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The Sundance Film Festival is announcing winners tonight in Park City as its 2015 edition draws to a close. Atter a fest chock-full of deals, those same films that were subjects of late-night auctions and early-morning, bleary-eyed contract signings are up for awards from Park City audiences and fest juries. Last year, remember, Whiplash won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award — now it’s up for the Best Picture Oscar. Keep refreshing for the latest winners as they’re revealed:
Audience Award – World Cinema Dramatic
Umrika, Prashant Nair
Audience Award – World Cinema Documentary
Dark Horse, Louise Osmond
Audience Award – NEXT
James White, Josh Mond
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC
Grand Jury Prize
Slow West, John Maclean
Directing Award
The Summer of Sangaile, Alanté Kavaïté
Special Jury Award – Cinematography
Partisan, Germain McMicking
Special Jury Award – Acting
Glassland, Jack Reynor
Special Jury Award – Acting
The Second Mother, Regina Casé, Camila Márdila
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
Grand Jury Prize
The Russian Woodpecker, Chad Gracia
Directing Award
Dreamcatcher, Kim Longinotto
Special Jury Award – Editing
How To Change The World, Jim Scott
Special Jury Award – Impact
Pervert Park, Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
Special Jury Award – Unparalleled Access
The Chinese Mayor, Hao Zhou
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
(announced Thursday)
The Stanford Prison Experiment, Kyle Patrick Alvarez
It is the summer of 1971. Dr. Philip Zimbardo launches a study on the psychology of imprisonment. Twenty-four male undergraduates are randomly assigned to be either a guard or a prisoner. Set in a simulated jail, the project unfolds. The participants rapidly embody their roles—the guards become power-hungry and sadistic, while the prisoners, subject to degradation, strategize as underdogs. It soon becomes clear that, as Zimbardo and team monitor the escalation of action through surveillance cameras, they are not fully aware of how they, too, have become part of the experiment. Based on the real-life research of Dr. Zimbardo (who was a consultant on the film).
SHORT FILM PRIZES
(announced Thursday)
Short Film Grand Jury Prize
World of Tomorrow / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Don Hertzfeldt) — A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of the distant future.
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction
SMILF / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Frankie Shaw) — A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when Bridgette invites an old friend over for a visit.
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Oh Lucy! / Japan, Singapore, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Atsuko Hirayanagi) — Setsuko, a 55-year-old single so-called office lady in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, Lucy, by her young unconventional English-language teacher. “Lucy” awakens desires in Setsuko she never knew existed.
Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul / Australia (Director: Kitty Green) — Adorned in pink sequins, little girls from across a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of Olympic champion figure skater Oksana Baiul, whose tears of joy once united their troubled country.
Short Film Jury Award: Animation
Storm hits jacket / France (Director and screenwriter: Paul Cabon) — A storm reaches the shores of Brittany. Nature goes crazy, two young scientists get caught up in the chaos. Espionage, romantic tension, and mysterious events clash with enthusiasm and randomness.
Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting
Back Alley / France (Director and screenwriter: Cécile Ducrocq) — Suzanne, a prostitute for 15 years, has her turf, her regular johns, and her freedom. One day, however, young African prostitutes settle nearby, and she is threatened.
Short Film Special Jury Award for Visual Poetry
Object / Poland (Director: Paulina Skibińska) — A creative image of an underwater search in the dimensions of two worlds — ice desert and under water — told from the point of view of the rescue team, of the diver, and of the ordinary people waiting on the shore.
The Sundance Film Festival is announcing winners tonight in Park City as its 2015 edition draws to a close. Atter a fest chock-full of deals, those same films that were subjects of late-night auctions and early-morning, bleary-eyed contract signings are up for awards from Park City audiences and fest juries. Last year, remember, Whiplash won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award — now it’s up for the Best Picture Oscar. Keep refreshing for the latest winners as they’re revealed:
Audience Award – World Cinema Dramatic
Umrika, Prashant Nair
Audience Award – World Cinema Documentary
Dark Horse, Louise Osmond
Audience Award – NEXT
James White, Josh Mond
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC
Grand Jury Prize
Slow West, John Maclean
Directing Award
The Summer of Sangaile, Alanté Kavaïté
Special Jury Award – Cinematography
Partisan, Germain McMicking
Special Jury Award – Acting
Glassland, Jack Reynor
Special Jury Award – Acting
The Second Mother, Regina Casé, Camila Márdila
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
Grand Jury Prize
The Russian Woodpecker, Chad Gracia
Directing Award
Dreamcatcher, Kim Longinotto
Special Jury Award – Editing
How To Change The World, Jim Scott
Special Jury Award – Impact
Pervert Park, Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
Special Jury Award – Unparalleled Access
The Chinese Mayor, Hao Zhou
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
(announced Thursday)
The Stanford Prison Experiment, Kyle Patrick Alvarez
It is the summer of 1971. Dr. Philip Zimbardo launches a study on the psychology of imprisonment. Twenty-four male undergraduates are randomly assigned to be either a guard or a prisoner. Set in a simulated jail, the project unfolds. The participants rapidly embody their roles—the guards become power-hungry and sadistic, while the prisoners, subject to degradation, strategize as underdogs. It soon becomes clear that, as Zimbardo and team monitor the escalation of action through surveillance cameras, they are not fully aware of how they, too, have become part of the experiment. Based on the real-life research of Dr. Zimbardo (who was a consultant on the film).
SHORT FILM PRIZES
(announced Thursday)
Short Film Grand Jury Prize
World of Tomorrow / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Don Hertzfeldt) — A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of the distant future.
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction
SMILF / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Frankie Shaw) — A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when Bridgette invites an old friend over for a visit.
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Oh Lucy! / Japan, Singapore, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Atsuko Hirayanagi) — Setsuko, a 55-year-old single so-called office lady in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, Lucy, by her young unconventional English-language teacher. “Lucy” awakens desires in Setsuko she never knew existed.
Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul / Australia (Director: Kitty Green) — Adorned in pink sequins, little girls from across a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of Olympic champion figure skater Oksana Baiul, whose tears of joy once united their troubled country.
Short Film Jury Award: Animation
Storm hits jacket / France (Director and screenwriter: Paul Cabon) — A storm reaches the shores of Brittany. Nature goes crazy, two young scientists get caught up in the chaos. Espionage, romantic tension, and mysterious events clash with enthusiasm and randomness.
Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting
Back Alley / France (Director and screenwriter: Cécile Ducrocq) — Suzanne, a prostitute for 15 years, has her turf, her regular johns, and her freedom. One day, however, young African prostitutes settle nearby, and she is threatened.
Short Film Special Jury Award for Visual Poetry
Object / Poland (Director: Paulina Skibińska) — A creative image of an underwater search in the dimensions of two worlds — ice desert and under water — told from the point of view of the rescue team, of the diver, and of the ordinary people waiting on the shore.