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Run by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute

Sundance site 47th Sundance
Film Festival

18 - 28 JANUARY 2024
in Park City, Utah


2 0 2 4   A W A R D S
U. S.   D R A M A T I C
Grand Jury Prize
: IN THE SUMMERS
Audience Award: DIDI
Directing: Alessandra Lacorazza
(IN THE SUMMERS)
Screenwriting: Jesse Eisenberg
(A REAL PAIN)
Ensemble: DIDI
Breakthrough: Nico Parker (SUNCOAST)

W O R L D   C I N E M A   D R A M A
Grand Jury Prize
: SUJO
Audience Award: GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
Directing: Raha Amirfazli & Alireza Ghasemi
(IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS)
Acting: Preeti Panigrahi (GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS)
Original Music: Peter Raeburn (HANDLING THE UNDEAD)

Festival Favorite Award: DAUGHTERS
Alfred P Sloan Prize: LOVE ME

N E X T
Jury Award
: DESIRE LINES
Audience Award: KNEECAP
Innovator: LITTLE DEATH
U. S.   D O C U M E N T A R Y
Grand Jury Prize
: PORCELAIN WAR
Audience Award: DAUGHTERS
Directing: Julian Brave NoiseCat &
Emily Kassie (SUGARCANE)
Editing: Carla Gutierrez (FRIDA)
Sound: GAUCHO GAUCHO
Art of Change: UNION

W O R L D   C I N E M A   D O C
Grand Jury Prize
:
A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS
Audience Award: IBELIN
Directing: Benjamin Ree (IBELIN)
Cinematic Innovation: SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT
Craft: NOCTURNES

S U N D A N C E   I N S T I T U T E
NHK Award
: Saim Sadiq (WE ARE NEVER GOING TO DIE)
Producing Fiction: Brad Becker-Parton
(STRESS POSITIONS)
Producing Nonfiction: Toni Kamau
(THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA)
Mentorship Fiction: Pamela Martin
Mentorship Nonfiction: Kristina Motwani

2 0 2 4   F I L M S
10 LIVES
AGENT OF HAPPINESS
AMA GLORIA (Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Fr)
* THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES
AND SO IT BEGINS
AS WE SPEAK
THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA
BEING: THE DIGITAL GRIOT
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
BLACK BOX DIARIES
BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY
DAUGHTERS
DESIRE LINES (Rosskam, US)
DEVO
DIDI
A DIFFERENT MAN
ENO
ETERNAL YOU
EVERY LITTLE THING
EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS
FREAKY TALES
FRIDA
GAUCHO GAUCHO
GHOSTLIGHT
GIRLS STATE
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
GOOD ONE
THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP
HANDLING THE UNDEAD
HITMAN
HOW TO HAVE SEX (Walker, UK)
I SAW THE TV GLOW
IBELIN
IGUALADA
IN A VIOLENT NATURE
IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS
IN THE SUMMERS
IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE
KIDNAPPING INC.
KNEECAP

KRAZY HOUSE
LAYLA (Al-Kadhi, UK)
LITTLE DEATH
LOOK INTO MY EYES
LOVE LIES BLEEDING (Glass, US)
LOVE MACHINA
LOVE ME
LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH
MALU
THE MOOGAI
THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
MY OLD ASS
NEVER LOOK AWAY
A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS
NOCTURNES
OUT OF MY MIND
PONYBOI
PORCELAIN WAR
POWER
PRESENCE
A REAL PAIN
REALM OF SATAN
REINAS
ROB PEACE
SASQUATCH SUNSET
SEBASTIAN
SEEKING MAVIS BEACON
SKYWALKERS: A LOVE STORY
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT
STRESS POSITIONS
SUE BIRD: IN THE CLUTCH
SUGARCANE
SUJO
SUNCOAST
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
TENDABERRY
UNION
VENI VIDI VICI
WAR GAME
YOUR MONSTER

Sundance site 46th Sundance
Film Festival

19 - 29 JANUARY 2023
in Park City, Utah

2 0 2 3   F I L M S
2 0 2 3   A W A R D S . . .
• US Dramatic:
A THOUSAND AND ONE
Audience Award:
THE PERSIAN VERSION
• World Cinema Dramatic: SCRAPPER
Audience Award: SHAYDA
• US Doc: GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT
Audience Award: BEYOND UTOPIA
• World Cinema Doc:
THE ETERNAL MEMORY
Audience Award: 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
• Festival Favorite Award: RADICAL

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (Chernov, Ukr)
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
THE AMAZING MAURICE (Genkel, UK)
BEYOND UTOPIA (Gavin, US)
CASSANDRO (Williams, Mex)
CAT PERSON (Fogel, US)
THE DEEPEST BREATH
EARTH MAMA
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS (van Groeningen/Vandermeersch, It)
EILEEN (Oldroyd, US)
THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Alberdi, Chl)
FLORA AND SON (Carney, Ire)
FREMONT (Jalali, US)
L'IMMENSITA (Crialese, It)
INFINITY POOL (Cronenberg, Can)
JOYLAND (Sadiq, Pak)

KOKOMO CITY (Smith, US)
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (Cortes, US)
MAGAZINE DREAMS
MAMI WATA
MUTT (Lungulov-Klotz, US)
NAVALNY (Roher, US)
OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN (Zlotowski, Fr)
PASSAGES (Sachs, Fr)
PAST LIVES (Song, US)
THE PERSIAN VERSION
POLITE SOCIETY (Manzoor, UK)
PRETTY BABY: BROOKE SHIELDS
ROTTING IN THE SUN (Silva, Mex)
RYE LANE (Allen-Miller, UK)
SCRAPPER (Regan, UK)
SHAYDA (Niasari, Aus)
SHORTCOMINGS (Park, US)
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (Hints, Est)
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
SORCERY (Murray, Chl)
SQUARING THE CIRCLE: THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS (Corbijn, UK)
STILL: A MICHAEL J FOX MOVIE (Guggenheim, US)
THE STROLL (Lovell/Drucker, US)
TALK TO ME (Philippou/Philippou, Aus)
THEATER CAMP (Gordon/Lieberman, US)
A THOUSAND AND ONE (Stockwell, US)
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS (Holofcener, US)

