An Education to Premiere at 2009 Sundace Film Festival

Los Angeles Times reports that Sundance Institute announced today the line-up of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 25th Sundance Film Festival which runs from January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.


An Education, in which former P&P co-stars Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike co-stars (again), is one of the 16 films screening in World Cinema Dramatic Competition.


WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
This year's 16 films were selected from a record 1,012 submissions.


"An Education" / UK (Director: Lone Scherfig; Screenwriter: Nick Hornby)—In the early 60s, a sharp 16-year-old with sights set on Oxford meets a handsome older man whose sophistication enraptures and sidetracks both her and her parents. Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson.



Also, another one of Carey Mulligan's upcoming films (she has 4 films in 2009), The Greatest, is one of the 16 films screening for U.S. Dramatic Competion:


U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
This year's 16 films were selected from 1,026 submissions.


"The Greatest" (Director and Screenwriter: Shana Feste)— After the tragic loss of their teenage son, a family is again thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a young woman. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, Johnny Simmons, Aaron Johnson, Zoë Kravitz.


For a complete list of films screening at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, click here.


Related Links:

• Sundance unveils competition lineup (Variety.com)
• Sundance Film Festival releases 2009 lineup (National Post, Canada)
• Rock, Brosnan, Sarandon line up for Sundance (The Associated Press)