:00:16. > :00:19.Film Festival as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. Welcome to
:00:20. > :00:24.Sundance Film Festival 2014. In today's programme we look at some of
:00:25. > :00:30.the highlights of this year's Sundance film Festival which comes
:00:31. > :00:35.to a close this weekend. All kinds of pictures were being shown. Steve
:00:36. > :00:41.Coogan and bailed the sequel to the road movie, the trip. Once again,
:00:42. > :00:46.they impersonate Michael Kane. I will not put you in the ground and a
:00:47. > :00:51.little box. A chilling documentary in which two documentaries makers
:00:52. > :00:58.get inside a Chinese rehabilitation centre. And the New York filmmaker
:00:59. > :01:09.provides a video diary of her experiences at Sundance. You have
:01:10. > :01:13.yourself a safe trip? An estimated 45,000 festival-goers made it to
:01:14. > :01:18.this winter ski resort over the last ten days to what should a wealth of
:01:19. > :01:23.ostensibly independently made pictures. Movies different from
:01:24. > :01:26.those offered by commercial cinema. It marked its 30th anniversary and
:01:27. > :01:31.it attracted wards of not just film-goers but filmmakers, movie
:01:32. > :01:42.publicist the people, stars and members of the press and a host of
:01:43. > :01:45.assorted others. It was a circus. They've broad range of films from
:01:46. > :01:50.around the world was unveiled at Sundance. Movie stars like Krysten
:01:51. > :01:56.Stuart could be seen playing a Guantanamo guard in the movie, camp
:01:57. > :02:03.x-ray. Michael Fassbender in this are real comedy, friends sporting a
:02:04. > :02:09.fake it. And a cinematic first, an Iranian Western. There were
:02:10. > :02:16.documentaries as well. The Green Prince told the story of a
:02:17. > :02:22.Palestinian man who became a spy. She told the Israeli forces came to
:02:23. > :02:30.our house. All told, 120 full-length films shown at Sundance. An antidote
:02:31. > :02:33.to Hollywood, independently made, not mainstream. Our role is to
:02:34. > :02:37.create the space and platform to bring new voices and new ways of
:02:38. > :02:43.seeing the world using independent film. That is it. For Robert
:02:44. > :02:49.Redford, day one of the festival got off to a disappointing start. Had
:02:50. > :02:51.been expected to get an Oscar nomination was widely praised
:02:52. > :02:56.performance in all is lost through plays a man fighting for survival at
:02:57. > :03:00.sea. He was snubbed but it is optical. Would it have been
:03:01. > :03:08.wonderful to be nominated, of course. I am not disturbed by it or
:03:09. > :03:12.upset. I am happy about it. I will stay happy about it. It is a film I
:03:13. > :03:17.am very proud of. It is independent. It conforms to why we
:03:18. > :03:23.are here. That gave me great pleasure. The rest is not my
:03:24. > :03:28.business. I am fine. One consolation is that three of five full-length
:03:29. > :03:33.documentary securing Oscar -- nominations premiered first at
:03:34. > :03:37.Sundance. Much has changed since Robert Redford founded the festival
:03:38. > :03:41.30 years ago. For young filmmakers, this is still a very desired
:03:42. > :03:46.destination. This 23-year-old came to Sundance from New York under
:03:47. > :03:53.commercial sponsorship where he got short for his short film, weak
:03:54. > :03:57.world. It is great for any filmmaker with a half decent film to get to
:03:58. > :04:02.the Sundance film Festival stop I saw it as an impossibility. It is
:04:03. > :04:07.being rewarded for making your own art or something you believe in in.
:04:08. > :04:13.It feels pretty good. After three decades at Sundance legacy is
:04:14. > :04:16.impressive, celebrated directions such as Quentin Tarantino and David
:04:17. > :04:20.Russell got their first big rake at the festival. But on its 30th
:04:21. > :04:25.anniversary, the charge is being made that the Sundance business
:04:26. > :04:29.model in relation to business distribution is broken. Few films
:04:30. > :04:36.will make it to cinemas. You could take three or four macro films a
:04:37. > :04:39.year that will show at Sundance and that do relatively successfully at
:04:40. > :04:45.the box office. At the theatrical box office. That is a very
:04:46. > :04:51.discouraging model. But filmmakers see Sundance as a place for personal
:04:52. > :04:57.fulfilment. Digital distribution is opening up new possibilities.