Sundance site 45th
Sundance
Film
Festival

20 - 30 JANUARY 2022
in Park City, Utah

2 0 2 2   F I L M S
2 0 2 2   A W A R D S . . .
• US Dramatic: NANNY
Audience Award:
CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH
• World Cinema Dramatic: UTAMA
Audience Award: GIRL PICTURE
• US Doc: THE EXILES
Audience Award: NAVALNY
• World Cinema Doc:
ALL THAT BREATHES
Audience Award: THE TERRITORY
• Festival Favorite Award: NAVALNY

AFTER YANG (Kogonada, US)
ALL THAT BREATHES (Sen, Ind)
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER (Menkes, US)
BRIAN AND CHARLES (Archer, UK)
CALL JANE
CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH
EMERGENCY (Williams, US)
EMILY THE CRIMINAL (Ford, US)
FIRE OF LOVE (Dosa, Can)
FRAMING AGNES (Joynt, Can)
FREE CHOL SOO LEE (Ha/Yi, US)
GIRL PICTURE (Haapasalo, Fin)
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE (Hyde, UK)

HAPPENING (Diwan, Fr)
HATCHING (Bergholm, Fin)
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. (Ebo, US)
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS (Wilmont, Ukr)
KLONDIKE (Er Gorbach, Ukr)
LIVING (Hermanus, UK)
MARS ONE (Martins, Br)
MY OLD SCHOOL (McLeod, UK)
NANNY (Jusu, US)
NAVALNY (Roher, US)
NEPTUNE FROST (Williams/Uzeyman, Rw)
PIGGY (Pereda, Sp)
THE PRINCESS (Perkins, UK)
RESURRECTION (Semans, UK)
SHARP STICK (Dunham, US)
SIRENS
SOMETHING IN THE DIRT (Benson/Moorhead, US)
UTAMA (Grisi, Bol)
WATCHER (Okuno, Rom)
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY (Hunting, UK)
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Trier, Nor)
YOU WON'T BE ALONE (Stolevski, Ser)

* review coming

Sundance Film Festival: London
shadows@sundance london
11th Sundance Film
Festival: London

6-9 JULY 2023
at Picturehouse Central

Audience Award:
PAST LIVES
Opening Film:
SCRAPPER
Closing Film:
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS
2 0 2 3   F I L M S
FAIRYLAND (Durham, US)
FANTASTIC MACHINE (Danielson/Van Aertryck, Swe)
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI (Vasquez/Osborn, US)
INVISIBLE BEAUTY (Hardison/Tcheng, US)
MUTT (Lungulov-Klotz, US)
PAST LIVES (Song, US)
PASSAGES (Sachs, US)
RYE LANE (Allen-Miller, UK)
SCRAPPER (Regan, UK)
SQUARING THE CIRCLE: THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS (Corbijn, UK)
TALK TO ME (Philippou/Philippou, Aus)
THEATER CAMP (Gordon/Lieberman, US)
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS (Holofcener, US)


2 0 2 2   F I L M S
BODIES BODIES BODIES (Reijn, US)
BRIAN AND CHARLES (Archer, UK)
FIRE OF LOVE (Dosa, Can)
FREE CHOL SOO LEE (Ha/Yi, US)
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE (Hyde, UK)
HATCHING (Bergholm, Fin)
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. (Ebo, US)
A LOVE SONG (Walker-Silverman, US)
THE PRINCESS (Perkins, UK)
RESURRECTION (Semans, UK)
SHARP STICK (Dunham, US)
WATCHER (Okuno, US)
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY (Hunting, UK)
2 0 2 1   F I L M S
THE BLAZING WORLD (Young, US)
CENSOR (Baily-Bond, UK)
CODA (Heder, US)
CRYPTOZOO (Shaw, US)
FIRST DATE (Crosby/Knapp, US)
HERSELF (Lloyd, Ire) - Surprise Film
HUMAN FACTORS (Trocker, Ger)
IN THE SAME BREATH (Wang, US)
MISHA AND THE WOLVES (Hobkinson, UK)
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD (Lindstrom/Petri, Swe)
THE NEST (Durkin, UK)
PLEASURE (Thyberg, Swe)
THE SPARKS BROTHERS (Wright, UK)
TOGETHER TOGETHER (Beckwith, US)
WRITING WITH FIRE (Thomas/Ghosh, Ind)
ZOLA (Bravo, US)

See also:
SUNDANCE SHORTS 2021

2 0 2 0   F I L M S
Features:
BOYS STATE (Moss/McBaine, US)
LUXOR (Durra, Egy)
UNCLE FRANK (Ball, US)

Events:
• Feature Screenings with live Q&As
• Short Film Screenings with Q&As
• (Re)imagining the Future of Independent Film
• Transatlantic: Directors in Conversation

Shorts:
* BEYOND THE NORTH WINDS (Cubides-Brady, UK)
* THE DEVIL'S HARMONY (Williams, UK)
JUNIOR BANGERS (Lee)
NO, I DON'T WANT TO DANCE (Vinciguerra)
POMPEII (Lighton/Alessi/Morgan, UK)
SLUG LIFE (Gate)
WHITE GIRL (Latif)
WOOD CHILD & HIDDEN FOREST MOTHER (Irwin)



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