Of note; The 2020 feature film lineup will no doubt Center on Jim Rash and Nat Faxon’s remake of the Swedish dark comedy “Force Majeure” (now titled “Downhill”), Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem biopic “The Glorias,” Michael Almereyda’s Nikola Tesla biopic “Tesla,” and Alan Ball’s “Uncle Frank.” Want more? Miranda July’s third feature “Kajillionaire,” Dee Rees’ Anne Hathaway-starring “The Last Thing He Wanted,” Sean Durkin’s second feature “The Nest,” Benh Zeitlin’s long-awaited “Beasts of the Southern Wild” followup “Wendy,” “Dear White People” director Justin Simien returns to the festival with the horror-satire “Bad Hair” in the Midnight section and Eliza Hittman, following up the excellent “Beach Rats” with “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.” “Of the 65 directors in all four competition categories, comprising 56 films, 46 percent are women (the same figure as last year), 38 percent are people of color, and 12 percent are LGBTQ+.” ”These films were selected from a record high of 15,100 submissions including 3,853 feature-length films. Of the feature film submissions, 1,698 were from the U.S. and 2,155 were international; 29 percent were directed by one or more women; 40 percent were directed by one or more filmmaker of color; and 15 percent by one or more people who identify as LGBTQ+.” This year’s festival runs from January 23 – February 2 in Park City, Utah. Full Lineup can be found here. Contribute Hire me
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