The announcement of the Sundance 2016 lineup coincides with a flurry of awards buzz for titles from this year’s edition, such as “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “The End of the Tour,” “Mississippi Grind” and “99 Homes.” Two of the festival’s biggest critical hits, “Tangerine” and “James White,” made their premieres in Next, suggesting that plenty of eyes will be focused on that sidebar in January. Among the titles set to bow there are “Dark Night,” Tim Sutton’s drama loosely based on the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo.; “The Land,” Steven Caple Jr.’s portrait of teenage skateboarders in Cleveland, Ohio; and “First Girl I Loved,” a high-school lesbian romance directed by Kerem Sanga (“The Young Kieslowski”).
Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2016 Competition, Next Films
