In recent years, the Sundance Film Festival has awarded Grand Jury Prizes to films such as Minari, CODA, Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), and last year's winner, A Thousand and One. Following a week of screenings, the Sundance jury announced this year's award winners during a ceremony at The Ray Theatre in Park City.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize in Dramatic was presented to In the Summers, from writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza, which chronicles the yearly summer visits of two sisters to the home of their loving but volatile father in Las Cruces, Mexico. The film stars René Pérez Joglar, Sasha Calle, Lío Mehiel, Leslie Grace, Emma Ramos, and Sharlene Cruz.
"This film snuck up on us — like many great films do," the jury cited. "We didn't know where the journey would lead us, but by the time we landed on the final frame, we knew we had experienced something truly mesmerizing. This film tells the story of a family that is broken, but refuses to give up on each other. A film like this can easily slip through the cracks and, for that reason, we have chosen to shed light on this beautiful piece of cinema and we hope it finds the audience it so well deserves."
Other jury prizes were awarded to Porcelain War (U.S. Documentary), Sujo (World Dramatic) and A New Kind of Wilderness (World Documentary), while Angela Patton and Natalie Rae's documentary, Daughters, took the Festival Favorite Award.
Here are all of the winners of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize: In the Summers, directed by Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award: Alessandra Lacorazza for In the Summers
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble: Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen and Chang Li Hua for Dìdi (弟弟)
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance: Nico Parker for Suncoast
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize: Porcelain War, directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award: Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie for Sugarcane
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: Carla Gutiérrez for Frida
Special Jury Award for the Art of Change: Union, directed by Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Special Jury Award for Sound: Gaucho Gaucho, directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
World Dramatic Competition Awards
Grand Jury Prize: Sujo, directed by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez
Directing Award: Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi for In the Land of Brothers
Special Jury Award for Acting: Preeti Panigrahi for Girls Will Be Girls
Special Jury Award for Original Music: Peter Raeburn for Handling the Undead
World Documentary Competition Awards
Grand Jury Prize: A New Kind of Wilderness, directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Directing Award: Benjamin Ree for Ibelin
Special Jury Award for Craft: Nocturnes, directed by Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan
Special Jury Award for Cinematic Innovation: Johan Grimonprez for Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
NEXT Awards
Special Jury Award: Desire Lines, directed by Jules Rosskam
Innovator Award: Little Death, directed by Jack Begert
Audience Awards
Festival Favorite Award: Daughters, directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Audience Award: Dìdi (弟弟), directed by Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Audience Award: Daughters, directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award: Girls Will Be Girls, directed by Shuchi Talati
World Cinema Documentary Audience Award: Ibelin, directed by Benjamin Ree
NEXT Audience Award: Kneecap, directed by Rich Peppiatt
The Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
The Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is selected by a jury of film and science professionals and presented to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character. The 2024 jury included Dr. Mandë Holford, Dr. Nia Imara, Matt Johnson, Theresa Park, and Courtney Stephens.
Love Me, directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero
Short Film Awards
Grand Jury Prize: The Masterpiece, directed by Alex Lora Cercos
U.S. Fiction Short Film Jury Award: Say Hi After You Die, directed by Kate Jean Hollowell
International Fiction Short Film Jury Award: An Chu for The Stag, directed by An Chu
Nonfiction Short Film Jury Award: Bob's Funeral, directed by Jack Dunphy
Animation Short Film Jury Award: Bug Diner, directed by Phoebe Jane Hart
Short Film Special Jury Prize for Directing: Masha Ko for The Looming
Short Film Special Jury Prize for Directing: Makoto Nagahisa for Pisko the Crab Child is in Love
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