Sundance Unveils 2022 Festival Lineup
📣 Announcing the #Sundance 2022 Feature Film, Indie Episodic, and New Frontier lineups. Explore the program now: https://t.co/he3dMjbaSu
✅ Ticket Packages On Sale December 17
✅ Individual Tickets On Sale January 6 pic.twitter.com/MZcXiIAYDi
- SundanceFilmFestival (@sundancefest) December 9, 2021
Sundance has unveiled the lineup for the 2022 edition of its annual film festival, which runs from January 20th to the 30th. It will once again be a dual-format festival, with in person screenings in Park City, Utah and online screenings in the comfort of your own home. The festival showcases all kinds of films and short form work, and while there are some established names in the mix, many of the picks are from first time filmmakers. The full lineup is listed here, but if you're not feeling up to that much reading, OP has picked out 10 titles that sound promising.
Dual
I can't believe I'm typing this but DUAL will be in competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. I cried on the mats of my jiu jitsu academy when I found out. pic.twitter.com/kxXyDX3UCQ
- Riley Stearns (@RileyStearns) December 9, 2021
Stars: Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale
Writer/Director: Riley Stearns
Plot: Recently diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease, Sarah is unsure how to process the news. To help ease her friends’ and family’s impending loss, she is encouraged to participate in a simple futuristic cloning procedure called “Replacement,” after which Sarah’s last days will be spent teaching the clone how to live on as Sarah once she’s gone. But while it takes only an hour for a clone to be made, things become significantly more challenging when that double is no longer wanted.
What you should know: Riley Stearns last directed 2019's The Art of Self-Defense.
In U.S. Dramatic Competition
Master
Regina Hall has two films premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
• Master, dir: Mariama Diallo
• Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul, dir: Adamma Ebo pic.twitter.com/e6831feQ8W
- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) December 9, 2021
Stars: Regina Hall, Amber Gray, Zoe Renee, Talia Balsam, Talia Ryder
Writer/Director: Mariama Diallo
Plot: At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three women strive to find their place. Gail Bishop, just instated as “Master,” a dean of students, discovers what lies behind the school’s immaculate facade; first-year student Jasmine Moore confronts a new home that is cold and unwelcoming; and literature professor Liv Beckman collides with colleagues who question her right to belong. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school’s haunted past… and present.
What you should know: This is Mariama Diallo's feature film debut.
In U.S. Dramatic Competition
Watcher
I’m humbled and honored that my feature film WATCHER is playing at Sundance 2022! So many people have put their heart and soul into making this movie. I can’t wait for you all to see it. #Sundance https://t.co/cfRRkPeJNQ
- Chloe Okuno (@cokuno_san) December 9, 2021
Stars: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Ciubuciu Bogdan Alexandru
Writer: Zack Ford
Director: Chloe Okuno
Plot: Julia joins her husband when he relocates to his family’s native Romania for a new job. Having recently abandoned her acting career, she finds herself frequently alone and unoccupied. One night, people-watching from her picture window, she spots a vague figure in an adjacent building, who seems to be looking back at her. Soon after, while alone at a local movie theater, Julia’s sense of being watched intensifies, and she becomes certain she’s being followed - could it be the same unknown neighbor? Meanwhile, a serial killer known as The Spider stalks the city.
In U.S. Dramatic Competition
Resurrection
Sundance 2022 First Looks: Rebecca Hall In 'Resurrection,' Elizabeth Banks In 'Call Jane' & More https://t.co/uoLM04khf7
- The Playlist (@ThePlaylistNews) December 9, 2021
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, Angela Wong Carbone
Writer/Director: Andrew Semans
Plot: Margaret leads a successful and orderly life, perfectly balancing the demands of her busy career and single parenthood to her fiercely independent daughter Abbie. But that careful balance is upended when she glimpses a man she instantly recognizes, an unwelcome shadow from her past. A short time later, she encounters him again. Before long, Margaret starts seeing David everywhere - and their meetings appear to be far from an unlucky coincidence. Battling her rising fear, Margaret must confront the monster she’s evaded for two decades who has come to conclude their unfinished business.
