Organizers announced Wednesday the 64 titles in the competitive programs of the '07 festival, which encompasses both first-time and returning filmmakers. Among the surprises, according to festival director Geoff Gilmore and programming director John Cooper, are the number of filmmakers returning to Sundance but in different roles.

"One of the things we talk about at Sundance is that it's a festival of discovery," Gilmore said. "We've always used it in the sense of new filmmakers and new features. But one of the things we've seen is new guises for filmmakers who are coming back to Sundance."

Chris Smith, who made the documentaries "American Movie" and "The Yes Men," ventures into fiction with "The Pool." Britain's Nick Broomfield, whose controversial doc "Kurt and Courtney" was pulled from the 1997 Sundance slate, serves up a dramatic entry, "Ghosts."

On the other side, Robinson Devor - who brought his dramatic film "Police Beat" to Sundance in 2005, returns with the documentary "Zoo." Some big stars will be seen in Sundance's competition slate: John Cusack, Dakota Fanning, Parker Posey, Bill Paxton, Vera Farmiga (twice), Kate Beckinsale and Nick Cannon.

The full list of films:

U.S. documentary

"Banished," directed by Marco Williams ("Two Towns of Jasper," Sundance '02), tells of three American towns whose black populations were forced to leave.

"Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade," directed by Lincoln Ruchti, goes to the birthplace of America's video game obsession: The competition at the Twin Galaxies Arcade in Iowa, 1982.

"Crazy Love," directed by Dan Klores (co-director of "Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story," Sundance '05), about an obsessive relationship between a married man and a 20-year-old woman - a relationship that has gone on nearly 50 years.

"Everything's Cool," directed by Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold (co-directors, "Blue Vinyl," Sundance '02), about crusaders against global warming, looking for the right words and images to push America toward an alternative energy economy.

"For the Bible Tells Me So," directed by Daniel Karslake, which looks at the religious Right's interpretation of the Bible, through the stories of five conservative Christian families.

"Ghosts of Abu Ghraib," directed by Rory Kennedy ("American Hollow," Sundance '99), looking at the abuses in the Iraqi prison - as told by perpetrators, witnesses and victims.

"Girl 27," directed by David Stenn, follows Stenn on the trail of a Hollywood scandal: The rape of an underage dancer at an MGM stag party in 1937.

"Hear and Now," in which director Irene Taylor Brodsky follows her parents, deaf for decades, as they undergo cochlear implant surgery.

"Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)," directed by Jason Kohn, looks at corruption and violence in Brazil through three stories: A politician stealing billions by way of a frog farm, a businessman spending money to bulletproof his cars, and a plastic surgeon who reconstructs the ears of mutilated kidnapping victims.

"My Kid Could Paint That," directed by Amir Bar-Lev, which profiles a 4-year-old painting prodigy - and asks if she's a genius, a fake or a victim of her parents' exploitation.

"Nanking," directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, which chronicles the Rape of Nanking, when 200,000 Chinese were murdered - and tens of thousands raped - by the Japanese army.

"No End in Sight," directed by Charles Ferguson, an examination into the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq.

"Protagonist," directed by Jessica Yu ("In the Realms of the Unreal," Sundance '04; "The Living Museum," Sundance '98), which tracks four people's life stories through Euripidean dramatic structure.

"War Dance," directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, which follows three Ugandan girls from their refugee camp to competition in their country's national music and dance festival.

"White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," directed by Steven Okazaki, examines "the human cost of atomic warfare."

"Zoo," directed by Robinson Devor ("Police Beat," Sundance '05), about a Seattle man's strange and fatal encounter with a horse.

U.S. Dramatic

"Adrift in Manhattan," directed by Alfredo de Villa and written by Nat Moss and de Villa, looks at sight from three views: An eye doctor in grief, an artist losing his sight, and a photographer battling his demons.

"Broken English," written and directed by Zoe Cassavetes, stars Parker Posey as a single woman, surrounded by friends who are married or in relationships, who meets a quirky Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud).

"Four Sheets to the Wind," written and directed by Sterlin Harjo, about a young man who leaves his Native American reservation to seek new life in Tulsa.

"The Good Life," written and directed by Steve Berra, about a "mostly normal" young man (Mark Webber) whose life is shaken up by a mystery woman (Zooey Deschanel).

