2019 Sundance Film Festival
| Location | Park City, Salt Lake City, and Sundance, Utah |
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| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 24 to February 3, 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Website | sundance |
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 24 to February 3, 2019. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 28, 2018.[1][2][3]
Films[edit]
U.S. Dramatic Competition[edit]
- Before You Know It by Hannah Pearl Utt
- Big Time Adolescence by Jason Orley
- Blush by Debra Eisenstadt festival titled Imaginary Order
- Brittany Runs a Marathon by Paul Downs Colaizzo
- Clemency by Chinonye Chukwu
- The Farewell by Lulu Wang
- Hala by Minhal Baig
- Honey Boy by Alma Har'el
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco by Joe Talbot
- Luce by Julius Onah
- Ms. Purple by Justin Chon
- Native Son by Rashid Johnson
- Share by Pippa Bianco
- The Sound of Silence by Michael Tyburski
- Them That Follow by Britt Poulton and Dan Savage
- To the Stars by Martha Stephens
U.S. Documentary Competition[edit]
- Always in Season by Jacqueline Olive
- American Factory by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
- Apollo 11 by Todd Douglas Miller
- Bedlam by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg
- David Crosby: Remember My Name by A.J. Eaton
- Hail Satan? by Penny Lane[4]
- Jawline by Liza Mandelup
- Knock Down the House by Rachel Lears
- Midnight Family by Luke Lorentzen
- Mike Wallace Is Here by Avi Belkin
- Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements by Irene Taylor Brodsky
- One Child Nation by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
- Pahokee by Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
- TIGERLAND by Ross Kauffman
- Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary by Ben Berman
- Where’s My Roy Cohn? by Matt Tyrnauer
World Cinema Dramatic Competition[edit]
- Dirty God by Sacha Polak
- Divine Love by Gabriel Mascaro
- Dolce Fine Giornata by Jacek Borcuch
- Judy and Punch by Mirrah Foulkes
- Koko-di Koko-da by Johannes Nyholm
- The Last Tree by Shola Amoo
- Monos by Alejandro Landes
- Queen of Hearts by May el-Toukhy
- The Sharks by Lucía Garibaldi
- The Souvenir by Joanna Hogg
- This is not Berlin by Hari Sama
- We Are Little Zombies by Makoto Nagahisa
World Cinema Documentary Competition[edit]
- Advocate by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche
- Cold Case Hammarskjöld by Mads Brügger
- The Edge of Democracy by Petra Costa
- The Disappearance of My Mother by Beniamino Barrese
- Gaza by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell
- Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
- Lapü by Juan Pablo Polanco and César Alejandro Jaimes
- The Magic Life of V by Tonislav Hristov
- Midnight Traveler by Hassan Fazili
- Sea of Shadows by Richard Ladkani
- Shooting the Mafia by Kim Longinotto
- Stieg Larsson – The Man Who Played With Fire by Henrik Georgsson
Premieres[edit]
- After the Wedding by Bart Freundlich
- Animals by Sophie Hyde
- Blinded by the Light by Gurinder Chadha
- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile by Joe Berlinger
- Fighting with My Family by Stephen Merchant
- I Am Mother by Grant Sputore
- Late Night by Nisha Ganatra
- Mope by Lucas Heyne
- Official Secrets by Gavin Hood
- Paddleton by Alex Lehmann
- Photograph by Ritesh Batra
- Relive by Jacob Aaron Estes
- Sonja - The White Swan by Anne Sewitsky
- The Mustang by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel Ejiofor
- The Report by Scott Z. Burns
- The Sunlit Night by David Wnendt
- The Tomorrow Man by Noble Jones
- Top End Wedding by Wayne Blair
- Troop Zero by Bert & Bertie
- Velvet Buzzsaw by Dan Gilroy
Midnight[edit]
- Greener Grass by Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe
- Little Monsters by Abe Forsythe
- Memory: The Origins of Alien by Alexandre O. Philippe
- Mope by Lucas Heyne
- Sweetheart by J. D. Dillard
- The Hole in the Ground by Lee Cronin
- The Lodge by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
Documentary Premieres[edit]
- Ask Dr. Ruth by Ryan White
- Halston by Frédéric Tcheng
- Love, Antosha by Garret Price
- Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love by Nick Broomfield
- MERATA: How Mum Decolonised The Screen by Heperi Mita
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool by Stanley Nelson
- Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins by Janice Engel
- The Brink by Alison Klayman
- The Great Hack by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley by Alex Gibney
