festivals (expect to see the best of the the fallout of the failed war on drugs documentaries at the AFI-Discovery in Andrew Jarecki’s Documentary Silverdocs Documentary Festival this Jury Award-winner (“The House the Washington crew hewed to the June), on theater screens, or stream online, I Live In”). But it also asks us to contemplate whether Kubrick faked intersection of art and policy, and the power you would be well-advised to catch what you can, especially the documentaries, the Moon landing (“Room 237”), of story to affect change . which were particularly strong this year. presented the mean-girls version of Sundance 2012 will always be remembered “Bridesmaids” (“The Bachelorette”), and gave us warm fuzzies when man met robot and “Searching for Sugarman” about a lost musician as the year legendary independent film producer and “The Queen of Versailles” profiling the rags- Ray Bingham suffered a stroke on the first day high jinx ensued (“Robot and Frank”). One might argue the prize winners cleaved to-riches-to-rags tale of billionaire David Segal of the festival and died a few days later. The loss was viscerally felt throughout Sundance. to darker themes, while the deal-making were quickly snapped up. Other sales included docs: “Ai Weiwei: Never Bingham lore from his indie distributor days reflected lighter or at least more fanciful fare that distributors think will resonate with audiences. Sorry,” “Indie Game: The Movie,” “Something at October Films in the 1980s and since could Fox Searchlight acquired what are arguably for Nothing: The Art of Rap,” “Under African be overheard in ticket lines, in panels, at parties the two most important films of the festival: Skies” and “Putin’s Kiss.” Feature sales include: and in the pre-screening theater chatter. The Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Performance- “Arbitrage,” “Red Lights,” “Celeste and Jesse Sundance Institute created a new $10,000 winning “The Surrogate” about sex surrogacy Forever,” “For a Good Time, Call..,” “Black producers award, and other institutions will and Audience Award-winning “Beasts of the Rock,” “Middle of Nowhere,” “2 Days in New likely follow to ensure the indie-guru and his Southern Wild,” a fantastical dystopian post- York,” “The Imposter” and “Robot and Frank.” contributions and deep love of cinema, will live Katrina New Orleans adventure. Documentaries As many of the docs and narratives unspool at on in a new generation of producers.