Nouvelles

07 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : We're all going to the world's fair will have its world premiere

    Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey sits alone in her attic bedroom, scrolling the internet under the glow-in-the-dark stars and black-light posters that blanket the ceiling. She has finally decided to take the World’s Fair Challenge, an online role-playing horror game, and embrace the uncertainty it promises. After the initiation, she documents the changes that may or may not be happening to her, adding her experiences to the shuffle of online clips...

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07 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Users directed by Natalia Almada will have its world premiere

    Acclaimed filmmaker Natalia Almada captures the ruthless locomotion of technology. Her camera flies with ferocious speed alongside jet streams, trains, trucks, and underwater cables that carry data at the speed of light. But just as her lens documents the power of frenetic human invention, so does it dive into technology’s greatest existential competitor: rising oceans, crackling fires, scorched mountain tops—a planet at war with so-called societal progress. In the center...

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07 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Violation will have its world premiere

    “The idea of revenge against those who have wronged us is a tantalizing one; to rid ourselves of the pain and trauma caused by another person. But what if the person who hurts you is not some stranger in a dark alleyway, but someone close to you? It turns out that this is usually the case for victims of sexual violence, but no one is really talking about this in films about revenge. Maybe because it’s ickier, or darker, more uncomfortable. But these are the ideas that...

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06 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Try harder ! will have its world premiere

    At Lowell High School, the top public high school in San Francisco, the seniors are stressed out. As they prepare for the emotionally draining college application process, students are keenly aware of the intense competition for the few open spots in their dream colleges. They scrutinize how every element of their application, from their classes to their extracurricular activities to their racial identities, might be read by admission officers. At Lowell—where cool kids are...

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06 january 2021

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Together together will have its world premiere

    When 26-year-old Anna becomes a gestational surrogate to a single, middle-aged app designer named Matt, she expects only a transactional bit of good karma and the payday that will allow her to finish her college degree. But as Matt’s unbridled enthusiasm for impending parenthood leads him to persistently insert himself into her life and invite her into his, the initially annoyed Anna finds herself reluctantly charmed. The pair of self-described loners gradually open up to each...

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