What to Watch in August

We the Animals

Nate von Zumwalt

Four films from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT section – the place for films operating on the fringes of genre and shaping the next wave of cinema – make their premieres this August, two of which (We the Animals and Night Comes On) shared honors for the inaugural NEXT Innovator Award. Another theme emerging among this month’s docket: Crystal Moselle (Skate Kitchen) and Jeremiah Zagar (We the Animals) both make their dramatic feature debuts after opening their careers on the nonfiction side.

Check out all of the Sundance-supported releases coming to theaters and digital platforms this month.

Friday, August 3

Night Comes On, directed by Jordana Spiro

Friday, August 10

Madeline’s Madeline, directed by Josephine Decker

Skate Kitchen, directed by Crystal Moselle

Friday, August 17

Juliet, Naked, directed by Jesse Peretz

Blaze, directed by Ethan Hawke

Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu

We the Animals, directed by Jeremiah Zagar

Friday, August 31

Inventing Tomorrow


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Retracing Ryan Coogler’s Sundance Institute Journey

Feature Film Program Founding Director Michelle Satter recalls Sundance Institute’s journey with and support of Ryan Coogler and his feature directorial debut Fruitvale Station.I met Ryan Coogler in the fall of 2011 when he came in to have a conversation about his script, Fruitvale Station. As I listened to Ryan speak about why he needed to tell this story, his deep, personal commitment to the project became evident.

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