"Grace Is Gone," written and directed by James C. Strouse (writer of "Lonesome Jim," Sundance '05), starring John Cusack as a father who must tell his daughters that their mother has died in Iraq.

"Joshua," directed by George Ratliff and written by David Gilbert and Ratliff, about a New York couple (Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga) whose life is torn apart by their 8-year-old son's jealousy over his newborn baby sister.

"Never Forever," written and directed by Gina Kim, about a woman (Vera Farmiga, again) who aims to save her marriage by starting a relationship with a stranger.

"On the Road With Judas," written and directed by J.J. Lask, stars Aaron Ruell ("Napoleon Dynamite") as a New York businessman who has a double life as a computer thief.

"Padre Nuestro," written and directed by Christopher Zalla, about an undocumented Mexican worker in New York, who meets a countryman seeking his rich father.

"The Pool," directed by Chris Smith ("American Movie," Sundance '99; "Home Movie," Sundance '01, "The Yes Men," Sundance '03) and written by Smith and Randy Russell, about a boy obsessed with a swimming pool in a home in a rich Indian neighborhood - and his efforts to meet the family that arrives there.

"Rocket Science," written and directed by Jeffrey Blitz, in which a 15-year-old with a stuttering problem falls for the star of the debate team.

"Snow Angels," directed by David Gordon Green ("All the Real Girls," Sundance '03) and written by Stewart O'Nan (adapting his novel), about a teen (Michael Angarano) who reunites with his former baby-sitter (Kate Beckinsale) - and gets involved in the lives of her estranged husband (Sam Rockwell) and their daughter.

"Starting Out in the Evening," directed by Andrew Wagner ("The Talent Given Us," Sundance '05) and written by Wagner and Fred Parnes, about a solitary writer (Frank Langella) who is approached by a grad student (Lauren Ambrose) who convinces him that her thesis will bring him back to fame.

"Teeth," written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, about a high-school girl whose "physical advantage" emerges when she is the object of male violence.

"The Untitled Dakota Fanning Project," written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, stars Fanning as a troubled Alabama girl in the '50s who finds her angel in Elvis and the blues.

"Weapons," written and directed by Adam Bhala Lough, which interlinks stories of seemingly random youth-related killings over a weekend in a typical working-class suburb. Nick Cannon and Paul Dano ("Little Miss Sunshine") lead the cast.

World documentary:

"Acidente" (Brazil), directed by Cao Guimarães and Pablo Lobato, an experimental "cinematic poem" that weaves together stories from 20 cities in the state of Menas Gerais, Brazil.

"Bajo Juarez, The City Devouring Its Daughters" (Mexico), directed by Alejandra Sanchez, an exploration of an industrial Mexican town by the U.S. border where hundreds of women have been sexually assaulted and murdered - and a web of corruption has grown to the highest levels of Mexican society.

"Cocalero" (Bolivia), directed by Alejandro Landes, about Evo Morales, a Aymara Indian campaigning to be Bolivia's first indigenous president, set against the Bolivian government's efforts (backed by the United States) to wipe out the coca crop.

"Comrades in Dreams" (Germany), directed by Uli Gaulke, about four disparate people united by their love of movies and their goal to bring movies to people who need them the most.

"Crossing the Line" (United Kingdom), directed by Daniel Gordon, a profile of Joseph Dresnok, an American who defected to North Korea at the height of the Cold War.

"Enemies of Happiness (Vores Lykkes Fjender)" (Denmark), directed by Eva Mulvad and Anja Al Erhayem, about Malalai Joya, the first woman elected to parliament in Afghanistan in 30-plus years.

"The Future Is Unwritten" (Ireland/United Kingdom), directed by Julien Temple ("The Filth and the Fury," Sundance '00; "Glastonbury," Sundance '06), an impressionistic biography of Clash guitarist Joe Strummer.

"Hot House" (Israel), directed by Shimon Dotan, an examination of how Israeli prisons have become "the breeding ground for the next generation of Palestinian leaders" and "the birthplace of future terrorist threats."

"In the Shadow of the Moon" (United Kingdom), directed by David Sington, a chronicle of the Apollo space program, which took men to the moon.

"Manufactured Landscapes" (Canada), directed by Jennifer Baichwal, a look at the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky, who shoots landscapes transformed by industry.

"The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun" (Denmark), directed by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer, about the efforts of two people - an 82-year-old Danish virgin and a stubborn Russian nun - working to turn a rundown castle into an Orthodox Russian monastery.

