Photographer: Sundance, Screenwriter Tobi Haslett, producer Jamila Wignot, director and archival researcher Sierra Pettengill, producer Sara Archambault, editor Nels Bangerter, and composer Jace Clayton attend the premiere Q&A of 'RIOTSVILLE, USA.' As usual, Sundance 2022 provided an assortment of highs, lows, and. 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. TheAudience Award: World Cinema Documentarywas awarded toThe Territory/ Brazil/Denmark/United States (Director: Alex Pritz, Producers: Will N. Miller, Sigrid Dyekjr, Lizzie Gillett, Anonymous) 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. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE. Florida's most dedicated dance team for women over 60, shaking up the outdated image of "the little old lady," and calling for everyone to dance their hearts out, while they still can. Photographer: Fire of Love, K.D. A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line. AWorld Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Documentary Craftwas presented toThe Territory/ Brazil/Denmark/United States (Director: Alex Pritz, Producers: Will N. Miller, Sigrid Dyekjr, Lizzie Gillett, Anonymous) 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. Photographer: Sundance, Kogonada accepts the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize for 'After Yang.' Directors: Julie Ha, Eugene Yi | Stars: Chol Soo Lee, Jeff Adachi, K.W. This monotony is disrupted by an encounter with Tom, a man twice her age, who promises an alternative to Leas unsatisfying adolescent life. 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. . Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Breaking (2022) PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller 6.2 Rate this 66 Metascore A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life. ASL interpreter: Lacey Voris. Photographer: Sundance, Sterling K. Brown, Regina Hall, director Adamma Ebo and producer Adanne Ebo attend the Q&A at the virtual premiere of 'Honk For Jesus. After the death of her husband, a young woman travels to Japan where she finds solace in an old friend, but, when his comforting turns to affection, she realizes she must give herself permission before she can fall in love again. A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help. Photographer: The Headhunter's Daughter, Ben Klein and Violet Columbus accept the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary for 'The Exiles.' TheWaldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Photographer: Sundance, Film participant Glenn Kurtz, director Bianca Stigter, and producer Floor Onrust attend the Q&A of a virtual screening of 'Three Minutes - A Lengthening.' TheDirecting Award: World Cinema Documentarywas presented to Simon Lereng Wilmont forA House Made Of Splinters/ Denmark (Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont, Producer: Monica Hellstrm) In Eastern Ukraine, follow the daily life of children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. The 50 Best Movies of 2022, According to 165 Critics from Around . AShort Film Special Jury Award:Ensemble Castwas presented to Zlia Duncan, Bruna Linzmeyer, Camila Rocha, Clarissa Ribeiro, and Lorre Motta forA wild patience has taken me here/ Brazil (Director and Screenwriter: rica Sarmet, Producers: Lvia Perez, Silvia Sobral, rica Sarmet) Tired of loneliness, a middle aged motorcyclist goes to a lesbian party for the first time. TheJonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. A young American woman moves with her husband to Bucharest, and begins to suspect that a stranger who watches her from the apartment building across the street may be a local serial killer decapitating women. In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation. For maintaining its suspenseful tension when portraying the interior struggles of its characters and the contradictions in spirituality and materialism they confront, we present the [World Cinema] Grand Jury Prize toAll That Breathes.. Documentary for 'I Didn't See You There.' TheSundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fictionwent toAmanda MarshallGods Country(Premieres). The true story of actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood, a survivor of domestic violence as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time. TheSundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Nonfictionwent toToby Shimin, and theSundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Fictionwent toDody Dorn. Documentary Competition;Andrew Haigh, Mohamed Hefzy,andLa Frances Huifor World Cinema Dramatic Competition; andEmilie Bujs, Patrick Gaspard,andDawn Porterfor World Cinema Documentary Competition. Lee takes an interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented social movement. Sundance Collab is a digital destination for artists from all over the world to ignite their creativity, learn from experts, and build community. Chiqui and Carlos immigrate from Colombia to New Jersey to find a better life for themselves and their unborn son. 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. 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. 1. 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).' TheSundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfictionwent toSu KimforFree Chol Soo Lee(U.S. AU.S. Updated 2:10 PM EST, Thu January 20, 2022 The Sundance Film Festival has kicked off in an online-only format due to Covid-19 concerns after initially being scheduled as a hybrid of both. JurorAndrew Haighsaid: An exhilarating piece of cinema, meticulously framed, exquisitely blocked, and beautifully performed, this is a film about the choices we make as the world is torn apart.. Photographer: Leonor Will Never Die, Maryna Er Gorbach accepts the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic for 'Klondike.' Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah, USA 2022 Awards Grand Jury Prize Documentary Winner The Exiles Aftershock Descendant Fire of Love Free Chol Soo Lee I Didn't See You There Navalny The Janes The Unredacted Jihad Rehab (original title) TikTok, Boom. Photographer: Sundance, Actor Bong Cabrera, producers Monster Jimenez and Mario Cornejo, actor Shelia Francisco, and director Martika Escobar attend a Q&A moderated by programmer Charlie Sextro following the virtual premiere of 'Leonor Will Never Die.' 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.' View These Films Award Winners Photographer: Amherst Cinema, Karim Ahmad, Andria Wilson Mirza, Yasmin Dunn, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Tony Patrick, and Brenda Coughlin attend the 'Restoring the Future' panel discussion. The 2022 Sundance Film Festival may be six months away, but already the latest addition is starting to take shape. Director: Jono McLeod | Stars: Alan Cumming, Brandon Lee, Clare Grogan, Lulu. Photographer: jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, Producer David Urrutia, actors Takashi Ueno and Carla Juri, producer So Yong Kim, director Bradley Rust Gray, producer Elika Pornoy, and director of photography Eric Lin attend a Q&A following the virtual premiere of 'blood.' Breaking (2022) PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller 6.2 Rate 66 Metascore A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life. Photographer: KLONDIKE, Director Leslie Harris shows off her 'Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.' 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. After spending years fighting to survive, journalist K.W. Despite the pandemic's effects on the film festival ecosystem, 2021 event saw . Director: Kogonada | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Justin H. Min. Photographer: Framing Agnes, Chase Joynt accepts the Audience Award: NEXT Presented by Acura for 'Framing Agnes.' This is a situation we like to keep at arms length but its closer and more invasive than we all wish, and this film delicately walks us through how anyones desire for love and attention can lead you down a rabbit hole thats impossible to escape from.. A woman opts for a cloning procedure after she receives a terminal diagnosis but when she recovers her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail, leading to a court-mandated duel to the death. Like the rest of this year's festival, which was forced to go all-virtual because of the recent Omicron. The award-winning films will screen online on the Festival platform on Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30. Photographer: Sundance, (2nd from L) Chief Curator of New Frontier Shari Frilot and director Shaunak Sen attend IDFA DocLab's online social exhibition 'do {not} play' aboard the New Frontier Spaceship. TheU.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentarywas presented to Ben Klein and Violet Columbus forThe Exiles/ U.S.A. (Directors: Ben Klein, Violet Columbus, Producers: Maria Chiu, Ben Klein, Violet Columbus) Documentarian Christine Choy tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre, in order to find closure on an abandoned film she began shooting with Renee Tajima-Pea in 1989. 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.. Director: Le-Van Kiet | Stars: Joey King, Olga Kurylenko, Antoni Davidov, Radoslav Parvanov. TheDirecting Award: U.S. AU.S. Dramatic Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt. An intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union. Photographer: Sundance, (front, L-R) Producer Mehmet Bahadir Er, director Maryna Er Gorbach, Oxana Cherkashyna, and Tetyana Symon along with cast and crew attend the virtual premiere of 'KLONDIKE.' Documentary Competition). She is capable, disciplined and successful. But when comforting turns to affection, she realizes she must give herself permission before she can fall in love again. 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. The indie film veteran Eugene Hernandez will become the new director of the Sundance Film Festival, replacing Tabitha Jackson, who left the organization after just two years in the . When an uncommon long drought threatens their entire way of life, Virginio and his wife Sisa face the dilemma of resisting or being defeated by the environment and time itself. Sundance Announces 2022 Shorts Lineup Featuring Early Work of Taika Waititi, Destin Daniel Cretton In the Collection section, the hybrid festival will screen past short films by now A-list. Director: Phyllis Nagy | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara. Director: Shalini Kantayya | Stars: Richard Cannon III, Jonathan Madrid. Documentary Competition Reid Davenport for, World Cinema Documentary Competition Simon Lereng Wilmont for, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award K.D. The Sundance Film Festival revealed award winners for its 2022 edition Friday. Director: Julian Higgins | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Dan Gravage. JurorMarielle Hellersaid, We celebrate KD Davilas wildly inventive and instantly compelling script forEmergency. Photographer: Cha Cha Real Smooth, Clarissa Ribeiro, rica Sarmet, Camila Rocha, Zlia Duncan, and Bruna Linzmeyer accept the Short Film Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast Presented by XRM Media for 'A wild patience has taken me here.' Photographer: Jos Islas, Editor Kali Kasashima, producer Jesy Odio, and director Alika Tengan attend a screening of 'Every Day in Kaimuki' at Satellite Screen Digital Gym Cinema in San Diego, CA. 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. The 26 jury-awarded and six audience-awarded prizes recognize achievement in global independent storytelling. Related. Its innovative and risk-taking spirit is especially commendable.. 