In Premieres
After Yang
Coming to Sundance 2022: Jesse Eisenberg’s WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD, Kogonada’s AFTER YANG, & Mark Becker and Aaron Schock’s INSTANT LIFE 🌟 @sundancefest pic.twitter.com/dvhdoQyw6F
- A24 (@A24) December 9, 2021
Stars: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson
Writer/Director: Kogonada
Plot: When Yang - a lifelike, artificially intelligent android that Jake and Kyra buy as a companion for their adopted daughter - abruptly stops functioning, Jake just wants him repaired quickly and cheaply. But having purchased Yang “certified refurbished” from a now-defunct store, he’s led first to a conspiracy theorist technician and then a technology museum curator, who discovers that Yang was actually recording memories. Jake’s quest eventually becomes one of existential introspection and contemplating his own life, as it passes him by.
What you should know: This premiered at Cannes 2021.
In Spotlight
Meet Me in the Bathroom
Directors: Dylan Southern & Will Lovelace
Story: An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.
What you should know: Inspired by the book of the same name by Lizzy Goodman.
In Midnight
Am I Ok?
over the moon to share I will be returning to #Sundance with our feature directorial debut Am I Ok? starring Dakota Johnson & Sonoya Mizuno and written by Lauren Pomerantz. it’s a beautiful story with beautiful performances and I got to make it with the sexy af Tig Notaro ! pic.twitter.com/6R8jpU14RY
- Stephanie Allynne (@StephAllynne) December 9, 2021
Stars: Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Kiersey Clemons, Molly Gordon, Sean Hayes
Writer: Lauren Pomerantz
Director: Stephanie Allynne, Tig Notaro
Plot: Lucy and Jane are the best of friends. They finish each other’s sentences, predict every detail of each other’s food order, and pretty much know everything about each other. But when Jane is promoted at work and agrees to move to London for her new position, Lucy confesses her deepest, long-held secret: She likes women, she has for a long time, and she’s terrified by this later-in-life realization. Suddenly, their friendship is thrown into chaos as the two choose different routes by which to navigate the sudden changes in their lives.
In Premieres
Fresh
FRESH, directed by Mimi Cave, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan, is premiering at #Sundance Film Festival 2022!
@sundancefest will be both in person and online, so you can join from anywhere in the US. January 20-30. Tickets on sale 12/17 at https://t.co/6u8s1kxEt4 pic.twitter.com/KH0flUL2uN
- Legendary (@Legendary) December 9, 2021
Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Charlotte Le Bon, Andrea Bang, Dayo Okeniyi
Writer: Lauryn Kahn
Director: Mimi Cave
Plot: Frustrated by scrolling dating apps only to end up on lame, tedious dates, Noa takes a chance by giving her number to the awkwardly charming Steve after a produce-section meet-cute at the grocery store. During a subsequent date at a local bar, sassy banter gives way to a chemistry-laden hookup, and a smitten Noa dares to hope that she might have actually found a real connection with the dashing cosmetic surgeon. She accepts Steve’s invitation to an impromptu weekend getaway, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.
In Midnight
Aftershock
Thrilled to announce that we’re premiering Aftershock at the @Sundance Film Festival! #Sundance 2022 will be both in person and online, so you can join in from anywhere in the US. January 20-30. Ticket packages on sale 12/17 at https://t.co/VeLsfIxJCQ #Sundance @aftershockdoc pic.twitter.com/H4fgBHmnWu
- Rebecca Kent (@popularthug) December 9, 2021
Directors: Paula Eiselt, Tonya Lewis Lee
Story: An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were vibrant, excited mothers-to-be whose deaths due to childbirth complications were preventable. Now, their partners and families are determined to sound a rallying cry around this chilling yet largely ignored crisis.
In U.S. Documentary Competition
Nanny
After a breakneck speed of production thru post I can finally share we’re premiering NANNY, my feature film writing/directing debut, at @sundanceorg's Sundance Film Festival.🙏🏾 #Sundance 2022 is in person AND online Jan 20-30th. Tix avail 12/17 @ https://t.co/WOK8UhVmY4 🧜🏿♀️🕷️🔪 pic.twitter.com/7GNSS7V19H
- Octavia Butler knew... (@NotNikyatu) December 9, 2021
Stars: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, Leslie Uggams
Writer/Director: Nikyatu Jusu
Plot: Undocumented immigrant Aisha lands a job nannying for the daughter of a wealthy Manhattan couple. While she easily wins the affection of young Rose, she also finds herself caught up in the rocky marriage between the girl’s controlling mom and woke photojournalist dad. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind in Senegal, Aisha hopes her precarious job will allow her to bring him into the U.S. and the life she has carefully pieced together. Just as his arrival finally feels imminent, a supernatural presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality.
In U.S. Dramatic Competition
Check out the full lineup here!
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