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- Untouchable by Ursula Macfarlane
- Words from a Bear by Jeffrey Palmer
Special Events[edit]
- Documentary Now! Original Cast Album: Co-Op by Alex Buono
- Documentary Now! Season 52 Preview
- Documentary Now! Waiting for the Artist by Alex Buono and Rhys Thomas
- Leaving Neverland by Dan Reed
- Lorena by Joshua Rofe
- Now Apocalypse by Gregg Araki
- Pop-Up Magazine
- This Is Personal by Amy Berg
Next[edit]
The following 10 films were selected for a world premiere in the Next program to highlight American cinema.[5]
- Adam by Rhys Ernst
- Give Me Liberty by Kirill Mikhanovsky
- Light from Light by Paul Harrill
- Paradise Hills by Alice Waddington
- Premature by Rashaad Ernesto Green
- Selah and the Spades by Tayarisha Poe
- Sister Aimee by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann
- The Death of Dick Long by Daniel Scheinert
- The Infiltrators by Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra
- The Wolf Hour by Alistair Banks Griffin
Awards[edit]
The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic Award was Clemency (2019), directed by Chinonye Chukwu.[6]
The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary Award was One Child Nation (2019), directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang.[6]
The winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was The Souvenir (2019), directed by Joanna Hogg.[6]
The winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was Honeyland (2019), directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov.[6]
The winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award was Monos (2019) directed by Alejandro Landes.[6]
Juries[edit]
Jury members for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, were announced on January 17, 2019.[7]
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Acquisitions[edit]
- American Factory: Netflix
- Anthropocene: The Human Epoch: Kino Lorber
- Ask Dr. Ruth: Hulu
- Blinded by the Light: New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures (select territories)
- The Brink: Magnolia Pictures
- Brittany Runs a Marathon: Amazon Studios
- David Crosby: Remember My Name: Sony Pictures Classics
- Delhi Crime Story: Netflix
- The Dispossessed: New York Times Op-Docs
- The Farewell: A24
- Hala: Apple TV+
- Halston: 1091 Media
- Honey Boy: Amazon Studios
- Honeyland: Neon
- Late Night: Amazon Studios
- Lavender: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Little Monsters: Neon and Hulu
- The Lodge: Neon
- Luce: Neon and Topic Studios
- Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love: Roadside Attractions
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen: ARRAY
- Monos: Neon
- The Mountain: Kino Lorber
- Native Son: HBO Films
- The Nightingale: IFC Films (US distribution); Transmission Films (Australia distribution)
- Official Secrets: IFC Films
- One Child Nation: Amazon Studios
- Quarter Life Poetry: FX
- The Report: Amazon Studios
- Sea of Shadows: National Geographic Documentary Films
- Share: HBO Films (in association with A24)
- Shooting the Mafia: Cohen Media Group
- The Souvenir: A24
- Them That Follow: 1091 Media
- The Tomorrow Man: Bleecker Street (US distribution); Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (international distribution)
- Them That Follow: 1091 Media
- Where’s My Roy Cohn?: Sony Pictures Classics
- Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men: Showtime
References[edit]
- ^ "Sundance Unveils Politics-Heavy Lineup Featuring Ocasio-Cortez Doc, Feinstein Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ "Sundance 2019: Films by Dan Gilroy, Shia LaBeouf, Chiwetel Ejiofor & More Announced In First Wave Of Festival". The Playlist. November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 20, 2018). "Sundance Film Festival 2019 Last Minute Adds: Pics Starring Dakota Johnson, Demi Moore, Armie Hammer, Mark Duplass & More". Deadline. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ "Hail Satan?". Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "NEXT". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2019-sundance-film-festival-awards-announced
- ^ "Sundance Film Festival: Juries, Awards Night Host Announced". Sundance Institute. January 17, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ The Complete List of Movies Sold at Sundance 2019
- ^ Nordine, Michael (January 18, 2019). "Sundance 2019 Deals: The Complete List of Festival Purchases So Far". IndieWire. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
External links[edit]
Media related to 2019 Sundance Film Festival at Wikimedia Commons