The 2022 Sundance Film Festival prizes have been awarded.
The US Audience Award went to “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” starring Dakota Johnson. It was sold to Apple Films, which has to do a better job with it than they did with “CODA” or “The Tragedy of Macbeth” or I will file a class action suit against them!
The other awards are as follows:
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Nanny
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
The Exiles
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Utama
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
All the Breathes
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Navalny
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Girl Picture
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
The Territory
Audience Award: NEXT,
Framing Agnes
The Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented to Maryna Er Gorbach for KLONDIKE / Ukraine/Turkey (Director and Screenwriter: Maryna Er Gorbach, Producers: Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er, Sviatoslav BulakovskyI)
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to K.D. Dávila for Emergency / U.S.A. (Director: Carey Williams, Screenwriter: KD Davila, Producers: Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner, John Fischer)
The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary was presented to Reid Davenport for I Didn’t See You There / U.S.A. (Director: Reid Davenport, Producer: Keith Wilson)
The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to Jamie Dack for Palm Trees and Power Lines / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Jamie Dack, Screenwriter: Audrey Findlay, Producers: Leah Chen Baker, Jamie Dack)