:04:58. > :05:02.Sundance reigned -- retains its possibility as a platform for just
:05:03. > :05:08.full-length features. Short films of big part of the lineup. Among them
:05:09. > :05:11.was Yearbook, a man hired to compile a definitive history of human
:05:12. > :05:17.existence before the planet blows up. It is hard to start making
:05:18. > :05:21.feature films, shorts are a good stepping stone. But that is a
:05:22. > :05:26.reductive way of seeing short films. Sometimes they are more impactful
:05:27. > :05:30.than feature films. More of an ideal character that would not work as a
:05:31. > :05:39.feature film. Some it benefits from being five-minute. An audience can
:05:40. > :05:45.not disdain for an hour and a half. -- sustain it. Sundance also has
:05:46. > :05:51.several music themed films this year. There was a coming-of-age film
:05:52. > :05:56.directed by the front man of balance of bastion. He made the success of
:05:57. > :06:01.this group helped get the independent film made. Our success
:06:02. > :06:12.absolutely helped. Who will shake hands on some food from Scotland who
:06:13. > :06:16.says, I have written a musical. I never considered being a filmmaker.
:06:17. > :06:21.Just like I never considered being a musician. What happened as the idea
:06:22. > :06:25.for the film came along, quite, had to go with it. I have been at this
:06:26. > :06:31.point for some time. I have gone back to my day job, Gombak to Belle
:06:32. > :06:35.Sebastian. Happy to have the guys around. It is a solitary thing to
:06:36. > :06:46.write a film. Get that to get with the band it is much quicker. -- good
:06:47. > :06:50.to get back with the band. What Sundance is still providing 30 years
:06:51. > :06:53.after its launch as a platform for a big array of personal films from a
:06:54. > :06:58.diverse group of filmmakers for whom passion and artistry as opposed to
:06:59. > :07:02.just making money are defining characteristics. That too many is
:07:03. > :07:10.what makes Sundance Film Festival stand apart. 2014 has been a very
:07:11. > :07:14.good year for the hugely talented British comedian, actor writer and
:07:15. > :07:21.director Steve Coogan. Earlier this month, a film he co-produced and
:07:22. > :07:27.stars in with Dame Judi Dench got four macro Oscar nominations. He
:07:28. > :07:31.arrived with great expected -- expectations for the follow-up to
:07:32. > :07:38.his much loved to road movie, the trip. He came with his collaborator
:07:39. > :07:43.Michael Winterbottom. The film is a sequel to the film four years ago.
:07:44. > :07:47.It forms the form of the original, with the travelling from one
:07:48. > :07:53.culinary establishment to another, reviewing restaurants. They've bent
:07:54. > :08:01.and and is -- they banter and impersonate. And then Christiaan
:08:02. > :08:06.bail says the want to be a madman. The impersonations were a big draw
:08:07. > :08:12.of the first trip. It has become a motif. We did at last trip, we could
:08:13. > :08:17.not think of anything else to do. People seem to do it -- like we did
:08:18. > :08:25.it more this time. In the new trip to Italy more impersonations. And
:08:26. > :08:31.one impersonation of the man most people found incomprehensible in 's
:08:32. > :08:41.film the dark Knight rising. Take off your mask, I cannot catch you.
