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2020 Sundance Film Festival

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2020 Sundance Film Festival
Festival poster
LocationPark City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah
Hosted bySundance Institute
Festival dateJanuary 23 to February 2, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Websitesundance.org/festival

The 2020 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 23 to February 2, 2020. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 4, 2019.[1][2] The opening night film was Miss Americana directed by Lana Wilson and produced by Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, and Christine O'Malley.

Films

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U.S. Dramatic Competition

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U.S. Documentary Competition

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Premieres

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Documentary Premieres

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World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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World Cinema Documentary Competition

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NEXT

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Midnight

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Spotlight

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Kids

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Awards

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The following awards were given out:[3]

Grand Jury Prizes

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Audience Awards

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Directing

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Special Jury Prizes

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  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – The cast of Charm City Kings
  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Auteur Filmmaking – Josephine Decker for Shirley
  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Neo-Realism – Eliza Hittman for Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – Tyler H. Walk for Welcome to Chechnya
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling – Kirsten Johnson for Dick Johnson Is Dead
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker – Arthur Jones for Feels Good Man
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking – Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg for The Fight
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting – Ben Whishaw for Surge
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking – Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese for This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay – Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez for Identifying Features
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling – Benjamin Ree for The Painter and the Thief
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography – Radu Ciorniciuc and Mircea Topoleanu for Acasă, My Home
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – Mila Aung-Thwin, Ryan Mullins and Sam Soko for Softie
  • Alfred P. Sloan Award – Tesla (Michael Almereyda)
  • Gayle Stevens Volunteer Award – Devon Edwards

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 Feature Films Announced". www.sundance.org. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Patten, Dominic (December 4, 2019). "Sundance 2020: Premieres Shine With Taylor Swift Docu, Viggo Mortensen's Directing Debut, New Dee Rees, The Go-Gos & Olivia Colman". Deadline. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Hipes, Patrick (February 1, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Minari' Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
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