12 Sundance Film Festival Picks: Indie ‘Bachelorette,’ Docs, More (PHOTOS)

The annual mecca of indie film runs Jan. 19–29 in Park City, Utah, and features 200 films whittled down from about 9,000 submissions. Since 1984, some of the best independent films have made their debut at the festival, including sex, lies and videotape, Clerks, Memento, Half Nelson, Precious, and Winter’s Bone, as well as some of cinema’s finest filmmakers, from Darren Aronofsky and the Coen brothers to Christopher Nolan. High-priced bidding wars and a bevy of future awards bait films are an annual event, and this year will be no exception. From the indie Bachelorette featuring Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher to several poignant documentaries, here are the films audiences and potential buyers should get excited about at Sundance 2012. By Marlow Stern.