I am trying to find the name of the person who fits the descriptions below:

Fellow who impersonated a prince and had his story told in an
independent film that receive positive critical notice within the past
few years.  The film may have appeared at Sundance.

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 22 Mar 2004 00:08 PST

Could you be thinking about "Con Man"?
This film played the film festival circuit a couple years ago and
received positive critical notice.   However, the impersonator's scam
didn't involve being a prince, but rather a "Princeton" student. 
Could this be what you want?
http://www.mdfilmfest.com/2002/conman.asp

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 22 Mar 2004 06:47 PST

Aladdin?.........Nah!

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Clarification of Question by prpro-ga on 22 Mar 2004 10:06 PST

Just got some more info... He was mentioned in an article in Vanity
Fair in the last few months. This guy was in  Europe and he is
promoting the movie which is fairly upbeat from what I can gather.

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 22 Mar 2004 11:05 PST

Could it be 'AKA'?

'AKA' is a film about a British teen who passed himself off as an aristocrat.

It played the "independent film" circuit in the U.S. in December 2003.
 Here is a review from The Hollywood Reporter.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2052209

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Clarification of Question by prpro-ga on 23 Mar 2004 19:28 PST

AKA is the one!  Great work, juggler!  (Now how do I pay ya?) ;-))

Hi.

Great!

I'm glad to hear that the film is "AKA," so I'll post this as the
"official" answer.

Again, here's the Hollywood Reporter review:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2052209

And here's AKA's official web site:
http://www.akamovie.com/home.htm

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search strategy:
film festival "pretends to be the"
aka "duncan roy"

Thanks!

Fantastic answer -- I wasn't sure we'd get this one!  Thanks, juggler!!

The only example that comes to mind is Six Degrees of Separation,
starring Will Smith, based on the play about David Hampton, who
pretended to be Sidney Poitier's son.

hlabadie-ga

And, of course, Will Smith has been the Fresh Prince since his days in
Philadelphia.

hlabadie-ga

prpro:
Thank you for the tip.
-juggler