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. Director: Adamma Ebo | Stars: Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Nicole Beharie, Conphidance. AWorld Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spiritwas presented forLeonor Will Never Die/ Philippines (Director and Screenwriter: Martika Ramirez Escobar, Producers: Monster Jimenez, Mario Cornejo) Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay. Photographer: Sundance, Aaron Paul, director Riley Stearns, Karen Gillan and Beulah Koale attend a Q&A moderated by programmer Charlie Sextro following the virtual premiere of 'Dual.' 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. TheAudience Award: U.S. Director: Rita Baghdadi | Stars: Shery Bechara, Tatyana Boughaba, Alma Doumani, Maya Khairallah. The 2022 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20 to 30, 2022. Documentarywas presented to Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput forFire Of Love/ U.S.A. (Director: Sara Dosa, Producers: Shane Boris, Ina Fichman, Sara Dosa) Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia & 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. 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. 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. LAST FLIGHT HOME shares a stunning verit account of a courageous family confronting life and death. Recovering in Berlin after nearly being poisoned to death with the nerve agent Novichok, Navalny makes shocking discoveries about his assassination attempt and bravely decides to return home whatever the consequences. Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story. TheDirecting Award: World Cinema Dramaticwas presented to Maryna Er Gorbach forKLONDIKE/ Ukraine/Turkey (Director and Screenwriter: Maryna Er Gorbach, Producers: Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er, Sviatoslav BulakovskyI) The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia Ukraine during the start of war. Photographer: Sundance Directors Love Martinsen and Maria Loohufvud, along with film participant Katherine Shortlidge, attend a Q&A moderated by programmer Ania Trzebiatowska . Stars: W. Kamau Bell, Jelani Cobb, Doug E. Doug, Godfrey. The award-winning films will screen online on the Festival platform on Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30. Photographer: Lex Ryan, (back, L-R) Research director Kristen Schilt, performer Jen Richards, director Chase Joynt, producer Shant Joshi, (front, L-R) Andria Wilson Mirza, producer Samantha Curley, executive producer Alex Schmider, Kelvin Martinez, and Fawzia Mirza gather to celebrate the premiere of 'Framing Agnes.' With sensitivity, this filmmaker immerses us in an intimate story obscured by a broad political conflict tearing at the fabric of a country. 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. Selected by audience votes from the 84 features screened at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, the Festival Favorite Award was presented toNavalny/ U.S.A. (Director: Daniel Roher, Producers: Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Shane Boris) Shot as the story unfolded, a fly-on-the-wall documentary thriller about anti-authoritarian Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Photographer: Girl Picture, Chase Joynt accepts the NEXT Innovator Award Presented by Adobe for 'Framing Agnes.' The film breathes life into six previously unknown stories from the archives of the UCLA Gender Clinic in the 1950s. Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other as Evelyn desperately tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, while Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school. A lower middle class family undergoes a series of challenging and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family ties along the way. What an inspiring, alive structure this filmmaker pulled off holding space for his own subjective presence, compelling and brilliant performances, an actual de-centering of cisness, but mostly reclaiming history and pumping new breath into the outlines of those we never knew.. Director: Mariama Diallo | Stars: Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Julia Nightingale, Talia Ryder. Penelope Bartlett, Kevin Jerome Everson,andBlackhorse Lowejuried the Short Film Program Competition. Photographer: Nanny, Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing accepts the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Excellence in Verite Filmmaking for 'Midwives.' [2] The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 9, 2021. A necklace is stolen, followed by a tragic and fatal road accident. 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.' Director: Shaunak Sen | Stars: Salik Rehman, Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad. AWorld Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Actingwas presented to Teresa Snchez forDos Estaciones/ Mexico (Director and Screenwriter: Juan Pablo Gonzlez, Screenwriters: Ana Isabel Fernndez, Ilana Coleman, Producers: Jamie Gonalves, Ilana Coleman, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan) In the bucolic hills of Mexicos Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory. With an aim to support, connect, promote and celebrate the independent film community across Asia, while showcasing a selection of films from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Director: Sara Dosa | Stars: Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Miranda July, Alka Balbir. Dramatic Competition Jamie Dack for, U.S. Dramatic Winner Nanny Alice Blood Breaking 892 (original title) Cha Cha Real Smooth Dual Director: Krystin Ver Linden | Stars: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles. Photographer: Sundance, John Patton Ford, Aubrey Plaza, director Theo Rossi, Megalyne Echikunwoke, Gina Gershon, producer Tyler Davidson, and cinematographer Geoff Bierman attend a Q&A following the virtual premiere of 'Emily the Criminal.' Documentary Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput for, U.S. Photographer: Sundance, Director Ben Klein, film subject Christine Choy and director Violet Columbus attend a Q&A moderated by programmer Basil Tsiokos following the virtual premiere of 'The Exiles.'
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