Sundance En Espanol: Celebrating Latin Cinema

PERRO COME PERRO (DOG EAT DOG)/Colombia (Director: Carlos Moreno)----In the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When Víctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.

SLEEP DEALER/US-Mexico (Director: Alex Rivera)— Set in a near-future, militarizedworld marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

SMART PEOPLE PEOPLE/U.S.A. (Director: Noam Murro; Screenwriter: Mark Jude Poirier)—An acerbic and self-absorbed literature professor has alienated his son and turned his daughter into an overachieving, friendless teen. When his brother unexpectedly shows up at his door, the man is forced is to confront his own life. The film has a stellar cast including: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page.

STRANDED: I’VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINS/ France (Director: Gonzalo Arijon)— For the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1974 Andes plane crash of the Uruguyan rugby team  tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival, which included murder, cannibalism and a test of moral convictions.

SUGAR/US (Directors and Screenwriters: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck)—The filmmakers, who last teamed up for the Oscar-nominated HALF NELSON, chronicle the journey of Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos recruited from his native country to play in the U.S. minor leagues.

THE WOMEN OF BRUKMAN (LES FEMMES DE LA BRUKMAN) / Canada (Director: Issac Isitan)—Amidst Argentina’s financial collapse, workers take over a Buenos Aires men’s clothing factory and continue producing clothing on a self-management model. As the formerly poor become business managers, their lives are changed forever.