2016 Sundance Film Festival
Location | Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah |
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Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
Festival date | January 21 to January 31, 2016 |
Language | English |
Website | sundance |
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 21 to January 31, 2016. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 2, 2015.[1] The opening night film was Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. The closing night film was Louis Black and Karen Bernstein's Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny.
Awards[]
The following awards were presented:[2][3][4]
- Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – The Birth of a Nation by Nate Parker
- Directing Award: Dramatic – Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan for Swiss Army Man
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Chad Hartigan for Morris From America
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award – for As You Are
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance – for Spa Night
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance – Melanie Lynskey for The Intervention and Craig Robinson for Morris from America
- Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – Weiner by and
- Directing Award: Documentary – Roger Ross Williams for Life, Animated
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – Penny Lane and for
- Special Jury Prize for Social Impact: Documentary – Trapped by Dawn Porter
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Writing – Robert Greene for Kate Plays Christine
- Special Jury Prize for Verité Filmmaking: Documentary – The Bad Kids by and
- World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Sand Storm by Elite Zexer
- World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic – Felix van Groeningen for Belgica
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting – Vicky Hernandez and for Between Land and Sea
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting – Ana Katz and Inés Bortagaray for Mi Amiga del Parque
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Unique Vision & Design – The Lure by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
- World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary – Sonita by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
- World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary – Michal Marczak for All These Sleepless Nights
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Debut Feature – and for When Two Worlds Collide
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography – Pieter-Jan De Pue for
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – and John Maringouin for We Are X
- Audience Award: Dramatic – The Birth of a Nation (2016 film) by Nate Parker
- Audience Award: Documentary – Jim: The James Foley Story by
- World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic – Between Sea and Land by and
- World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary – Sonita by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
- Best of NEXT Audience Award – First Girl I Loved by
- Short Film Grand Jury Prize – Thunder Road by Jim Cummings
- Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction – The Procedure by
- Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – Maman(s) by Maïmouna Doucouré
- Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction – Bacon and God's Wrath by Sol Friedman
- Short Film Jury Award: Animation – Edmond by Nina Gantz
- Short Film Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance – Grace Glowicki for Her Friend Adam
- Short Film Special Jury Award for Best Direction – for Peacock
- Alfred P. Sloan Prize – Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
Films[]
U.S. Dramatic Competition[]
- As You Are by
- Christine by Antonio Campos
- Equity by Meera Menon
- Goat by Andrew Neel
- Joshy by Jeff Baena
- Lovesong by So Yong Kim
- Morris from America by Chad Hartigan
- Other People by Chris Kelly
- Southside With You by Richard Tanne
- Spa Night by Andrew Ahn
- Swiss Army Man by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
- Tallulah by Sian Heder
- The Birth of a Nation by Nate Parker
- The Free World by
- The Intervention by Clea DuVall
- White Girl by Elizabeth Wood
U.S. Documentary Competition[]
- Audrie & Daisy by , Jon Shenk
- by Jeff Feuerzeig
- The Bad Kids by &
- Gleason by
- Holy Hell by Will Allen
- How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change) by Josh Fox
- Jim: The James Foley Story by
- Kate Plays Christine by Robert Greene
- Kiki by
- Life, Animated by Roger Ross Williams
- Newtown by Kim A. Snyder
- NUTS! by Penny Lane
- by Jason Benjamin
- Trapped by Dawn Porter
- Uncle Howard by Aaron Brookner
- Weiner by &
Premieres[]
- 31 by Rob Zombie
- Agnus Dei by Anne Fontaine
- Ali and Nino by Asif Kapadia
- Captain Fantastic by Matt Ross
- Certain Women by Kelly Reichardt
- Complete Unknown by Joshua Marston
- Frank & Lola by Matthew Ross
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople by Taika Waititi
- Indignation by James Schamus
- Jacqueline Argentine by
- Little Men by Ira Sachs
- Love and Friendship by Whit Stillman
- Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan
- Mr. Pig by Diego Luna
- Sing Street by John Carney
- Sophie and the Rising Sun by Maggie Greenwald
- The Fundamentals of Caring by Rob Burnett
- The Hollars by John Krasinski
- Wiener-Dog by Todd Solondz
World Cinema Dramatic Competition[]
- Belgica by Felix van Groeningen
- Between Sea and Land by &
- Brahman Naman by Qaushiq Mukherjee
- A Good Wife by Mirjana Karanović
- by
- The Lure by Agnieszka Smoczynska
- by
- Mammal by Rebecca Daly
- My Friend from the Park by Ana Katz
- Much Ado About Nothing by Alejandro Fernández Almendras
- Sand Storm by Elite Zexer
- Wild by Nicolette Krebitz
World Cinema Documentary Competition[]
- All These Sleepless Nights by Michal Marczak
- by Bahman Ghobadi
- Hooligan Sparrow by Nanfu Wang
- by Pieter-Jan De Pue
- The Lovers and the Despot by &
- by Maya Goded
- The Settlers by Shimon Dotan
- Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang by Kevin Macdonald
- Sonita by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
- We Are X by Stephen Kijak
- When Two Worlds Collide by &
Juries[]
Jury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which also took part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on January 12, 2016.[5]
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Acquisitions[]
Ahead of the festival opening distributor Netflix obtained worldwide streaming rights to Tallulah[6] and Iranian horror film Under the Shadow.[7] Oscilloscope Laboratories also obtained U.S. distribution rights to The Fits before its Sundance debut.[8] Amazon also acquired the rights to Manchester by the Sea and Love & Friendship (the latter in collaboration with Roadside Attractions).[9][10]
References[]
- ^ Erbland, Kate. "Sundance Announces Competition and NEXT Lineups, Featuring Returning Favorites and a Secret Director". Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "Sundance: The Birth of a Nation Sweeps Top Prizes". Variety. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ "Awards and Winners". Sundance. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ "A Complete List of Sundance Award Winning Movies". Sundance Film Festival 2020. October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ ROSE FALCONE, DANA. "Sundance 2016 jury includes Jon Hamm, Lena Dunham, Keegan-Michael Key, and more". Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ Lang, Brent. "Sundance: Netflix Buys 'Tallulah' With Ellen Page, Allison Janney (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ Setoodeh, Ramin (January 21, 2016). "Sundance: Netflix Acquires Iranian Horror Movie 'Under the Shadow' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ Obenson, Tambay A. "Oscilloscope Takes USA Rights to Sundance Film Festival 2016 Selection, 'The Fits'". Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (January 25, 2016). "Manchester-by-the-Sea nets Amazon deal". The Guardian. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ "Roadside Attractions Partners With Amazon To Release Whit Stillman's 'Love & Friendship' – Sundance". January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
External links[]
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