Computer Chess (film)

Computer Chess
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrew Bujalski
Written byAndrew Bujalski
Produced byHouston King
Alex Lipschultz
StarringPatrick Riester
Wiley Wiggins
Myles Paige
Robin Schwartz
Gerald Peary
Gordon Kindlmann
CinematographyMatthias Grunsky
Edited byAndrew Bujalski
Distributed byKino Lorber
Release dates
  • January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21) (Sundance)
  • July 17, 2013 (2013-07-17) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Computer Chess is a 2013 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Andrew Bujalski. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, and subsequently screened at such festivals as South by Southwest and the Maryland Film Festival.

It is Bujalski's second black-and-white film, and was shot with analog videocameras. It is more improvisatory than his previous films, with only an eight-page treatment for a script. Bujalski also cast nonprofessional actors who were knowledgeable in computer technology.