Dramatic daniel scheinert and daniel kwan for swiss army man. List of sundance film festival award winners wikipedia. Featuring awards judged by six different juries, the ceremony is always a lively, fun and forwardthinking end to the festival. Israels sand storm from writerdirect elite zexer won the grand jury prize. Big winners at the 2016 sundance film festival video abc.
The 25 best sundance movies of alltime film school rejects. The awardwinning movies of 2016 have been enlisted below, grand jury award winners. Amazon, anxious to prove their mettle with potential awards winners, went after this. Hong kong shorts tour showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the sundance film festival short film tour is a 95minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of the january festival. Waldo salt screenwriting award chad hartigan for morris from america. A gay conversion therapy drama and harrowing child slave rescue documentary topped the 2018 sundance film festival awards, held saturday in park city, utah. Sundance film festival 2020 complete winners list variety. Park city, ut sundance institute tonight announced the prizes in feature filmmaking at the 2016 sundance film festival, with top awards going to between sea and land, the birth of a nation, first girl i loved, jim. The james foley story, sand storm, sonita and weiner. Watch free sundance films movies and tv shows online tubi. Taika waititi, the director of festival film hunt for the wilderpeople, hosted the awards ceremony, which took place in park city, utah.
The complete sundance film festival 2016 award winners. The birth of a nation, sonita, sand storm, and the other winners of the 2016 sundance film festival awards have been announced. The birth of a nation wins the grand jury prize and the audience award at the iconic film festival. The ceremony is the culmination of the 2016 sundance film festival, which presented 123 featurelength and 72 short films selected from 12,793 submissions to independent filmloving. The sag awards werent the only award show happening last night jan. Since it was founded in 1978 by robert redford, the sundance film festival has been the launching pad for. Matria by alvaro gago 2017 spain 21m matria won many awards on the short film festival circuit, including the grand jury prize at the 2018 sundance film festival. For more, see our complete coverage of the 2016 sundance film festival. Joey magidson though many were obviously keeping a close eye on the guild awards over the weekend, something else of note also went down. The birth of a nation and sonita won both the grand jury prize and audience award for their respective sections, marking the. Weve listed the sundance film festival awards winners below, including an official synopsis supplied by the organisers, but the clear winner and toast of the.
The 2016 sundance film festival took place at park city, utahs own basin recreation field house on january. A sleeper hit took the top prize at saturdays sundance film festival awards, which were handed it out in a fog of disbelief and calls to action over president donald trumps immigration order. The birth of a nation and sonita won both the grand jury prize and audience award for their respective. Yet no film festival would be complete without lavishing awards and accolades upon a new crop of filmmakers, and that is exactly. Sundance institute president robert redford, who helped found the sundance film festival, is pictured at a press conference on opening day at the egyptian theatre, january 21, 2016 in park city, utah. After 10 days, 119 feature films and three feet of snow, an evening of humor and humanity marked the 2017 sundance film festival awards ceremony, with. Recent winners of the festivals biggest honor, the grand. Jan 31, 2016 the sundance film festival announced its 2016 award winners, proving that the birth of a nation is a next mustsee movie.
In the world documentary section, the grand jury prize went to the. Sundance institute announces feature film awards for 2016 sundance film festival sunday, january 31st, 2016 park city, ut sundance institute tonight announced the prizes in feature filmmaking at the 2016 sundance film festival, with top awards going to between sea and land, the birth of a nation, first girl i loved, jim. The closing night film was louis black and karen bernsteins richard linklater dream is destiny. Jennifer ehle and greg kinnear sundance film festival 2016. More the birth of a nation wins the grand jury prize and the audience award at the iconic film festival. Made in galicia, matria tells the story of the middleaged and humorless ramona as she struggles through a depressing daily routine of nonstop work, which includes working in a musselcanning factory and buying. The james foley story, sand storm, sonita and weiner took home top honors, with birth of a nation and sonita earning grand jury prizes and audience. The sundance film festival wrapped with awards for films in four competition categories. Sundance is the largest independent film festival in the us, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. Big winners at the 2016 sundance film festival the birth of a nation wins the grand jury prize and the audience award at the iconic film festival. The ceremony is the culmination of the 2016 sundance film festival, which presented 123 featurelength and 72 short films selected from 12,793 submissions. Big winners at the 2016 sundance film festival video abc news. Taika waititi, director of fest film hunt for the wilderpeople, hosted the ceremony.
