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Show C-10 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 31-February 2, 2018 Sundance Film Festival anounces its 2018 awards Jason Mantzoukas emceed Saturday’s ceremony Submitted by the Sundance Institue alongside work in the new Indie Episodic category, panels, music and New Frontier. The ceremony was live-streamed; video is available at youtube.com/sff. This year’s jurors, invited in recognition of their accomplishments in the arts, technical craft and visionary storytelling, deliberated extensively before presenting awards from the stage; this year’s jurors were Barbara Chai, Simon Chinn, Chaz Ebert, Ezra Edelman, Matt Holzman, Rachel Morrison, Jada Pinkett Smith, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Joe Swanberg, Hanaa Issa, Ruben Östlund, Michael J. Werner, Joslyn Barnes, Billy Luther, Paulina Suarez and Ru Paul Charles. A new award voted on by audiences, Festival Favorite, will be announced in the coming days. Feature film award winners in previous years include: “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,” “Weiner,” “Whiplash,” “Fruitvale Station,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” “Searching for Sugarman,” “The Square,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” “Cartel Land,” “The Wolf Pack,” “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “Dope,” “Dear White People,” “The Cove” and “Man on Wire.” After 10 days and 123 feature films, the 2018 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place Saturday, Jan. 27, with host Jason Mantzoukas emceeing and jurors presenting 28 prizes for feature filmmaking in Park City. 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.S. Dramatic), “Kailash” (U.S. Documentary), “Of Fathers and Sons” (World Cinema Documentary) and “Butterflies” (World Cinema Dramatic). “From the beginning, the purpose of the Sundance Film Festival has been to support artists and their stories,” said Sundance Institute President and Founder Robert Redford, “and this year, our mission seemed especially relevant. Supporting independent voices, and listening to the stories they tell, has 2018 SUNDANCE FILM never been more necessary.” FESTIVAL FEATURE FILM “The scope and scale of this AWARDS year’s Festival -- films, events, The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: conversations -- were invigoDocumentary was presented by rating,” said Keri Putnam, the Simon Chin to: Institute’s Executive Director. Kailash / U.S.A. (Director: “I can’t wait to see how our inDerek Doneen, Producers: Dacredible community will levervis Guggenheim, Sarah Anthoage these ten days of connection ny) — As a young man, Kailash and inspiration to make art and Satyarthi promised himself that change in the coming year.” he would end child slavery “This Festival has been exin his lifetime. In the decades traordinary,” said John Cooper, since, he has rescued more than Sundance Film Festival Direceighty thousand children and tor. “It’s been a pleasure to stand built a global movement. This shoulder-to-shoulder with these intimate and suspenseful film artists, and to see their work follows one man’s journey to do charm, challenge and galvanize what many believed was imposits first audiences.” sible. The awards ceremony marked the culmination of the 2018 FesThe U.S. Grand Jury Prize: tival, where 123 feature-length Dramatic was presented to: and 69 short films — selected The Miseducation of Camfrom 13,468 submissions — eron Post / U.S.A. (Director: were showcased in Park City,3:26:21 PM Anne Lamott.pdf 3 1/25/2018 Desiree Akhavan, ScreenwritSalt Lake City and Sundance, ers: Desiree Akhavan, Cecilia Frugiuele, Producers: Cecilia Frugiuele, Jonathan Montepare, Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub) — 1993: after being caught having sex with the prom queen, a girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center. Based on Emily Danforth’s acclaimed and controversial coming-of-age novel. Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr., Jennifer Ehle. The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Joselyn Barnes to: Of Fathers and Sons / Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar (Director: Talal Derki, Producers: Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert, Hans Robert Eisenhauer) — Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate. The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Ruben Ostlund to: Butterflies / Turkey (Director and screenwriter: Tolga Karaçelik, Producers: Tolga Karaçelik, Diloy Gülün, Metin Anter) — In the Turkish village of Hasanlar, three siblings who neither know each other nor anything about their late father, wait to bury his body. As they start to find out more about their father and about each other, they also start to know more about themselves. The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Acura was presented to: The Sentence / U.S.A. (Director: Rudy Valdez, Producers: Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee) — Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory minimum drug sentencing’s devastating consequences, captured by Cindy’s brother, follows her and her family over the course of ten years. 1/4 Vertical Trib The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Acura was presented to: Burden / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Heckler, Producers: Robbie Brenner, Jincheng, Bill Kenwright) — After opening a KKK shop, Klansman Michael Burden falls in love with a single mom who forces him to confront his senseless hatred. After leaving the Klan and with nowhere to turn, Burden is taken in by an African-American reverend, and learns tolerance through their combined love and faith. Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Forest Whitaker, Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wilkinson, Usher Raymond. The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary was presented to: This Is Home / U.S.A., Jordan (Director: Alexandra Shiva, Producers: Lindsey Megrue, Alexandra Shiva) — This is an intimate portrait of four Syrian families arriving in Baltimore, Maryland and struggling to find their footing. With eight months to become self-sufficient, they must forge ahead to rebuild their lives. When the travel ban adds further complications, their strength and resilience are put to the test. The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented to: The Guilty / Denmark (Director: Gustav Möller, Screenwriters: Gustav Möller, Emil Nygaard Albertsen, Producer: Lina Flint) — Alarm dispatcher Asger Holm answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman; after a sudden disconnection, the search for the woman and her kidnapper begins. With the phone as his only tool, Asger enters a race against time to solve a crime that is far bigger than he first thought. Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Johan Olsen, Omar Shargawi. The Audience Award: NEXT, Presented by Adobe was presented to: Search / U.S.A. (Director: Aneesh Chaganty, Screenwriters: Aneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian, Producers: Timur Bek- COURTESY OF SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | PHOTO BY JEONG PARK Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane and Chloë Grace Moretz appear in “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” by Desiree Akhavan. The film won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film at the 2018 Sundance FIlm Festival. mambetov, Sev Ohanian, Adam Sidman, Natalie Qasabian) — After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens. Cast: John Cho, Debra Messing. The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary was presented by Ezra Edelman to: Alexandria Bombach for her film On Her Shoulders / U.S.A. (Director: Alexandria Continued from C-3 ‘Bisbee’ examines issues unions as unpatriotic provocateurs. “‘Our boys’ need our copper” became a battle cry. Sound familiar? It’s easy for the filmgoer to see and feel the intense emotional fervor as “deputized” role players round up those on the mine-owner-generated lists and march them through town to the waiting railroad livestock cars, which will transport them deep into a quite inhospitable quadrant of the New Mexican desert. Those who return to Bisbee will be shot on sight. If you couldn’t already sense the uncertainty inherent to doc- Bombach, Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams) — Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she must navigate bureaucracy, fame and people’s good intentions. Visit www.parkrecord.com for the full list. For information, visit Sundance.org/festivals. umentary filmmaking through viewing the film, the question-and-answer session with Greene that followed a screening at the Sundance Film Festival certainly provided an ample glimpse. In this case, the camera has a way of forcing connections between the Bisbee of 1917 and the issues resounding today. If that relationship isn’t made by the cinematic art involved, why film it at all? Where is the distinction? Where is the value? Why would it matter? If we don’t remember our history, as the old saw goes, we are doomed to repeat it. It became readily obvious to those in the Prospector Theater last Thursday that those involved in the actual filmmaking emerged from the process utterly changed. And, hopefully, the same could be said for those who take the time to see this important film, whether or not they are aware of the context. And therein reposes both the rub and the art. 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