:00:08. > :00:18.steps down. Now, on BBC News wehave presentati
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:00:25. > :00:35.presentation about Sundance Film Festival. The aim of Sundance is to
:00:35. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:47.support new artists. It is all about the films here. Any movie
:00:47. > :00:56.that goes to Sundance must be taken seriously. Welcome from Park City
:00:56. > :01:00.in Utah. Today we will look back at the highlights of this year's
:01:00. > :01:05.Sundance Film Festival which draws to a close this weekend. An
:01:05. > :01:11.estimated 50,000 festival-goers came to celebrate the glory of
:01:11. > :01:17.independent iding over the event, the Sundance founder
:01:17. > :01:27.Robert Redford. The line-up of OP more than 100 full-lenes
:01:27. > :01:34.is to offer something different from typical fare. I think with
:01:34. > :01:37.print journalism declining, movies are playing a greater role in
:01:37. > :01:47.investigative journalism, telling thout the lives that we
:01:47. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:52.open institution, RBA feels that she would not shed duel at the
:01:52. > :02:02.ceremony because they add to violence or explicit? -- that it
:02:02. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:15.would not share duel. -- schedule. We did not take a position on that.
:02:15. > :02:16.
:02:16. > :02:22.controversy. We want to show the variety, which I think is not been
:02:22. > :02:27.done in the mainstream. No, we do not censor of violence or reading
:02:27. > :02:36.whether whether it is any good, or whether
:02:36. > :02:43.there is a skill there that could people in terms of numbers? The
:02:43. > :02:48.Sundance Festival is a Blockbusters, however, are seen by
:02:48. > :02:58.more people than all Sundance films combined. Probably. I do not
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:03:07. > :03:12.industry. It can accommodate thhe choices are like
:03:12. > :03:16.changes changes in the market place.
:03:16. > :03:23.Therefore, our mission growing, because the category is
:03:23. > :03:27.growing. It is all good. People do associate you with Sundance, but
:03:27. > :03:33.you are an actor. This is the first time in fivet you have
:03:33. > :03:41.appeared as such. Do you welcome that? Is it a good feeling to be
:03:41. > :03:45.sta film camera? Yes, I like acting, that is how I started.
:03:45. > :03:50.Doing both at the same time, acting and directing is a different matter.
:03:50. > :04:00.I do not know how I feel about that. I do enjoy acting, I did enjoy
:04:00. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:08.acting in these. We have been developing these four four years.
:04:08. > :04:13.lot of people like looking at you though. Thank God, because I do not.
:04:13. > :04:21.Moving on to the films being shown at Sundance cc, 'My Brother The
:04:21. > :04:31.Devil', the only British film. With James Floyd and Fady Elsayed living
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:04:35. > :04:45.in a very rough housing estate in Hackney. So you think they'd you
:04:45. > :04:45.
:04:45. > :04:55.are Gandhi of Hackney? Shut up. is about one of them coming of age
:04:55. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:08.older brother played by James Floyd, who reveals himself as being gay,
:05:08. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:24.the Welsh-Egyptian director has excelled at these. There is 8
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:05:27. > :05:35.double homophobia in his family. It is extremely homophobic the way
:05:35. > :05:38.that the boy is a treat their end the music. -- the
:05:38. > :05:45.the music. -- the boy is treated and the music that goes along with
:05:45. > :05:51.it. It is about truelove. The love between brothers. True love between
:05:51. > :05:55.brothers. It is made clear towards the end, especially when the brother
:05:55. > :06:04.brother has to make a decision whether he can except his brother
:06:04. > :06:08.accept. accept. It is about them
:06:08. > :06:18.confronting each other and realising they can overcome their
:06:18. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:29.distances for. -- differences. film is about the triumph of
:06:29. > :06:32.a a bleak urban landscape populated
:06:32. > :06:42.by nicely portrayed underdog characters not often seen in UK
:06:42. > :06:46.cinemas. We to make a lot of movies about the privileged classes. I
:06:46. > :06:52.don't think there is an up of a voice showing these kinds of
:06:52. > :07:02.characters. This is one of the reasons why this movie is so
:07:02. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:08.acting and directing. It faces a strong challenge. It uses the language
:07:08. > :07:12.language of the streets. It is sometimes hard to understand what
:07:12. > :07:22.the characters are saying. It may damage the commercial prospects of
:07:22. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:36.the film. In blizzard light conditions in the first weekend of
:07:36. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:48.the festival, the screenings with
:07:48. > :07:58.with Sean Penn. My music teacher said that once you learnt how to
:07:58. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:08.is a fiercely individualistic look at a man on a quest put together by
:08:08. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:23.the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino. lturalism of
:08:23. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:31.American films is the mealy extraordinary depth of film-making
:08:31. > :08:38.around the world -- immediately. Such as the m Festival.
