Sundance global fest

Film festival Sundance 2010 Announced the movies chosen to compete for its jury prizes in the 10-day affair scheduled for late January in Park City, Utah in the US. According to festival director John Cooper, Sundance received 9,816 submissions despite global meltdown and selected 113 feature films for the competition.

Altogether, 38 countries including India will feature in the fest.Kristin Stewart of Twilight fame is one of the hottest stars to feature in the contest. She will play a teenage stripper helped by a pair of strangers in Welcome to the Rileys. James Franco will star as beat poet Alan Ginsburg in Howl, which co-stars Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels