Brian Nelson

With Sundance just around the corner, we’re bringing you our picks for what’s worth watching at the festival. The Spotlight, Special Events and Shorts program include something new from J.J. Abrams, Cannes-darling The Lobster, and Don Cheadle as Miles Davis.

Logline: A single mother struggling to raise her son alone is abducted by a mysterious organization.

New scribe set to recreate the Dutch thriller for Sony.

Logline: A man awakes to find that his entire community, except for 5 people, has vanished.

Logline: When a couple on vacation accidentally record a murder they must use any means necessary to survive.

Logline: Centers on a family on a cross-country trip, who discover that their road trip is taking them through time fractures, and instead of gaining, or losing an hour, they’re traveling to various periods in time, from prehistoric dinosaurs, to the wild west, and back.

Logline: A young couple is terrorized by a cult of children who kill everyone over the age of 18.

Logline: A woman goes on a cross-country road trip to track down the man who’s used her stolen identity to commit crimes.