The Sundance Movie Pageant has introduced 5 new world premieres becoming a member of the 2023 lineup, together with the documentary about NBA famous person Stephen Curry and the newest characteristic from As soon as director John Carney.

Past Utopia (U.S. Doc Competitors), Earth Mama (Premieres), Flora and Son (Premieres), Previous Lives (Premieres) and Stephen Curry: Underrated (Particular Screening) are all heading to Park Metropolis. The movies be part of a beforehand introduced schedule that features the brand new Nicole Holofcener film, Davis Guggenheim’s Michael J. Fox doc and Anne Hathaway drama Eileen.

“These 5 new movies spherical out our program in an thrilling and emotional manner. They’re cinematic experiences that delight, entertain, and preserve us on the sting of our seats. The works introduce us to new voices, together with administrators we’re excited to welcome again to the Pageant,” mentioned Kim Yutani, director of programming.

Additionally introduced right this moment is the competition’s Encore Particular Screenings, a sequence the place previous Sundance titles display screen on the competition. CODA (2021 Sundance Movie Pageant), Klondike (2022 Sundance Movie Pageant), Navalny (2022 Sundance Movie Pageant) and Summer season of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Might Not Be Televised) (2021 Sundance Movie Pageant) may also display screen as part of the sequence.

This 12 months the fest is deliberate as a hybrid occasion. The in-person program will run from Jan. 19-29, with movies starting to display screen on-line beginning Jan. 24. The on-demand, on-line choices will embody all 2023 competitors titles, together with these programmed within the U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary and NEXT sections. The 2023 award–successful movies will display screen each in particular person and on-line on Jan. 28 and 29.

The competition will happen Jan. 19-29. See the additions to the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant schedule under.

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 

Past Utopia / U.S.A. (Director: Madeleine Gavin, Producers: Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, Sue Mi Terry) — Hidden digicam footage augments this perilous high-stakes journey as we embed with households trying to flee oppression, in the end revealing a world most of us have by no means seen. World Premiere. Obtainable on-line.

PREMIERES

Earth Mama / U.S.A (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Savanah Leaf, Producers: Cody Ryder, Shirley O’Connor, Medb Riordan, Sam Bisbee) — A pregnant single mom with two youngsters in foster care embraces her Bay Space group as she fights to reclaim her household. Forged: Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Dominic Fike, Bokeem Woodbine. World Premiere. Fiction. 

Flora and Son / U.S.A, Eire (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: John Carney, Producers: Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole) — Single mother Flora is at conflict along with her teenage son, petty thief Max. Inspired by the police to search out Max a passion, she rescues a beat-up guitar from a dumpster and finds that one particular person’s trash is usually a household’s salvation. Forged: Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor. World Premiere. Fiction. 

Previous Lives / U.S.A (Director and Screenwriter: Celine Track, Producers: Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, David Hinojosa) — Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply linked childhood mates, are wrest aside after Nora’s household emigrates from South Korea. 20 years later, they’re reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of future and love, and the alternatives that make a life. Forged: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro. World Premiere. Fiction. 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Stephen Curry: Underrated / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Peter Nicks, Producers: Ryan Coogler, Erick Peyton) — Stephen Curry is among the most influential, dynamic, and sudden gamers within the historical past of basketball. Intimate cinematic video, archival footage, and on-camera interviews reveal Curry’s rise from an undersized school participant to a four-time NBA champion. World Premiere. Documentary.