It Started at Sundance
Held annually in Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers.  Many notable independent filmmakers received their big break at Sundance and the festival is responsible for bringing wider attention to many outstanding films.  Here are a few of our favorites.


 
 Winter's bone by   Winter's bone
Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail b ...
 
 Project nim by   Project nim
The story of Nim, the chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment to show that an ...
 
 Beasts of the southern wild by   Beasts of the southern wild
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, ...
 
 Waiting for Superman : how we can save America's ... by   Waiting for "Superman" : how we can save America's failing public schools
 
 Good hair by   Good hair
Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact ...
 
 An education by   An education
In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smar ...
 
 Precious by   Precious
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dy ...
 
 Man on wire by   Man on wire
A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin To ...
 
 Frozen river by   Frozen river
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservati ...
 
 Primer by   Primer
Set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two you ...
 
 Hustle & flow by   Hustle & flow
Rapper DJay, who dreams of becoming the next big rap superstar, works all the angles to get his firs ...
 
 Maria full of grace by   Maria full of grace
Maria, a poor Columbian teenager, is desperate to leave a soul-crushing job. She accepts an offer to ...
 
 Super size me by   Super size me
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For ...
 
 Whale rider by   Whale rider
The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back ...
 
 Thank you for smoking by   Thank you for smoking
Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect A ...
 
 Memento by   Memento
An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder ...
 
 Run Lola run by   Run Lola run
A thrilling post-MTV, roller-coaster ride about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to cha ...
 
 Smoke signals by   Smoke signals
Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town to retrieve the re ...
 
 Pi faith in chaos by   Pi faith in chaos
A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical c ...
 
 In the company of men by   In the company of men
Two junior executives callously plan to date, then dump a vulnerable young secretary.
 
 Welcome to the dollhouse by   Welcome to the dollhouse
Eleven-year-old Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener is a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased b ...
 
 The Brothers McMullen by   The Brothers McMullen
After their good-for-nothing father dies and their mother leaves to be with the man she really loves ...
 
 Clerks by   Clerks
A deadpan comedy about a day in the life of two nowhere-bound convenience and video store clerks and ...
 
 El Mariachi by   El Mariachi
All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before ...
 
 Sex, lies, and videotape by   Sex, lies, and videotape
Erotic comedy about a long lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of a sel ...
 
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