List of films at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival
The following is a list of all films shown at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Feature competition
The following films were shown in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.U.S. Documentary
The following 16 films were selected for a world premiere in U.S. Documentary Competition program. Dinosaur 13 by Todd Miller served as the opening film of the program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
' | Michael Rossato-Bennett | 2013 | January 18 |
All the Beautiful Things | John Harkrider | 2013 | January 20 |
' | Jeremiah Zagar | 2014 | January 17 |
The Case Against 8 | Ben Cotner and Ryan White | 2013 | January 18 |
Cesar's Last Fast | Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee | 2013 | January 19 |
Dinosaur 13 | Todd Miller | 2014 | January 16 |
E-Team | Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman | 2013 | January 18 |
Fed Up | Stephanie Soechtig | 2013 | January 19 |
' | Brian Knappenberger | 2014 | January 20 |
Ivory Tower | Andrew Rossi | 2013 | January 18 |
Marmato | Mark Grieco | 2014 | January 17 |
' | Jeffrey Radice | 2014 | January 20 |
The Overnighters | Jesse Moss | 2013 | January 17 |
Private Violence | Cynthia Hill | 2013 | January 19 |
Rich Hill | Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos | 2014 | January 19 |
Watchers of the Sky | Edet Belzberg | 2014 | January 20 |
U.S. Dramatic
The following 16 films were selected for a world premiere in U.S. Dramatic Competition program. Whiplash by Damien Chazelle served as the opening film of the program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
Camp X-Ray | Peter Sattler | 2014 | January 17 |
Cold in July | Jim Mickle | 2014 | January 18 |
Dear White People | Justin Simien | 2013 | January 18 |
Fishing Without Nets | Cutter Hodierne | 2013 | January 17 |
God's Pocket | John Slattery | 2013 | January 17 |
Happy Christmas | Joe Swanberg | 2013 | January 19 |
Hellion | Kat Candler | 2014 | January 17 |
Infinitely Polar Bear | Maya Forbes | 2013 | January 18 |
Jamie Marks Is Dead | Carter Smith | 2014 | January 19 |
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter | David Zellner | 2014 | January 20 |
Life After Beth | Jeff Baena | 2014 | January 19 |
Low Down | Jeff Preiss | 2013 | January 19 |
The Skeleton Twins | Craig Johnson | 2013 | January 18 |
The Sleepwalker | Mona Fastvold | 2013 | January 20 |
Song One | Kate Barker-Froyland | 2014 | January 20 |
Whiplash | Damien Chazelle | 2014 | January 16 |
World Cinema Documentary
The following 12 films were selected for a world premiere in World Cinema Documentary Competition program. The Green Prince by Nadav Schirman served as the opening film of the program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
20,000 Days on Earth | Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard | 2014 | January 20 |
Concerning Violence | Göran Hugo Olsson | 2014 | January 17 |
The Green Prince | Nadav Schirman | 2014 | January 16 |
Happiness | Thomas Balmès | 2014 | January 17 |
Love Child | Valerie Veatch | 2014 | January 17 |
Mr. Leos caraX | Tessa Louise-Salomé | 2014 | January 20 |
My Prairie Home | Chelsea McMullan | 2014 | January 17 |
The Notorious Mr. Bout | Tony Gerber and Maxim Pozdorovkin | 2014 | January 17 |
The Return to Homs | Talal Derki | 2014 | January 17 |
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars | Berit Madsen | 2014 | January 17 |
We Come as Friends | Hubert Sauper | 2014 | January 18 |
Web Junkie | Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia | 2014 | January 19 |
World Cinema Dramatic
The following 12 films were selected for a world premiere in World Cinema Dramatic Competition program. Lilting by Hong Khaou served as the opening film of the program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
