The 2022 edition of the Sundance Film Festival runs January 20 through 30, both in-person and virtually.ĭavid Ehrlich, Chris O’Falt, Zack Sharf, Ryan Lattanzio, Chris Lindahl, and Ben Travers contributed to this article.
Ramin Bahrani took a bit of a hit when his HBO movie “Fahrenheit 451” proved to be a critical misfire, but he returned earlier this year on a high note with his acclaimed Netflix offering “The White Tiger,” which earned him BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay. Now Bahrani moves into the documentary space with “2nd Chance.” The film is an exploration of the rise and fall of Richard Davis, the charming and brash inventor of the modern-day bullet-proof vest who shot himself 192 times to prove his product worked. ZSĭirectors: Tig Notaro and Stephanie AllynneĬast: Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Molly Gordon, June Diane Raphael, Sean Hayes The non-fiction feature counts “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence” documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer as one of its executive producers.