Sundance. The lineup.

There are various ways of looking at the lineup for Sundance 06. If you're actually going or simply obsess on these things for whatever reason, you can download the PDF from the site, blow it up and hang it over your desk. Or, more reasonably, you can click straight to Eugene Hernandez's excellent breakdown at indieWIRE. It'll make you want to actually go.

What's more, Eugene's spoken with director of programming John Cooper and festival director Geoff Gilmore: "Nearly 50 first-timer feature filmmakers are set for Sundance 06, which Gilmore agreed includes many films coming from outside the typical channels. He also seemed to emphasize Sundance's roots, seeking to distinguish it from the many other leading film festivals in the world."

If I see further commentary over the next few days on how the fest's shaping up, I'll add pointers as updates to this entry.

Updates: Kirk Honeycutt in the Hollywood Reporter: "[P]rogrammers characterized the upcoming fest as a return to its roots in independent programming"; The Reeler's first impressions; Steve Rhodes has quite an entry on the docs.

Update, 11/30: Once again, Eugene Hernandez, this time introducing the Spectrum, Frontier, and Park City at Midnight sections. And indieWIRE has its Park City special section up and running as well.

Update, 12/1: Eugene Hernandez posts the lineup for the Premieres section, plus: the opening film will be Nicole Holofcener's Friends With Money and the fest will close with Nick Cassavetes's Alpha Dog.

Posted by dwhudson at November 29, 2005 6:19 AM