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Still from Come See Me in the Good Light. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Come See Me in the Good Light follows Andrea, a poet in Colorado, as they face a cancer diagnosis. The film is an intimate verité documentary and marks director Ryan White’s return to Sundance after Assassins and Ask Dr. Ruth.Brandon Somerhalder (A Concerto is a Conversation, Live to 100) served as the film’s DP. Below, he explains why a verité approach was right for the project and the difficulties of maintaining that at a live poetry reading without jeopardizing the comfort of his ailing subject.See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here.Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job?Somerhalder: I did a verité documentary a few years ago that director Ryan White saw at Tribeca and started working with him and his producer, Jessica Hargrave, on a different project. Soon after, the idea for this Andrea Gibson documentary came to them. I think I was lucky enough to be asked to film this doc based on my experience shooting other doc projects of a highly unpredictable nature, ones where patient verité filmmaking reveal character and story over time and where the relationship with the people in the doc is just as important as the style and aesthetic.Filmmaker: What were your artistic goals on this film, and how did you realize them? How did you want your cinematography to enhance the film’s storytelling and treatment of its characters?Somerhalder: Our main artistic goal, especially after meeting the main subject of our documentary, Andrea Gibson, was to authentically capture the essence of what makes Andrea such a unique, captivating poet and writer and to tell the story of their health journey in a relatable but poetic way—one that would do justice to their own poetry and profound perspective on life and death. The cinematography really acted solely in service of that goal, prioritizing naturalism and authenticity, while also not straying too objective. It was important that the camera participate in, and not feel separate from, the love and abundance of life surrounding Andrea and Meg. They have three cute little dogs, and I found the camera often felt like a fourth dog, lovingly active in the scenes with them, watching them with admiration, affection, and curiosity.Filmmaker: Were there any specific influences on your cinematography, whether they be other films, or visual art, of photography, or something else?Somerhalder: We didn’t have a ton of control of our environments, especially in the hospitals, clinics, etc.—all natural lighting, so palette and lighting refs were just for fun, but we loved

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Rosie JonesWriter, Director and Co-producerRosie is an award-winning documentary screenwriter, director and editor. This series is based on many years of research and her most recent feature documentary, The Family, which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2016 and was released internationally. The Family has screened widely including on BBC Storyville and STARZ in the USA and won Best Feature Documentary with the Film Critics Circle of Australia and Best Documentary Director at the inaugural Ozflix Awards.Her other films as writer/director include the feature documentary The Triangle Wars, about an epic struggle over development on an iconic Australian foreshore (Best Australian Documentary, Antenna Documentary Festival, 2011). Previous documentaries include Westall ’66: A Suburban UFO Mystery (an investigation of Australia’s biggest mass UFO sighting), Obsessed with Walking (an exploration of psychogeography with Booker-nominated writer Will Self) Holy Rollers (a wry look at Christian pilgrimage amid the tensions of Israel) and Visions of Yankalilla, about an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a church in South Australia.She has also edited numerous documentaries commissioned by Australian and international broadcasters.Anna GrieveProducerAnna has many years experience as an award-winning independent producer and was Executive Producer at Film Australia. Her productions cover all genres of documentary with a particular fascination with powerful emotional stories of investigative history.She produced the feature documentary The Family. Extensive production credits include large-scale dramatised documentaries films with writer/director Peter Butt – I, Spry, The Prime Minister is Missing, Silent Storm and the Logie-award-winner Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler? Since 2008, she has co-produced Big Stories Small Towns, a participatory media project gathering local stories for a global audience and winner of the best community interactive at SXSW 2012.Credits as Executive Producer include Sundance finalist Dhakiyarr vs the King and MobiDocs an award-winning anthology series with the NFB in Canada.She recently produced the Indigenous feature documentary Croker Island Exodus – finalist in the Deadly Awards, Foxtel Prize and screened at Sydney and MIFF Festivals, FIFO and Real Screen Canada.In 2015 she co-produced Death or Liberty, an Irish–Australian feature documentary and series – a musical journey into the dramatic

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Costs. Its strong film culture should be evident from the more than 20 film festivals in the region, and lovely local movie houses include The Hollywood Theatre, which recently purchased the iconic video store Movie Madness, home to more than 80,000 titles, with help from a successful crowdfunding campaign. That’s just another sign of how much Portlanders love their movies.Notable Film Festival: Portland Film FestivalLed by the infectiously enthusiastic film producer Joshua Leake, the Portland Film Festival is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting new filmmakers, providing free or low-cost screenings, and filling cultural voids in Portland. Its opening night film last year, the documentary Jailhouse to Milhouse, celebrated The Simpsons in an appropriately mirthful, only-in-Portland setting: the McMenamins Kennedy School, an entertainment destination that includes a hotel, theater, soaking pool, restaurants, a brewery, and more. 14. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAHAny filmmaker can see the benefits of living in close proximity to both the Slamdance and Sundance film festivals, but Salt Lake City doesn’t just come alive with those events based in nearby Park City — its film scene thrives with a mix of scrappy independent filmmakers and big out-of-state productions. The crew base is filled with professionals who have decades of experience in projects ranging from features to TV to commercial work. (Utah’s dazzling natural beauty makes it a major draw for outdoorsy ad campaigns.) The state also has a competitive incentive program that offers a refundable tax credit or cash rebate of up to 25%, and Salt Lake City and its surrounding areas can stand in for locations from New York to Silicon Valley to Russia or even Mars. You’ve likely seen the Bonneville Salt Flats, two hours out of town, without even knowing it: The breathtaking natural phenomenon has been used in blockbuster movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Independence Day. If you’re into dive bars, this probably isn’t the city for you. But you’ll embrace it wholeheartedly if you like hikes, skiing, meadows full of flowers, lakes, and snow-peaked mountains. Notable Film Festivals: Sundance, Slamdance and FilmQuestAs you’re well aware, Sundance is one of the most prestigious of all film festivals, as well as one of the film world’s most important incubators of rising talent. It’s a star-studded affair that draws the best in indie filmmaking to Park City every January. (This year’s edition is underway at the time of this writing.)Slamdance, held concurrently in Park City, is a for-filmmakers, by-filmmakers festival devoted to discovering the most bold, groundbreaking and experimental new films and creators. Both Sundance and Slamdance are strongly dedicated to uplifting underrepresented filmmakers.But we’d also draw your attention to FilmQuest, about 45 miles outside of Salt Lake City, in the. Here are The A.V. Club's most anticipated films from Sundance 2025, ranging from intimate documentaries to oddball fairy tale horrors.