52 Tuesdays | Sophie Hyde | 2013 | January 18 |
Blind | Eskil Vogt | 2013 | January 17 |
Difret | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari | 2014 | January 18 |
The Disobedient | Mina Djukic | 2014 | January 20 |
God Help the Girl | Stuart Murdoch | 2013 | January 18 |
Liar's Dice | Geetu Mohandas | 2013 | January 18 |
Lilting | Hong Khaou | 2013 | January 16 |
Lock Charmer | Natalia Smirnoff | 2013 | January 21 |
To Kill a Man | Alejandro Fernández Almendras | 2013 | January 17 |
Viktoria | Maya Vitkova | 2013 | January 19 |
Wetlands | David Wnendt | 2013 | January 18 |
White Shadow | Noaz Deshe | 2013 | January 17 |
Short Programs
The following 66 short films were selected from a record 8,161 submissions.USA Narrative Short Films
Title | Country | Director | Year | Minutes | First showing |
130919 • A Portrait of Marina Abramović | USA | Matthu Placek | 2013 | 7 | January 21 |
Afronauts | USA | Frances Bodomo | 2014 | 13 | January 18 |
The Big House | USA, Yemen | Musa Syeed | 2013 | 5 | January 17 |
The Bravest, the Boldest | USA | Moon Molson | 2014 | 17 | January 17 |
Catherine | USA | Dean Fleischer-Camp | 2013 | 13 | January 17 |
Chapel Perilous | USA | Matthew Lessner | 2013 | 14 | January 17 |
Cruising Electric | USA | Brumby Boylston | 2013 | 2 | January 18 |
Dawn | USA | Rose McGowan | 2013 | 17 | January 16 |
Dig | USA | Toby Halbrooks | 2013 | 10 | January 18 |
The End of Eating Everything | USA | Wangechi Mutu | 2013 | 8 | January 17 |
Funnel | USA | Andre Hyland | 2013 | 8 | January 19 |
Gregory Go Boom | USA | Janicza Bravo | 2013 | 17 | January 16 |
Here Come the Girls | USA, Norway | Young Jean Lee | 2013 | 20 | January 17 |
I'm a Mitzvah | USA | Ben Berman and Josh Cohen | 2014 | 19 | January 17 |
The Immaculate Reception | USA | Charlotte Glynn | 2013 | 16 | January 17 |
Jonathan's Chest | USA | Christopher Radcliff | 2014 | 14 | January 17 |
Kekasih | USA, Malaysia | Diffan Sina Norman | 2013 | 9 | January 18 |
Master Muscles | USA | Efrén Hernández | 2013 | 14 | January 17 |
Me + Her | USA | Joseph Oxford | 2014 | 13 | January 18 |
Person to Person | USA | Dustin Guy Defa | 2014 | 18 | January 18 |
Rat Pack Rat | USA | Todd Rohal | 2014 | 19 | January 17 |
Verbatim | USA | Brett Weiner | 2013 | 7 | January 17 |
International Narrative Short Films
Title | Country | Director | Year | Minutes | First showing |
2 Girls 1 Cake | Denmark | Jens Dahl | 2013 | 13 | January 17 |
Best | United Kingdom | William Oldroyd | 2012 | 3 | January 17 |
Black Mulberry | Georgia, France | Gabriel Razmadze | 2012 | 22 | January 17 |
Burger | United Kingdom, Norway | Magnus Mork | 2013 | 11 | January 17 |
Butter Lamp | France, China | Hu Wei | 2013 | 16 | January 16 |
The Cut | Canada | Geneviève Dulude-Decelles | 2013 | 15 | January 17 |
Exchange & Mart | United Kingdom | Cara Connolly and Martin Clark | 2013 | 15 | January 18 |
Here I Am...There You Are... | Israel | Dikla Jika Elkaslassy | 2013 | 12 | January 18 |
Life's a Bitch | Canada | François Jaros | 2013 | 5 | January 17 |
Metube: August Sings Carmen | Austria | Daniel Moshel | 2013 | 4 | January 17 |
Mi nina mi vida | Canada | Yan Giroux | 2013 | 19 | January 17 |
More Than Two Hours | Iran | Ali Asgari | 2013 | 15 | January 17 |
My Sense of Modesty | France | Sébastien Bailly | 2013 | 21 | January 16 |
Mystery | Spain | Chema García Ibarra | 2013 | 11 | January 19 |
Pleasure | Sweden | Ninja Thyberg | 2013 | 15 | January 17 |
Syndromeda | Sweden | Patrik Eklund | 2013 | 22 | January 17 |
Wakening | Canada | Danis Goulet | 2013 | 9 | January 19 |
Documentary Short Films
Title | Country | Director | Year | Minutes | First showing |
Choreography | USA | David Redmon and Ashley Sabin | 2013 | 9 | January 17 |
