Sundance Film Festival took place between January 23rd and February 2nd, and among the selected films were also the Romanian productions Colectiv (dir. Alexander Nanau) and Acasa, My Home (dir. Radu Ciorniciuc, Mircea Topoleanu).

The festival, coordinated by the Sundance Institute, had its first edition 35 years ago in 1985, and since then hundreds of films have been screened on the festival big screens.

It’s the place where some of the most powerful and original fiction or documentary stories in worldwide cinema come together. This year’s selection includes, as always, long-time directors as well as directors at the beginning of their international career but whose visions are just as bold.

Besides film screenings, the audience could also enjoy multimedia installations, performances, conferences with the invited filmmakers and music events.

Acasă, My Home is the winner of the Special Jury Award for Cinematography for World Documentary Awards.

Below you can find the complete list of this year’s winners:

U.S. DRAMATIC JURY AWARDS

Grand Jury Prize: Minari (dir. Lee Isaac Chung)

Jury Award for Directing: Radha Blank (The 40-Year-Old Version)

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Edson Oda (Nine Days)

Special Jury Award for Neorealism: Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always.)

Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking: Josephine Decker (Shirley)

Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: Charm City Kings

U.S. DOCUMENTARY JURY AWARDS

Grand Jury Prize: Boys State (dir. Jesse Moss)

Jury Award for Directing: Garrett Bradley (Time)

Special Jury Award for Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling: Dick Johnson Is Dead (dir. Kirsten Johnson)

Special Jury Award for Editing: Tyler H. Walk (Welcome to Chechnya)

Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, Eli Despres (The Fight)

Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker: Arthur Jones (Feels Good Man)

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC JURY AWARDS

Grand Jury Prize: Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness (dir. Massoud Bakhsh)

Jury Award for Directing: Maïmouna Doucouré (Cuties)

Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay: Fernanda Valadez, Astrid Rondero (Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares)

Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection)

Special Jury Award for Acting: Ben Whishaw (Surge)

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY JURY AWARDS

Grand Jury Prize: Epicentro (dir. Hubert Sauper)

Jury Award for Directing: Iryna Tsilyk (The Earth Is Blue as an Orange)

Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling: Benjamin Ree (The Painter and the Thief)

Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Mircea Topoleanu, Radu Ciorniciuc (Acasă, My Home)

Special Jury Award for Editing: Mila Aung-Thwin, Sam Soko, Ryan Mullins (Softie)

NEXT INNOVATOR AWARD

I Carry You with Me (dir. Heidi Ewing)

AUDIENCE AWARDS

U.S. Dramatic: Minari (dir. Lee Isaac Chung)

U.S. Documentary: Crip Camp (dir. Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht)

World Cinema Dramatic: Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares) (dir. Fernanda Valadez)

World Cinema Documentary: The Reason I Jump (dir. Jerry Rothwell)

Next: I Carry You with Me (dir. Heidi Ewing)

ALFRED P. SLOAN FEATURE FILM PRIZE

Tesla (dir. Michael Almereyda)

SHORT FILM JURY AWARDS

Grand Jury Prize: So What If The Goats Die (dir. Sofia Alaoui)

Jury Award for U.S. Fiction: -Ship: A Visual Poem (dir. Terrance Daye)

Jury Award for International Fiction: The Devil’s Harmony (dir. Dylan Holmes Williams)

Jury Award for Non-fiction: John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (dir. Matthew Killip)

Jury Award for Animation: Daughter (dir. Daria Kashcheeva)

Special Jury Award for Acting: Sadaf Asgari (Exam)

Special Jury Award for Directing: Michael Arcos (Valerio’s Day Out)

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE / AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS AWARDS

Documentary Features: Whirlybird (dir. Diane Becker, Melanie Miller)

Narrative Features: Farewell Amor (dir. Huriyyah Muhammad)

Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Documentary: Carla Gutierrez

Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Narrative: Affons

Melissa Antonescu

Writer, photographer and videographer. For Films in Frame she writes news about the latest happenings in the film world and brings to the readers' attention the productions that can be seen at the cinema. When she's not writing articles, she's photographing people in a small studio or searching for new cake recipes.