers. The film had a small budget of (), part of which was raised through crowdfunding. It premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival where it received 3 awards—the CGV Movie Collage Award, the Director's Guild of Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A River Changes Course
''A River Changes Course'' is a 2013 documentary by Kalyanee Mam. The film explores the damage rapid development has wrought in her native Cambodia on both a human and environmental level. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2013 and won the Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary. The film also received the Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2013 San Francisco International Film Festival. Synopsis "We've worked so hard on this land,” says Sav Samourn. “And now they've come to destroy it all. Sooner or later it will all be gone.” ''A River Changes Course'' intimately captures the stories of three families living in Cambodia as they strive to maintain their traditional ways of life amid rapid development and environmental degradation. Deep in the jungle, Sav Samourn struggles as large companies encroach and “progress” claims the life-giving forests. She discovers there's little room for wild animals, ghosts – and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruitvale Station
''Fruitvale Station'' is a 2013 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler. It is Coogler's feature directorial debut, and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale district BART station in Oakland, California. The film stars Michael B. Jordan as Grant, with Kevin Durand and Chad Michael Murray playing the two BART police officers involved in Grant's death, although their names were changed for the film. Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, and Octavia Spencer also star. The film debuted under its original title, ''Fruitvale'', at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film, and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for Best First Film. It received critical acclaim, and was released in theaters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Brother (2013 Film)
A blood brother is a male who swears loyalty to another male. Blood Brother, Blood Brothers, Bloodbrothers, or The Blood Brothers may also refer to: Film * ''The Blood Brothers'' (1973 film), a Hong Kong film by Chang Cheh * ''Blood Brothers'' (1974 film), an Italian film starring Claudia Cardinale * ''Blood Brothers'' (1975 film), an East German film by Werner W. Wallroth * ''Bloodbrothers'' (1978 film), a film starring Richard Gere, based on a novel by Richard Price (see below) * ''Blood Brothers'' (1993 film), a made-for-television film featuring Richard Yearwood * ''Blood Brothers'' (film series), a 1993 Australian documentary series (four films) * ''Blood Brothers'' (1996 film), a documentary about a Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band reunion * ''Blood Brothers'' (2004 film) (''Jiang Hu''), a Hong Kong gang film * ''Bloodbrothers'' (2005 film), a Swedish film starring Sofia Helin * ''Blood Brothers'' (2007 Chinese film), a Chinese film by Alexi Tan *''The Warl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his leading performances in ''500 Days of Summer'' (2009) and '' 50/50'' (2011). He is the founder of the online media platform HitRecord whose projects such as '' HitRecord on TV'' (2014–15) and ''Create Together'' (2020) won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Interactive Program. Born in Los Angeles to a Jewish family, Gordon-Levitt began his acting career as a child, appearing in the films '' A River Runs Through It'' (1992), '' Holy Matrimony'' (1994), and '' Angels in the Outfield'' (1994), which earned him a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award nomination. He played the role of Tommy Solomon in the TV series ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1996–2001). He had a supporting role in '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999), starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are What We Are (2013 Film)
''We Are What We Are'' is a 2013 American horror film directed by Jim Mickle, and starring Bill Sage, Julia Garner, Ambyr Childers and Kelly McGillis. It was screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It is a remake of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name. Both a sequel and prequel have been announced. Plot The Parkers are a reclusive religious family living in the Catskill Mountains who are about to undergo a period of ritual fasting. In the rain, Mrs. Parker drives into town. While driving she is nervously praying. She reaches the general store and notices a man with a dead hog that he is bringing to be butchered. Mrs. Parker seems nervous about seeing the butchering of the pig. After purchasing supplies at a local goods store, outside in the rain, Mrs. Parker notices a poster regarding a missing teenage girl. She begins bleeding from the mouth. She tries to get into her car, stumbles, hits he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtually Heroes
''Virtually Heroes'' is a 2013 American low-budget gamer film directed by G.J. Echternkamp and starring Robert Baker and Mark Hamill. Produced by Roger Corman, it made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Plot Two self-aware characters in a Call of Duty-inspired video game battle endless supplies of Vietcong, absurdly powerful level bosses and their own existential crises. With the help of Mark Hamill's Yoda-like monk, they attempt to win the game and "get the girl." Production ''Virtually Heroes'' evolved from Roger Corman's desire to utilize his extensive library of stock footage to create a modern war film. Since the 1970s, Corman produced over 20 war films with Filipino director Cirio H. Santiago. Writers G.J. Echternkamp and Matt Yamashita drew heavily on Corman's library to write their script, developing a video game world to justify the repurposed stock footage. "I thought if I could find a way to use the big battle scenes from all of these pictures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V/H/S/2
''V/H/S/2'' (originally titled ''S-VHS'') is a 2013 found footage horror anthology film produced by Bloody Disgusting and Roxanne Benjamin. The sequel to ''V/H/S'' (2012) and the second installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise, it comprises four found footage segments linked together by a fifth frame narrative. The film features a largely different group of directors: Jason Eisener, Gareth Wuw Evans, Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sánchez, and Gregg Hale, and franchise returnees Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, much like its predecessor, and was released on demand on June 6, 2013. It also made a limited theatrical release in the United States on July 12, 2013. A sequel, '' V/H/S: Viral'', was released on October 23, 2014. Plot The film is presented as an anthology of four short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own fifth short horror film. Each short film is linked together with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rambler (film)
''The Rambler'' is a 2013 American independent horror film written and directed by Calvin Reeder. The film's narrative concerns a mysterious loner known only as the Rambler, played by Dermot Mulroney. Plot A man is released from jail after a four-year sentence. He returns home to his wife Cheryl but after they argue, she reveals that she is pregnant to another man. The man sets out hitch-hiking to join his brother on his ranch. Along the way, the man falls in with a bunch of strange characters including Dale, who places the man into a series of bare-knuckle fights. The man also meets a scientist who is carrying two mummies and demonstrates a device that can read people’s dreams but instead causes the heads of everybody he attaches it, to explode. Cast * Dermot Mulroney as The Rambler * Lindsay Pulsipher as The Girl * Natasha Lyonne as Cheryl * James Cady as The Scientist Release ''The Rambler'' was premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Magic (2013 Film)
''Magic Magic'' is a 2013 psychological thriller film written and directed by Sebastián Silva and starring Juno Temple, Emily Browning, Michael Cera, and Catalina Sandino Moreno. The film premiered on January 22, 2013, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It was also played at the Directors' Fortnight at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Alicia (Juno Temple) arrives in Chile for her first international trip to join her cousin Sara (Emily Browning), who is studying there. They plan to embark on a road trip with Sara's boyfriend Agustín (Agustín Silva), his sister Bárbara (Catalina Sandino Moreno), and his friend Brink (Michael Cera). However, Sara gets an urgent call about an important exam and has to leave Alicia behind. Despite feeling anxious about being left alone with the group, Alicia is comforted with the assurance that Sara will return the next day. Meanwhile, the rest of the group continues their journey to the island where they'll be staying. During the trip, unexp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
