Sundance’s high prizes: ‘Within the Summers,’ ‘The Porcelain Struggle’

The Sundance Movie Competition introduced its annual awards throughout a presentation in Park Metropolis, Utah, on Friday morning. “Within the Summers,” written and directed by Alessandra Lacorazza, received the U.S. dramatic competitors’s grand jury prize for its story of two sisters’ visits to their father in New Mexico. “The Porcelain Struggle,” directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, took the U.S. documentary grand jury prize. The movie is a check-in with artists residing amid the conflict in Ukraine.

Shifting to world cinema, the dramatic grand jury prize went to Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s “Sujo,” a coming-of-age story unspooling within the context of Mexican drug cartel violence. The documentary grand jury prize was awarded to Silje Evensmo Jacobsen for “A New Type of Wilderness,” a have a look at a household residing in a distant forest in Norway adjusting to fashionable life.

The NEXT innovator award went to Jack Begert’s “Little Demise,” a story of dependancy set in Los Angeles.

The pageant favourite award — eligible for movies throughout all sections of the lineup — went to “Daughters” from the U.S. documentary competitors, a chronicling of 4 younger women rising up whereas their fathers serve sentences in jail.

Viewers awards went to “Dìdi (弟弟),” directed by Sean Wang, who was nominated for an Academy Award this week for the documentary quick “Nai Nai & Wài Pó.” The viewers award for U.S. documentary additionally went to the jury-honored “Daughters,” with the viewers award for the world documentary competitors going to the Norwegian movie “Ibelin” directed by Benjamin Ree. The world cinema‘s dramatic viewers award went to “Ladies Will Be Ladies” directed by Shuchi Talati, set at an all-girls’ boarding college within the Himalayas. The NEXT viewers award was received by Wealthy Peppiatt’s “Kneecap,” a profile of the Irish-language rap trio of the identical title.

Different jury awards went to Lacorazza for steering “Within the Summers” and Jesse Eisenberg for screenwriting for “A Actual Ache.” Particular jury awards went to “Dìdi (弟弟)” for ensemble efficiency and, for breakthrough efficiency, to Nico Parker for “Suncoast.”

Within the U.S. documentary competitors, Julian Courageous NoiseCat and Emily Kassie received the directing prize for “Sugarcane,” Carla Gutiérrez received for modifying “Frida,” and a particular jury prize was awarded for the sound work on “Gaucho Gaucho.” A particular jury award for the “artwork of change” went to “Union.”

Izaac Wang within the film “Dìdi (弟弟)” by Sean Wang.

(Sundance Institute)

On the earth cinema dramatic competitors, a further award went to Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi for steering “Within the Land of Brothers.” A particular jury prize for authentic music was issued to Peter Raeburn for “Dealing with the Undead” and a particular jury prize for appearing went to Preeti Panigrahi for “Ladies Will Be Ladies.”

For world cinema documentary, Benjamin Ree received the directing prize for “Ibelin.” A particular jury award for craft went to “Nocturnes.” A prize for cinematic innovation went to Johan Grimonprez for “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.” A particular jury prize for NEXT went to “Want Strains.”

The fortieth version of the Sundance Movie Competition concludes on Sunday.