# 2023 Sundance Film Festival

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to 29, 2023. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 7, 2022.

## Films
### U.S. Dramatic Competition

* The Accidental Getaway Driver, directed by Sing J. Lee
* All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, directed by Raven Jackson
* Fair Play, directed by Chloe Domont
* Fancy Dance, directed by Erica Tremblay
* Magazine Dreams, directed by Elijah Bynum
* Mutt, directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
* The Persian Version, directed by Maryam Keshavarz
* Shortcomings, directed and co-produced by Randall Park
* Sometimes I Think About Dying, directed by Rachel Lambert
* The Starling Girl, directed by Laurel Parmet
* Theater Camp, directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
* A Thousand and One, directed by A.V. Rockwell

### U.S. Documentary Competition

* AUM: The Cult at the End of the World, directed by Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto
* Bad Press, directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler
* Beyond Utopia, directed by Madeleine Gavin
* The Disappearance of Shere Hite, directed by Nicole Newnham
* Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
* Going Varsity in Mariachi, directed by Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn
* Joonam, directed by Sierra Urich
* Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés
* Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV, directed by Amanda Kim
* A Still Small Voice, directed by Luke Lorentzen
* The Stroll, directed by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker
* Victim/Suspect, directed by Nancy Schwartzman

### Premieres

* Cassandro, directed by Roger Ross Williams
* Cat Person, directed by Susanna Fogel
* Deep Rising, directed by Matthieu Rytz
* The Deepest Breath, directed by Laura McGann
* Drift, directed by Anthony Chen
* Earth Mama, directed by Savanah Leaf
* Eileen, directed by William Oldroyd
* Fairyland, written and directed by Andrew Durham
* Flora and Son, directed by John Carney
* Food and Country, directed by Laura Gabbert
* Invisible Beauty, directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
* It's Only Life After All, directed by Alexandria Bombach
* Jamojaya, directed by Justin Chon
* Judy Blume Forever, directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok
* Landscape with Invisible Hand, directed by Cory Finley
* A Little Prayer, directed by Angus MacLachlan
* Murder in Big Horn, directed by Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin
* Passages, directed by Ira Sachs
* Past Lives, directed by Celine Song
* PLAN C, directed by Tracy Droz Tragos
* The Pod Generation, written and directed by Sophie Barthes
* Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, directed by Lana Wilson
* Radical, directed by Christopher Zalla
* Rotting in the Sun, directed by Sebastián Silva
* Rye Lane, directed by Raine Allen-Miller
* Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, directed by Davis Guggenheim
* You Hurt My Feelings, directed by Nicole Holofcener

### World Cinema Dramatic Competition

* Animalia, directed by Sofia Alaoui
* Bad Behaviour, directed by Alice Englert
* Girl, directed by Adura Onashile
* Heroic, directed by David Zonana
* MAMACRUZ, directed by Patricia Ortega
* Mami Wata, directed by C.J. Obasi
* La Pecera, directed by Glorimar Marrero Sánchez
* Scrapper, directed by Charlotte Regan
* Shayda, directed by Noora Niasari
* Slow, directed by Marija Kavtaradze
* Sorcery, directed by Christopher Murray
* When It Melts, directed by Veerle Baetens

### World Cinema Documentary Competition

* 20 Days in Mariupol, directed by Mstyslav Chernov
* 5 Seasons of Revolution, directed by Lina
* Against the Tide, directed by Sarvnik Kaur
* The Eternal Memory, directed by Maite Alberdi
* Fantastic Machine, directed by Axel Danielson
* Iron Butterflies, directed by Roman Liubyi
* Is There Anybody Out There?, directed by Ella Glendining
* The Longest Goodbye, directed by Ido Mizrahy
* Milisuthando, directed by Milisuthando Bongela
* Pianoforte, directed by Jakub Piątek
* Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, directed by Anna Hints
* Twice Colonized, directed by Lin Alluna

### Next

* Bravo, Burkina!, written and directed by Walé Oyéjidé
* Divinity, written and directed by Eddie Alcazar
* Fremont, written and directed by Babak Jalali
* Kim's Video, written and directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin
* King Coal, directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
* Kokomo City, directed by D. Smith
* To Live and Die and Live, written and directed by Qasim Basir
* The Tuba Thieves, written and directed by Alison O'Daniel
* Young. Wild. Free., directed by Thembi L. Banks

### Midnight

* Birth/Rebirth, directed by Laura Moss
* In My Mother's Skin, written and directed by Kenneth Dagatan
* Infinity Pool, written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg
* My Animal, directed by Jacqueline Castel
* Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, directed by Andrew Bowser
* Polite Society, written and directed by Nida Manzoor
* Run Rabbit Run, directed by Daina Reid
* Talk to Me, directed by Danny and Michael Philippou