The birth of a nation and sonita won both the grand jury prize and audience award for their respective sections, marking the third. This years sundance film festival capped off this evening with the fests annual awards show, held at park city, utahs own basin recreation field house. The autobiographical story of a korean american family trying to sustain a farm in rural arkansas has deservedly become the festivals most universally loved film. Feb 01, 2016 the birth of a nation wins the grand jury prize and the audience award at the iconic film festival. The sundance film festival is handing out its awards in the u.
With the tremendous success of the 2016 short film competition, we will continue to host the short film competition in 2017 recognizing the important role that shorts play in cinema storytelling. For years to come and together with sundance institute, we look forward to growing this world class film festival into a must attend event for. Sundance film festival awards 2016 complete winners list. The sundance film festival wrapped with awards for i dont feel at home in this world anymore. The 2016 sundance film festival took place from january 21 to january 31, 2016. In 2016, the sundance film festival put forward arguably its strongest program in years. These are your short film winners for sundance 2016.
Jan 23, 2020 the best sundance film festival movies of alltime. Jan 31, 2016 2016 sundance film festival feature film awards this years u. The 18 best films of the 2016 sundance film festival indiewire. The 2016 sundance film festival awards were handed out on saturday, january 30, after 10 days of premieres and deals. Sundance film festival 2016 winners birth of a nation. The 2016 sundance film festival is finally coming to a close, but weve still got a ton of coverage coming up. Sundance institute president robert redford, who helped found the sundance film festival, is pictured at a press conference on opening day at the egyptian theatre, january 21.
Scroll below for a full rundown of the sundance prize winners, courtesy of the festivals press office. These are your feature film winners for sundance 2016. Jan 30, 2016 scroll below for a full rundown of the sundance prize winners, courtesy of the festivals press office. This is a list of films that won awards at the american sundance film festival. S and world competition and next section as well as audience awards. All of the winners of the 2016 sundance film festival. Just another version of you directed by heidi ewing and rachel grady. Weiner, directed by josh kriegman and elyse steinberg.
The birth of a nation and sonita won both the grand jury. All of the winners of the 2016 sundance film festival indiewire. Mar 03, 2011 official selection at the 2005 sundance film festival, late bloomer is a compelling and humorous short film about 7th grade sex ed class gone horribly wrong. It is held in january in park city, salt lake city and the sundance resort a ski resort near provo, utah and acts as a showcase for new work from american and international independent filmmakers. Big winners at the 2016 sundance film festival abc news. The sundance film festival is a showcase for new work from american and international independent filmmakers, a program of the sundance institute. The first lineup of competition films was announced december 2, 2015. Late bloomer short film sundance film festival youtube. Congratulations to all of the winners, and heres to more fantastic shorts at next years sundance. Watch free sundance films movies and tv shows online in hd on any device. Tubi offers streaming sundance films movies and tv you will love. The weather outside was occasionally frightful, but this years sundance film festival was undeniably delightful as scores of incredible filmmakers from across the globe flocked to park city, utah to showcase their creations.
Feature film award winners in previous years include. We find, love and share the best independent culture in the world. It is held in january in park city, salt lake city and the sundance resort a ski resort near provo, utah and acts as a showcase for new work from american and international independent filmmakers the festival consists of competitive sections for american and. Dramatic swiss army man waldo salt screenwriting award. Between sea and land, the birth of a nation, first girl i loved, jim. Over the past four decades, it has become the premiere independent film festival in the united states and has launched the careers of many notable filmmakers. Jan 31, 2016 big winners at the 2016 sundance film festival the birth of a nation wins the grand jury prize and the audience award at the iconic film festival. List of sundance film festival award winners jump to. After 10 days of premieres and deals, the awards for the 2016 sundance film festival were handed out saturday night in park city, utah. Sundance institute announces feature film awards for 2016. The sundance film festival announced its 2016 award winners, proving that the birth of a nation is a next mustsee movie.
Sundance film festival awards winners 2016 the birth of a nation well, sundance has finally drawn to a close for another year and last night, the sundance film festival awards winners were announced in park city, utah. Sundance institute has announced the prizes in feature filmmaking at the 2016 sundance film festival, with top awards going to between sea and land, the birth of a nation, first girl i loved, jim. Official selection at the 2005 sundance film festival, late bloomer is a compelling and humorous short film about 7th grade sex ed class gone horribly wrong. Jan 27, 2016 congratulations to all of the winners, and heres to more fantastic shorts at next years sundance. The short film winners have already been announced, and you can watch the video of all of the winners being announced, or check out the winners below. Awardwinners and contenders from sundance film festival 2016. The 32nd annual sundance film festival awards are the culmination.