Sundance 2010: Califone's Tim Rutili Takes The Director's Chair With ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FUNERAL SINGERS

Having run through the competition and midnight programs on my initial look at the Sundance lineup for 2010 I just began digging in to the other parts of the festival today and what did I find?  First, that one of the films shares it's title with my favorite track from the new Califone album.  And then, very soon after, that the director is none other than Califone front man Tim Rutili.  So no, no coincidence here.

May's Angela Bettis stars in Rutili's All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, portraying a psychic woman living alone in a house full of ghosts.

Zel is a fortune teller. She lives and works in an old house at the edge of the woods. The house is crowded with ghosts (including a priest, a bride, a mute child, some washed up vaudevillians and a noisy, sight-impaired group of musicians among others) that have been there for as long as she can remember. When a mysterious light appears in the woods the ghosts realize that they are trapped and begin to rebel. Zel is forced to come to terms with the origins of these spirits and letting go of the only family she has ever known.

Yes, the musicians are the members of the band and, yes, their music features prominently.  Check the trailer below!