:08:42. > :08:47.They thrive on doing impersonations. If Michael Kane came to Sundance
:08:48. > :08:56.what would he make of the place. I see we were going. He would say, I
:08:57. > :09:03.don't ski quite as much as I did. But if I were to ski, this is the
:09:04. > :09:06.sort of place I would like to come. The trip to Italy has some great
:09:07. > :09:10.moments. But there is a tinge of sadness to it which makes it more
:09:11. > :09:14.than a light division. It reflects Kearns of middle-aged men and the
:09:15. > :09:24.changes in the lives as they get older. It would not really work as a
:09:25. > :09:28.film unless it had some. -- subtext. There are some subtle nuanced films
:09:29. > :09:35.of people struggling with the identity and mortality and those
:09:36. > :09:39.things that lots of films deal with. It will premiered to a largely
:09:40. > :09:45.American audience at Sundance, but it is cultural references did not
:09:46. > :09:49.get in the way people enjoying it. I think of it in the same way as the
:09:50. > :09:53.symptoms. It is popular around the world. Some references are very
:09:54. > :10:00.American cultural references, and is when they talk about a particular
:10:01. > :10:05.baseball sports broadcaster but you understand the rhythm of what they
:10:06. > :10:10.are saying. Not getting 100% of it, but you sort of know. These are good
:10:11. > :10:15.times for Steve Coogan, O nominated for the meter in which she co-stars
:10:16. > :10:20.has changed peoples perceptions of them the deep -- industry but he is
:10:21. > :10:26.pleased. Before Philomena, I was seen as the go to British guy to put
:10:27. > :10:31.in a funny scene. But as I produced it and wrote it, people turn your
:10:32. > :10:37.phone call slightly more quickly. Sundance audiences find the trip to
:10:38. > :10:41.Italy very entertaining. The director is adamant this is not an
:10:42. > :10:51.emerging franchise. He says it will be no more sequels. The Sundance
:10:52. > :10:57.Film Festival takes place amid the great natural beauty of Utah. The
:10:58. > :11:00.venture cases filmmaking from around the world and provides a platform
:11:01. > :11:04.for new technology, demonstrating how it can possibly help filmmakers
:11:05. > :11:09.tell their stories more effectively. This year, two directors have come
:11:10. > :11:17.to a crow that highlights what many see as the negative effect of new
:11:18. > :11:22.technology. Negotiating the Sundance crowds are two Israeli filmmakers.
:11:23. > :11:27.Their achievement managing to get a camera inside the deep programming
:11:28. > :11:31.Centre for Internet addiction in China. China is the first country in
:11:32. > :11:36.the world to declare it as a clinical addiction. They say that if
:11:37. > :11:50.you are on the Internet more than six hours a day, not for work or
:11:51. > :11:53.study purposes, you are an addict. The film follows the progress of
:11:54. > :11:57.three teenagers and the appearance of a three-month period as they pass
:11:58. > :12:05.through the centre. They are brought to beat the centre. They are brought
:12:06. > :12:10.to BT programmed against their will. Most of these children were forced
:12:11. > :12:15.to come there. Parents dragged them. Once they figure out where they
:12:16. > :12:21.are, most of them want to run away and the guard stop them. The centre
:12:22. > :12:26.is in a military base. The course of treatment is like a boot camp. It is
:12:27. > :12:40.military training. It is like a re-education centre. There is a
:12:41. > :12:48.strict protocol. An attempt is made to determine the damage brought
:12:49. > :12:53.about by too much time online. They are checking their brains and after
:12:54. > :13:03.this checkup, they decide which medicine. How much medicine he has
:13:04. > :13:10.to get and how big the damages. Because social life is disappearing
:13:11. > :13:14.in these children and it's an illusion that they are more collect
:13:15. > :13:20.into each other but they are very lonely. The filming was done without
:13:21. > :13:24.official permission. The directors say they only got access because the
:13:25. > :13:30.man who runs the centre wanted the outside world to see his work. The
:13:31. > :13:36.reason why they let us film there is the professor sees himself as a
:13:37. > :13:43.pioneer. This is the first centre that was opened in China and it
:13:44. > :13:54.opened in 2005 and he sees himself as leading and he feels that the
:13:55. > :13:57.West should learn from his research. But what is the outcome? Do the
:13:58. > :14:04.young teenagers who have spent time at the centre leave cure to? He
:14:05. > :14:09.claimed 70% success. I cannot tell you exactly how he is measuring but
:14:10. > :14:14.the one thing I can tell you is that one concern is that the internet...
