The talk-of-the-town at this year's Sundance festival was Polanski: Wanted and Desired, produced by Steven Sodergergh and directed and written by documentarian Marina Zenovich. Thorough and thought provoking, the film details what happened the night Polanski allegedly had sex with Samantha Geimer, a 13-year-old girl, and pieces together the events leading up to February 1, 1978 -- when the famed director hopped on a plane from California to France and never returned. The film specifically focuses on the judge on the case, Laurence J. Rittenband, painting him as a press-hungry monster. Although Polanski was not interviewed for the documentary, his attorney Douglas Dalton and close friends were. Others who were interviewed include: the bailiff, the district attorney Roger Gunson and Samantha Geimer, now in her early 40s. The film also includes some incredibly stylish archival footage of Polanski and Sharon Tate. It won the Sundance "Documentary Editing Award," and was nominated for "The Grand Jury Prize." The documentary also kicked off the limited bidding wars this year, and was acquired domestically by HBO and internationally by Weinstein Company. --EMILY CREED

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