'' Children of Invention '' is an American independent feature film written and directed by Tze Chun . It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival , screened at more than 50 film festivals , and won 17 festival awards including 8 Grand Jury or Best Narrative Feature prizes . The film was released theatrically in eight U.S. cities beginning February 2010 , on Video-on-Demand in June 2010 , and on DVD in August 2010
2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
Children of Invention