Films

U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Lucy Walker, Producers: Lucy Walker, Julian Cautherley, Holly Becker, Lyn Lear) — A character-driven vérité and revelatory investigation takes us on a journey embedded with firefighters and residents on a mission to understand the causes of historically large wildfires and how to survive them, discovering that the solution has been here all along. World Premiere, Documentary

U.S.A. (Directors, Screenwriters and Producers: Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister-Jones) — On the last day on Earth, one woman goes on a journey through LA to make it to her last party before the world ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way. Cast: Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Olivia Wilde, Fred Armisen, Helen Hunt, Lamorne Morris. World Premiere, Narrative

U.S.A. (Director: Clint Bentley, Screenwriters: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Nancy Schafer) — An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son. Cast: Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias. World Premiere

U.S.A. (Director: Shaka King, Screenwriters: Will Berson, Shaka King, Producers: Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King, Shaka King) — FBI informant William O’Neal infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther party when J. Edgar Hoover fears charismatic leader Chairman Fred Hampton will emerge as a Black Messiah. O’Neal lives in fear of discovery and cannot escape the deadly trajectory of his betrayal. Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rey Howery, Martin Sheen. World Premiere

U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Fran Kranz, Producers: Fran Kranz, Casey Wilder Mott, JP Ouellette, Dylan Matlock) — Years after a tragic shooting, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. Cast: Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney. World Premiere, Narrative

To celebrate Sundance 2021, Nashville poets Tiana Clark and Ciona Rouse wrote poems responding to favorite films from Sundance's past.

Calling all Belcourt Drive-In and virtual Sundance attendees! Join us for a casual download of the films we saw at Sundance 2021. Pour a warm beverage and share your favorites.

Join the Belcourt Theatre and Nashville Filmmakers Guild for a casual mixer to kick off Sundance 2021. Open to anyone working in any capacity in the film industry.

Shop Talk: Diversifying Your Film Crew discussion with Nashville-based filmmakers Christin Baker, Meleisha Edwards, Mark D. Jackson and Gabby Woodland. A pre-recorded event from October 2020, in conjunction with Nashville Filmmakers Guild.

U.S.A. (Director: Carlson Young, Screenwriters: Carlson Young, Pierce Brown, Producers: Brinton Bryan, Elizabeth Avellán) — Decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive. Cast: Udo Kier, Carlson Young, Dermot Mulroney, Vinessa Shaw, John Karna, Soko. World Premiere

Sweden (Directors: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri, Producer: Stina Gardell) — Swedish actor/musician Björn Andresen's life was forever changed at the age of 15, when he played Tadzio, the object of Dirk Bogarde's obsession in Death in Venice—a role which led Italian maestro Luchino Visconti to dub him "the world's most beautiful boy." World Premiere

U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Nikole Beckwith, Producers: Anthony Brandonisio, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Tim Headington) — When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love. Cast: Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro, Julio Torres, Anna Konkle. World Premiere

In Lili Horvát’s beguiling second feature, a brilliant neurosurgeon returns to Budapest to reunite with the love of her life: a man who says they’ve never met.

Months after Jesús sets out on foot for the U.S., Magdalena loses contact with her son. At the mercy of those with the power to help her find closure, Magdalena’s path fortuitously converges with a young man not unlike her son. (Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Audience and Screenplay Awards at the Sundance Film Festival)

Over a period of 35 years between 1984 and 2019, filmmaker Lynne Sachs shot 8mm and 16mm film, videotape and digital images of her father Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and pioneering businessman. This new film is her attempt to understand the web that connects a child to her parent and a sister to her siblings.

A vibrant, sun-drenched look inside the palm tree-lined streets of The Villages in central Florida, America’s largest and most utopian retirement community.

An award-winning, immersive, gorgeously cinematic portrait of five non and minimally verbal autistic young people. Based on the poetic bestselling book by Naoki Higashida.

Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer Maude Garret (Chloë Grace Moretz) is assigned under mysterious circumstances to safely transport strictly classified cargo. As her recalcitrant all-male comrades relentlessly probe the nature of her mission, she comes face-to-face with a stowaway that jeopardizes the lives of all aboard.

Mads Mikkelsen leads this comedic drama of four friends, all high school teachers, who test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. Directed by frequent collaborator Thomas Vinterberg, it’s arguably their best work.

Equal parts rigorous investigation and empathetic portrait, ASSASSINS shines a light on the audacious murder of the brother of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jon Un in a crowded Malaysian airport and the lives of the two young women at the center of the investigation.

After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans — even as he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head.

Director Andrei Tarkovsky creates a stream-of-consciousness meditation on war, memory, and time that draws heavily on events from his own life.

The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country. HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS explores the roots of outlaw country music, offering a rare insight into the lives of the musicians who set the bar for those who came after.