Sundance Interest List 2023
I am the Founder and CEO of IMDb. This is a list of the movies which I am hoping to see at Sundance in 2023 (in a somewhat random order). Titles are moved over to my Sundance Film Festival 2023 list as I watch them. See also my Sundance Top Picks list.
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- DirectorDoug LimanIt centers on the explosive sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and the investigation that ensured.Documentary
- DirectorLuke LorentzenStarsMargaret 'Mati' EngelAn aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.Documentary | Seeking Distribution
- DirectorPatricia OrtegaStarsKiti MánverMari Paz SayagoSilvia AcostaA religious grandmother learns how to use the internet. When she accidentally comes across pornography, she is faced with a dilemma.Spanish
- DirectorQasim BasirStarsAmin JosephSkye P. MarshallOmari HardwickMuhammad returns home to Detroit to bury his stepfather and is thrust into settling his accounts, but Muhammad's struggles with depression and addiction may finish him before he finishes the task.
- DirectorC.J. 'Fiery' ObasiStarsEvelyne Ily JuhenUzoamaka AniunohEmeka AmakezeWhen the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
- DirectorEddie AlcazarStarsBella ThorneMoises AriasScott BakulaCenters on two mysterious brothers, who abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
- DirectorDavid ZonanaStarsSantiago SandovalFernando CuautleEsteban CaicedoLuis, an 18-year-old boy with Indigenous roots, enters the Heroic Military College in hopes of ensuring a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldierSpanish | Nahuatl
- DirectorJustin ChonStarsRich BrianYayu A.W. UnruValen AhloA rapper with a rising career hires a U.S manager and label, taking over from his father who has steered it to date.
- DirectorVeerle BaetensStarsNaomi VelissariouSebastien DewaeleCharlotte De BruyneMany years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car. In the dead of winter, she confronts herself with her past and faces up to her tormentors.Dutch
- DirectorRobert ConnollyStarsMia WasikowskaAlbert MwangiAriel DonoghueFollows Abby, a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When Abby realizes that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mum, Dora, and takes on poachers to save her friend.
- StarsBrooke ShieldsScaachi KoulIsobel ColemanFollows actor, model, and icon Brooke Shields as she becomes a woman who discovers her power after being a sexualized young girl. She shows the dangers and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.Documentary | ABC on Hulu
- DirectorMarija KavtaradzeStarsGreta GrineviciuteKestutis CicenasPijus GanusauskasDancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.Lithuanian | English
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsJordan FirstmanCatalina SaavedraSebastián SilvaSebastián Silva is detached from life, struggling to succeed in the art world and habitually taking ketamine. When he meets social media influencer Jordan Firstman at a nudist beach, the two discuss collaborating, but fate has other plans.English | Spanish
- DirectorIdo MizrahyStarsKayla BarronCady ColemanAl HollandTraining for a Mars mission, daring astronauts work with a NASA psychologist to cope with space isolation in this Sundance-premiering documentary.Documentary
- DirectorDavina PardoLeah WolchokStarsJudy BlumeMolly RingwaldTayari JonesThis documentary on Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work examines her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex.Documentary | Prime Video
- DirectorMatthieu RytzStarsJason MomoaThe fate of the planet's last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is under threat as a secretive organization is about to allow massive extraction of seabed metals to address the world's energy crisis.Documentary
- DirectorBethann HardisonFrédéric TchengStarsTyson BeckfordStephen BurrowsNaomi CampbellFashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.Documentary
- DirectorTracy Droz TragosA secret grassroots organization persistently fights to expand access to abortion pills across the USA keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade.Documentary
- DirectorNancy SchwartzmanStarsLisa AvalosDyanie BermeoRachel de LeonYoung women tell the police they've been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they're charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested, and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them.Documentary | Netflix
- DirectorAlexandria BombachStarsAmy RayEmily SaliersWinona LaDukeKnown for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.Documentary
- DirectorDavid RedmonAshley SabinStarsYong-man KimDennis DermodyDavid WainPlaying with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily.Documentary | English | Italian | Korean
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsAugusto GóngoraPaulina UrrutiaGustavo CeratiAugusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.