The Sundance Film Festival opened on Jan.17 with plenty of stars, directors and many films from first time filmmakers.
Among the films that premiered included "May in the Summer" starring director Cherien Dabis. The flm tells the story of May who goes to arrange her wedding in Jordan, and lands in a bedlam of family chaos she thought she'd transcended long before.
Sebastian Silva's second film "Crystal Fairy" also premiered. "Fairy" tells the story of Jamie, an American traveling in Chile, who somehow manages to create chaos at every turn. The film stars Michael Cera and scored generally good reviews with The Hollywood Reporter stating "A sometimes amusing trifle." Silva previously directed 2009's "The Maid."
The film festival also kicked off with a press conference by Robert Redford who stated that there were too many film festivals and that if he had the opportunity of starting Sundance in the current environment he would probably think twice. He wondered "if there was still a space to have an independent festival, because it's really independence that interests me."
Robert Redford founded the Sundance Film festival in 1978 and has started the careers of many notable filmmakers. Last year, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" won the top prize at the festival and is now nominated for a plethora of Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.
Among the most anticipated films set to premiere at the festival are Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight," David Lowery's "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," Joseph Gordon Levitt's "Don Jon's Addiction," and "Lovelace" starring Amanda Seyfried.
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