The sundance film festival has long been the place where movies begin their road to the oscars. It tells the story of a depressed young man in postwar beirut, lebanon. Earlier in the week, the festival unveiled the short film awards, with don hertzfeldts world of tomorrow claiming the grand jury prize. It was the first major deal of the 2014 sundance film festival and tonight whiplash was the big winner at the fests awards ceremony. Jan 27, 2016 another terrific sundance film festival is slowly coming to a close, and theyve just announced the short film winners. Starting from 8,061 total submissions, the sundance film festival awarded the short film grand jury prize on tuesday night to don hertzfeldts world of tomorrow. Waves 98 by ely hagder 2015 lebanon 15m waves 98 won the palm dor in 2015 and was in competition at sundance in 2016. Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2015 sundance film festival short film tour is an 83minute theatrical program of six short films that won. Made in galicia, matria tells the story of the middleaged and humorless ramona as she struggles through a depressing daily routine of nonstop work, which includes working in a musselcanning factory and buying her. Sundance film festival hands out its short film awards. Short film special jury award for visual poetry object.
Take a look below for the full list of winners and stay tuned for our continued sundance coverage. Another terrific sundance film festival is slowly coming to a close, and theyve just announced the short film winners. Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2015 sundance film festival short film tour is an 83minute theatrical program of six short films that won awards at this years festival, which over the course of its more than 30year history has been widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many nowprominent. Each year he and a team of 9 shorts programmers go through over 10,000 entries to select 70 shorts to play at the festival, discovering new film talent in the process.
Watch these sundance 2018 short films online now short of. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. We offer text, images, sounds and video as critical maps, passways. Dec 28, 2010 the film, loved by audiences and heralded by jurors, captured a special jury prize at the 2008 sundance film festival and played at over 40 film festivals across the globe. As the 2015 sundance film festival comes to a close, winners in the competitive categories were announced saturday night.
The ceremony is the culmination of the 2015 festival, which presented 123 featurelength and 60 short films selected from 12,166 submissions. Official selection world premier santa barbara international film festival 2015. Notebook is a daily, international film publication. Short film special jury award for acting back alley. Actress brie larson poses with her best actress award for short term 12 at ifps 23nd annual gotham independent film awards, at cipriani wall street, december 2, 20 in new york city. Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the sundance film festival short film tour is a 95minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of the january festival. The feature film jury, audience and other special awards of the 2015 sundance film festival were announced by the sundance institute on saturday night. The ceremony was hosted by comedian tig notaro in park city, utah. The year prior, director damien chazelle had presented a. Just as hollywoods awards season heats up, half the town takes off for a snowy getaway to park city, utah, for the sundance film festival sundance film. Dramatic audience award at this years sundance film festival.
Wasp best short film live action, andrea arnold 77th academy awards 2005. Milano international film festival awards miff awards 2005 winner best short. Sundance institute and its festival have long supported the creation and exhibition of short films. Join afs august 2nd, showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2015 sundance film festival short film tour is an 83minute theatrical. Although short films have been a part of cinema since its birth, the feature has long dominated the field. The sundance institute archives is dedicated to preserving and facilitating access to the work of these independent film and theatre artists and the material that documents. Don hertzfeldts world of tomorrow has won the top short film at the sundance film festival. The 2015 sundance film festival runs through february 1 in park city, salt lake city, ogden and sundance, utah. Thunder road was awarded the short film grand jury prize at the 2016 sundance film festival on tuesday. The sundance film festival is the largest independent cinema festival in the united states. These are the sundance film festival 2015 award winners.
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The 2015 sundance film festival took place from january 22 to february 1, 2015. After 10 days of premieres and deals in park city, the sundance film festival jury handed out honors across a range of categories on saturday evening. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central. This years short film program is comprised of 60 short films selected from 8,061 submissions. Sundance awards short film jury winners qsaltlake magazine. Last evening at jupiter bowl in kimball junction, the 2015 sundance short film awards were doled out over a somewhat temperamental microphone. As this years sundance film festival rolls on, the jury awards for short film were announced tonight. Here are your 2015 sundance film festival winners no film school. The 2015 sundance film festival is finally coming to a close.
Dec 08, 2014 that film is screening in special events, a new section the festival introduced this year to showcase episodic work, short films and live performances. Alfonso gomezrejon s crowdpleaser me and earl and the dying girl repeated last years whiplash coup by winning both the u. List of sundance film festival award winners wikipedia. Comedian tig notaro presided over the ceremony, which saw me and earl and the dying girl nab both the u. Comedydrama film grandma, directed by paul weitz, served as the closing night film.
Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2015 sundance film festival short film tour is an 83minute theatrical program of six short films that won awards at this years festival, which over the course of its more than 30year history has been widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many nowprominent independent filmmakers. We feature a lot of sundance films on short of the week, hence our excitement for the 2018 program. Short film award recipients will also be honored at the festivals feature film awards ceremony, hosted by tig notaro, on saturday, january 31 at 7. Park city, ut sundance institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2015 sundance film festival, january. Sundance institute revealed the jury and audience awards winners of the 2015 sundance film festival on saturday evening. We offer text, images, sounds and video as critical maps, passways and illuminations to the worlds of contemporary and classic film. Sundance institutemahindra global filmmaking awards haifaa al mansour fur be safe i love you, knaan fur the poet, myroslav slaboshpytskiy fur luxembourg, oskar sulowski fur rosebuds. Sundance awards short film thunder road grand jury prize. Check out academy awards winners that played at sundance. Sundance film festival hands out its short film awards deadline. The short film grand jury prize, awarded to one film in the program of 72 short films. Stationed at the foot of a bowling alley, director of programming trevor groth said a few words before turning it over to jared hess, who is at the festival with his latest, don verdean.
All six short films in this program won awards at the 2015 sundance film festival and showcase a wide variety of story and style. Mike plante is a senior programmer for short films at the sundance film festival, where he has worked since 2001. Dec 09, 2014 today the 2015 sundance film festival. Jan 30, 2015 no film school sat down with sundance short film programmer katie metcalfe to find out about not only the screening process and what it takes to get in to sundance, but also the future of shorts programming at the festival. Fiction award, and tamta gabrichidzes the trader winning the nonfiction award. Sundance film festival announces 2015 award winners. Dedicated to honoring the underdog of film, the short film awards, known as the sofies, will hold its third annual event december 9, 10, and 11, 2016 at symphony space, broadway, ny. Manivald, a 33 year old overeducated and unemployed fox still lives with his mother, playing the piano all day while she washes his socks and makes him coffee. The shorts awards were presented january 28, 2015 at the ceremony in park city, utah. No film school sat down with sundance short film programmer katie metcalfe to find out about not only the screening process and what it takes to get in to sundance, but also the future of shorts programming at the festival. The film, loved by audiences and heralded by jurors, captured a special jury prize at the 2008 sundance film festival and played at over 40 film festivals across the globe. At the sundance film festival 2020 it won the world cinema dramatic special jury award for visionary filmmaking.
Feb 01, 2015 as the 2015 sundance film festival comes to a close, winners in the competitive categories were announced saturday night. Don hertzfeldts world of tomorrow wins sundance short film. Sundance institute announces short film program for 2015. What to watch for at the 2015 sundance film festival cbs news. Hong kong shorts tour showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the sundance film festival short film tour is a 95minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of the january festival. Ida best foreign language film of the year poland, pawel pawlikowski 87th academy awards 2015 titles. This is a list of films that won awards at the american sundance film festival. Matria by alvaro gago 2017 spain 21m matria won many awards on the short film festival circuit, including the grand jury prize at the 2018 sundance film festival. Jan 24, 2018 as this years sundance film festival rolls on, the jury awards for short film were announced tonight. Awardwinners and contenders from sundance film festival 2015. When whiplash exploded at the 2014 sundance film festival on the way to this 2015 academy awards, it wasnt a huge surprise to some. That film is screening in special events, a new section the festival introduced this year to showcase episodic work, short films and live performances. Alvaro gagos matria won the grand jury prize, with mariama diallos hair wolf winning the u.
Watch these sundance 2018 short films online now short. Tig notaro and sarah silverman at 2015 sundance film festival duration. Our mission is to guide film lovers searching, lost or adrift in an overwhelming sea of content. What to watch for at the 2015 sundance film festival cbs. These are your short film winners for sundance 2016. Jan 21, 2015 just as hollywoods awards season heats up, half the town takes off for a snowy getaway to park city, utah, for the sundance film festival sundance film festival 2015 74 photos. Jul 14, 2015 wednesday, june 10 tuesday, july 14, 2015. Since 1981, sundance institute has supported thousands of independent film and theatre artists with its artist development programs and its annual sundance film festival. The sundance film festival handed out awards tonight to the short films it tapped as best of the fest, culled from the 60 shorts selected from 8,061 submissions.
Short film awards announced for 2016 sundance film festival. He is lured into the city centre by a strange golden glow. Park city, ut sundance institute this evening announced the jury prizes in short filmmaking at the 2015 sundance film festival. The grand jury prizes went to me and earl and the dying girl u. Indie directors of color pushed aside despite sundance. Jan 27, 2015 2015 sundance film festival shorts awards presented by youtube. Festivals and tagged awards, sundance 2015 most popular dune debuts first looks at oscar isaac and more, as. The winners of the 2015 sundance film festival indiewire. Sundance institute announced today the jury prizes in short filmmaking at the 2016 sundance film festival. Don hertzfeldts world of tomorrow wins sundance short.