Sundance Film Festival: London will host the U.K. premiere of “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” a dramedy about a woman’s sexual awakening starring one of England’s most beloved talents, Emma Thompson. The Sophie Hyde-directed pic will kick off the fest, which runs June 9-12.
Sundance London has announced 12 features from Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, that are set to screen, and seven are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to 58 percent of the slate. Besides “Leo Grande,” other women-helmed offerings include “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul,” Adamma Ebo’s comedy about the first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, and “Watcher,” a thriller from Chloe Okuno that tells the story of a woman who becomes convinced she’s being stalked. Also on the slate is Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love,” which caused a major bidding war before landing at National Geographic Documentary Films. It tells the love story of two French scientists who died during a volcanic explosion.
There will also be a surprise film. “Details will only be revealed as the opening credits roll,” per a press release from the fest.
Check out all of the women-directed and co-directed features headed to Sundance London below.
Fire of Love / Canada, U.S.A (Director: Sara Dosa)
Free Sol Choo Lee / U.S.A (Directors: Julie Ha, Eugene Yi)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande / United Kingdom (Director: Sophie Hyde, Screenwriter: Katy Brand)
Hatching / Finland (Director: Hanna Bergholm, Screenwriter: Ilja Rautsi)
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. / U.S.A (Director/Screenwriter: Adamma Ebo)
Sharp Stick / U.S.A (Director/Screenwriter: Lena Dunham)
Watcher / U.S.A (Director: Chloe Okuno, Screenwriter: Zack Ford) A young woman moves into a new apartment with her fiancé, only to be tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building.