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Check out the LGBTQ-inclusive films and docs coming to Sundance 2018<\/b><\/p>\n

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The 2018 Sundance Film Festival lineup of features was announced today<\/a>, with announcements on short films and other arts coming soon. The festival will take place January 18-28, 2018 in Park City, Utah, and tickets are on sale now.<\/p>\n

Sundance has long been a stand out as one of the most LGBTQ-inclusive of the mainstream film festivals. Previous years have included the premieres or screenings of great films and documentaries including Call Me By Your Name, Pariah, Keep the Lights On, Dope, Other People, Bayard & Me, God\u2019s Own Country, Kiki, Spa Night<\/em>, and many more.<\/p>\n

Below, check out the LGBTQ-inclusive films and documentaries coming to Sundance this year. These are listed in alphabetical order, and synopses are taken directly from the Sundance program. We will update this post as further announcements are made.<\/p>\n

\"\"Believer<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\/ U.S.A. (Director: Don Argott, Producers: Heather Parry, Sheena M. Joyce, Robert Reynolds) \u2014 Imagine Dragons\u2019 Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds is taking on a new mission to explore how the church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens<\/a> in the state of Utah, his concern with the church\u2019s policies sends him on an unexpected path for acceptance and change.\u00a0World Premiere<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"The Happy Prince\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\/\u00a0Germany, Belgium, Italy (Director and screenwriter: Rupert Everett) \u2014 The last days of Oscar Wilde\u2014and the ghosts haunting them\u2014are brought to vivid life. His body ailing, Wilde lives in exile, surviving on the flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him as the transience of lust is laid bare and the true riches of love are revealed.\u00a0Cast<\/em>:\u00a0Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Rupert Everett. World Premiere<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"A Kid Like Jake<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\/ U.S.A. (Director: Silas Howard, Screenwriter: Daniel Pearle, Producers: Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Eric Norsoph, Paul Bernon, Rachel Song) \u2014 As married couple<\/a> Alex and Greg navigate their roles as parents to a young son who prefers Cinderella to G.I. Joe, a rift grows between them, one that forces them to confront their own concerns about what\u2019s best for their child, and each other.\u00a0Cast: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra, Ann Dowd, Amy Landecker. World Premiere<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Lizzie<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\/ U.S.A. (Director: Craig William Macneill, Screenwriter: Bryce Kass, Producers: Naomi Despres, Liz Destro) \u2014 Based on the 1892 murder of Lizzie Borden\u2019s family in Fall River, MA, this tense psychological thriller lays bare the legend of Lizzie Borden to reveal the much more complex, poignant and truly terrifying woman<\/a> within \u2014 and her intimate bond with the family\u2019s young Irish housemaid, Bridget Sullivan.\u00a0Cast:<\/em>\u00a0Chlo\u00eb Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare. World Premiere<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"The Miseducation of Cameron Post<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\/ U.S.A. (Director: Desiree Akhavan, Screenwriters: Desiree Akhavan, Cecilia Frugiuele, Producers: Cecilia Frugiuele, Jonathan Montepare, Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub) \u2014 1993: after being caught having sex<\/a> with the prom queen, a girl<\/a> is forced into a gay<\/a> conversion therapy center. Based on Emily Danforth’s acclaimed and controversial coming-of-age novel.\u00a0Cast:<\/em>\u00a0Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr., Jennifer Ehle<\/em>.\u00a0World Premiere<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Quiet Heroes<\/strong><\/em>\/ U.S.A. (Director: Jenny Mackenzie, Co-Directors: Jared Ruga, Amanda Stoddard, Producers: Jenny Mackenzie, Jared Ruga, Amanda Stoddard) \u2014 In Salt Lake City, Utah, the socially conservative religious monoculture complicated the AIDS crisis, where patients in the entire state and intermountain region relied on only one doctor. This is the story of her fight to save a maligned population everyone else seemed willing to just let die.\u00a0World Premiere<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"STUDIO 54<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\/ U.S.A. (Director: Matt Tyrnauer, Producers: Matt Tyrnauer, John Battsek, Corey Reeser) \u2014 Studio 54 was the pulsating epicenter of 1970s hedonism: a disco hothouse of beautiful people, drugs, and sex<\/a>. The journeys of Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell — two best friends from Brooklyn who conquered New York City — frame this history of the “greatest club of all time.”\u00a0World Premiere<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2018 Sundance Film Festival will take place in Park City, Utah from January 18-28<\/a>. Find out more and keep up to date with announcements on Twitter at @SundanceFest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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