:08:39. > :08:42.You really see what we're missing in America. While Americans inward-
:08:42. > :08:49.looking in their appreciation of movies? Are they not aware of what
:08:49. > :08:59.is happening in the rest of the what? There is an inherent
:08:59. > :09:09.arrogance and puritanical blindnand and an identity seeking that seems
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:09:10. > :09:16.is to the detriment of our culture. Sean Penn is no stranger to making
:09:16. > :09:25.political points. He has been critical of American ficy.
:09:25. > :09:32.He went to Sundance Film Festival on the way to Haiti. You are very
:09:32. > :09:42.involved in social and political use movies tyour opinion
:09:42. > :09:42.
:09:43. > :09:52.been driven by a changing people's minds
:09:53. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :10:00.about something. I like to go off on something that has an emotional
:10:00. > :10:08.twist to it. If it has the added clarity of those kind of connotations
:10:08. > :10:18.connotations and that is gravy. I would be drawn to was the polemics.
:10:18. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:29.-- ire will not be drawn to the polemic. If the festival was
:10:29. > :10:39.transformed by the snow, then some actors used Sundance to transform
:10:39. > :10:49.th image. These teams to be the case for Rebecca Hall opera
:10:49. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:53.Sirte Bruce Willis. -- opposite. It was good news for Rebecca Hall who
:10:53. > :10:59.shows that she came create an entirely fresh, vivacious character
:10:59. > :11:09.based on a real person. She plays a prostitutes and stripper in the
:11:09. > :11:10.
:11:10. > :11:16.movie. She is very effervescent and bubbly. She is like a seven-year-
:11:16. > :11:21.old girl on something. You would adding
:11:21. > :11:28.adding to plus two. Believe that that apparel, she is possibly be
:11:28. > :11:38.sharp as person you're ever likely to meet. In terms of mentally
:11:38. > :11:43.
:11:44. > :11:53.sit around the fire drinking? at the mountain's from a small room
:11:54. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:01.documentary that got off to a very good start was searching for Sugar
:12:01. > :12:11.man, which got picked up in a distribution deal on the second day
:12:11. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:22.of the festival. There is a new Detroit's
:12:22. > :12:29.
:12:29. > :12:39.Detroit's Bob Dylan. Rodriguez's rded in 1970.
:12:39. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:50.He deliverednd songwriting that was very engaging.
:12:50. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:03.His voice gets very close to you. He speaks directly to your heart.
:13:03. > :13:11.Rodriguez's recordings I did make it to South Africa. He developed a
:13:11. > :13:16.very strong following there. became more famous than the Rolling
:13:16. > :13:26.Stones. He became a very important figure for the anti- apartheid
:13:26. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:42.Movement. Ros very importantly political. -- important
:13:42. > :13:45.politically. The film follows the to
:13:45. > :13:52.to it under -- to uncover the mysterious story of Rodriguez.
:13:52. > :14:02.Legend had that he died in would be relatively easy to track
:14:02. > :14:03.
:14:03. > :14:13.down what happened. This was South Africa during the apartheid era.
:14:13. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:17.They were completely isolated. Tthought thought he was dead. He had
:14:17. > :14:27.committed suicide. There were different versions as to how he had
:14:27. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:44.grotesque suicide in rock history. To recount the full story of Rodrigues
:14:44. > :14:51.Rodrigues would be to it spoil the surprise. He emerged as a man of
:14:51. > :15:01.humility and great integrity. This brings
:15:01. > :15:03.
:15:03. > :15:07.brings his talents to a wider audience.
