Calvary, A Most Wanted Man amongst Sundance Premieres
- Michael Winterbottom’s sequel The Trip To Italy also set to Premiere
The Sundance Film Festival (January 16-26, 2014) has revealed the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres. The list is predictably US-centric, but Europe is strongly represented thanks to selections from the UK, Ireland and Germany. These include John Michael McDonagh’s black comedy Calvary (Ireland/UK), starring Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd and Kelly Reilly; Anton Corbijn’s adaptation of John le Carré’s bestselling thriller A Most Wanted Man [+see also:
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James Hickey, Chief Executive, the Irish Film Board, said, “Irish film has performed very well at Sundance over the last number of years. Films such as The Guard [+see also:
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The lone European co-production in the Documentary Premiere section is Greg Barker’s We Are Giant (US/UK).