Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies, a new documentary from Supersize Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock and the gory Nova Scotian indie thriller Hobo With a Shotgun are a few of the titles set to screen at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Organizers of the annual independent film showcase unveiled dozens of titles on Thursday to screen out of competition at the upcoming event, just a day after announcing the films that would vie for the festival’s top honours.

Incendies, based on Wajdi Mouawad’s acclaimed stage play and also Canada’s official submission for 2011 Oscar contention, is among the films chosen for the Sundance Spotlight program.

The Villeneuve movie, about two siblings trying to unravel family secrets after the death of their mother, was named best Canadian feature at the Toronto International Film festival. Other titles that screened during TIFF will also be shown at Sundance, including South Korea’s I Saw the Devil, the U.S. period drama Meek’s Cutoff, and the Welsh coming-of-age comedy Submarine.

Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, which explores branding, advertising and product placement, is one of the eight films making their debuts in the Documentary Premieres program.

‘We are once again privileged to showcase the work of talented new artists. But it’s also exciting to see returning directors honing their skills and emerging with dazzling new films.‘

—Trevor Groth, Sundance director of programming

Also to screen in the doc series are Becoming Chaz, which charts Chastity Bono’s personal journey into becoming a man; The Interrupters, about ex-gang members now trying to subdue violence in their communities; and Rebirth, which follows five individuals whose lives were altered by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The Festival Premieres section features a host of movies featuring star-studded casts, including the Canadian-U.S. co-production I Melt with You. Directed by Mark Pellington, the friendship drama stars Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay and Carla Gugino.

Other big names in the program include Al Pacino (The Son of No One), Pierce Brosnan and Jennifer Connelly (Salvation Boulevard), Kevin Spacey (Margin Call), Ewan McGregor and Eva Green (Perfect Sense) Tobey Maguire (The Details) and Paul Giamatti (Win Win).

Festival Premieres will also include the latest from filmmaker Kevin Smith (Red State) and the YouTube project Life in a Day, which saw professional and amateur filmmakers worldwide capture a glimpse of one day last July and director Kevin Macdonald producing a film from the submissions.

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