:14:15. > :14:20.We need to use the internet. It's part of every person's daily life
:14:21. > :14:25.and you need it, so how do you moderate that? To make sure they use
:14:26. > :14:30.the internet to actually live and communicate in this world. What
:14:31. > :14:34.emerges is a disturbing portrayal of troubled young teens held against
:14:35. > :14:38.their will stop whether their problem is internet addiction or
:14:39. > :14:41.some other disorder is not clear. The filmmakers hope the documentary
:14:42. > :14:46.gets people to think, to ponder whether overuse the internet is a
:14:47. > :14:51.social phenomenon or something more malignant.
:14:52. > :14:54.Historically, Sundance has helped shine a light on the talents of many
:14:55. > :14:59.well-known actors very early in their careers. Brad Pitt, Ryan
:15:00. > :15:04.Gosling and Carey Mulligan are examples. There is one actress for
:15:05. > :15:08.whom Sundance has played a pivotal role throughout her professional
:15:09. > :15:13.life. Catherine King no, by her own reckoning, has been here some 15
:15:14. > :15:21.times. She was back with a picture called war story. Catherine is one
:15:22. > :15:28.of America's most successful actresses. She has been in
:15:29. > :15:33.successful commercial films but it is in independent films that she has
:15:34. > :15:38.flourished. Here, she plays a war photographer, ties by an event in
:15:39. > :15:45.Libya. It's an incredible profession to choose, war journalism, war
:15:46. > :15:52.photography. They are in very precarious and dangerous situations
:15:53. > :16:04.not unlike soldiers or insurgents or whatever. And they are anonymous.
:16:05. > :16:17.It's really an interesting thing. It's a camera. Yes, I'm just
:16:18. > :16:24.photographing. I'm taking photographs of a field. Other actors
:16:25. > :16:28.are in war story, including Sir Ben Kingsley, but it's very much
:16:29. > :16:33.Catherine King's film. She is in virtually every frame and she does
:16:34. > :16:36.get her performance rightful top does it make you respect the craft
:16:37. > :16:45.of war journalism more? Frame my kids did. Obviously I had a lot of
:16:46. > :16:50.respect for it. I spent a month at the LA Times, I followed Rick
:16:51. > :16:55.Loomis, who is an amazing photographer, he has been on the
:16:56. > :17:00.front lines, and they were so generous with me and, you know, I
:17:01. > :17:10.got to thinking that I actually worked their! No, I didn't. But,
:17:11. > :17:20.yes. When you know somebody, it'll waste more personal and special for
:17:21. > :17:27.you. They are incredible. Let's just stop seeing each other, all right?
:17:28. > :17:30.It was the 1991, the Johnny Suede in which Catherine King starred next to
:17:31. > :17:38.Brad Pitt that brought the actress to Sundance. We became fast friends
:17:39. > :17:44.during Johnny Suede and we just... It was silly. We were silly. We
:17:45. > :17:48.thought, look where we are! This is amazing! Maybe we will see Robert
:17:49. > :17:54.Redford! I did not know anything about this festival, I had never
:17:55. > :18:01.heard of it. We were just wide-eyed and excited. I owe so much to this
:18:02. > :18:06.festival and a lot of actors and directors do. That's the great thing
:18:07. > :18:11.about it. Is there a bias, do you think, in Sundance films? Many of
:18:12. > :18:15.them seem to enshrine what you might call politically liberal values. You
:18:16. > :18:26.don't often see Conservative stories being told here, do you? No, you
:18:27. > :18:30.don't. (LAUGHS). Seriously, I'm all for it. I'm related to conservatives
:18:31. > :18:37.and they are great. We just argue. At that all right. Why not? That's a
:18:38. > :18:45.good question for someone else. Not for me. But I think that, you know,
:18:46. > :18:52.we should have filmmakers... I just don't know a lot of Conservative
:18:53. > :18:57.independent filmmakers. People admire Catherine for her talent, her
:18:58. > :19:01.forthrightness and honesty. She has built up an enviable track record,
:19:02. > :19:07.making some 50 films, many extremely well received. To some extent, she
