Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “Every great film starts with an idea, and it is a testament to artists that they continually find new ideas, new stories, new points of view and...

Two-time Palme d’Or winner for When Father was Away on Business in 1985 and Underground in 1995, Emir Kusturica is once again showing a film in the Official Competition entitled Promise Me This. The action takes place in the Serbian countryside and centers on the promises made by Tsane (Uros Milovanovic) to his aging grandfather (Aleksandar Bercek): go over the three hills into the nearest town and sell their cow at the market there. With the money, Tsane must buy a religious icon and then any...

Déjà deux fois lauréat  de la Palme d’Or pour Papa est en Voyage d’Affaires en 1985 et Underground en 1995, Emir Kusturica se lance à nouveau dans la Compétition avec ce film intitulé Promets-Moi. Comme le titre l’indique, l’histoire de ce long-métrage, dont l’action se déroule dans la campagne serbe, repose sur plusieurs promesses que Tsane (Uros Milovanovic) fait à son grand-père (Aleksandar Bercek) mourant : tout d’abord, celle de franchir les trois collines qui sépare...