Sundance Film Festival wraps with awards
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The U.S. Grand Jury Prize Documentary
Weiner / U.S.A. (Directors: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg)
U.S. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
The Birth of a Nation / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Nate Parker)
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize Documentary
Sonita / Germany, Iran, Switzerland (Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami)
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Sand Storm / Israel (Director and screenwriter: Elite Zexer)
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Jim: The James Foley Story / U.S.A. (Director: Brian Oakes)
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
The Birth of a Nation / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Nate Parker)
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
Sonita / Germany, Iran, Switzerland (Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami)
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Between Sea and Land / Colombia (Director: Carlos del Castillo, Screenwriter: Manolo Cruz)
Audience Award: NEXT
First Girl I Loved / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Kerem Sanga)
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
Roger Ross Williams for his film Life, Animated/ U.S.A. (Director: Roger Ross Williams)
Directing Award: U.S.
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan for their film Swiss Army Man / U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan)
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
Michal Marczak All These Sleepless Nights / Poland (Director: Michal Marczak)
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Belgica / Belgium, France, Netherlands (Director: Felix van Groeningen, Screenwriters: Felix van Groeningen, Arne Sierens)
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S.
Chad Hartigan for Morris from America / U.S.A., Germany (Director and screenwriter: Chad Hartigan)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
Penny Lane and Thom Stylinski for NUTS! / U.S.A. (Director: Penny Lane)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking
Trapped/U.S.A. (Director: Dawn Porter)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award
Kate Plays Christine / U.S.A. (Director: Robert Greene)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking
The Bad Kids / U.S.A. (Directors: Keith Fulton, Lou Pepe)
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award
As You Are / U.S.A. (Director: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Screenwriters: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Madison Harrison)
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Joe Seo for Spa Night/U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Ahn)
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance
Melanie Lynskey in The Intervention / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Clea DuVall)
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance
Craig Robinson in Morris from America / U.S.A., Germany (Director and screenwriter: Chad Hartigan)
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Debut Feature
Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel for When Two Worlds Collide / Peru (Directors: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel)
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography
Director and cinematographer
Pieter-Jan De Pue for his film The Land of the Enlightened / Belgium (Director: Pieter-Jan De Pue)
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
Mako Kamitsuna and John Maringouin for We Are X / United Kingdom, U.S.A., Japan (Director: Stephen Kijak)
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
Vicky Hernandéz and Manolo Cruz in Between Sea and Land / Colombia (Director: Carlos del Castillo, Screenwriter: Manolo Cruz) A
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting
Ana Katz and Inés Bortagaray in Mi Amiga del Parque / Argentina, Uruguay (Director: Ana Katz, Screenwriters: Ana Katz, Inés Bortagaray)
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Unique Vision and Design
Agnieszka Smoczy ska for The Lure / Poland (Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska, Screenwriter: Robert Bolesto)
The following awards were presented at separate ceremonies at the Festival:
SHORT FILM AWARDS
- Thunder Road / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jim Cummings)
- The Procedure / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Calvin Lee Reeder)
- Maman(s) / France (Director and screenwriter: Maïmouna Doucouré )
- Bacon & God’s Wrath / Canada (Director: Sol Friedman)
- Edmond / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Nina Gantz)
GLOBAL FILMMAKING AWARDS
- August(Cuba) / Writer-Director: Armando Capo
- Insha’ Allah(India) / Writer-Director: Geetu Mohandas
- Sicilian Ghost Story (Italy) / Writer-Directors: Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia
- The Treasure(Morocco) / Writer-Director: Abdellah Taia
ALFRED P. SLOAN SCIENCE IN FILM PRIZE
- Embrace of the Serpent directed by Ciro Guerra.
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS AWARDS
- Sara Murphy and Adele Romanski, producers of Morris From America
- Julie Goldman, executive producer of Weiner and Life, Animated
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