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Cinereach-Supported Films at 2011 Sundance Film Festival

Built upon a solid legacy of film that it has helped to introduce to larger audiences, The Sundance Film Festival continues to showcase a sampling of exciting, independent work. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival will take place January 20 – 30th, and Cinereach will be there to see all that we can. We will also be there to cheer for the films that Cinereach has been able to support through various avenues.

Photo Courtesy of Tarek Moukaddem

Circumstance
Summer 2009 & Summer 2010 Cinereach Grantee
U.S. Dramatic Competition

Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Producers: Karen Chien & Melissa Lee

A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager’s growing sexual rebellion and her brother’s dangerous obsession.

Sundance Screening Details

HERE
Supported through The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute
U.S. Dramatic Competition

Writers: Braden King & Dani Valent
Director: Braden King
Producers: Jay Van Hoy & Lars Knudsen

On assignment to create a new, more accurate satellite survey of Armenia, an American cartographer forms a powerful bond with an Armenian expatriate and art photographer.

Sundance Screening Details

Photo Courtesy of TJ Watt

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Supported through The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute
U.S. Documentary Competition

Directors/Producers: Marshall Curry & Sam Cullman

Daniel McGowan was arrested for being part of the Earth Liberation Front, a group responsible for arsons against timber companies and SUV dealerships. Through his story the film sheds light on two of our most important and timely issues–terrorism and environmentalism.

Sundance Screening Details

Kinyarwanda
Summer 2010 Cinereach Grantee
World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Writer/Director: Alrick Brown
Producers: Darren Dean, Tommy Oliver & Ishmael Ntihabose (EP)

Based on accounts from survivors, Kinyarwanda tells the story of Rwandans who crossed the lines of hatred during the 1994 genocide, turning mosques into places of refuge for Muslims and Christians, Hutus and Tutsis.

Sundance Screening Details

Photo Courtesy of Sebastian Mlynarski

On the Ice
Winter 2010 Cinereach Grantee & Supported through The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute
U.S. Dramatic Competition

Writer/Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Producer: Cara Marcous

On the snow-covered Arctic tundra, two teenagers try to get away with murder.

Sundance Screening Details

Pariah
Winter 2009 & Winter 2010 Cinereach Grantee
U.S. Dramatic Competition

Writer/Director: Dee Rees
Producer: Nekisa Cooper

When forced to choose between losing her best friend or destroying her family, a Bronx teenager juggles conflicting identities and endures heartbreak in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Sundance Screening Details

In addition to these features, a previous film written and directed by 2011 Reach Film Fellow Nick Paley will be shown in the U.S. Narrative Shorts program.

Andy and Zach – When Zach decides to move out, his roommate Andy tries to set up a new life without his best friend.

Sundance Screening Details