Park City, UT — Luego de seis días y 73 largometrajes, la más reciente edición del Festival de Sundance celebró su ceremonia de premiaciones, presentada por el actor y comediante, Patton Oswalt. En la ceremonia se entregaron un total de 24 premios para largometrajes y 7 para cortometrajes.
Los principales premios del Jurados fuero otorgados a “CODA" en la categoría de U.S. Dramatic, “Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) en la categoría de U.S. Documentary, “Flee" de la categoría World Cinema Documentary) y “Hive" de World Cinema Dramatic.
CODA, la cinta de apertura, se alzó con ambos premios principales tras una histórica adquisición de $25 millones a cargo de Apple TV+, donde se espera estrena más adelante este año.
Los miembros del jurados de largometrajes fueron Julie Dash, Cynthia Erivo, Hanya Yanagihara,Ashley Clark, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lana Wilson, Zeynep Atakan, Isaac Julien, Daniela Vega, Kim Longinotto, Mohamed Saïd Ouma, y Jean Tsien.
Estas han sido algunas de las películas premiadas en otras ediciones del festival: Minari, Boys State, Epicentro, Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness, Clemency, One Child Nation, Honeyland, The Souvenir, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, I don’t feel at home in this world anymore., Weiner, Whiplash, Fruitvale Station, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Searching for Sugarman, The Square, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Cartel Land, The Wolf Pack, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Dope, Dear White People, The Cove and Man on Wire.
Lista completa de ganadores:
GRAND JURY PRIZES
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)/ U.S.A. (Director: Ahmir “Questlove" Thompson).
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: CODA / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Siân Heder).
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentar: Flee / Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway (Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen).
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: Hive / Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, Albania (Director and Screenwriter: Blerta Basholli).
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary: Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) / U.S.A. (Director: Ahmir “Questlove" Thompson).
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic: CODA / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Siân Heder).
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Hive / Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, Albania (Director and Screenwriter: Blerta Basholli).
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary: Writing With Fire / India (Directors and Producers: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh).
Audience Award: NEXT: Ma Belle, My Beauty / U.S.A., France (Director and Screenwriter: Marion Hill).
DIRECTING, SCREENWRITING & EDITING AWARDS
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary: Natalia Almada, Users / U.S.A., Mexico (Director: Natalia Almada).
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic: Siân Heder, CODA / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Siân Heder).
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary: Hogir Hirori, Sabaya / Sweden (Director and Screenwriter: Hogir Hirori).
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Blerta Basholli, Hive / Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, Albania (Director and Screenwriter: Blerta Basholli).
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic: Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch, On the Count of Three / U.S.A. (Director: Jerrod Carmichael, Screenwriters: Ari Katcher, Ryan Welch).
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary: Kristina Motwani and Rebecca Adorno, Homeroom / U.S.A. (Director: Peter Nicks, Producers: Peter Nicks, Sean Havey).
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: CODA / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Siân Heder).
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Actor: Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey / U.S.A. (Director: Clint Bentley).
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Emerging Filmmaker: Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt, Cusp / U.S.A. (Directors: Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt).
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Nonfiction Experimentation: Theo Anthony, All Light, Everywhere / U.S.A. (Director: Theo Anthony).
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Vérité Filmmaking: Camilla Nielsson, President / Denmark, U.S.A., Norway (Director: Camilla Nielsson).
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Impact for Change: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, for Writing With Fire / India (Directors and Producers: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh).
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Acting: Jesmark Scicluna, Luzzu / Malta (Director and Screenwriter: Alex Camilleri).
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision: Baz Poonpiriya, One for the Road / China, Hong Kong, Thailand (Director: Baz Poonpiriya)
NEXT INNOVATOR PRIZE PRESENTED BY ADOBE
NEXT Innovator Prize presented by Adobe: Dash Shaw, Cryptozoo / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Dash Shaw).