Tuesday January 6, 2009 2:08 AM MST

Park City, Utah: 21 degrees, overcast

Fueled by betrayal and racial politics in the 1970’s, John Dower’s World Cinema Documentary Competition film chronicles the most intense rivalry match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

In a strange tale of a young man, oblivious to social conventions and the woman of his dreams, Max Mayer’s U.S. Dramatic Competition film offers insight into how we talk about love.

A small-town Lolita journeys with the boy next door to find her birth mother in Zhang Yuan’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition film.

Through the point of view of director Dana Perry, this U.S. Documentary Competition premiere takes an intimate look at the life, mental illness, and death of her son.

There’s more to this coming-of-age story than sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll in this World Cinema Dramatic Competition film by David Bezmozgis.

Is advertisement art? Director Doug Pray presents rare interviews with the most influential and creative advertisers of our time in this U.S. Documentary Competition premiere.

In this World Cinema Documentary Competition film, directors Paolo Serbandini and Giovanna Massimetti follow the life of a Russian journalist and activist who risked everything for the truth.

In this bedroom farce, Josiane Balasko’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition film reveals the complications that arise when a French woman sets aside her Internet sex escapades and frequents one escort.

As a descendant of one of Mexico’s most controversial figures, President Plutarco Elías Calles, director Natalia Almada paints a close-to-home portrait in her U.S. Documentary Competition film.

Affected by the World Trade Center attack, two Latino teens discover love to be a life preserver in Cruz Angeles’ premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.

“The intimacy of Park City helps to create just the right atmosphere for the Sundance Film Festival. The winter weather... to the warmth of the screening rooms... greatly contributes to the magic that happens...”

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