:19:08. > :19:11.is an ambassador for Sundance and the kind of independent cinema it
:19:12. > :19:15.showcases. I can tell you that coming to cover the Sundance Film
:19:16. > :19:20.Festival as a journalist is an extremely busy but ultimately
:19:21. > :19:23.rewarding experience. But what is it like for first-time filmmakers who
:19:24. > :19:29.come here to showcase their films? To find out, we cajoled a New
:19:30. > :19:33.Yorker, who is here at Sundance to show her experiences of the
:19:34. > :19:38.festival, where her film, appropriate behaviour, was given its
:19:39. > :19:45.world premiere. Here is her video journals recorded mostly on a
:19:46. > :19:52.camcorder. In a ridiculously short amount of time, I am flying to Utah
:19:53. > :20:00.to premiere my first film at Sundance. What is the name of this
:20:01. > :20:06.film? Appropriate Behaviour. I'm looking for the grown underwear of a
:20:07. > :20:10.woman in charge of her sexuality and not afraid of change. It's about a
:20:11. > :20:13.young woman who has just been dumped and she is trying to rebuild her
:20:14. > :20:19.life and piece together the details of what went wrong and how to win
:20:20. > :20:25.back her ex-boyfriend. To finance the film, how to shoot it, it was an
:20:26. > :20:28.would battle. Every aspect has been like every other filmmaking
:20:29. > :20:34.experience, which is against all odds, but the Sundance part of it
:20:35. > :20:38.has made me the most frazzled. Everything else, I thought I was on
:20:39. > :20:48.my game and it was the unknown of Sundance that has completely thrown
:20:49. > :20:54.me off. How do you feel? I feel like I have packed everything ever. I'm
:20:55. > :21:02.still not prepared. There is not enough that could have come with me.
:21:03. > :21:12.You look good. You look like you are going to Sundance. Is it the coat?
:21:13. > :21:14.Going to Sundance? All right! Have a safe trip! Say hi to Robert Redford
:21:15. > :21:29.for me! There is nothing more uncomfortable
:21:30. > :21:37.than filming yourself at the airport. I'm conspicuous. It feels
:21:38. > :21:38.like everyone on this plane, 75%, is going to Salt Lake City for
:21:39. > :21:55.Sundance. We have several screenings
:21:56. > :22:02.throughout the week, so it feels like a circus. The most exciting
:22:03. > :22:12.circus there is. I'm really excited. Thank you. Thank you. I just dropped
:22:13. > :22:17.my earring. I think a lot of women dream about their wedding day being
:22:18. > :22:21.the ultimate moment. They fantasise about it and prepare for it. But it
:22:22. > :22:28.was definitely screaming a feature film at Sundance that was the
:22:29. > :22:33.fantasy, so welcome to my wedding. The film festival has a lot of highs
:22:34. > :22:37.and lows. It's phenomenal and exciting and full of energy and
:22:38. > :22:43.exactly how I always hoped and wished it would be. The reviews that
:22:44. > :22:46.came later were a soul crushing and made me think I would never do this
:22:47. > :22:50.again. After that, I really questioned my ideas. And then I woke
:22:51. > :23:00.up today and decided to do interviews all day and felt good
:23:01. > :23:04.about it. It was a confirmation. I definitely hope to bring any film I
:23:05. > :23:07.make to this festival. It was an honour to be invited in the first
:23:08. > :23:16.place. I really hope I'm lucky enough to screen another film at
:23:17. > :23:20.Sundance. Goodbye! Goodbye! That brings our special look back at some
:23:21. > :23:23.of the highlights from this year's Sundance from festival to a close.
:23:24. > :23:28.We hope you have enjoyed the programme. From me and the rest of
:23:29. > :23:32.the production team in Park city, Utah, it's goodbye as we you leave
:23:33. > :23:34.with some of the sights and sounds of this year's Sundance films
:23:35. > :24:26.Festival. After a week of slightly quieter
:24:27. > :24:30.weather, things have certainly livened up over the weekend. Strong
:24:31. > :24:33.winds causing problems during Saturday and we could see more
:24:34. > :24:38.problems for travellers on Sunday, with more strong winds and heavy
:24:39. > :24:39.rain coming in, so potential disruption to