Some of the renowned sundance short film winners in previous years include and so we put goldfish in the pool by makato nagahisa, matria by alvaro gago, thunder road by jim cummings and world of tomorrow by don hertzfeldt. The sundance shortfilm winner for 2019 was soudade kaadans aziza that took home the short film grand jury prize. International fiction, presented by youtube mamans short film jury award. The top prizes at the 2020 sundance film festival were announced saturday, including dramatic and. Chapel perilous while there was no single big breakout film at sundance this year, there certainly was a lot of action both dealwise and otherwise. Jan 31, 2016 the birth of nation marks the fourth time a film has won the top categories the audience award and the grand jury prize at sundance. Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the sundance film festival short film tour is a 95minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of. A sleeper hit took the top prize at saturdays sundance film festival awards, which were handed it out in a fog of disbelief and calls to action over president donald trumps immigration order. Here are the official winners of the sundance film festival. Park city, ut sundance institute announced today the jury prizes in short filmmaking at the 2016 sundance film festival. The sundance institute has selected 15 short films that will stream on the film festivals youtube channel from jan. Hong kong shorts tour showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the sundance film festival short film tour is a 95minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of the january festival. Mohamed is a shepherd in rural tunisia with his wife and two young sons.
You can watch his 14 minute film and read our interview below. As this years sundance film festival rolls on, the jury awards for short film were announced tonight. When the sundance film festival kicks off next week, the annual event. Jul 25, 2018 this film favorite at sundance which was also executive produced by oscarwinning actress viola davis is an acute examination of how easy it is to drift through life as it happens, and how. Hess told a nice anecdote about forcing his wife jerusha hess to. The sundance film festival formerly utahus film festival, then us film and video festival is an annual film festival organized by the sundance institute. After a whirlwind week of screenings and acquisitions, the winners of the sundance film festival awards have been announced. You should come with a completed draft of a short film script up to 15 pages that you want to make.
Short film special jury award for acting back alley. The sundance film festival concluded with the announcement of its grand jury awards, honoring lee isaac chungs minari, a semiautobiographical glimpse into the korean american director. Short film special jury award for acting, presented by southwest airlines exam shorts program 1 a teenage girl gets involved in the process of delivering. On january 28, 2020 winners of the 2020 sundance film festival jury prizes in shorts filmmaking were announced by sundance institute. The sundance film festival has just announced their second round of films to be featured during the 2020 event. Sundance institutemahindra global filmmaking awards sarthak dasgupta for the music teacher, jonas carpignano for a chjana, aly muritiba for the man who killed my beloved dead, vendela vida and eva weber for let the. Sundance film festival awards 2020 winners indiewire. At a ceremony in park city utah, the 2020 sundance film festival jury prize winners in short filmmaking were announced tonight. Below is the full list of this years short film award winners. Matt patches of wrote that the festival is more important than ever after beasts of the southern wild, which debuted at the 2012 sundance film festival, winning the u. A sundance award winning filmmaker will guide this eightweek fundamentals course which is ideal for writerdirectors looking to make their first short fiction film. Watch the best short films the oscars, sundance, cannes and more. The short film grand jury prize, awarded to one film in the program of 72 short films selected from 8,712 submissions, went to thunder road by director and screenwriter jim cummings.
Here are the official winners of the sundance film. Other big winners include shia labeoufs honey boy, brittany runs a marathon, documentaries the. Winners of the 2020 sundance film festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced tonight by sundance institute at a ceremony in park city, utah. It takes place each january in park city, utah, salt lake city, and at the sundance resort, and is the largest independent film festival in the united states. Animation, presented by youtube edmond short film special jury award for outstanding performance her friend adam short film special jury award for best direction peacock. Last evening at jupiter bowl in kimball junction, the 2015 sundance short film awards were doled out over a somewhat temperamental microphone. A slice of life about a grandpa and his grandsons, the future and the past. The fellowship winning short film will also be showcased alongside other shortlisted short films at the 2019 sundance film festival. A jury comprised of shirley kurata, david lowery, and patton oswalt granted seven awards, including the prestigious short film grand jury prize and special awards for cinematography and editing. The loneliest man on earth short film cannes award. The short film program at the festival is the centerpiece of sundance institutes yearround efforts to support short filmmaking. The following prizes and awards are bestowed on short films in the festival that exemplify outstanding vision and creativity in their respective categories.
