Other dramatic competition selections include "Junebug," directed by Phil Morrison; "Loggerheads," Tim Kirkman; "Lonesome Jim," Steve Buscemi; "Me and You and Everyone We Know," Miranda July; "Police Beat," Robinson Devor; "Pretty Persuasion," Marcos Siega; "The Squid and the Whale," Noah Baumbach; "Thumbsucker," Mike Mills; and Travis Wilkerson's "Who Killed Cock Robin?"

"Enron: Ask Why," director Alex Gibney's examination of the Enron financial scandal, heads up the films in Sundance's documentary competition, along with "After Innocence," directed by Jessica Sanders; Paul Provenza's "The Aristocrat"; "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," Jeff Feuerzeig; "The Education of Shelby Knox," Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt; "The Fall of Fujimori," Ellen Perry; Eric Black and Frauke Sandig's "Frozen Angels"; "Mardi Gras: Made in China," David Redmon.

Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro's "Murderball" rounds out the Documentary Competition slate, along with Greg Whiteley's "New York Doll"; "Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story," Dan Klores and Ron Berger; "Romantico," Mark Becker; Hank Rogerson's "Shakespeare Behind Bars"; "Trudell," Heather Rae; "Twist of Faith," Kirby Dick; and "Why We Fight," Eugene Jarecki.

In addition to the premieres and competition films, Sundance also screens movies in its American Spectrum, Frontier, World Cinema and Park City at Midnight sections, along with an equal number of shorts, as well as workshops, parties and special screenings.

The festival's opening-night premiere in Salt Lake City will be "On a Clear Day," a drama that stars Peter Mullan and Brenda Blethyn.

Tickets go on sale Jan. 10. For information, as well as a complete list of featured Sundance films, go to www.sundance.org.

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