"On a Tightrope" (Norway/Canada), directed by Petr Lom, which looks at the discrimination faced by China's largest Muslim community through the story of four orphans learning the ancient art of tightrope-walking.

"Three Comrades (Drie Kameraden)" (The Netherlands), directed by Masha Novikova, about three friends whose worlds are torn apart by the war in Chechnya.

"A Very British Gangster" (United Kingdom), directed by Donal MacIntyre, a profile of Dominic Noonan, head of one of Britain's biggest crime families, and the plight of the poor of Manchester.

"VHS - Kahloucha" (Tunisia), directed by Nejib Belkadhi, which follows a self-made Tunisian filmmaker trying to bring cinema to the people.

"Welcome Europa" (France), directed by Bruno Ulmer, follows young men from Kurdistan, Morocco and Romania trying to make it on the streets in Europe.

World dramatic:

"Blame It on Fidel (La Faute a Fidel)" (France), written and directed by Julie Gavras, in which a 9-year-old girl deals with the changes when her parents become radicals in 1970 Paris.

"Drained (O Cheiro do Ralo)" (Brazil), directed by Heitor Dhalia and written by Marçal Aquino and Dhalia, about a seedy pawnbroker who loses control "when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life."

"Driving With My Wife's Lover (Ane-Eui Aein-Eul Mannada)" (South Korea), directed by Kim Tai-sik and written by Kim Jeon-han and Kim Tai-sik, about a man who develops a bond with the cabdriver who is sleeping with the man's wife.

"Eagle vs. Shark" (New Zealand), written and directed by Taika Waititi, about two misfits looking for love in strange ways.

"Ezra" (France), directed by Newton I. Aduaka and written by Aduaka and Alain-Michel Blanc, in which a former child soldier in Sierra Leone tries to return to a normal life in his old country.

"Ghosts" (United Kingdom), directed by Nick Broomfield ("Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer," Sundance '93) and written by Broomfield and Jez Lewis, based on the true story of an illegal Chinese immigrant struggling for a better life in Britain.

"How Is Your Fish Today? (Jin Tian De Yu Ze Me Yang?)" (United Kingdom), directed by Xiaolu Guo and written by Rao Hui and Xiaolu Guo, follows a Chinese writer's inner journey through his characters, in a story that blurs fiction and reality.

"How She Move" (Canada), directed b y Ian Iqbal Rashid ("Touch of Pink," Sundance '04) and written by Annmarie Morais, about a high-school student who must leave her private school for her old crime-filled neighborhood - where she gets involved in competitive step-dancing.

"The Island (Ostrov)" (Russia), directed by Pavel Lounguine and written by Dmitri Sobolev, about an unusual man in a Russian Orthodox monastery, whose odd behavior disturbs the monks but makes others he can see the future.

"Khadak" (Belgium/Germany), written and directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, an epic story of a Mongolian nomad who faces his destiny when a plague strikes his tribe's animals.

"The Legacy" (Georgia/France), written and directed by Gela Babluani ("13 Tzameti," Sundance '06) and Temur Babluani, in which three French hipsters travel through the former Soviet republic of Georgia - and meet an old man and his grandchild, who are traveling to perform a strange ritual designed to end a clan feud.

"The Night Buffalo (El Bufalo de la Noche)" (Mexico), directed by Jorge Hernandez Aldana, written by Hernandez Aldana and Guillermo Arriaga, about a young schizophrenic (Diego Luna) who commits suicide - but lays out a plan to drive his girlfriend and her lover into madness.

"Noise" (Australia), written and directed by Matthew Saville, about a cop afflicted with tinnitus who is thrown into the chaos of a mass murder on a suburban train.

"Once" (Ireland), written and directed by John Carney, a musical set in Dublin featuring the band The Frames, about a busker and an immigrant in the week they write, rehearse and record the songs that reveal their love story.

"Reves de Poussiere" (Burkina Faso/Canada/France), written and directed by Laurent Salgues, about a Nigerian peasant trying to outrun his past when he goes to work in a Burkina Faso gold mine.

"Sweet Mud (Adama Meshugaat)" (Israel), written and directed by Dror Shaul, set in an Israeli kibbutz in the 1970s, about a young man trying to follow the kibbutz' rules while dealing with his mentally ill mother.