And Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the required cancer/coming-of-age comedy/drama, was a big award winner, taking both the Jury and Audience prizes in the dramatic category. They picked up Noah Baumbach’s marvelous Mistress America well in advance of the festival (for $6.5 million and, rumor has it, sight unseen) the zippy screwball comedy seems like a safe bet for late spring or summer release. But it’s a crowd-pleaser, a literary adaptation, a tearjerker, and a period piece, so I’ll bet dollars to donuts they’ll hold it until fall and position it as an Oscar contender. Brooklyn was my favorite film in Park City, and Searchlight paid handsomely for it ($9 million). The Wolfpack, which won the US Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, and Tangerine, a smash hit in the “NEXT” category, were also picked up by Magnolia, with releases slated for sometime this year.īrooklyn, Mistress America, Me and Earl and the Dying Girlįor my money, Fox Searchlight may come out of Sundance with the best slate for 2015. television debates, was one of my favorites of the fest I wouldn’t be surprised if it were also released in the summer - as co-director Morgan Neville’s last film, 20 Feet from Stardom, was - as blockbuster counter-programming. Best of Enemies, the story of the 1968 Gore Vidal/William F. The company got off to a strong start by acquiring Results, the lovely and peculiar romantic comedy from director Andrew Bujalski, before the festival even began the Cobie Smulders/Guy Pearce vehicle is slated for summer release. Magnolia has been the busiest indie distributor at Sundance, picking up four titles so far - which is very good news for indie fans, since it’s not only a savvy and capable theatrical distributor, but one that reliably releases its films on demand concurrent with (and often before) their theatrical release. Results, Best of Enemies, The Wolfpack, Tangerine (Deal-watching is one of the many side spectator sports of the festival.) They don’t always announce when they’ll put those movies out, of course, but we can also take some guesses, so let’s round up the deals that have been made, and get an idea of what the art house will look like in 2015 and beyond. The “if” is fairly easy to figure out, at this point a healthy chunk of the movies that play the ‘dance go in without a distributor in place, and come out with one. The 2015 edition of the Sundance Film Festival has come to a close, and if you’ve been following our coverage - and I know you have! - you may be wondering if and when you’ll get to see all these fabulous documentaries and terrific narrative features.
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