More Canadian films head to Sundance
A documentary series about indigenous resistance and a sci-fi drama about murder and harvested memories have joined the lineup of Canadian films selected for January’s Sundance Film Festival.
Three episodes of the upcoming Viceland TV series Rise, written and directed by Toronto’s Michelle Latimer, will have their world premiere in Sundance’s Special Events category this year.
The series is intended as “both a condemnation of colonialism and a celebration of indigenous peoples,” according to a news release. Latimer is a Métis/Algonquin filmmaker, actor and curator, who programs films for Toronto’s ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival and the Hot Docs Film Festival.
The dramatic mystery Rememory, directed and co-written by Toronto’s Mark Palansky ( Penelope), features one of the last screen performances of Anton Yelchin, who was killed by his own car in a freak accident last summer. The movie is about a professor ( Martin Donovan) who is suddenly found dead after unveiling a groundbreaking machine that can record and play all of a person’s unfiltered memories.
The film will world debut in Sundance’s big-ticket Premieres section.
Two other Canadian films were previously announced for Sundance 17: Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World and Tokyo Idols. Peter Howell