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Run by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute

Sundance site 46th Sundance
Film Festival

19 - 29 JANUARY 2023
in Park City, Utah


2 0 2 3   A W A R D S
U. S.   D R A M A T I C
Grand Jury Prize
:
A THOUSAND AND ONE
Audience Award:
THE PERSIAN VERSION
Directing: Sing J Lee
(THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER)
Screenwriting: Maryam Keshavarz
(THE PERSIAN VERSION)
Acting: Lio Mehiel (MUTT)
Ensemble: THEATER CAMP
Creative Vision: MAGAZINE DREAMS

W O R L D   C I N E M A   D R A M A
Grand Jury Prize
: SCRAPPER
Audience Award: SHAYDA
Directing: Marija Kavtaradze (SLOW)
Acting: Rosa Marchant (WHEN IT MELTS)
Cinematography: Lilis Soares (MAMI WATA)
Creative Vision: ANIMALIA

Festival Favorite Award: RADICAL
Alfred P Sloan Prize: THE POD GENERATION

NEXT Audience Award: KOKOMO CITY
NEXT Innovator: KOKOMO CITY
U. S.   D O C U M E N T A R Y
Grand Jury Prize
: GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT
Audience Award: BEYOND UTOPIA
Directing: Luke Lorentzen
(A STILL SMALL VOICE)
Editing: Daniela I Quiroz
(GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI)
Clarity of Vision: THE STROLL
Freedom of Expression: BAD PRESS

W O R L D   C I N E M A   D O C
Grand Jury Prize
: THE ETERNAL MEMORY
Audience Award: 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
Directing: Anna Hints (SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD)
Creative Vision: FANTASTIC MACHINE
Verite Filmmaking: AGAINST THE TIDE

S U N D A N C E   I N S T I T U T E
NHK Award
: Olive Nwosu (LADY)
Producing Fiction: Kara Durrett (THE STARLING GIRL)
Producing Nonfiction: Jess Devaney
(IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL)
Collective Imagination: Tamara Shogaolu (40 ACRES);
Navid Khonsari, Vassiliki Khonsari, Andres Perez-Duarte
(BLOCK PARTY BODEGA); Vanessa Keith (YEAR 2180)

2 0 2 3   F I L M S
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (Chernov, Ukr)
5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION
THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER
AGAINST THE TIDE
ALIENS ABDUCTED MY PARENTS AND NOW I FEEL KINDA LEFT OUT
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
THE AMAZING MAURICE (Genkel, UK)
ANIMALIA
AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD
BAD BEHAVIOUR
BAD PRESS
BEYOND UTOPIA (Gavin, US)
BIRTH/REBIRTH
BLUEBACK
BRAVO, BURKINA!
CASSANDRO (Williams, Mex)
CAT PERSON (Fogel, US)
DEEP RISING
THE DEEPEST BREATH
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE
DIVINITY
DRIFT
EARTH MAMA
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS (van Groeningen/Vandermeersch, It)
EILEEN (Oldroyd, US)
THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Alberdi, Chl)
FAIR PLAY
FAIRYLAND
FANCY DANCE
FANTASTIC MACHINE
THE FISHBOWL
FLORA AND SON (Carney, Ire)
FOOD AND COUNTRY
FREMONT (Jalali, US)
GIRL
GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT
GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI
HEROIC
L'IMMENSITA (Crialese, It)
IN MY MOTHER'S SKIN
INFINITY POOL (Cronenberg, Can)
INVISIBLE BEAUTY
IRON BUTTERFLIES
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
JAMOJAYA
JOONAM
JOYLAND (Sadiq, Pak)
JUDY BLUME FOREVER
JUSTICE
KIM'S VIDEO

KING COAL
KOKOMO CITY (Smith, US)
LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND
A LITTLE PRAYER
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (Cortes, US)
THE LONGEST GOODBYE
MAGAZINE DREAMS
MAMACRUZ
MAMI WATA
MILISUTHANDO
MURDER IN BIG HORN
MUTT (Lungulov-Klotz, US)
MY ANIMAL
NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV
NAVALNY (Roher, US)
ONYX THE FORTUITOUS AND THE TALISMAN OF SOULS
OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN (Zlotowski, Fr)
PASSAGES (Sachs, Fr)
PAST LIVES (Song, US)
THE PERSIAN VERSION
PIANOFORTE
PLAN C
THE POD GENERATION
POLITE SOCIETY (Manzoor, UK)
PRETTY BABY: BROOKE SHIELDS
RADICAL
ROTTING IN THE SUN (Silva, Mex)
RUN RABBIT RUN
RYE LANE (Allen-Miller, UK)
SCRAPPER (Regan, UK)
SHAYDA
SHORTCOMINGS (Park, US)
SLOW
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (Hints, Est)
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
SORCERY (Murray, Chl)
SQUARING THE CIRCLE: THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS (Corbijn, UK)
THE STARLING GIRL
STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED
STILL: A MICHAEL J FOX MOVIE (Guggenheim, US)
A STILL SMALL VOICE
THE STROLL (Lovell/Drucker, US)
TALK TO ME (Philippou/Philippou, Aus)
THEATER CAMP (Gordon/Lieberman, US)
A THOUSAND AND ONE (Stockwell, US)
TO LIVE AND DIE AND LIVE
THE TUBA THIEVES
TWICE COLONIZED
VICTIM/SUSPECT
WHEN IT MELTS
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS (Holofcener, US)
YOUNG. WILD. FREE.

Sundance site 45th
Sundance
Film
Festival







20 - 30 JANUARY 2022
in Park City, Utah


2 0 2 2   A W A R D S
U. S.   D R A M A T I C
Grand Jury Prize
: NANNY
Audience Award:
CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH
Directing: Jamie Dack
(PALM TREES AND POWER LINES)
Screenwriting: KD Davila (EMERGENCY)
Ensemble: 892
Artistic Vision: BLOOD

W O R L D   C I N E M A   D R A M A
Grand Jury Prize
: UTAMA
Audience Award: GIRL PICTURE
Directing: Maryna Er Gorbach (KLONDIKE)
Acting: Teresa Sanchez (DOS ESTACIONES)
Innovative Spirit: LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE

S U N D A N C E   I N S T I T U T E
NHK Award
: Hasan Hadi (THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE)
Producing Fiction: Amanda Marshall (GOD'S COUNTRY)
Producing Nonfiction: Su Kim (FREE CHOL SOO LEE)
Editing Fiction: Dody Dorn
Editing Nonfiction: Toby Shimin

U. S.   D O C U M E N T A R Y
Grand Jury Prize
: THE EXILES
Audience Award: NAVALNY
Directing: Reid Davenport
(I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE)
Editing: Erin Casper & Jocelyne Chaput (FIRE OF LOVE)
Creative Vision: DESCENDANT
Impact for Change: AFTERSHOCK

W O R L D   C I N E M A   D O C
Grand Jury Prize
: ALL THAT BREATHES
Audience Award: THE TERRITORY
Directing: Simon Lereng Wilmont
(A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS)
Craft: THE TERRITORY
Verite Filmmaking: MIDWIVES

Alfred P Sloan Prize: AFTER YANG
Festival Favorite Award: NAVALNY
NEXT Audience Award: FRAMING AGNES
NEXT Innovator: Chase Joynt (FRAMING AGNES)
2 0 2 2   F I L M S
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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