Editor’s Note: This article was originally published Tuesday, January 23. Award winners that received support through Sundance Institute’s artist programs and/or the Sundance Film Festival are updated below in bold.You could hardly map out more disparate trajectories for the three Sundance-supported films making the most Oscars noise this Tuesday.
Artist-Centered Residency Supports Theatrical Writing in Development
New York, NY — Seven theatre artists have gathered for the nineteenth annual Sundance Institute Playwrights &
Composers Retreat at Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, currently underway from February 5 to February 23, 2018. Designed to
support theatrical writing in its earliest stages, the residency is dedicated to uninhibited creativity, peer mentorship
and professional growth. This year’s group of artists includes playwrights,composers, and cross-genre theater makers.
All 123 Features Screened at 2018 Festival Eligible for New Award
Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute today announced
Science Fair as the winner of the first-ever Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes from the 123 feature
films screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, Utah,
January 18-28. The Festival Favorite Award is the 29th and final recognition bestowed on this year’s Features, including
juried prizes and category-specific Audience Awards; others were announced at a ceremony in Park City on January 27 and
a full list is available
here.
Science Fair
, which had its world premiere at the 2018 Festival, follows nine high school students from around the globe as they navigate
rivalries, setbacks, and of course, hormones, on their journey to compete at the international science fair.
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Top Prizes Go To
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Kailash, Of Fathers and Sons, and
Butterflies
Search, Burden, The Sentence and
The Guilty Win Audience Awards
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
, Credit: Jeong Park
Park City, Utah — After 10 days and 123 feature films, the 2018 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony
took place tonight, with host
Jason Mantzoukas emceeing and jurors presenting 28 prizes for feature filmmaking in Park City, Utah. Honorees,
named in total below, represent new achievements in global independent storytelling. Bold, intimate, and humanizing stories
prevailed across categories, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (U.
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Sundance Institute Selects Three Filmmakers for 2018 Sundance Institute Open Borders Fellowship Presented by Netflix, in
Recognition and Support of Emerging Independent Filmmakers Working in Narrative and Documentary Film
Park City, Utah — Sundance Institute, in a new collaboration with Netflix, today announced the recipients of the
inaugural Sundance Institute Open Borders Fellowship presented by Netflix. The Institute’s Feature Film and Documentary
Film programs worked in collaboration to select three of the most exciting emerging filmmakers, working in both narrative
and nonfiction forms. Designed to support distinctive new voices in world cinema, the fellowship includes a development grant, a trip to the 2018
Sundance Film Festival in Park City to receive the award and attend a curated slate of industry meetings, networking opportunities,
panels, and screenings.
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Matria Wins Grand Jury Prize
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
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
Álvaro Gago. Full video of the ceremony is at
youtube.
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