Full list of titles joining Sundance Now this April

Full list of titles joining Sundance Now this April:

April 2

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - US ONLY

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

• Director: Stanley Kubrick
• Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones
• Awards: Oscar nominee; BAFTA, DGA, WGA, New York Film Critics

  

April 5

Prisoners - Season 1 - (2017) - US & CANADA - A SUNDANCE NOW EXCLUSIVE  

First 2 episodes released April 5, with one released weekly thereafter.

Linda is sent to serve time in Iceland’s only women’s prison for a vicious assault that leaves her father in a coma. But no-one knows that she harbors a dark secret that could tear her family apart, a secret that could set her free.

• Creators: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
• Director: Ragnar Bragason
• Cast: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Thora Bjor Helga, Kristbjörg Kjeld
• Awards: Edda Awards (Iceland)

April 9

Sami Blood (2016) - US & CANADA

A teenage girl is taken from her home and family and sent to a state school where indigenous students are converted into acceptable members of Swedish society.

·         Director: Amanda Kernell

• Cast: Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Erika Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Hanna Alstrom, Malin Crépinc
• Awards: Guldbagge Awards, Venice Film Festival, Goteborg Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival

April 16

Amour (2012) - US ONLY

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

• Director: Michael Haneke
• Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
• Awards: Academy Awards; Golden Globes; Independent Spirit Awards; BAFTA; Cannes Film Festival; San Sebastian International Film Festival; European Film Awards; Cesar Awards; Goya Awards; National Board of Review; National Society of Film Critics; Broadcast Film Critics; Alliance of Women Film Journalists; New York Film Critics; Los Angeles Film Critics; Chicago Film Critics; Boston Film Critics; Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics; Denver Film Critics; Washington DC Film Critics; London Critics Circle; Dublin Film Critics; Toronto Film Critics

April 19

Take 5 Collection - Shadow of Isis

Europe’s Border Crisis: The Long Road Home (2015) - US & CANADA - A SUNDANCE NOW EXCLUSIVE

Documentary. Part of the TAKE 5: SHADOW OF ISIS collection. UK journalist John Sweeney joins thousands making the trek from the Greek island of Kos to the Austria/Hungary border. Along the way he meets Syrian refugees fleeing terror, others leaving their countries for the promise of a better economic future, families pulled apart and reunited and more.

• Directors: Patrick Barrie, Andy Bell
• Cast: John Sweeney

Girls, Guns & ISIS (2016) - US & CANADA - A SUNDANCE NOW EXCLUSIVE

Documentary. Part of the TAKE 5: SHADOW OF ISIS collection. Girls, Guns and ISIS follows an all-female fighting unit made up of Yazidi women who escaped ISIS and who have now dedicated themselves to hunting and killing ISIS militants.

• Director: Almudena Garcia-Parrado Gomez-Lobo
• Cast: Stacey Dooley

Recruiting For Jihad (2017) - US & CANADA - A SUNDANCE NOW EXCLUSIVE

Documentary. Part of the TAKE 5: SHADOW OF ISIS collection. Over the course of three years, journalist Adil Khan Farooq follows the charismatic Ubaydullah Hussain, an outspoken Norwegian Muslim missionary, as he recruits young converts to Islam. Hussain is revealed as an extremist, supporting acts of terror and encouraging his new recruits to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS. When authorities seize the filmmakers’ footage of Hussain’s activities, what began as an attempt to gain insight into the mind of a jihadist becomes wrapped up in questions of freedom of the press. In light of all-too-frequent terrorist attacks around the world, Recruiting for Jihad is a timely look at the destructive consequences of extremism.

• Directors: Adel Khan Farooq, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
• Cast: Adel Khan Farooq, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, Ubaydullah Hussain

Terror Studios (2016) - US & CANADA / ++ UNITED KINGDOM - A SUNDANCE NOW EXCLUSIVE

Documentary. Part of the TAKE 5: SHADOW OF ISIS collection. Terror Studios examines how the Islamic state uses storytelling techniques and imagery from Western culture to create propaganda that resonates with their followers and recruits.

• Director: Alexis Marant
• Awards: Emmy nominee (International)

War Child (2017) - US & CANADA - A SUNDANCE NOW EXCLUSIVE

Documentary. Part of the TAKE 5: SHADOW OF ISIS collection. Migrant and refugee children are given cell phones to document their journey across Europe as they and their families seek safety.

• Director: Jamie Roberts

April 23

Do You Dream in Color? (2015) - US & CANADA

Documentary. A coming-of-age story of four courageous blind high school students as they strive to prove that their disability will not hold them back from achieving their dreams.

• Directors: Abigail Fuller, Sarah Ivy

April 26

The Valley (2015) – Mini-Series - US & CANADA / ++ UNITED KINGDOM

A man wakes up, disoriented, in a vineyard in the German Ahr region. Above him, he sees a dead woman in the vines. When he returns to the spot after alerting the people in the village, the body is gone. Soon after, he sees the dead woman well and alive as the reigning Wine Queen. But when she really disappears, he decides to find out what is going on and he unearths the secrets of the town and its people.

• Creators: Arne Nolting, Jan Martin Scharf, Philipp G. Steffens
• Directors: Till Franzen, Jan Martin Scharf
• Cast: Friedrich Mucke, Gudrun Landgrebe, Max Mauff, Antje Traue

April 30

Arianna (2015) - US & CANADA

As Arianna, 19, deals with the problems of development, memories creep to the surface when she discovers herself during a visit to the family lake house.

• Directors: Carlo Lavagna
• Cast: Ondina Quadri, Massimo Popolizio, Valentina Carnelutti
• Awards: Golden Globes (Italy); Venice Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival