The 2017 Sundance Film Festival has come to an end and it’s time for the awards. There was snow (I mean, lots of snow), power outages, cyber attacks, a Women’s March with 8,000 participants, and some pretty damn good films.
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An awards ceremony hosted by Jessica Williams took place in the middle of an insane day with the world reacting to Trump’s Muslim ban. Sundance Institute Executive Director Keri Putnam noted that many filmmakers and participants came to the festival from the countries on the banned list, which elicited a standing ovation from the Park City crowd. A number of winners spoke out against the ban during their acceptance speeches.
The complete list of all of this year’s winners is as follows:
Winner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: “I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore” (our review)
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: “Dina”
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: “Last Men In Aleppo”
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: “The Nile Hilton Incident”
The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary: “Chasing Coral”
The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic: “Crown Heights” (our review)
The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary: Joe Piscatella, “Joshua: Teenager Vs. Superpower”
The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Ernesto Contreras, “Sueño En Otro Idioma (I Dream in Another Language)”
The Audience Award: NEXT: “Gook”
The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary: Peter Nix for “The Force”
The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic: Eliza Hittman for “Beach Rats”
The Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary: Pascale Lamache, “Winnie”
The Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic: Francis Lee, “God’s Own Country”
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic: “Ingrid Goes West” (our review)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking: “Step”
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing: “Unrest”
The U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling: “Strong Island”
The U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award – The Orwell Award: “Icarus”
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography: “Yellowbirds” (our review)
A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance: Chanté Adams, “Roxanne Roxanne”
A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director: Maggie Betts, “Novitiate”
A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Commanding Vision: “Motherland”
A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award For Masterful Storytelling: “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World”
A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography: “Machines”
A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting: Kirsten Tan, “Pop Aye” (our review)
A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematic Vision: Jun Geng, “Free And Easy”
A World Cinema Drama Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Manu Dacosse, “Axolotl Overkill” (our review)