Fe26 | USA | Kevin Jerome Everson | 2014 | 7 | January 18 |
Godka Cirka | Spain, France, USA | Alex Lora and Antonio Tibaldi | 2013 | 10 | January 18 |
Hacked Circuit | USA | Deborah Stratman | 2014 | 15 | January 18 |
I Think This Is the Closest to How the Footage Looked | Israel | Yuval Hameiri and Michal Vaknin | 2012 | 9 | January 17 |
The Last Days of Peter Bergmann | Ireland | Ciaran Cassidy | 2013 | 20 | January 18 |
The Lion's Mouth Opens | USA | Lucy Walker | 2013 | 14 | January 18 |
Love. Love. Love. | Russia | Sandhya Daisy Sundaram | 2013 | 12 | January 18 |
Notes on Blindness | United Kingdom, USA, Australia | Peter Middleton and James Spinney | 2014 | 13 | January 17 |
Of God and Dogs | Syrian Arab Republic | Abounaddara Collective | 2013 | 12 | January 18 |
One Billion Rising | USA | Eve Ensler and Tony Stroebel | 2013 | 9 | January 19 |
Remembering the Artist, Robert De Niro, Sr. | USA | Perri Peltz and Geeta Gandbhir | 2013 | 40 | January 17 |
Tim and Susan Have Matching Handguns | USA | Joe Callander | 2013 | 2 | January 17 |
Untucked | USA | Danny Pudi | 2013 | 15 | January 16 |
Animated Short Films
Title | Country | Director | Year | Minutes | First showing |
Allergy to Originality | USA | Drew Christie | 2012 | 4 | January 16 |
Astigmatismo | Spain | Nicolai Troshinsky | 2013 | 4 | January 17 |
Blame It on the Seagull | Norway | Julie Engaas | 2013 | 13 | January 17 |
Crime: The Animated Series | USA, Canada | Alix Lambert and Sam Chou | 2013 | 5 | January 18 |
Marilyn Myller | USA, United Kingdom | Mikey Please | 2013 | 6 | January 17 |
The Obvious Child | United Kingdom | Stephen Irwin | 2013 | 12 | January 17 |
Passer Passer | USA | Louis Morton | 2013 | 4 | January 17 |
Phantom Limb | United Kingdom, Australia | Alex Grigg | 2013 | 5 | January 17 |
Piece, Peace | South Korea | Jae-in Park | 2013 | 7 | January 17 |
The Present | Taiwan | Joe Hsieh | 2013 | 15 | January 17 |
Subconscious Password | Canada | Chris Landreth | 2013 | 11 | January 16 |
White Morning | United Kingdom | Paul Barritt | 2013 | 12 | January 17 |
Yearbook | USA | Bernardo Britto | 2013 | 6 | January 17 |
Non-competition features
The following films were shown out of competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.Premieres
The following 19 feature films were selected for a world premiere in non-Competition program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
Boyhood | Richard Linklater | 2013 | January 19 |
Calvary | John Michael McDonagh | 2013 | January 19 |
Frank | Lenny Abrahamson | 2013 | January 17 |
Hits | David Cross | 2014 | January 21 |
I Origins | Mike Cahill | 2014 | January 18 |
Laggies | Lynn Shelton | 2013 | January 17 |
Little Accidents | Sara Colangelo | 2014 | January 22 |
Love Is Strange | Ira Sachs | 2014 | January 18 |
A Most Wanted Man | Anton Corbijn | 2013 | January 19 |
Jordan Vogt-Roberts | 2013 | January 23 | |
The One I Love | Charlie McDowell | 2014 | January 21 |
The Raid 2: Berandal | Gareth Evans | 2013 | January 21 |
Rudderless | William H. Macy | 2013 | January 24 |
They Came Together | David Wain | 2014 | January 24 |
The Trip to Italy | Michael Winterbottom | 2014 | January 20 |
The Voices | Marjane Satrapi | 2013 | January 19 |
White Bird in a Blizzard | Gregg Araki | 2014 | January 20 |
Wish I Was Here | Zach Braff | 2013 | January 18 |
Young Ones | Jake Paltrow | 2013 | January 18 |
Documentary premieres
The following 12 films were selected for Documentary Premieres program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
The Battered Bastards of Baseball | Chapman Way and Maclain Way | 2014 | January 20 |
Finding Fela | Alex Gibney | 2014 | January 17 |
Freedom Summer | Stanley Nelson Jr. | 2013 | January 17 |
Happy Valley | Amir Bar-Lev | 2013 | January 19 |
