Slouching towards Park City, 1/9.

"Next week, the global film industry will turn to Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. But does Sundance, in turn, look back at the rest of the globe? The answer, of course, is sort of." Anthony Kaufman presents a list of "10+ International Films to Watch at Sundance 08."

And indieWIRE carries on interviewing about one director a day - directors, of course, with films at Sundance.

Cinematographer Ellen Kuras's directorial debut, Nerakhoon (The Betrayal), a documentary about a Laotian immigrant whose "family was ravaged by the extension of the United States's Vietnam War efforts into Laos in the 1970s," will see its premiere Sundance. The Reeler talks with her about the film and about working with Michel Gondry, most recently on Be Kind Rewind.

Online viewing tip. James Israel has the trailer for Goliath, the Zellner Bros feature headed to premiere at Sundance.

Posted by dwhudson at January 9, 2008 2:12 PM