With Sundance 2014 concluding yesterday, w(n)td has resumed regular posting today, but there’s one last bit of Park City business to attend to: the awards. I live-tweeted Saturday’s awards announcements already, but for those who missed it, here’s the recap:
The 2014 Sundance awards ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, ran down the awards announced in separate ceremonies earlier in the week – Shorts, Mahindra, NHK, Sloan – before revealing the winners of the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus the NEXT and YouTube Shorts audience awards:
US Documentary Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
RICH HILL (pictured)
directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo
Audience Award:
ALIVE INSIDE: A STORY OF MUSIC & MEMORY
directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett
Directing Award:
THE CASE AGAINST 8
directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White
Editing Award:
WATCHERS OF THE SKY
edited by Jenny Golden and Karen Sim
Excellence in Cinematography Award:
E-TEAM
shot by Rachel Beth Anderson and Ross Kauffman
Special Jury Prize (intuitive filmmaking):
THE OVERNIGHTERS
directed by Jesse Moss
Special Jury Prize (use of animation):
WATCHERS OF THE SKY
directed by Edet Belzberg
World Cinema Documentary Awards:
Jury Prize:
RETURN TO HOMS (pictured)
directed by Talal Derki
Audience Award:
THE GREEN PRINCE
directed by Nadav Schirman
Directing Award:
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Editing Award:
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
edited by Jonathan Amos
Cinematography Award:
HAPPINESS
shot by Thomas Balmes and Nina Bernfeld
Special Jury Prize (cinematic bravery):
WE COME AS FRIENDS
directed by Hubert Sauper
US Dramatic Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
WHIPLASH (pictured)
directed by Damien Chazelle
Audience Award:
WHIPLASH
directed by Damien Chazelle
Directing Award:
FISHING WITHOUT NETS
directed by Cutter Hodierne
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
THE SKELETON TWINS
written by Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman
Excellence in Cinematography Award:
LOW DOWN
shot by Christopher Blauvelt
Special Jury Prize (for breakthrough talent):
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
written and directed by Justin Simien
Special Jury Prize (for musical score):
KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER
music by the Octopus Project
World Cinema Dramatic Awards:
Jury Prize:
TO KILL A MAN (pictured)
directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Audience Award:
DIFRET
directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
Directing Award:
52 TUESDAYS
directed by Sophie Hyde
Screenwriting Award:
BLIND
written by Eskil Vogt
Cinematography Award:
LILTING
shot by Ula Pontiklos
Special Jury Prize (ensemble performance):
GOD HELP THE GIRL
directed by Stuart Murdoch
Additional Audience Awards:
The Best of NEXT Audience Award:
IMPERIAL DREAMS (pictured)
directed by Malik Vitthal
The YouTube Short Film Audience Award:
CHAPEL PERILOUS
directed by Matthew Lessner
Indiewire has published a round-up of acquisition deals made to date, with many more to be announced in the coming weeks, so readers who weren’t able to be in Utah this month will have a chance to catch up with several of this year’s films in various forms of release in addition to other festival bookings.
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