Lambert & Stamp | James D. Cooper | 2014 | January 20 |
Last Days in Vietnam | Rory Kennedy | 2013 | January 17 |
Life Itself | Steve James | 2014 | January 19 |
Mitt | Greg Whiteley | 2013 | January 17 |
This May Be the Last Time | Sterlin Harjo | 2013 | January 19 |
To Be Takei | Jennifer M. Kroot | 2014 | January 18 |
We Are the Giant | Greg Barker | 2014 | January 18 |
Joe Berlinger | 2014 | January 18 |
Spotlight
The following 8 films were selected for Spotlight program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
Blue Ruin | Jeremy Saulnier | 2013 | January 17 |
The Double | Richard Ayoade | 2013 | January 17 |
Ida | Pawel Pawlikowski | 2013 | January 21 |
Locke | Steven Knight | 2013 | January 17 |
The Lunchbox | Ritesh Batra | 2013 | January 19 |
Only Lovers Left Alive | Jim Jarmusch | 2013 | January 20 |
R100 | Hitoshi Matsumoto | 2013 | January 18 |
Stranger by the Lake | Alain Guiraudie | 2013 | January 17 |
Next
The following 11 films were selected for a world premiere in Next program to highlight the American cinema.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
Appropriate Behavior | Desiree Akhavan | 2014 | January 18 |
Drunktown's Finest | Sydney Freeland | 2013 | January 18 |
The Foxy Merkins | Madeleine Olnek | 2013 | January 20 |
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Ana Lily Amirpour | 2014 | January 19 |
Imperial Dreams | Malik Vitthal | 2014 | January 20 |
Land Ho! | Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz | 2014 | January 19 |
Listen Up Philip | Alex Ross Perry | 2014 | January 20 |
Memphis | Tim Sutton | 2014 | January 17 |
Obvious Child | Gillian Robespierre | 2013 | January 17 |
Ping Pong Summer | Michael Tully | 2014 | January 18 |
War Story | Mark Jackson | 2014 | January 19 |
Park City at Midnight
The following 8 films were selected for Park City at Midnight program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
The Babadook | Jennifer Kent | 2014 | January 17 |
Cooties | Jonathan Millott and Cary Murnion | 2014 | January 18 |
Tommy Wirkola | 2014 | January 19 | |
The Guest | Adam Wingard | 2014 | January 17 |
Killers | The Mo Brothers | 2014 | January 20 |
The Signal | William Eubank | 2014 | January 20 |
EDC 2013: Under the Electric Sky | Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz | 2013 | January 18 |
What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement | 2014 | January 19 |
From the Collection
The following 2 films were selected for From the Collection program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
Clerks | Kevin Smith | 1994 | January 24 |
Hoop Dreams | Steve James | 1994 | January 20 |
New Frontier Films
The following 7 films were selected for New Frontier Films program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
The Better Angels | A.J. Edwards | 2013 | January 18 |
The Girl from Nagasaki | Michel Comte | 2013 | January 21 |
HitRecord on TV | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | 2014 | January 17 |
Living stars | Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn | 2013 | January 17 |
The Measure of All Things | Sam Green | 2014 | January 20 |
This World Made Itself; Myth and Infrastructure; Dreaming of Lucid Living | Miwa Matreyek | 2013 | January 19 |
Thomas Allen Harris | 2013 | January 17 |
Sundance Kids
The following 2 films were selected for Sundance Kids program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
Ernest & Celestine | Stéphane Aubier, Benjamin Renner and Vincent Patar | 2013 | January 18 |
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang | Óskar Santos | 2013 | January 18 |
Free Fail Film
The following film was shown at Free Fail Film program.Title | Director | Year | First showing |
Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson | 1996 | January 20 |