SUNDANCE 2017 Awards & Best Movies
Awards & best movies of Sundance 2017 Film Festival
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- DirectorMacon BlairStarsMelanie LynskeyChris DoubekMarilyn Faith HickeyWhen a depressed woman is burgled, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves along with her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.U.S. Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic
- DirectorAntonio SantiniDan SicklesStarsDina BunoScott LevinFrank CostanzoAn eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.U.S. Grand Jury Prize - Documentary
- DirectorTarik SalehStarsFares FaresMari MalekYasser Ali MaherA maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.World Cinema Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic
- DirectorFeras FayyadSteen JohannessenStarsKhaled Umar HarahBatulMahmoudKhaled, Mahmoud and Subhi volunteer with the White Helmets trying to save lives of hundreds of victims in the besieged city of Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War.World Cinema Grand Jury Prize - Documentary
- DirectorMatt RuskinStarsLaKeith StanfieldNnamdi AsomughaNatalie PaulWhen Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devotes his life to proving Colin's innocence.Audience Award - U.S. Dramatic
- DirectorJeff Orlowski-YangStarsAndrew AckermanPim BongaertsNeal CantinCoral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.Audience Award - U.S. Documentary
- DirectorErnesto ContrerasStarsFernando Álvarez RebeilJosé Manuel PoncelisEligio MeléndezWhen a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.Audience Award - World Cinema Dramatic
- DirectorJoe PiscatellaStarsAgnes ChowJoshua 'Chi-Fung' WongWhen the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of China's most notorious dissidents.Audience Award - World Cinema Documentary
- DirectorJustin ChonStarsSimone BakerJustin ChonCurtiss Cook Jr.Two Korean-American brothers run a shoe store in L.A. county. Their friend, black eleven-year-old Kamilla, drops in and helps. On this day, the Rodney King verdict ignites the 1992 L.A. riots.Audience Award - NEXT
- DirectorPeter NicksStarsCat BrooksJonathan CairoBen McBrideTHE FORCE goes inside an embattled urban police department struggling to rebuild trust in one of America's most violent yet promising cities.Directing Award - U.S. Documentary / Peter Nicks
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsHarris DickinsonMadeline WeinsteinKate HodgeA Brooklyn teenager spends his days experimenting with drugs and looking online for older men to meet.Directing Award - U.S. Dramatic / Eliza Hittman
- DirectorMatt SpicerStarsAubrey PlazaElizabeth OlsenO'Shea Jackson Jr.An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and ingratiates herself into the life of an Instagram star.Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - U.S. Dramatic / Matt Spicer & David Branson Smith
- DirectorMaggie BettsStarsMelissa LeoLisa StewartAlyssa BrindleySet in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director / Maggie Betts
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael StuhlbargIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
- DirectorPascale LamcheStarsWinnie MandelaAnné-Mariè BezdropZindzi MandelaWinnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace, bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy.Directing Award - World Cinema Documentary / Pascale Lamche
- DirectorFrancis LeeStarsJosh O'ConnorAlec SecareanuGemma JonesSpring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.Directing Award - World Cinema Dramatic / Francis Lee
- DirectorAmanda LipitzStarsGari McIntyreAmanda LeonardBlessin GiraldoSTEP documents the senior year of a girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking
- DirectorYance FordStarsYance FordHarvey WalkerKevin MyersWhen filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young Black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey, since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother.U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling
- DirectorJennifer BreaStarsJennifer BreaOmar WasowJessica l e TaylorWhen Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing / Editors Kim Roberts and Emiliano Battista
- DirectorBryan FogelStarsBryan FogelDave ZabriskieDon CatlinWhen Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award - The Orwell Award
- DirectorAlexandre MoorsStarsAlden EhrenreichDaniel Jose MolinaMikey CollinsTwo young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography / Director of Photography Daniel Landin
- DirectorMichael LarnellStarsChanté AdamsNia LongMahershala AliIn the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shanté" Gooden was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC.U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance - Chanté Adams
- DirectorRahul JainA portrait of daily life of the workers in an Indian textile factory, revealing its beauty as well as its shameful working conditions.World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Excellence in Cinematography - cinematographer Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva
- DirectorCatherine BainbridgeAlfonso MaioranaStarsGeorge ClintonRobbie RobertsonGary GiddinsA documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling
- DirectorHelene HegemannStarsJasna Fritzi BauerArly JoverMavie HörbigerMifti is 16, looks 12, acts like she's in her mid-30s and has been living in a shared flat since her mother died. Her father is more interested in art than people.World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography - cinematographer Manu Dacosse