Sunday, February 1, 2015

2015 Sundance Film Festival Awards

I would love to be out in Park City this week, but alas, I get to enjoy the fest from afar, which is still always interesting to see how everything plays out. So here is a list of this year's jury winners. And below that are the films I am most excited about in this upcoming year!

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic
Robert Eggers, The Witch

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic
Tim Talbott, The Stanford Prison Experiment

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision
Advantageous

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Editing
Lee Haugen, Dope

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Cinematography
Brandon Trost, The Diary of a Teenage Girl

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
The Wolfpack

Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography
Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Break Out First Feature
Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe, (T)ERROR

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking
Bill Ross, Turner Ross, Western

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact
Marc Silver, 3½ MINUTES

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
The Stanford Prison Experiment

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
The Russian Woodpecker

Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
Kim Longinotto, Dreamcatcher

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
Jim Scott, How To Change The World

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact
Pervert Park

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access
Pervert Park

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Slow West

Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Alanté Kavaïté, The Summer of Sangaile

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
Regina Casé and Camila Márdila, The Second Mother

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
Jack Reynor, Glassland

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography
Germain McMicking, Partisan

Audience Award: NEXT, Presented by Adobe
James White

Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
Dark Horse

Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Umrika

Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Meru

Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Short Film Grand Jury Prize
World of Tomorrow

Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction
SMILF

Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Oh Lucy!

Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul

Short Film Jury Award: Animation
Storm hits jacket

Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting
Back Alley

Short Film Special Jury Award for Visual Poetry
Object

The eight films on my must-see list:

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Mistress America
Going Clear
The Overnight
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Brooklyn
Sleeping With Other People
The Stanford Prison Experiment

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