Photographer: Fire of Love, K.D. Director: Alex Pritz | Stars: Neidinha Bandeira, Bitat Uru Eu Wau Wau. JurorChelsea Bernardsaid: For this Grand Jury Prize we celebrate a movie that flooded us with its compassionate and horrifying portrayal of a mother being separated from her child. Dramatic Presented by Acura for 'Cha Cha Real Smooth.' Dramatic Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Donald Trump, Maria Bartiromo, Kevin Carney, Lester Holt. Director: Ramin Bahrani | Star: Richard Davis. Photographer: Sundance, Director Amy Berg, Shay Franco-Clausen, Ashley Walters, Evan Rachel Wood and Miranda Yousef attend a Q&A following the virtual premiere of 'Phoenix Rising.' Photographer: Sundance, Actors Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Uggams, Anna Diop and director Nikyatu Jusu attend the Q&A at the virtual Premiere of 'Nanny.' TheNEXT Innovator Award presented by Adobewas presented to Chase Joynt forFraming Agnes/ Canada, U.S.A. (Director: Chase Joynt, Producers: Samantha Curley, Shant Joshi, Chase Joynt) After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of transgender actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access. A lower middle class family undergoes a series of challenging and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family ties along the way. The Sundance Institute | NHK Awardwent toHasan Hadifor his filmThe Presidents Cake. Feature film award winners in previous years include:Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), CODA, Flee, Hive, Minari, Boys State, Epicentro, Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness, Clemency,One Child Nation, Honeyland, The Souvenir,The Miseducation of Cameron Post,I dont feel at home in this world anymore., Weiner,Whiplash, Fruitvale Station, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Searching for Sugarman, The Square, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Cartel Land, The Wolf Pack, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Dope, Dear White People, The CoveandMan on Wire. AWorld Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Excellence In Verit Filmmakingwas presented toMidwives/ Myanmar (Director: Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing, Producers: Bob Moore, Ulla Lehman, Mila Aung-Thwin, Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing) Two midwives work side-by-side in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. No other options, he walks into a Wells Fargo Bank and says Ive got a bomb.Cast: John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Connie Britton, Olivia Washington, Selenis Leyva. Dramatic for 'Palm Trees and Power Lines.' Director: Carlota Pereda | Stars: Laura Galn, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro, Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller. Photographer: Sundance, Elizabeth Banks, Wunmi Mosaku, Sigourney Weaver and director Phyllis Nagy, attend the Q&A at the virtual Premiere of 'Call Jane' during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Photographer: 892, Bradley Rust Gray (top, 2nd from L) and team accept the U.S. Dramaticwas presented to Jamie Dack forPalm Trees and Power Lines/U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Jamie Dack, Screenwriter: Audrey Findlay, Producers: Leah Chen Baker, Jamie Dack) Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer aimlessly tanning with her best friend, tiptoeing around her fragile mother, and getting stoned with a group of boys from school. Director: Andrew Semans | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper. In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. Photographer: Utama, Alex Pritz accepts the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Documentary Craft for 'The Territory.' Director: Rachel Lears | Stars: Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Varshini Prakash, Alexandra Rojas. Director: Carlos Cardona | Stars: Brigitte Silva, Sebastin Beltranini, Catherine French, Gregg Prosser. Cast: RJ Cyler, Donald Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter. Sundance Film Festival 2022 is live online: What to know about its movies, VR and more You can stream Sundance's indie films like Nanny right from your couch, and its envelope-pushing New. Photographer: Stephen Speckman, Atmosphere during the Brown Girls Doc Mafia House Party in the Film Party Lounge aboard the New Frontier Spaceship. Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story. Cast: Anthony Harris Jr. JurorBlackhorse Lowesaid, We were impressed by the personal vision of this drama, a meditation on the filmmakers neighborhood, the need to fly and mythology, with vibrant writing and performances to show us all how to take control of our own world.. JURY AWARDS FOR DIRECTING, SCREENWRITING & EDITING. Documentary Presented by Acura for 'Navalny.' JurorMohamed Hefzysaid: An intimate and tender portrayal of a family struggling to uphold their traditional way of life and finding resilience in the face of loss, this beautifully shot first feature film brings into focus the effect of climate change on the indigenous populations of South America.. Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded. It is sometimes the small changes that leave a lasting effect on your life. Photographer: Sundance, Director Daniel Roher and Dasha Navalny, Maria Pevchikh and Christo Grozev, producers Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller and Odessa Rae, editors Langdon Page and Maya Daisy Hawke, director of photography Niki Waltl, and editor Edmund Stenson attend the Q&A following the virtual premiere of 'Navalny.' The Sundance Film Festival will go ahead with its 2022 edition amid the coronavirus pandemic, from Jan. 20 to 30, with a hybrid event that combines virtual screenings with physical screenings in . ; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0; additional terms may . Director: Margaret Brown | Stars: Theodore Arthur, Gary Autrey, Chris Davis, Joycelyn Davis. Alice (III) (2022) A doomed love triangle between Katia, Maurice and volcanoes, told through their archival footage. Photographer: Sundance, Programmer Dilcia Barrera moderates a Q&A with Director Carey Williams, KD Davila, Donald Elise Watkins, RJ Cyler and Sebastian Chacon following the premiere screening of 'Emergency.' . Dramatic Competition;Garrett Bradley, Joan Churchill,andPeter Nicksfor U.S. Previous Next "EXTRA" GETS YOU ON THE LIST! Photographer: Framing Agnes, Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput accept the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is. Dramatic, Presented by Acura was awarded toCha Cha Real Smooth/ U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Cooper Raiff, Producers: Dakota Johnson, Ro Donnelly, Erik Feig, Jessica Switch, Cooper Raiff) A directionless college graduate embarks on a relationship with a young mom and her teenage daughter while learning the boundaries of his new bar mitzvah party-starting gig. Director: Phyllis Nagy | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara. Documentary Competition). Documentary Competition;Andrew Haigh, Mohamed Hefzy,andLa Frances Huifor World Cinema Dramatic Competition; andEmilie Bujs, Patrick Gaspard,andDawn Porterfor World Cinema Documentary Competition. When the 2022 Sundance Film Festival kicks off its 11-day run next week, the virtual format means anyone in the U.S. will be able to enjoy the festival's 82-strong feature film lineup, plus . The film examines one village- Tantura and why "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society. Photographer: Sundance, Festival Director Tabitha Jackson hosts How to Fest: Daily with guests Clarence 'Coodie' Simmons and Chike Ozeh, co-directors of 'jeen-yus: A Kanye Trilogy.' Documentary Special Jury Award: Impact for Change Paula Eiselt and, World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Acting Teresa Snchez for, World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit Martika Ramirez Escobar for, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Excellence in Verit Filmmaking Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing for, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Documentary Craft Alex Pritz for, Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction , Short Film Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast , Short Film Special Jury Award for Screenwriting , Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction Su Kim for, Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction Amanda Marshall for, Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Nonfiction Toby Shimin, Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Fiction Dody Dorn, Sundance Institute/NHK Award Hasan Hadi for, This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 05:31. TheShort Film Jury Award: Nonfictionwas awarded to Samir Karahoda forDisplaced/ Kosovo (Director and Screenwriter: Samir Karahoda, Producer: Eroll Bilibani) In postwar Kosovo, driven to keep their beloved sport table tennis alive, two local players wander from one obscure location to another carrying with them their clubs only possession: their tables. She just longs to be seen. Jury prizes for short filmmaking were awarded to: TheShort Film Grand Jury Prizewas awarded toThe Headhunters Daughter/ Philippines (Director and Screenwriter: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Producer: Hannah Schierbeek) Leaving her family behind, Lynn traverses the harrowing roads of the Cordilleran highlands to try her luck in the city as a country singer. Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt. Directors: Paula Eiselt, Tonya Lewis Lee | Stars: Helena Grant, Neel Shah. Sometimes to ease your pain and find yourself, you have to leave your comfortable surroundings to find a world that will help you know yourself better.. Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Documentary Special Jury Award: Impact for Change for 'Aftershock.' Cast: Dakota Johnson, Cooper Raiff, Vanessa Burghardt, Evan Assante, Brad Garrett, Leslie Mann. The 2022 Sundance Film Festival continued this weekend, presenting its lineup of new documentary and narrative films via streaming for the second year in a row. JurorPayman Maadisaid, For a special jury award for an uncompromising artistic vision we celebrate Bradley Rust Gray for his filmblood. Rita's work has been supported by Sundance, Tribeca, Netflix, HBO, IDA and . Photographer: Leonor Will Never Die, Maryna Er Gorbach accepts the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic for 'Klondike.' The Sundance Film Festival brings together the most original storytellers and the most adventurous audiences for its annual program of dramatic, documentary, and short films; New Frontier films, performances, exhibitions, and virtual reality