This years short film jurors are sian clifford, marcus hu and cindy sherman. Soft ended up winning 38 prizes in various film festivals. You can watch the awards presentation below, and also check out who won after the video it starts around 25. This years short film jurors are sian clifford, marcus hu and cindy sherman, and the short film program is presented by southwest airlines. The devils harmony, directed by dylan holmes williams. The festival opened with whiplash directed by damien chazelle and closed with musical drama rudderless directed by william h. The jury prizes and honorable mentions in short filmmaking were handed out tonight at the sundance film festival. Online film festival jury award short filmmaking wet dreams and false. Park city, utah winners of the 2018 sundance film festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced today by sundance institute at a ceremony in park city, utah. The awards ceremony marked the culmination of the 2019 festival, where 121 featurelength and 73 short films selected from 14,259 submissions were showcased in park city, salt lake city and sundance, utah, alongside work in the new indie episodic category, panels, music and new frontier. For all the movie enthusiasts and short filmmakers, sundance is like a treat that they will never be able to get enough of. Take a look below for the full list of winners and stay tuned for our continued sundance coverage. Fiction award, and tamta gabrichidzes the trader winning the nonfiction award. Alvaro gagos matria won the grand jury prize, with mariama diallos hair wolf winning the u.
Stationed at the foot of a bowling alley, director of programming trevor groth said a few words before turning it over to jared hess, who is at the festival with his latest, don verdean. Alireza barazandeh courtesy of sundance institute sadaf asgari won the short film jury award for acting for her role in director sonia k. Short film special jury award for visual poetry object. It has won many awards from best film to best screenplay to best editing. Jan 24, 2018 as this years sundance film festival rolls on, the jury awards for short film were announced tonight. This is a list of films that won awards at the american sundance film festival. Short film special jury award until the quiet comes. This is a list of films that won awards at the american. The 2020 edition of the sundance film festival came to a close on saturday night, culminating with its annual awards ceremony, held at basin recreation fieldhouse in park city, utah. It is the gritty story of a son and father tormented by a gang of vicious, happyslapping youths, but with neither being brave enough to fight back. Sundance institute short film program sundance institute.
The 2019 sundance film festival drew to a close this evening with the annual awards ceremony, which was hosted by filmmaker and actress marianna palka at the basin recreation fieldhouse in park. Made in galicia, matria tells the story of the middleaged and humorless ramona as she struggles through a depressing daily routine of nonstop work, which includes working in a musselcanning factory and buying her granddaughters birthday present. Winners of the 2020 sundance film festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced tuesday by sundance institute at a ceremony in park city. Short film special jury award for acting joel nagle in palimpsest. The festivals feature awards in the dramatic, documentary and other categories. The awards spotlight standout films across the festivals. Her short film and all the sky fit in the dead cows eye won best international short award at sundance 2017. Special jury recognition documentary in heaven there is no beer. A young teenager feels disconnected from society when everyone around him is on electronics and in their own worlds. Sundance institute announces short film awards for 2016. Similar to the festivals longstanding audience awards for each competition section, this award designates the feature film from any of the festivals sections that best connects with audiences. Official selection sundance film festival 19 palm spring international shortsfest. Sundance film festival 2020 releases short films, special.
List of sundance film festival award winners wikipedia. For immediate release park city, utah winners of the 2020 sundance film festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced tonight by sundance institute at a ceremony in park city, utah. World cinema dramatic was presented to the queen of hearts, a movie in which a stepmother seduces his stepson and sabotages both her career and her family and now must face some fatal consequences. The first lineup of competition films was announced december 2, 2015. A gay conversion therapy drama and harrowing child slave rescue documentary topped the 2018 sundance film festival awards, held saturday in park city, utah. The short film grand jury prize, awarded to one film in the program of 72 short films selected from 8,712 submissions, went to thunder road by. Sundance 2020 short film awards announced style utah. Another terrific sundance film festival is slowly coming to a close, and theyve just announced the short film winners. Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that unites her to her daughter and granddaughter. This film favorite at sundance which was also executive produced by oscarwinning actress viola davis is an acute examination of how easy. Park city, utah winners of the 2020 sundance film festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced tonight by sundance institute at a ceremony in park city, utah. Green, sundance film festival 2019 short film jury award. The awards ceremony marked the culmination of the 2020 festival, where 128 featurelength and 74 short films selected from more than. The 2018 sundance film festival took place from january 18 to january 28, 2018.
