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 Shadows @ Sundance
American indie showcase • Utah and London...Run by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute | ||||||||||
47th Sundance Film Festival 18 - 28 JANUARY 2024 in Park City, Utah
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U. S. D R A M A T I CGrand 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 YGrand 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 | |||||||||
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10 LIVESAGENT OF HAPPINESS 
AMA GLORIA (Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Fr)
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES (Libii, US)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 (Wang, US)
A DIFFERENT MAN (Schimberg, US)ENO ETERNAL YOU EVERY LITTLE THING EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS FREAKY TALES FRIDA GAUCHO GAUCHO * GHOSTLIGHT GIRLS STATE
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS (Talati, Ind)GOOD ONE THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP
HANDLING THE UNDEAD (Hvistendahl, Nor)
HIT MAN (Linklater, US)
HOW TO HAVE SEX (Walker, UK)
I SAW THE TV GLOW (Schoenbrun, US)IBELIN IGUALADA IN A VIOLENT NATURE IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS IN THE SUMMERS IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE KIDNAPPING INC 
KNEECAP (Peppiatt, Ire)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 (Park, US)
NEVER LOOK AWAY (Lawless, NZ)A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS NOCTURNES OUT OF MY MIND
THE OUTRUN (Fingscheidt, UK)PONYBOI PORCELAIN WAR POWER PRESENCE
A REAL PAIN (Eisenberg, US)REALM OF SATAN REINAS
ROB PEACE (Ejiofor, US)
SASQUATCH SUNSET (Zellner/Zellner, US)
SEBASTIAN (Makela, UK)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 (Bonhote/Ettedgui, UK)TENDABERRY
THELMA (Margolin, US)UNION VENI VIDI VICI WAR GAME
WILL & HARPER (Greenbaum, US)
YOUR MONSTER (Lindy, US) | |||||||||
46th Sundance Film Festival 19 - 29 JANUARY 2023 in Park City, Utah
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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)
BAD BEHAVIOUR< (Englert, NZ)br>
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
RADICAL (Zalla, Mex)
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)
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) | |||||||||
45th Sundance Film Festival 20 - 30 JANUARY 2022 in Park City, Utah
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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 | ||||||||||
 11th Sundance Film Festival: London 6-9 JUNE 2024 at Picturehouse Central Opening Film: KNEECAP Closing Film: DIDI Surprise Film: KINDS OF KINDNESS Audience Award: YOUR MONSTER
REPORTS FROM THE FESTIVAL:
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DIDI (Wang, US)
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS (Talati, Ind)
HANDLING THE UNDEAD (Hvistendahl, Nor)
I SAW THE TV GLOW (Schoenbrun, US)
KINDS OF KINDNESS (Lanthimos, UK)
KNEECAP (Peppiatt, Ire)
MY OLD ASS (Park, US)
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NEVER LOOK AWAY (Lawless, NZ)
ROB PEACE (Ejiofor, US)
SASQUATCH SUNSET (Zellner/Zellner, US)SKYWALKERS: A LOVE STORY (Zimbalist, US)
YOUR MONSTER (Lindy, US)
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Audience Award: PAST LIVESFAIRYLAND (Durham, US) FANTASTIC MACHINE (Danielson/Van Aertryck, Swe) GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI (Vasquez/Osborn, US) INVISIBLE BEAUTY (Hardison/Tcheng, US)
MUTT (Lungulov-Klotz, US)
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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)
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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)
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