:15:07. > :15:17.4th 4th heart -- forthcoming Hobbit
:15:17. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:24.films, Peter Jackson was a Sundance examination into the background of
:15:24. > :15:28.the so-called West Memphis Three. They were found guilty in Arkansas
:15:28. > :15:33.of 1993 grisly murders of three young boys. The alleged innocence
:15:33. > :15:43.ofas been championed by celebritie
:15:43. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:49.To my mind, it is a case you learn from. It is not just about these
:15:49. > :15:56.three guys and the three boys who were killed. It is about the way
:15:56. > :16:06.the justice system can derail. It can show us how easily that can
:16:06. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:15.happen. There had been a three-part documentary series on the case, this
:16:15. > :16:24.this new Endeavour introduces some powerful testimony, putting its
:16:24. > :16:28.finger at a possible suspect. It is extremely coe. We were
:16:28. > :16:36.shooting for almost two years. There was a massive amount of work.
:16:36. > :16:41.How balanced is the Denmark -- and the documentary? A lot of people
:16:41. > :16:47.believe they are guilty. We were looking for the truth. That's all
:16:47. > :16:52.that really matters. It is about finding the truth. All sides will
:16:52. > :17:00.tell you tha so much conflicting story. So many problems
:17:01. > :17:07.with the original case. The three men were finally freed last August
:17:07. > :17:09.after being imprisoned for 18 years. precedent,
:17:09. > :17:17.precedent, they were allowed to assert their innocence while
:17:17. > :17:25.pleading guilty in exchange to their freedom. One of the convicted
:17:25. > :17:31.and now freed men is Damien Echols, also credited as a coal producer. -
:17:31. > :17:37.- as a producer. It is not like you were fully pardoned? No, we were
:17:37. > :17:47.not. We want to be completely and absolutely exonerated. We will keep
:17:47. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:56.conducting these investigations until that happens. There has just
:17:56. > :18:01.got to be a happy ending to this. When Sundance began more than 30
:18:01. > :18:05.years ago, it was a distinctly American institution. Now these
:18:05. > :18:15.days it has changed. The ONS are This
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:18:16. > :18:26.selected from 30 countries. From South Asia came Valley Of Saints.
:18:26. > :18:28.
:18:28. > :18:38.The film's focus is on relationships. Gulzar, a boatman,
:18:38. > :18:42.is becoming acquainted with Asifa, who engages in environmental work.
:18:42. > :18:50.He has sinkhole fit, he has in pohas seen his dreams of
:18:50. > :18:54.ballot -- vanish. Kashmir to him and this lake, it is a reminder of
:18:54. > :19:04.all these negative things. As a FARC is coming from a different
:19:04. > :19:09.
:19:09. > :19:18.perspective. She is an outsider. -- Asifa. That is the tension between
:19:18. > :19:28.them. Gulzar feels a start in a place and Asifa is an outsider
:19:28. > :19:29.
:19:29. > :19:39.coming in. Gulzar is also very close to his childhood friend,
:19:39. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:54.Avtar Singh-Kolar. -- Afzal. I I think they are understandable and
:19:54. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:00.choice, he go with his best friend, or does
:20:00. > :20:10.he stay in his home where he has already had so many negative
:20:10. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:22.memories? But he can still find a I hope the film conveys a message
:20:22. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:28.of hope. That there is an aspect of human resistance. -- resilience.
:20:28. > :20:34.Even in the mist of conflict, people still find a waand
:20:34. > :20:43.survive and thrive. There is apt in this place, despite the destruction,
:20:43. > :20:51.there is still love in this place. It is a message of human resilience.
:20:51. > :21:00.And how that is mirrored in the environment.
:21:00. > :21:05.The Sundance picture is poetic and moving. It also presents the beauty
:21:05. > :21:09.of an environment, Dal Lake, which is not often captured on film.
:21:09. > :21:15.That brings our look back on thiyear's year's Sundance Film Festival to a
:21:15. > :21:25.close. We are going to leave you with a clip from the Sundance's
:21:25. > :21:34.
:21:34. > :21:38.music themed documentary, Searching Fo Fo
:21:38. > :21:43.# Was it a huntsman or a player # That made you pay the cost
:21:43. > :21:45.# That now assumes relaxed position # And prostitutes your loss?
:21:45. > :21:50.# Were you t your own thirst