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World Dramatic Competition

A still of Ana Katz in front of a still of The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet. The text on the image reads 'Interview'.

Alex Heeney / February 25, 2021

The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet: Ana Katz on the best film of Sundance

Ana Katz’s The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet was our favourite film of Sundance and won awards at IFFR. We spoke with Katz about collaborating with her brother over a three year shoot.

Alex Heeney / February 16, 2021

What is the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition?

The World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival featured some genuinely exciting and original films, as well as many films that check the selection’s regular boxes.

Alex Heeney / February 12, 2021

‘The idea for the sound design was accepting silence’: Iuli Gerbase on The Pink Cloud

Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase discusses her feature debut, The Pink Cloud, about a couple unable to leave their homes for years but shot before the pandemic.

Alex Heeney / January 29, 2020

Sundance Review: Charter is psychologically complex

Amanda Kernell’s second feature, Charter, toys with the reliability of the protagonist’s perspective, who is herself uncertain, in this psychologically complex study of a broken family.

Jumbo, Noemie Merlant, Zoe Wittock

Orla Smith / January 27, 2020

Sundance ’20 review: Jumbo and Objectum Sexuality

Noémie Merlant shines as a woman in love with a fairground ride, but Jumbo lacks psychological insight into the real phenomenon of Objectum Sexuality.

Alex Heeney / January 26, 2020

Sundance ’20 Review: Summer White (Blanco de Verano)

Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson’s Summer White is a haunting story about a toxic mother-son relationship that gets interrupted by her new beau.

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