SUNDANCE 2015 – OFFICIAL SELECTION
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

THE AMINA PROFILE

During the Arab Spring, a love story between two women—a Canadian and a Syrian American—turns into an international socio-political thriller spotlighting media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood on the Internet.

90 min | Sophie Deraspe, Isabelle Couture
Esperamos Films | NFB

INDUSTRY SCREENING

Monday, January 26 | 8:30 PM | Holiday 1

PUBLIC SCREENING

Saturday, January 24 | 9:00 PM | Temple Theatre, Park City
Sunday, January 25 | 3:00 PM | Salt Lake City Library Theatre, SLC
Monday, January 26 | 3:30 PM | Redstone Cinema 1, Park City
Thursday, January 29 | 3:00 PM | Temple Theatre, Park City
Friday, January 30 | 12:00 PM | Egyptian Theatre, Park City

NEW DOC

UYGHURS: PRISONERS OF THE ABSURD

The incredible odyssey of a group of men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority, detained in Guantánamo as terrorists. Exposing the cold logic of post–September 11 geopolitical gamemasters who flout international law as they shift their pawns, this documentary is part human drama, part political thriller, and both thought-provoking and moving.

98 min | Patricio Henriquez
Macumba Media II Inc. | NFB

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Festival du nouveau cinéma Montreal, 2014

OFFICIAL SELECTION
International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA), Amsterdam, 2014

NEW DOC

IMAGINED STATES OF AMERICA

This doc takes on a nation’s myths to get to the heart of a country that continues to fascinate the world. Inspired by Pierre Guimond’s photo collages, and incorporating an intricately built soundscape, the film resembles a dream on the verge of a nightmare, revealing an America that is rich in paradoxes.

86 min • 46 min | Alberta Nokes
Les Films de l’Isle | NFB

IN PRODUCTION

GUN RUNNERS

Two warriors trade in their weapons to become professional runners. Told entirely by its central characters, Gun Runners is the American Dream - Kenyan style.

90 min | Anjali Nayar
NFB

IN PRODUCTION

HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT

From the producing teams behind the acclaimed Searching for Sugar Man and Stories We Tell comes Hadwin’s Judgement, the true story of Grant Hadwin, a logger-turned-environmentalist who mysteriously disappeared after singlehandedly destroying North America’s most sacred tree, the Golden Spruce.

80 min | Sasha Snow
True West Films | Passion Pictures | NFB

IN PRODUCTION

THE WALL

In his monologue Wall, acclaimed British playwright and director David Hare explores both sides of the barrier separating Israel and Palestine, a divide that will eventually be more than four times as long as the Berlin Wall and, in parts, twice as high. Cam Christiansen’s accomplished cinematic adaptation of Hare’s work blends motion capture, illustration, photography, live action and hand-drawn animation.

63 min | Cam Christiansen
NFB

INTERACTIVE
SUNDANCE 2015 – OFFICIAL SELECTION
NEW FRONTIER

WAY TO GO

This astonishing interactive work is many things: a restless panorama, a mixture of hand-made animation, 360-degree video capture, music and dreaming and code—but mostly, it’s just a walk in the woods. Designed for users between the ages of 5 and 105, this immersive experience could last six minutes, or it could last an eternity...

Interactive | Vincent Morisset
France Télévisions | NFB