### Special Screenings

* Justice, directed by Doug Liman
* Stephen Curry: Underrated, directed by Peter Nicks

### Spotlight

* The Eight Mountains, written and directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
* L'Immensità, directed and co-written by Emanuele Crialese
* Joyland, directed and co-written by Saim Sadiq
* Other People's Children, written and directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
* Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) by Anton Corbijn

### Kids

* Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out, directed by Jake Van Wagoner
* The Amazing Maurice, directed by Toby Genkel and Florian Westermann
* Blueback, directed and co-written by Robert Connolly

### Indie Episodic

* Chanshi, directed by Mickey Triest and Aaron Geva
* The Night Logan Woke Up (La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé), written and directed by Xavier Dolan
* Poacher, directed by Richie Mehta
* Willie Nelson and Family, directed by Thom Zimny and Oren Moverman

## Awards

The following awards were given out:

### Grand Jury Prizes

* U.S. Dramatic Competition – A Thousand and One (A.V. Rockwell)
* U.S. Documentary Competition – Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson)
* World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Scrapper (Charlotte Regan)
* World Cinema Documentary Competition – The Eternal Memory (Maite Alberdi)

### Audience Awards

* Festival Favorite – Radical (Christopher Zalla)
* U.S. Dramatic Competition – The Persian Version (Maryam Keshavarz)
* U.S. Documentary Competition – Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin)
* World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Shayda (Noora Niasari)
* World Cinema Documentary Competition – 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov)
* NEXT – Kokomo City

### Directing, Screenwriting and Editing

* U.S. Dramatic Competition – Sing J. Lee for The Accidental Getaway Driver
* U.S. Documentary Competition – Luke Lorentzen for A Still Small Voice
* World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Marija Kavtaradze for Slow
* World Cinema Documentary Competition – Anna Hints for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
* Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Maryam Keshavarz for The Persian Version
* Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Daniela I. Quiroz for Going Varsity in Mariachi
* NEXT Innovator Prize – Kokomo City

### Special Jury Prizes

* U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast – The cast of Theater Camp
* U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – The creative team of Magazine Dreams
* U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Clarity of Vision – The Stroll (Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucke)
* U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression – Bad Press
* World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography – Lílis Soares for Mami Wata
* World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Best Performance – Rosa Marchant for When it Melts
* World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Sofia Alaoui for Animalia
* World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Fantastic Machine
* World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Verité – Against the Tide

### Short Film Awards

* Short Film Grand Jury Prize – When You Left Me on That Boulevard
* Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction – Rest Stop
* Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – The Kidnapping of the Bride
* Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – Will You Look at Me
* Short Film Jury Award: Animation – The Flying Sailor
* Short Film Special Jury Award, International: Directing – AliEN0089 by Valeria Hoffman
* Short Film Special Jury Award, U.S.: Directing – The Vacation by Jarreau Carrillo

### Special Prizes

* Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize – The Pod Generation
* Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction – Jess Devaney for It’s Only Life After All
* Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction – Kara Durrett for The Starling Girl
* Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Nonfiction – Mary Manhardt
* Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Fiction – Troy Takaki
* Sundance Institute/NHK Award – Olive Nwosu for Lady

## Acquisitions

* The Deepest Breath: Netflix
* In My Mother's Skin: Amazon Prime Video
* Joyland: Oscilloscope
* My Animal: Paramount Pictures (excluding Canada)
* Other People's Children: Music Box Films
* Run Rabbit Run: Netflix (in select territories)
* Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis): Utopia
* Little Richard: I Am Everything: Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films
* Kokomo City: Magnolia Pictures
* Fair Play: Netflix
* Theater Camp: Searchlight Pictures
* Flora and Son: Apple TV+
* Passages: MUBI (including United Kingdom, Ireland and Latin America)
* A Little Prayer: Sony Pictures Classics
* Talk to Me: A24
* The Eternal Memory: MTV Documentary Films
* Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV: Greenwich Entertainment and PBS Films
* The Persian Version: Sony Pictures Classics
* The Starling Girl: Bleecker Street
* Shayda: Sony Pictures Classics
* Magazine Dreams: Searchlight Pictures
* Divinity: Utopia
* Scrapper: Kino Lorber
* Shortcomings: Sony Pictures Classics
* Eileen: Neon
* The Pod Generation: Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment
* Mutt: Strand Releasing
* Sometimes I Think About Dying: Oscilloscope
* Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls: Cinedigm
* Fremont: Music Box Films
* Mami Wata: Dekanalog
* Rotting in the Sun: MUBI
* Fancy Dance: Apple TV+
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