By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Comedies, dramas, thrillers
and documentaries exploring notable individuals will lead the
2014 Sundance Film Festival non-competitive premieres program,
the annual independent film festival said on Monday.
The coveted premieres slot, usually reserved for more
seasoned directors, will showcase 17 feature films, several of
which are by directors who have gained prior success at
Sundance.
Filmmaker Mike Cahill, who garnered critical praise in 2011
at Sundance as the writer-director of "Another Earth," returns
in 2014 with "I Origins," a film about scientists who make a
life-changing discovery starring Brit Marling and Michael Pitt.
Writer-director Ira Sachs, who won the annual festival's
grand jury drama prize in 2005 with "Forty Shades of Blue," will
premiere his latest film, "Love Is Strange," starring John
Lithgow and Alfred Molina.
"Discovering the talent ... is a big part of what the
festival does and is about, and to help them with their careers
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