Sundance 2015: Distribution Deals
We're compiling an ongoing list of the films screening at Sundance 2015 that have closed distribution deals so far. Check back for updates over the course of the festival.
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- DirectorKen KwapisStarsRobert RedfordNick NolteEmma ThompsonAfter spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends, Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte).Buyer: Broad Green
- DirectorDaniel JungeStarsKen BergSeth EnslowRay GunnThe real story behind the myth of American icon Robert 'Evel' Knievel and his legacy.Buyer: Gravitas Ventures
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsSaoirse RonanEmory CohenDomhnall GleesonAn Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.Buyer: Fox Searchlight
- DirectorLaura GabbertStarsDavid ChangRoy ChoiJonathan GoldA documentary portrait that takes us into Jonathan Gold's universe to tell the improbable story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate.Buyer: Sundance Selects
- DirectorJon WattsStarsKevin BaconJames Freedson-JacksonHays WellfordA small-town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.Buyer: Focus World
- DirectorAndrew MogelJarrad PaulStarsJack BlackJames MarsdenKathryn HahnThe head of a high school reunion committee tries to get the most popular guy in school to attend their class' upcoming 20-year reunion.Buyer: IFC
- DirectorMarielle HellerStarsBel PowleyAlexander SkarsgårdKristen WiigA teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.Buyer: Sony Pictures Classics
- DirectorJoe SwanbergStarsJake JohnsonRosemarie DeWittOrlando BloomThe discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.Buyer: The Orchard
- DirectorJared HessStarsSam RockwellAmy RyanJemaine ClementA self-professed biblical archaeologist who has fallen on hard times starts to bend the truth in order to continue inspiring the faithful.Buyer: Lionsgate
- DirectorRick FamuyiwaStarsShameik MooreTony RevoloriKiersey ClemonsLife changes for Malcolm, a geek who's surviving life in a tough neighborhood, after a chance invitation to an underground party leads him and his friends into a Los Angeles adventure.Buyer: Open Road
- DirectorKim LonginottoStarsBrenda Myers-PowellT.T.KeenaTakes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell.Buyer: Showtime Networks
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsJason SegelJesse EisenbergAnna ChlumskyThe story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'Buyer: A24
- DirectorSacha JenkinsStarsDamon DashAlexander DominguezDaymond JohnFresh Dressed chronicles the history of Hip-Hop <> Urban fashion and its rise from southern cotton plantations to the gangs of 1970s in the South Bronx, to corporate America, and everywhere in-between. Supported by rich archival materials and in depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution of a way of life--and the outsiders who studied and admired them--Fresh Dressed goes to the core of where style was born on the black and brown side of town.Buyers: Samuel Goldwyn Films and StyleHaul
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsLily TomlinJulia GarnerMarcia Gay HardenA teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter.Buyer: Sony Pictures Classics
- DirectorBrett HaleyStarsBlythe DannerMartin StarrSam ElliottA widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age.Buyer: Bleecker Street
- DirectorTony VainukuErika CohnStarsLeva BloomfieldVita BloomfieldFihi Kaufusi"In Football We Trust" captures a snapshot in time amid the rise of the Pacific Islander presence in the NFL. Presenting a new take on the American immigrant story, this feature length documentary transports viewers deep inside the tightly-knit Polynesian community in Salt Lake City, Utah. With unprecedented access and shot over a four-year time period, the film intimately portrays four young Polynesian men striving to overcome gang violence and near poverty through American football. Viewed as the "salvation" for their families, these young players reveal the culture clash they experience as they transform out of their adolescence and into the high stakes world of collegiate recruiting and rigors of societal expectations.Buyer: Relativity Sports
- DirectorEli RothStarsKeanu ReevesLorenza IzzoAna de ArmasA devoted husband and father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.Buyer: Lionsgate
- DirectorAlfonso Gomez-RejonStarsThomas MannRJ CylerOlivia CookeHigh schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.Buyer: Fox Searchlight
- DirectorKevin PollakStarsAmy SchumerJames L. BrooksJudd ApatowOver fifty very famous American, Canadian, British and Australian funny people (filmmakers, writers, actors and comedians) share life and professional journeys and insights, in an effort to shed light on the thesis: Do you have to be miserable to be funny?Buyer: Tribeca Film
- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsBen MendelsohnRyan ReynoldsYvonne LandryDown on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost.Buyer: A24
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsGreta GerwigLola KirkeShana DowdeswellA lonely college freshman's life is turned upside-down by her impetuous, adventurous stepsister-to-be.Buyer: Fox Searchlight
- DirectorPatrick BriceStarsAdam ScottTaylor SchillingJason SchwartzmanAlex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.Buyer: The Orchard
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsGuy PearceCobie SmuldersKevin CorriganTwo mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.Buyer: Magnolia
- DirectorJ.M CraviotoStarsTina IvlevRichard TysonBianca MalinowskiA young girl, chained in the basement of a sexual predator, escapes and turns the tables on her captor.Buyer: IFC Midnight
- DirectorLeslye HeadlandStarsJason SudeikisAlison BrieJordan CarlosA good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in.Buyer: IFC
- DirectorKim FarrantStarsNicole KidmanJoseph FiennesHugo WeavingA family's dull life in a rural outback town is rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.Buyer: Alchemy
- DirectorSean BakerStarsKitana Kiki RodriguezMya TaylorKarren KaragulianA hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.Buyer: Magnolia Pictures
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsEthan HawkeAsa ButterfieldHailee SteinfeldSet in the 1980s, a teenager from Vermont moves to New York City to live with his father in East Village.Buyer: Screen Media Films
- DirectorKris ReyStarsCobie SmuldersAnders HolmGail BeanAn inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.Buyer: The Film Arcade
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsAnya Taylor-JoyRalph InesonKate DickieA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.Buyer: A24
- DirectorCrystal MoselleStarsMukunda AnguloNarayana AnguloSusanne AnguloConfined in an apartment from a New York housing project, the six Angulo brothers learned everything they know about the world through watching films and spend their time reenacting their favorite movies with intricate homemade costumes.Buyer: Magnolia Pictures
- DirectorCraig ZobelStarsChiwetel EjioforChris PineMargot RobbieIn the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.Buyer: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
- DirectorMora StephensStarsPatrick WilsonLena HeadeyRay WinstoneA successful family man with a blossoming political career loses all sense of morality when he becomes addicted to using an escort agency.Buyer: Alchemy