Sundance Film Festival 2012: Films Sold So Far
We're compiling an ongoing list of the films screening at Sundance 2012 that have closed distribution deals.
For our complete coverage of what's happening in Park City, check out the IMDb at Sundance 2012 section.
For our complete coverage of what's happening in Park City, check out the IMDb at Sundance 2012 section.
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1.
2 Days in New York
(2011)
Marion (Delpy) has broken up with Jack (Two Days in Paris) and now lives in New York with their child... (96 mins.)
Director: Julie Delpy
“ Buyer: Magnolia Pictures ” - IMDb-Editors
2.
Compliance
(2012)
When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events.
Director: Craig Zobel
“ Buyer: Magnolia Pictures ” - IMDb-Editors
3.
Nobody Walks
(2012)
A family takes in a young artist into their home. (83 mins.)
Director: Ry Russo-Young
“ Buyer: Magnolia Pictures ” - IMDb-Editors
4.
Middle of Nowhere
(2012)
A drama that follows a woman who changes her life in order to contend with her husband's 8-year prison sentence.
Director: Ava DuVernay
“ Buyers: Participant Media and African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement ” - IMDb-Editors
5.
Simon Killer
(2012)
A recent college graduate travels to France, where he becomes involved with a prostitute.
Director: Antonio Campos
“ Buyer: IFC Films ” - IMDb-Editors
6.
The Imposter
(2012 Documentary)
A documentary centered on a young Frenchman who convinces a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who went missing for 3 years.
Director: Bart Layton
“ Buyer: Revolver Entertainment and Picturehouse Entertainment (UK)/Indomina (US) ” - IMDb-Editors
7.
How to Survive a Plague
(2012 Documentary)
The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. (120 mins.)
Director: David France
“ Buyer: Sundance Selects ” - IMDb-Editors
8.
The Comedy
(2012)
Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a Williamsburg guy passes the time with his friends, playing games of mock sincerity and irreverence. (90 mins.)
Director: Rick Alverson
“ Buyers: Submarine Entertainment and Rough House Pictures ” - IMDb-Editors
9.
Chasing Ice
(2012 Documentary)
'National Geographic' photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey... (76 mins.)
Director: Jeff Orlowski
“ Buyer: National Geographic Channel ” - IMDb-Editors
10.
Wish You Were Here
(2012)
Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and...
Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith
“ Buyer: Entertainment One ” - IMDb-Editors
11.
V/H/S
(2012)
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for. (93 mins.)
Director: Radio Silence, David Bruckner
“ Buyer: Magnolia Pictures, reportedly $1 million ” - IMDb-Editors
12.
The Pact
(2012)
As a woman struggles to come to grips with her past in the wake of her mother's death, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home. (89 mins.)
Director: Nicholas McCarthy
“ Buyer: IFC Films ” - IMDb-Editors
13.
Liberal Arts
(2012)
When thirty-something Jesse is invited back to his alma mater, he falls for a young 19-year-old college student and is faced with the powerful attraction that springs up between them.
Director: Josh Radnor
“ Buyer: IFC Films (US), Revolver Entertainment and Picturehouse Entertainment (UK) ” - IMDb-Editors
14.
Robot and Frank
(2012)
Set in the near future, 'Robot and Frank' is an offbeat buddy movie about an elderly ex-jewel thief and his new caretaker robot.
Director: Jake Schreier
“ Buyers: Sony Pictures Worldwide and Samuel Goldwyn Films ” - IMDb-Editors
15.
Arbitrage
(2012)
A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Director: Nicholas Jarecki
“ Buyers: Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate ” - IMDb-Editors
16.
Red Lights
(2012)
Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away. (113 mins.)
Director: Rodrigo Cortés
“ Buyer: Millennium Entertainment ” - IMDb-Editors
17.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
(2012)
Faced with her father's fading health and environmental changes that release an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy leaves her Delta-community home in search of her mother.
Director: Benh Zeitlin
“ Buyer: Fox Searchlight, reportedly $2 million ” - IMDb-Editors
18.
Celeste and Jesse Forever
(2012)
A divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
“ Buyer: Sony Pictures Classics, reportedly $2 million ” - IMDb-Editors
19.
Black Rock
(2012)
Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls' weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Director: Katie Aselton
“ Buyer: LD Distribution ” - IMDb-Editors
20.
For a Good Time, Call...
(2012)
Former college frenemies Lauren and Katie move into a fabulous Gramercy Park apartment, and in order to make ends meet, the unlikely pair start a phone sex line together.
Director: Jamie Travis
“ Buyer: Focus Features, reportedly $2 million ” - IMDb-Editors
21.
Six Sessions
(2012)
A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.
Director: Ben Lewin
“ Buyer: Fox Searchlight, reportedly $6 million ” - IMDb-Editors
22.
The Words
(2012)
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
Director: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
“ Buyer: CBS Films, reportedly $2 million ” - IMDb-Editors
23.
The Queen of Versailles
(2012 Documentary)
A documentary that follows a billionaire couple who live in a 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles, built on the success of the time-share industry. (100 mins.)
Director: Lauren Greenfield
Stars: Jackie Siegel, David Siegel
“ Buyer: Magnolia ” - IMDb-Editors
24.
Searching for Sugar Man
(2012 Documentary)
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
“ Buyer: Sony Pictures Classics ” - IMDb-Editors
25.
5 Broken Cameras
(2011)
A documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army. (90 mins.)
Director: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
“ Buyer: Kino Lorber ” - IMDb-Editors
26.
Smashed
(2012)
A married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober. (85 mins.)
Director: James Ponsoldt
“ Buyer: Sony Pictures Classics ” - IMDb-Editors
27.
Mosquita y Mari
(2012)
After being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.
Director: Aurora Guerrero
“ Buyer: Wolfe Releasing ” - IMDb-Editors
28.
Room 237
(2012 Documentary)
A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining... (102 mins.)
Director: Rodney Ascher
Stars: Buffy Visick
“ Buyer: IFC Films ” - IMDb-Editors
29.
Predisposed
(2012)
When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.
Director: Phil Dorling, Ron Nyswaner
“ Buyer: IFC Films ” - IMDb-Editors
30.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
(2012 Documentary)
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the first feature-length film about the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist... (91 mins.)
Director: Alison Klayman
“ Buyer: Sundance Selects ” - IMDb-Editors
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