Sundance institutemahindra global filmmaking awards haifaa almansour for be safe i love you, knaan for the poet, myroslav slaboshpytskiy for luxembourg, oskar. At sundance, a shepherds story wins top honors among short films. The 2020 sundance film festival is coming to a close in park city, and that means that this years award winners have been announced. The film now joins the likes of others such as the 20. Michael arcos for valerios day out top documentary honors went to jesse moss and amanda mcbaines boys state, which was bought by apple at the market. The first lineup of competition films was announced on november 29, 2017. Sundance has always had a longstanding tradition of bringing the worlds finest entertainment pieces at one place. Its also been nominated for best short film at bafta, it was nominated for a european academy award and the film has even won international jury prize at sundance film festival. Dramatic cinematography award, and going on to garner four oscar nominations at the 85th academy awards best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, and best actress. This year, apart from jury award and honorary mentions, one short film will be selected to receive an exclusive sound fellowship, supported by dolby laboratories and mbs studios. Simon ellis won the international short filmmaking award at sundance and was nominated for a bafta in 2008 with his great short film, soft. It is my favorite movie with such an amazing story like after being burglarized, a depressed woman and her obnoxious neighbor set out to find the thieves, but they soon find themselves up against a group of dangerous criminals. The short film grand jury prize, awarded to one film in the program of 74 shorts selected from a record high 10,397 submissions, went to so.
Jan 29, 2017 i am very happy to get award for i dont feel at home in this world anymore. The 2016 sundance film festival took place from january 21 to january 31, 2016. Hong kong short film competition, it was a great success and the response were encouraging over 200 entries were submitted, and many of those have displayed tremendous talent and potential. The 2015 sundance film festival took place from january 22 to february 1, 2015. Writerdirector pete lees remarkable dramatic short is based on the reallife criminal peggy jo tallas, a fascinatingly softspoken texas woman known by. Excellence in cinematography award documentary chile. Comedydrama film grandma, directed by paul weitz, served as the closing night film. Select festival short films are presented as a traveling program.
These are your short film winners for sundance 2016. The sundance grand jury prize winner in 2018, ramona lives with her husband, with whom she barely communicates, and works in a canning factory run by a tyrant manager. Imitation is suicide award winning short film youtube. Just another version of you directed by heidi ewing and rachel grady. The award recognizes bold vision and a commitment to continuing work as a creative producer in the independent space, and grants money via the sundance institute feature film program and documentary film program to emerging producers of films at the sundance film festival. Breakout drama minari won two top prizes at the 2020 sundance film festival, where fellow a24 title boys state claimed the documentary crown and netflix had multiple winners. Jan 27, 2016 another terrific sundance film festival is slowly coming to a close, and theyve just announced the short film winners. Matria won many awards on the short film festival circuit, including the grand jury prize at the 2018 sundance film festival. Clemency won the grand jury prize at the 2019 sundance awards, for us dramatic competition. Lights film school online recently chatted with simon ellis, the director of the award winning sundance film entitled soft. Minari wins top awards at the sundance film festival, as women sweep directing prizes. The winners of the sundance film festival awards have been announced. The short film awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on. Official selection sundance film festival 19 palm spring international shortsfest 19, aspen shortsfilm festival 19.
The short film grand jury prize, awarded to one film in the program of 69 shorts selected from 8,740 submissions, went to matria, written and directed by alvaro gago. Last year, sundance institute and the metroplex launched the first sundance film festival. Three years later, maclean returned to park city with the powerful short drama sikumi on the ice, about an inuit hunter who witnesses a murder. Sundance film festival 2020 complete winners list variety. With an unprecedented number of 10,397 submissions, we. Shorts awards announced at 2020 sundance film festival. Short films has always been a major element of the sundance film festival. Watch the best short films to have won at the sundance film festival, including. Films like dina and i dont feel at home in this world anymore. The 2014 sundance film festival took place from january 16, 2014 until january 26, 2014 in park city, utah, united states, with screenings in salt lake city, ogden, and sundance resort in utah. Their world is shaken when their oldest son returns after a long journey with a mysterious woman he says is his wife. The 2012 sundance film festival took place from january 19 until january 29, 2012 in park city, utah.
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