Bold, intimate, and culture shifting stories prevailed across categories, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded toNanny(U.S. There was a time not so long ago when the Sundance Film Festival was in danger of being overwhelmed by swag, hype and other extra-cinematic preoccupations. Photographer: Sundance, Atmosphere in Cinema House aboard the New Frontier Spaceship before the '32 Sounds' premiere. Cast: Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino. On Friday, the Sundance Film Festival's awards were announced on Twitter via @sundancefest.Juries and audience members alike weighed in to . Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE. Jordan Raup January 12, 2022. 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: 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. 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.' Rita's work has been supported by Sundance, Tribeca, Netflix, HBO, IDA and Film . JurorEmilie Bujssaid: This poetic film delivers an urgent political story while constructing a singular and loving portrait of protagonists resisting seemingly inevitable ecological disaster with humorous touches punctuated by unsentimental depiction of the animal kingdom. Photographer: Klondike, Walter Thompson-Hernndez accepts the Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction Presented by XRM Media for 'IF I GO THEY WILL MISS ME.' Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Romain Duris, Brnice Bejo, Grgory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield. 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: Max Walker-Silverman | Stars: Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas. Photographer: Sundance, Alan Cumming and director Jono McLeod attend the Q&A following the virtual premiere of 'My Old School.' 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. Photographer: Fire of Love, K.D. 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: Girl Picture, Chase Joynt accepts the NEXT Innovator Award Presented by Adobe for 'Framing Agnes.' 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.' 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.. In his final days, we discover Eli Timoner and an extraordinary life of wild achievements, tragic loss and most of all, enduring love. The film examines one village- Tantura and why "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 2nd Chance Credit: Sundance Film Festival Innovation meets American gun culture in this outrageous documentary. Directors: Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams | Stars: Cheryl Isheja, Elvis Ngabo, Diogne Ntarindwa, Bertrand Ninteretse. 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 in 1989. The Sundance Film Festival revealed award winners for its 2022 edition Friday. Cast: Khansa. Documentary Competition Reid Davenport for, World Cinema Documentary Competition Simon Lereng Wilmont for, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award K.D. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarization of the police and creates a counter-narrative to the nation's reaction to the uprisings of the late '60s. Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Sara Wood, Ira David Wood IV, Illma Gore, Abigail Disney looks at America's dysfunctional and unequal economy and asks why the American Dream has worked for the wealthy, yet is a nightmare for people born with less. t-shirt during the Q&A following the virtual premiere of the newly restored film. 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. Photographer: Sundance, Festival Director Tabitha Jackson hosts How to Fest: Daily. As a way to See full summary, Directors: Abigail Disney, Kathleen Hughes, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Photographer: I Didn't See You There, Alli Haapasalo accepts the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic for 'Girl Picture.' Netflix had the most entries on the top 100 list with 28 films, and 11 of . Director: Carey Williams | Stars: RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter. TheSundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fictionwent toAmanda MarshallGods Country(Premieres). 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. But when comforting turns to affection, she realizes she must give herself permission before she can fall in love again. Director: Juan Pablo Gonzlez | Stars: Rafaela Fuentes, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Teresa Snchez, Tatn Vera, Edina, a female bodybuilder is ready to sacrifice everything for the dream she shares with her life partner and trainer Adam: to win the Miss Olympia. Sept. 7, 2022. Chiqui and Carlos immigrate from Colombia to New Jersey to find a better life for themselves and their unborn son. Director: Lena Dunham | Stars: Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman. Director: Hanna Bergholm | Stars: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkil, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin. 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: Mimi Cave | Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang. Director: Monia Chokri | Stars: Patrick Hivon, Monia Chokri, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Steve Laplante. Director: Margaret Brown | Stars: Theodore Arthur, Gary Autrey, Chris Davis, Joycelyn Davis. AU.S. Director: Abi Damaris Corbin | Stars: John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Michael Kenneth Williams. 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. Photographer: The Territory, Tangae Uru-eu-wau-wau accepts the Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary for 'The Territory.' The 2022 lineup was selected from 14,849 submissions, including 3,762 feature-length films. The epic rivalry between iconic boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Julio Csar Chvez in the 1990s sparked a cultural divide between Mexican nationals and Mexican-Americans. This monotony is disrupted by an encounter with Tom, a man twice her age, who promises an alternative to Leas unsatisfying adolescent life. Kicking off next week, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival gives us a first glimpse at the year in cinema. Photographer: Sundance, Celebrations for the premiere of 'Framing Agnes.' Follows Doris Muoz, who began a career in music talent management and met Jacks Haupt, an auspicious young singer, and both share the ever-present guilt of being the first American-born members of their undocumented families. 2022 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: ASIA presented by the Sundance Institute and XRM Media is proud to announce the return of the 2022 edition of the festival on Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 August, 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia with support from IDN Media. . After nabbing Palme d'Ors for his last two films, Ruben stlund is selecting this year's winner of Cannes ' top prize. Cast: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, Leslie Uggams. Photographer: Jos Islas, mama.film staff ready the marquee at Liberty Hall in Wichita, KS for satellite screenings during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film is about a teenage girl, who is manipulated and abused by a . Photographer: Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sar, Jamie Dack accepts the Directing Award: U.S. 