2023 Sundance Film Festival
Edition of film festival
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to 29, 2023. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 7, 2022.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The Accidental Getaway Driver , directed by Sing J. Lee
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt , directed by Raven Jackson
Fair Play , directed by Chloe Domont
Fancy Dance , directed by Erica Tremblay
Magazine Dreams , directed by Elijah Bynum
Mutt , directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
The Persian Version , directed by Maryam Keshavarz
Shortcomings , directed and co-produced by Randall Park
Sometimes I Think About Dying , directed by Rachel Lambert
The Starling Girl , directed by Laurel Parmet
Theater Camp , directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
A Thousand and One , directed by A.V. Rockwell
U.S. Documentary Competition
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World , directed by Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto
Bad Press , directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler
Beyond Utopia , directed by Madeleine Gavin
The Disappearance of Shere Hite , directed by Nicole Newnham
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project , directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Going Varsity in Mariachi , directed by Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn
Joonam , directed by Sierra Urich
Little Richard: I Am Everything , directed by Lisa Cortés
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV , directed by Amanda Kim
A Still Small Voice , directed by Luke Lorentzen
The Stroll , directed by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker
Victim/Suspect , directed by Nancy Schwartzman
Premieres
Cassandro , directed by Roger Ross Williams
Cat Person , directed by Susanna Fogel
Deep Rising , directed by Matthieu Rytz
The Deepest Breath , directed by Laura McGann
Drift , directed by Anthony Chen
Earth Mama , directed by Savanah Leaf
Eileen , directed by William Oldroyd
Fairyland , written and directed by Andrew Durham
Flora and Son , directed by John Carney
Food and Country , directed by Laura Gabbert
Invisible Beauty , directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
It's Only Life After All , directed by Alexandria Bombach
Jamojaya , directed by Justin Chon
Judy Blume Forever , directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok
Landscape with Invisible Hand , directed by Cory Finley
A Little Prayer , directed by Angus MacLachlan
Murder in Big Horn , directed by Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin
Passages , directed by Ira Sachs
Past Lives , directed by Celine Song
PLAN C , directed by Tracy Droz Tragos
The Pod Generation , written and directed by Sophie Barthes
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields , directed by Lana Wilson
Radical , directed by Christopher Zalla
Rotting in the Sun , directed by Sebastián Silva
Rye Lane , directed by Raine Allen-Miller
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie , directed by Davis Guggenheim
You Hurt My Feelings , directed by Nicole Holofcener
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Animalia , directed by Sofia Alaoui
Bad Behaviour , directed by Alice Englert
Girl , directed by Adura Onashile
Heroic , directed by David Zonana
MAMACRUZ , directed by Patricia Ortega
Mami Wata , directed by C.J. Obasi
La Pecera , directed by Glorimar Marrero Sánchez
Scrapper , directed by Charlotte Regan
Shayda , directed by Noora Niasari
Slow , directed by Marija Kavtaradze
Sorcery , directed by Christopher Murray
When It Melts , directed by Veerle Baetens
World Cinema Documentary Competition
20 Days in Mariupol , directed by Mstyslav Chernov
5 Seasons of Revolution , directed by Lina
Against the Tide , directed by Sarvnik Kaur
The Eternal Memory , directed by Maite Alberdi
Fantastic Machine , directed by Axel Danielson
Iron Butterflies , directed by Roman Liubyi
Is There Anybody Out There? , directed by Ella Glendining
The Longest Goodbye , directed by Ido Mizrahy
Milisuthando , directed by Milisuthando Bongela
Pianoforte , directed by Jakub Piątek
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood , directed by Anna Hints
Twice Colonized , directed by Lin Alluna
Next
Bravo, Burkina! , written and directed by Walé Oyéjidé
Divinity , written and directed by Eddie Alcazar
Fremont , written and directed by Babak Jalali
Kim's Video , written and directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin
King Coal , directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Kokomo City , directed by D. Smith
To Live and Die and Live , written and directed by Qasim Basir
The Tuba Thieves , written and directed by Alison O'Daniel
Young. Wild. Free. , directed by Thembi L. Banks
Midnight
Special Screenings
Spotlight
Kids
Indie Episodic
Awards
The following awards were given out:[ 5]
Grand Jury Prizes
Audience Awards
Festival Favorite – Radical (Christopher Zalla)
U.S. Dramatic Competition – The Persian Version (Maryam Keshavarz)
U.S. Documentary Competition – Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin)
World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Shayda (Noora Niasari)
World Cinema Documentary Competition – 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov)
NEXT – Kokomo City
Directing, Screenwriting and Editing
U.S. Dramatic Competition – Sing J. Lee for The Accidental Getaway Driver
U.S. Documentary Competition – Luke Lorentzen for A Still Small Voice
World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Marija Kavtaradze for Slow
World Cinema Documentary Competition – Anna Hints for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Maryam Keshavarz for The Persian Version
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Daniela I. Quiroz for Going Varsity in Mariachi
NEXT Innovator Prize – Kokomo City
Special Jury Prizes
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast – The cast of Theater Camp
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – The creative team of Magazine Dreams
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Clarity of Vision – The Stroll (Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucke)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression – Bad Press
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography – Lílis Soares for Mami Wata
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Best Performance – Rosa Marchant for When it Melts
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Sofia Alaoui for Animalia
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Fantastic Machine
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Verité – Against the Tide
Short Film Awards
Short Film Grand Jury Prize – When You Left Me on That Boulevard
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction – Rest Stop
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – The Kidnapping of the Bride
Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – Will You Look at Me
Short Film Jury Award: Animation – The Flying Sailor
Short Film Special Jury Award, International: Directing – AliEN0089 by Valeria Hoffman
Short Film Special Jury Award, U.S.: Directing – The Vacation by Jarreau Carrillo
Special Prizes
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize – The Pod Generation
Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction – Jess Devaney for It’s Only Life After All
Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction – Kara Durrett for The Starling Girl
Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Nonfiction – Mary Manhardt
Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Fiction – Troy Takaki
Sundance Institute/NHK Award – Olive Nwosu for Lady
Acquisitions
Source:[ 6]
References
^ Patten, Dominic; D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 7, 2022). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Set With Ukraine War, Little Richard, Michael J. Fox, Judy Blume Docs; Pics With Anne Hathaway, Emilia Clarke, Jonathan Majors, More" . Deadline . Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2022 .
^ Erbland, Kate (December 7, 2022). "Sundance 2023 Lineup: New Films from Nicole Holofcener, Brandon Cronenberg, Jonathan Majors, & More" . IndieWire . Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022 .
^ "2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Lineup of 99 Feature Films - sundance.org" . December 7, 2022. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022 .
^ Nikkhah Azad, Navid (December 13, 2022). "Sundance Film Festival 2023: Short Film and Indie Episodic program lineup announced" . www.deed.news . Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022 .
^ Donnelly, Matt; Debruge, Peter (January 27, 2023). "Sundance Winners: 'A Thousand and One' Takes U.S. Dramatic Jury Prize (Complete List)" . Variety . Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023 .
^ Welk, Brian (April 19, 2023). "Sundance 2023 Movie Deals So Far: Babak Jalali's Immigrant Dramedy 'Fremont' Lands at Music Box Films" . IndieWire . Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023 .
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