Yesterday we witnessed another "indie" conclusion of the Sundance Film Festival, which once again offered many interesting cinematic treats and significantly increased our already full list of films that we want to see.
He founded the Sundance Festival Robert Redford in 1987. Initially, the festival was intended as a venue for retrospectives and round tables on the subject of film, and even then films that were created outside the Hollywood studio system were screened. The management of the festival was taken over by the institute in 1985 Sundance and renamed it from the “Utah/US Film Festival” to the Sundance Film Festival.
The festival soon became famous as an "indie" film festival, as many independent filmmakers who received well-deserved recognition with the help of the festival made their first appearance at Sundance: Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, James Wan, Jim Jarmusch and others.
The festival helped the breakthrough of many films that are still considered cult: Saw, Blair Witch Project, El Mariachi, Clerks, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Napoleon Dynamite, American Splendor and Super Size Me.
At the end of the festival, hard-earned prizes were awarded. The award for the best feature film went to a musical drama Whiplash, which tells the story of a 19-year-old drummer who is ready to give up everything on the way to musical excellence. He celebrated during documentaries Rich Hill. It tells the story of three teenagers growing up in the town of Rich Hill. Among the international films, the Chilean drama won the prize To Kill A Man, which is about a simple individual who suddenly finds himself among street hooligans. Among the international documentaries, the jury was most impressed by the Syrian one Return to Home. A documented story about a soccer player and a cameraman who, in the horror of the Syrian conflict, chose a camera and a ball instead of a weapon.
A brief overview of the prizes:
US (Drama): Whiplash, Director: Damien Chazelle
US (Documentary): Rich Hill, Director: Tracy Droz Tragos, Andrew Droz Palermo
World Cinema (Drama): To Kill A Man, Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
World Cinema (Documentary): Return to Homs, Director: Talal Derki
US Audience Award (Drama): Whiplash, Directed by: Damien Chazelle
US Audience Award (Documentary): Alive Inside, Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett
World Cinema Audience Award (Drama): Difret, Directed by: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
World Cinema Audience Award (Documentary): The Green Prince, Director: Nadav Schirman
Audience Award in Next: Imperial Dreams, Directed by Malik Vitthal
Director (US Drama): Cutter Hodierne – Fishing without Nets
Director (US Documentary): Ben Cotner & Ryan White – The Case Against 8
Directed by World Cinema (Drama): Sophie Hyde - 52 Tuesdays
World Cinema Director (Documentary): Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard - 20,000 Days on Earth
Waldo Salt Screenplay Award (Drama): The Skeleton Twins, Craig Johnson & Mark Heyman
World Cinema Screenplay Award: Blind, Eskil Vogt
