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Film News: ‘Nanny’ is Top U.S. Film at 2022 Sundance Film Festival
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CHICAGO – The 2022 Sundance Film Festival announced their Grand Jury Prizes on January 28th, and the top films were “Nanny” (U.S. Dramatic), “The Exiles” (U.S. Documentary), “Utama” (World Cinema Dramatic) and “All That Breathes” (World Cinema Documentary).
After nine days, 84 feature films and 59 Short Films, honors were also given for Audience Awards, Festival Favorite Award, Jury Awards for Directing, Screenwriting & Editing and Special Jury Awards.
The list of all award winners are below.
Grand Jury Prize
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‘Nanny’
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U.S. Dramatic: “Nanny” directed by Nikyatu Jusu
U.S. Documentary: “The Exiles,” directed by Ben Klein & Violet Columbus
World Cinema Dramatic:: “Utama” (Bolivia/Uraguay/France) directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi
World Cinema Documentary: “All That Breathes” (India/UK) directed by Shaunak Sen
Audience Awards
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Cha Cha Real Smooth
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U.S. Dramatic: “Cha Cha Real Smooth” directed by Cooper Raif
U.S. Documentary: “Nalvany” directed by Daniel Roher
World Cinema Dramatic:: “Girl Picture” (Finland) directed by Alli Haapasalo
World Cinema Documentary: “The Territory” (Brazil/Denmark/USA) directed by Alex Pritz
NEXT (New/Innovative Filmmakers): “Framing Agnes” (Canada) directed by Chase Joint
Directing, Screenwriting & Editing Jury Awards
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Palm Trees and Power Lines
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Directing, U.S. Dramatic: “Palm Trees and Power Lines” directed by Jamie Dack
Directing, U.S. Documentary: “ I Didn’t See You There directed by Reid Davenport
Directing, World Cinema Dramatic: “Klondike” (Ukraine/Turkey) directed by Maryna Er Gorbach
Directing, World Cinema Documentary: “ A House Made of Splinters” (Denmark) directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont
Screenwriting U.S. Dramatic, Waldo Salt Award: “Emergency” written by K.D. Dávila
Editing U.S. Documentary, Jonathan Oppenheim Award: “Fire of Love” edited by Erin Caspar & Jocelyne Chaput
Special Jury Awards
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892
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U.S. Dramatic, Ensemble Cast: ““892”
U.S. Dramatic, Uncompromising Artistic Vision: “blood” directed by Bradley Rust Gray
U.S. Documentary, Impact for Change: “Aftershock” directed by Paula Eiselt & Tonya Lewis Lee
U.S. Documentary, Creative Vision: “Descendant” directed by Margaret Brown
World Cinema, Vérité Filmmaking: “Midwives” (Myanmar) directed by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
World Cinema, Documentary Craft: “The Territory” (Brazil/Denmark/USA) directed by Alex Pritz
World Cinema, Innovative Spirit Dramatic: “Leonor Will Never Die” (Philippines) directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar
World Cinema Acting: Teresa Sanchez for “Dos Estaciones” (Mexico) directed by Juan Pablo González
NEXT Award
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Framing Agnes (Canada), Directed by Chase Joynt
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Short Film Awards
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The Headhunter’s Daughter
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Grand Jury: “The Headhunter’s Daughter” (Philippines), directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Jury – U.S. Fiction: “If I Go Will They Miss Me” directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández
Jury – International Fiction: “Warsha” (France/Lebanon), directed by Dania Bdeir
Jury – Nonfiction: “Displaced” (Kosovo), directed by Samir Karahoda
Jury – Animated: “Night Bus” (Taiwan), directed by Joe Hsieh
Special Jury – Ensemble Cast: “A wild patience has taken me here” (Brazil), directed by Érica Sarmet
Special Jury – Screenwriting: “Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver” (USA), written by Sara Driver
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