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. Cast: Jose Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Santos Choque. Save Your Soul.' Photographer: mama.film, Satellite screen Digital Gym Cinema in San Diego, CA prepares for screenings during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Guantanamo detainees are released into a year long program of de-radicalization in Saudi Arabia, with the eventual goal of finding jobs and starting families. Photographer: Jos Islas, Outdoor screening atmosphere at Satellite Screen Digital Gym Cinema in San Diego, CA. JurorJoey Solowaysaid, This film simply grabbed me, taking me on a ride, questioning and re-questioning what was real. 84 titles 1. Dramatic Competition;Garrett Bradley, Joan Churchill,andPeter Nicksfor U.S. Photographer: Descendant, Cooper Raiff accepts the Audience Award: U.S. Photographer: Sundance, Kogonada accepts the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize for 'After Yang.' Director: Sara Dosa | Stars: Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Miranda July, Alka Balbir. In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s. Photographer: Displaced, Margaret Brown accepts the U.S. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive. TheAudience Award: World Cinema Dramaticwas awarded toGirl Picture/ Finland (Director: Alli Haapasalo, Screenwriters: Ilona Ahti, Daniela Hakulinen, Producers: Leila Lyytikinen, Elina Pohjola) Mimmi, Emma and Rnkk are girls at the cusp of womanhood, trying to draw their own contours. Sundance 2022 has officially crowned its winners. Documentary Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput for, U.S. Jan. 25, 2022. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess. Director: Shaunak Sen | Stars: Salik Rehman, Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad. And it is work that has already changed those who experienced it., We are so grateful for this years jurors who brought their expertise and passion to their decision-making process, said the Festivals Director ofProgrammingKim Yutani, We congratulate the award winners and were so thankful to each and every film in the program that made the 2022 Sundance Film Festival such a huge success.. Tickets for all award screening films are available beginning at 5:00 PM MT today. JurorPayman Maadisaid, For a special jury prize for an incredible ensemble of actors we celebrate892: John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Connie Britton, Olivia Washington, London Covington and the legendary Michael K Williams. 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, Actors Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Uggams, Anna Diop and director Nikyatu Jusu attend the Q&A at the virtual Premiere of 'Nanny.' Comedians, journalists and survivors have a candid, first of its kind conversation about the man, his career and crimes. With her vindictive suitor intent on taking her fathers throne, the princess must save the kingdom. (Director and Producer: Shaunak Sen, Producers: Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer) Against the darkening backdrop of Delhis apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite. A new generation kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast The cast of, U.S. 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. The series of intriguing events that follows reveal love, hatred, and vengeance. Photographer: Sundance, Writer-director Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) and art director and visual effects artist James Monkman attend the 'New Frontier Artist Spotlight: This Is Not a Ceremony' in Cinema House aboard the New Frontier Spaceship. JurorMarielle Hellersaid, We celebrate KD Davilas wildly inventive and instantly compelling script forEmergency. For this captivating tableau that reminds us of the beauty of the unseen, the Directing Award goes to Reid Davenport forI Didnt See You There.. Previous Next "EXTRA" GETS YOU ON THE LIST! Rita's work has been supported by Sundance, Tribeca, Netflix, HBO, IDA and . Photographer: Sundance, Dakota Johnson, Keke Palmer, and moderator Hannah Giorgis attend Cinema Cafe during the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher, is yearning for some adventure, and some sex. Director: Audrey Diwan | Stars: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquro. Director: Alli Haapasalo | Stars: Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino, Sonya Lindfors, The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Davilas script, in Carey Williams extremely capable hands, takes us on a wild ride that we will never forget.. An assassin is out to complete her list of targets and exact her own brand of justice. See full summary, Director: Maryna Er Gorbach | Stars: Oksana Cherkashyna, Sergey Shadrin, Oleg Shcherbina, Oleg Shevchuk. The 2022 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20 to 30, 2022. In a studio-by-studio analysis, Sony had the highest Stamp success rate, with 50% of their 6 listed releases earning the Stamp, followed by A24, with a 40% Stamp rate. Photographer: Night Bus, Daniel Roher accepts the Audience Award: U.S. The festival will return to Park City, Utah, from. The2022 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented to an outstanding feature film about science or technology, was presented toAfter Yang. Director: Julian Higgins | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Dan Gravage. Photographer: Dr. Kern Jackson, The Cosmogony team and Chief Curator of New Frontier Shari Frilot attend the Q&A following the live digital performance of 'Cosmogony' in Cinema House aboard the New Frontier Spaceship. 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. Director: Rachel Lears | Stars: Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Varshini Prakash, Alexandra Rojas. Director: Abi Damaris Corbin | Stars: John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Michael Kenneth Williams Votes: 5,021 Category: U.S. Directors: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern, Andrew Cross, Vivienne Perry, Sam Rice-Edwards | Stars: Ryan Adams, Julian Casablancas, Brian Chase, Kimya Dawson, Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller. Maverick filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead offer up a twisted reflection of our paranoid times in this inventive mix of buddy comedy and sci-fi thriller. 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. 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