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2023 Sundance Film Festival

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2023 Sundance Film Festival
LocationPark City, Utah
Founded1978
Hosted bySundance Institute
Festival dateJanuary 19 to 29, 2023
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteSundance

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

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U.S. Dramatic Competition

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U.S. Documentary Competition

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Premieres

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World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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World Cinema Documentary Competition

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Next

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  • 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

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Special Screenings

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Spotlight

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Kids

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Indie Episodic

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Awards

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The following awards were given out:[5]

Grand Jury Prizes

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Audience Awards

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Source:[6]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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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