DRAMATIC COMPETITION LINEUP FOR SUNDANCE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED

While the dramatic competition lineup for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival includes a few familiar names, such as the return to Park City by Half Nelson filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the new film from All the Boys Love Mandy Lane director Jonathan Levine, and even an American feature by Rain director Christine Jeffs, the roster of American independent features is dominated by first-timers, writes Eugene Hernandez for indieWIRE. There are fifty-one first-time filmmakers among the lineup of 121 features that will screen at Sundance next year, running January 17–27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. “It’s surprising the number of things that just popped out of nowhere,” festival director Geoff Gilmore told indieWIRE yesterday afternoon. For the full competition lineup, click this link.