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We Stand with Artists from Around the World Against the Immigration Ban
Sundance Institute stands in solidarity with artists in our global community. Freedom of expression and freedom of movement are inextricably linked. Banning Muslims from particular countries is not simply a U.

2017 Sundance Film Festival Awards: Global Independent Creativity Reaches New Heights
I don’t feel at home in this world anymore.
Credit: Allyson Riggs
Chasing Coral
Credit: The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey/Aaron Spence
Crown Heights
Credit: Ben Kutchins
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’s Awards Ceremony, with host Jessica Williams emceeing and jurors presenting 27 prizes for feature filmmaking in Park City, Utah. Honorees, named in total below, range from sharp comedies to provocative and timely documentaries and represent new achievements in global independent storytelling.

Barbara Kopple Reveals Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about YouTube Sensation Gigi Gorgeous
If you’re convinced you already know everything about Gigi Gorgeous, think again. With her latest documentary, This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple (Harlan County U.S.

‘The Incredible Jessica James’: A Star-Making Performance by Jessica Williams
Sundance.org is dispatching its writers to daily screenings and events to capture the 10 days of festivities during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Check back each morning for roundups from the previous day’s events.

2017 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony
Hi everyone, and welcome to the live blog for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. For the fifth consecutive year, we’re Eric Hynes, Jeremy Kinser, and Nate von Zumwalt, and we’ll be your eyes and ears for tonight’s festivities. We’re stationed to the right of the stage, astride the sea of folding chairs that await ticketholders.

Day 8: ‘The Wound’ Presents a Queer Perspective on a South African Ritual of Manhood
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Day 7: Instagram-Obsessed Aubrey Plaza Turns Stalker in ‘Ingrid Goes West’
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Marjorie Prime Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at 2017 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah — At a reception during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival today, the beneficiaries of $72,500 in grants from Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation were revealed. Doron Weber, the Vice President of Programs at the Alfred P.

Shorts Awards Announced at 2017 Sundance Film Festival
And so we put the goldfish in the pool.
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Lucia, Before and After
Credit: Charlotte Hornsby
Alone
Credit: Zac Manuel
Park City, Utah — Winners of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced today by Sundance Institute at a ceremony in Park City, Utah. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize, awarded to one film in the program of 68 shorts selected from 8,985 submissions, went to And so we put goldfish in the pool.

Day 6: ‘Manifesto’ Demands 13 Different Characters from Cate Blanchett
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Danny Strong Brings the Story Behind ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ to the Screen
When J.D. Salinger published his novel The Catcher in the Rye in 1951, the author gave voice to a generation of disillusioned young people that hadn’t been as powerfully represented in literature.

Danielle Macdonald Drops Bars in the Hip-Hop Breakout ‘Patti Cake$’
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Sundance-Supported ‘Manchester by the Sea’ Earns 6 Oscar Noms
Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced this morning and Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, led all Sundance-supported films with six nominees, including Best Picture and Best Director honors. Casey Affleck earned a Best Actor nomination for his masterful portrayal of Lee, a man whose life of solitude is somehow reignited by tragedy, while newcomer Lucas Hedges received a Best Supporting Actor for his role as Lee’s nephew, Patrick. On the documentary side, three premieres from the 2016 Festival round out the Best Documentary Feature category.

Sundance Institute Announces 2017 Recipient of Merata Mita Fellowship for Indigenous Artists
Park City, UT — Amie Batalibasi (Australian Solomon Islander, Feralimae/Kosi) from Melbourne, Australia, is the 2017 recipient of the Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship—an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker Merata Mita (1942-2010). The announcement was delivered today at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.For the second consecutive year, Sundance Institute has identified a Native or Indigenous filmmaker from a global pool of nominees to award a cash grant and provide a year-long continuum of support with activities including a trip to the Sundance Film Festival, access to strategic and creative services offered by Sundance Institute artist programs, and mentorship opportunities.

Day 4: David Lowery Returns with Haunted Fable, ‘A Ghost Story’
Sundance.org is dispatching its writers to daily screenings and events to capture the 10 days of festivities during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Check back each morning for roundups from the previous day’s events.