The Sundance Film Festival wraps up with a final full-day of screenings tomorrow, Sunday, January 29, including encores of several of the winning films announced at the awards ceremony earlier tonight. w(n)td will resume regular posting starting Monday, but for now, a list of the awards follows:
In addition to recapping awards announced in separate ceremonies earlier in the week, the evening included the announcements of the winners of the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus the NEXT audience award:
US Documentary Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
DINA (pictured)
directed by Dan Sickles & Antonio Santini
Audience Award:
CHASING CORAL
directed by Jeff Orlowski
Directing Award:
THE FORCE
directed by Pete Nicks
Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking:
STEP
directed by Amanda Lipitz
Special Jury Award for Storytelling:
STRONG ISLAND
directed by Yance Ford
Special Jury Award for Editing:
UNREST
edited by Kim Roberts and Emiliano Battista
Special Jury Award for The Orwell Award:
ICARUS
directed by Bryan Fogel
World Cinema Documentary Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO (pictured)
directed by Feras Fayyad, co-directed by Steen Johannessen
Audience Award:
JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS SUPERPOWER
directed by Joe Piscatella
Directing Award:
WINNIE
directed by Pascale Lamche
Special Jury Award for Excellence in Cinematography:
MACHINES
shot by Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva
Special Jury Award for Commanding Vision:
MOTHERLAND
directed by Ramona Diaz
Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling:
RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD
directed by Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana
US Dramatic Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE. (pictured)
directed by Macon Blair
Audience Award:
CROWN HEIGHTS
directed by Matt Ruskin
Directing Award:
BEACH RATS
directed by Eliza Hittman
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
INGRID GOES WEST
written by Matt Spicer and David Branson Smith
Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography:
THE YELLOW BIRDS
shot by Daniel Landin
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance:
ROXANNE ROXANNE
to actress Chanté Adams
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director:
NOVITIATE
directed by Maggie Betts
World Cinema Dramatic Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT (pictured)
directed by Tarik Saleh
Audience Award:
SUEÑO EN OTRO IDIOMA (I DREAM IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE)
directed by Ernesto Contreras
Directing Award:
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY
directed by Francis Lee
Special Jury Award for Cinematography:
AXOLOTL OVERKILL
shot by Manu Dacosse
Special Jury Award for Cinematic Vision:
FREE AND EASY
directed by Jun Geng
Special Jury Award for Screenwriter:
POP AYE
written by Kirsten Tan
NEXT Audience Award:
GOOK (pictured)
directed by Justin Chon
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