Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 8) — Two US-made films “Between The Temples” and “Ghostlight” starring Golden Globe nominee Dolly de Leon will premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
“We’re going to Sundance!” the veteran actress wrote on her Instagram account.
De Leon said “Between The Temples,” written and directed by Nathan Silver, is the second film that she made in the US.
Silver described the movie as an “anxious comedy.” It follows a story of a choir leader in a crisis of faith, who finds his world turned upside down after his grade school music teacher reenters his life.
The film stars Jason Francesco Schwartzman, who made his appearance in eight Wes Anderson films, and Carol Kane, an Oscar nominee for her role in “Hester Street.”
Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s “Ghostlight,” meanwhile, is a comedy drama about a construction worker who unexpectedly joins a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet.
De Leon will be joined by American stage, film, and television actor Keith Kupferer, and theater actress Katherine Mallen Kupferer in “Ghostlight.”
“Between The Temples” and “Ghostlight” will be screened on Jan. 19 and 20, respectively.
Three Filipino films will also be screened in the festival next year. These are full length film “In My Mother’s Skin,” and short films “It’s Raining Frogs Outside” and “When You Left Me On That Boulevard.”
In 2022, Martika Escobar’s “Leonor Will Never Die” became the first Filipino recipient of Special Jury Award for Innovative Spirit at Sundance.
“The Headhunter’s Daughter” by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan also became the first Filipino film to bag Sundance’s Short Film Grand Jury Prize.
