Riding
Giants will open Sundance festivities in Park City, January 15th
A documentary by Stacy Peralta (the skateboarder-turned-filmmaker who won the director's prize at Sundance 2001 for the extreme-sports documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys). Screenwriters - Stacy Peralta and Sam George. The first docu to open Sundance ever.

"Watching a 90-foot wave coming across the screen at the Eccles is something I can hardly wait for, myself," said festival director Geoffrey Gilmore.
"It's perfect for us for an opening in Park City. . . . Half the people up in Park City are basically surfers and snowboarders and skiers, and will just love this movie."
Geoffrey Gilmore


Edge of America: The Salt Lake City opening-night feature, Jan. 16 in Abravanel Hall, directed by Chris Eyre ("Smoke Signals").
Filmed in Salt Lake City, the movie tells of a black teacher (James McDaniel, from "NYPD Blue") who becomes coach to an American Indian girls basketball team.

Premiere Program

Bright Young Things Director - Stephen Fry
Screenwriter - Stephen Fry

The Butterfly Effect
Directors - J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress
Screenwriters - J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress

The Clearing
Director - Pieter Jan Brugge,

D.E.B.S.
Director - Angela Robinson
Screenwritter - Angela Robinson

The Dreamers
Director - Bernardo Bertolucci
Screenwriter - Gilbert Adair

Employee of the Month
Director - Mitch Rouse
Screenwriters - Mitch Rouse and Jay Leggett

Eulogy
Director - Michael Clancy
Screenwriter - Michael Clancy

Gettin' The Man's Foot Outta Your Baadasssss!
Director - Mario Van Peebles
Screenwriters - Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty

Iron Jawed Angels
Director - Katja von Garnier
Screenwriters - Sally Robinson, Eugenia Bostwick Singer, Raymond Singer and Jennifer Friedes

Love in Thoughts
Director - Achim von Borries
Screenwriters - Achim von Borries and Hendrik Handloegten

The Machinist
Director - Brad Anderson
Screenwriter - Scott Alan Kosar

Marie and Bruce
Director - Tom Cairns
Screenwriters - Tom Cairns and Wallace Shawn

The Motorcycle Diaries
Director - Walter Salles
Screenwriter - José Rivera

Never Die Alone
Director - Ernest Dickerson
Screenwriters - James Gibson

Redemption
Director - Vondie Curtis Hall
Screenwriter - J.T. Allen

The Saddest Music in the World
Director - Guy Maddin
Screenwriters - Guy Maddin, Kazuo Ishiguro and George Toles

Saved
Director - Brian Dannelly
Screenwriters - Brian Dannelly and Michael Urban

Sky Blue
Directors - Moon-saeng Kim and Sunmin Park (English Version)
Screenwriters - Moon-saeng Kim, Jun-Young Park and Sunmin Park

Tiptoes
Director - Matthew Bright
Screenwriter - Bill Weiner

Touch of Pink
Director - Ian Iqbal Rashid
Screenwriter - Ian Iqbal Rashid

Trauma
Director - Marc Evans
Screenwriter - Richard Smith

Zatoichi
Director - Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter - Takeshi Kitano