experiences; episodic storytelling; lively filmmaker conversations and panel discussions; and dynamic At a campground in the rural West, a woman waits alone for an old flame from her past to arrive, uncertain of his intentions while bashful about her own. Director: Jesse Eisenberg | Stars: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Alisha Boe. TheWorld Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramaticwas presented to Alejandro Loayza Grisi forUtama/ Bolivia/Uruguay/France (Director and Screenwriter: Alejandro Loayza Grisi, Producers: Santiago Loayza Grisi, Federico Moreira, Marcos Loayza, Jean-Baptiste Bailly-Maitre) In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. Director: Krystin Ver Linden | Stars: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles. (Director: Chase Joynt, Producers: Samantha Curley, Shant Joshi, Chase Joynt) After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of transgender actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access. Photographer: Sundance, Alan Cumming and director Jono McLeod attend the Q&A following the virtual premiere of 'My Old School.' First-time feature filmmaker A.V. A character-driven film in pursuit of historical reconciliation, the award goes to Descendant, directed by Margret Brown.. Photographer: Girl Picture, Chase Joynt accepts the NEXT Innovator Award Presented by Adobe for 'Framing Agnes.' Photographer: The Exiles, Lewie and Noah Kloster accept the Short Film Special Grand Jury Award: Screenwriting Presented by XRM Media for 'Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver.' Director: Jamie Dack | Stars: Lily McInerny, Gretchen Mol, Emily Jackson, Quinn Frankel. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Director: Bradley Rust Gray | Stars: Carla Juri, Takashi Ueno, Sachiko Ohshima, Futaba Okazaki. Photographer: Jonathan Thomason, Staff members pose in front of a step and repeat at Satellite Screen a/perture cinema in Winston-Salem, NC. For - Deadline, Bleecker Street Nabs U.S. Rights To Thriller 892 Starring John Boyega & The Late Michael K. Williams Sundance, Focus Features, Bankside strike worldwide deal on UK Sundance selection 'Brian And Charles'|Screen Daily, Netflix, Higher Ground Acquires Sundance Award Winner Descendant, 'Dual': RLJE Film Acquire Karen Gillan's Sundance Sci-Fi Thriller Deadline, Universal Pictures Content Group takes international rights to Sundance hit Emily The Criminal (exclusive)|News|Screen Daily, "Searchlight Pictures Picks Up Legendary And Hyberobject's Thriller, Searchlight Closes $7.5M U.S. Deal Good Luck To You, Leo Grande Hulu Releasing Deadline, "Honk For Jesus. The festival will return to Park City, Utah, from. As usual, Sundance 2022 provided an assortment of highs, lows, and. Learn and discuss the fundamentals of filmmaking with award winning artists behind films like Navalny, Fire of Love, Minding the Gap and more! JurorPenelope Barlettsaid, Artfully framed and edited, with a droll sensibility that makes it almost feel like a narrative, this subtle, precise observation of a community determined to succeed and excel at their beloved sport, despite a lack of resources, or even a place to gather to play it, speaks powerfully to human resilience.. Photographer: Hotaru Katagiri, Atmosphere at Satellite Screen a/perture cinema in Winston-Salem, NC. The 50 Best Movies of 2022 . Photographer: Master, (back, L-R) Thiago Macedo Correia, Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, (front, L-R) Maurilio Martins, Cicero Lucas, and director Gabriel Martins attend the premiere Q&A of 'Marte Um (Mars One).' Photographer: Sundance, Film participants Heather McGhee, Artemis and Ellie Gonzalez, editor/story producer David Cohen, and directors Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes attend a Q&A following the virtual premiere of 'The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales.' TheAudience Award: U.S. Two midwives, one Buddhist and one Muslim, defy strict ethnic divisions to work side by side in a makeshift clinic in western Myanmar, providing medical services to the Rohingya of Rakhine State. Her latest feature, Sirens, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest. After a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend. For its combination of jaw dropping aerial cinematography with an intense performance by the lead actor, The Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction goes to Warsha by Dania Bdeir.. Directors: Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes | Stars: Abby, Judith Arcana, Heather Booth, Richard J. Daley. For celebrating the power of documentary filmmaking and the responsibility of the filmmaker to examine the truth.. When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest. It allows contemplation of this existential crisis from multiple perspectives.. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power. By the end of the film, we are entirely invested in the friendship of these young men and have gone along on this funny and witty ride and come out on the other side feeling more connected to each other as human beings. Dramaticwas presented to K.D. A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. 2nd Chance Credit: Sundance Film Festival Innovation meets American gun culture in this outrageous documentary. Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation. Sundance 2022 Must List: The 23 movies to see at this year's festival The most anticipated narrative features and documentaries at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, including our. Davilas script, in Carey Williams extremely capable hands, takes us on a wild ride that we will never forget.. Photographer: Framing Agnes, Chase Joynt accepts the Audience Award: NEXT Presented by Acura for 'Framing Agnes.' Photographer: Sundance, Director Joe Hunting along with film participants Jenny, DustBunny, and Toaster attend a Q&A moderated by programmer Ash Hoyle following the virtual premiere of 'We Met in Virtual Reality.' Jordan Raup January 12, 2022. Director: Nina Menkes | Stars: Rhiannon Aarons, Kathleen Antonia, Rosanna Arquette, Cody Jake Banks. Cecilia travels to her father's farm after he has a heart attack. Ahead of the virtual-only festival, we're providing our yearly trailer round-up for those interested in a preview of the lineup. Her nuanced performance embodies toughness, loneliness, a yearning for love, and an ignitable rage that brings the character fully alive and infinitely fascinating to follow.. Follows the life of Kanye West, in an intimate portrait as he builds his way from singer to businessman and becomes a global brand. 36 titles 1. Photographer: Hatching, Screenwriter Katy Brand, director Sophie Hyde, actors Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack, and Festival Director Tabitha Jackson attend the Q&A at the virtual premiere of 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.' Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi | Stars: Jos Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Candelaria Quispe, Placide Ali. Examining the months since the tragedies, which caused global panic in March 2019 after two new aircrafts crashed within five months, killing 346 people. She hides it and keeps it warm, but when it hatches, what emerges shocks them all. When Palm Trees and Power Lines premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, it was one of the buzziest titles in Park City. Photographer: Navalny, Nikyatu Jusu accepts the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic for 'Nanny.' The Sundance Film Festival revealed award winners for its 2022 edition Friday. FRESH follows Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who meets the alluring Steve (Sebastian Stan) at a grocery store and - given her frustration with dating apps - takes a chance and gives him her number. Sundance Unveils 2022 Feature Lineup, Including Films From Lena Dunham, Amy Poehler and Netflix's Kanye West Doc. Director: Julian Higgins | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Dan Gravage. JurorLa Frances Huisaid, Switching in-between genres, this film within a film follows an ailing screenwriter who enters her unfinished screenplay of a gangster film to experience and edit her own creation. AShort Film Special Jury Award:Screenwritingwas awarded to Sara Driver forStranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver/ United States (Directors: Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster, Screenwriter: Sara Driver) In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmuschs sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Drivers willingness and ability to smuggle one of the worlds rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean. Photographer: Sundance, Oscar De La Hoya, producer Grant Best, and director Eva Longoria Baston attend the premiere Q&A of 'La Guerra Civil.' The Sundance Film Festival has been canceled in-person for the second year in a row, organizers said Wednesday. TheWaldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Cast: Ammin Acha-ur. [3][4], The following awards were given out:[5][6][7]. Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. TheDirecting Award: U.S. JurorJoey Solowaysaid, This film simply grabbed me, taking me on a ride, questioning and re-questioning what was real. Photographer: Sundance, Director Jesse Eisenberg, producers Emma Stone and Dave McCary, and cast members Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard attend the Q&A at the the virtual premiere of 'When You Finish Saving the World.' In three consecutive Fridays two of them experience the earth moving effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something shes never experienced before: pleasure. They said, "FTD is a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive. AU.S. Photographer: All That Breathes, Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee accept the U.S. The 2022 lineup was selected from 14,849 submissions, including 3,762 feature-length films. Photographer: Sundance, Actors Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Uggams, Anna Diop and director Nikyatu Jusu attend the Q&A at the virtual premiere of 'Nanny' during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Director: Carey Williams | Stars: RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter. Photographer: I Didn't See You There, Alli Haapasalo accepts the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic for 'Girl Picture.' Photographer: Sundance, Abi Damaris Corbin and Kwame Kwei-Armah accept the U.S. This film will explore the rise of comedian icon Lucille Ball, her relationship with Desi Arnaz, and how their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy forever changed Hollywood, cementing her legacy long after her death in 1989.