Sundance Film Festival 2020
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The Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theater in Park City
The 36th Sundance Film Festival was held in Park City , Utah from January 23 to February 2, 2020 . A total of 118 feature films were to be shown at the eleven-day festival. The selection of films was announced in early December 2019.
Competition films
US Dramatic Competition
- The 40-year-old version by Radha Blank
- Blast Beat by Esteban Arango
- Dinner in America by Adam Rehmeier
- The Evening Hour by Braden King
- Farewell Amor by Ekwa Msangi
- Minari by Lee Isaac Chung
- Miss Juneteenth by Channing Godfrey Peoples
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman
- Nine Days by Edson Oda
- Palm Springs by Max Barbakow
- Save Yourselves! by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson
- Shirley by Josephine Decker
- Sylvie's Love by Eugene Ashe
- Twelve (also Charm City Kings ) by Angel Manuel Soto
- Wander Darkly by Tara Miele
- Zola by Janicza Bravo
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- Blanco de Verano (Summer White) by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson
- Charter from Amanda Kernell
- Exile of Visar Morina
- High Tide by Verónica Chen
- Jumbo by Zoé Wittock
- Luxor by Zeina Durra
- Mignonnes (Cuties) by Maïmouna Doucouré
- Brandon Cronenberg's possessor
- Sin Señas Particulares by Fernanda Valadez
- Surge by Aneil Karia
- This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
- Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness (Yalda) by Massoud Bakhshi
More premieres
- Downhill by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
- Dream Horse from Euros Lyn
- Falling by Viggo Mortensen
- The Father by Florian Zeller
- Four Good Days by Rodrigo Garcia
- The Glorias by Julie Taymor
- Herself of Phyllida Lloyd
- Horse Girl by Jeff Baena
- Ironbark by Dominic Cooke
- Kajillionaire by Miranda July
- The Last Shift by Andrew Cohn
- The last thing he wanted (The Last Thing He Wanted) by Dee Rees
- Lost Girls by Liz Garbus
- The Nest by Sean Durkin
- Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell
- Sergio by Greg Barker
- Tesla by Michael Almereyda
- Uncle Frank by Alan Ball
- Wendy from Benh Zeitlin
- Worth by Sara Colangelo
Midnight
- Amulet from Romola Garai
- Bad Hair by Justin Simien
- His House by Remi Weekes
- Impetigore by Joko Anwar
- The Night House by David Bruckner
- The Nowhere Inn by Bill Benz
- Relic by Natalie Erika James
- Run Sweetheart Run by Shana Feste
- Scare Me by Josh Ruben
Spotlight
- When we danced (And Then We Danced) by Levan Akin
- The Assistant from Kitty Green
- The Climb by Michael Angelo Covino
- Collective by Alexander Nanau
- Ema by Pablo Larraín
- La Llorona by Jayro Bustamante
- The perfect candidate (The Perfect Candidate) of Haifaa Al Mansour
Kids
- Binti - there is me! (Binti) by Frederike Migom
- Come Away by Brenda Chapman
- Timmy Flop: Failure across the board (Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made) by Tom McCarthy
Award-winning films
The award ceremony took place in Park City on February 2020.
- US Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Boys State, director: Jesse Moss
- US Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung
- World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Epicentro, Director: Hubert Sauper
- World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness , directed by Massoud Bakhshi
- Audience Award: US Documentary - Crip Camp, directed by Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham
- Audience Award: US Dramatic - Minari, Director: Lee Isaac Chung
- Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary - The Reason I Jump, directed by Jerry Rothwell
- Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Identifying Features, Director: Fernanda Valadez
- Audience Award in the NEXT - I Carry You With Me section , director: Heidi Ewing
- Directing Award: US Documentary - Garrett Bradley for Time
- Directing Award: US Dramatic - Radha Blank for The 40-Year-Old Version
- Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary - Iryna Tsilyk for The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
- Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Maïmouna Doucouré for Mignonnes (Cuties)
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: US Dramatic - Edson Oda for Nine Days
- US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast - The cast von Twelve / Charm City Kings
- US Dramatic Special Jury Award: Auteur Filmmaking - Josephine Decker for Shirley
- US Dramatic Special Jury Award: Neo-Realism - Eliza Hittman for Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- US Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing - Tyler H. Walk for Welcome to Chechnya
- US Documentary Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling - Kirsten Johnson for Dick Johnson Is Dead
- US Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker - Arthur Jones for Feels Good Man
- US Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking - Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg for The Fight
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting - Ben Whishaw for Surge
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese for This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay - Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez for Identifying Features
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling - Benjamin Ree for The Painter and the Thief
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography - Radu Ciorniciuc and Mircea Topoleanu for Acasa, My Home
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing - Mila Aung-Thwin, Ryan Mullins and Sam Soko for Softie
- Alfred P. Sloan Award - Tesla , directed by Michael Almereyda
- Gayle Stevens Volunteer Award - Devon Edwards
Jury members
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US Documentary Competition Jury World Cinema Dramatic Competition Jury Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury |
US Dramatic Competition Jury World Cinema Documentary Competition Jury NEXT jury Shorts Competition Jury |
Web links
Commons : Sundance Film Festival 2020 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the Sundance Film Festival (English)
- Sundance Film Festival 2020 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 Feature Films Announced. In: sundance.org, December 4, 2019.
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2020/02/sundance-film-festival-awards-2020-winners-1202848900/