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James Haven is an American actor and producer who has an estimated net worth of $5 million. Haven began his acting career in 1998 when he appeared in films like Gia and Hell's Kitchen. Other films he appeared in include 2001's Original Sin, and the critically acclaimed Monster's Ball. He made cameo appearances in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Game. Haven was the executive producer of the documentary Trudell in 2005. The film was selected to the Sundance Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Trudell won the Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival. He has been the executive board director of Artivist, a festival in Los Angeles which focuses on films addressing human rights, animal rights, and environmental issues, since 2006. James Haven Voight was born on May 11, 1973 in Los Angeles, California. He is the older brother of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, son of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. He attended USC School of Cinema-Television.

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They set off to conquer their white whale: Merdeka 118, the second-highest building in the world. Watch on Netflix 'Power' (2024) Rotten Tomatoes: 81% | IMDb: 5.7/10 Power Run Time 1 hr 25 min Director Yance Ford Release Date May 10, 2024 Power is a documentary film that explores the centuries-long history of policing in America, directed and narrated by Yance Ford, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Strong Island. Through archival footage, expert commentators, and Ford’s own observations, the film forms a clear-eyed visual essay on the very nature of policing, as well as the past, present, and possible future of American police. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim. Through the film, Ford draws a clear historical genealogy of modern police that begins with slave patrols and the forced clearing of Indigenous people and evolves through union-breaking and anti-protest brutality during the civil rights movement, nurtured by the bipartisan support of the establishment. Stepping beyond the limits of contemporary conversations, Power reveals the fundamentally oppressive purposes for which the police have been used by those in power across history, underlining the fact that a state must be held accountable for the actions of its police force. Watch on Netflix 'Sly' (2023) Rotten Tomatoes: 80% | IMDb: 7/10 Sly Release Date November 3, 2023 Director Thom Zimny Cast Sly is a documentary film about film legend Sylvester Stallone and his 50-plus-year career. Directed by Thom Zimmy (The Gift: The

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Synopsis Determined to fulfill his life’s mission, 26-year-old John Allen Chau embarks on a dangerous adventure across the globe to convert the uncontacted tribe of North Sentinel Island to Christianity, while a detective from the Andaman Islands races to stop him before he does harm to himself or the tribe. Cast Crew Details Genres Releases Cast Director Producers Writer Casting Editor Cinematography Assistant Directors Additional Directing Executive Producers Lighting Camera Operators Additional Photography Production Design Art Direction Set Decoration Visual Effects Title Design Stunts Composer Sound Costume Design Studios Country Language Alternative Title 라스트 데이즈 Genre Premiere 28 Jan 2025 USA Sundance Film Festival Theatrical limited 26 Sep 2025 USA USA 28 Jan 2025 Premiere Sundance Film Festival 26 Sep 2025 Theatrical limited Popular reviews More LAST DAYS is a frustratingly inconsistent film that struggles to find its footing and never fully succeeds in conveying the story it’s trying to tell. The messaging feels confused, as if even the filmmakers weren’t entirely sure of their own intentions, and the bland screenplay seems designed to appeal to the broadest audience possible, ultimately watering down the potential of John Allen Chau’s cautionary story. The overly exuberant central performance fails to resonate, leaving little emotional impact and the parallel story of the Indian inspector searching for John feels incomplete. Despite some beautiful cinematography and a lovely score, it ultimately feels shallow and offensive. You’re better off revisiting “Into the Wild” or the 2023 documentary “The Mission” for a better version of this story instead. “plenty of girls are into christian guys!”*audience laughs* John Allen Chau, a 26-year-old missionary journeys to the remote North Sentinel Island, determined to convert an isolated tribe, while authorities attempt to intervene before potential harm occurs.Directed by Justin Linn who debuted at Sundance back in 2002 with the well received "Better Luck Tomorrow," has since worked in big budgeted action films such as the "Fast and Furious" franchise.With "Last Days" he returns to his indie roots...sort of. The problem is sometimes when you dance with the devil, you can't go back.His new film has a great premise. It's, sort. Here are The A.V. Club's most anticipated films from Sundance 2025, ranging from intimate documentaries to oddball fairy tale horrors.