2017 Sundance Film Festival
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29, 2017. The first lineup of competition films was announced November 30, 2016.
Awards
The following awards were presented:- Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore by Macon Blair
- Audience Award: Dramatic – Crown Heights by Matt Ruskin
- Directing Award: Dramatic – Eliza Hittman for Beach Rats
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer for Ingrid Goes West
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance – Chanté Adams for Roxanne Roxanne
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director – Maggie Betts for Novitiate
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography – Daniel Landin for The Yellow Birds
- Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – Dina by Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini
- Directing Award: Documentary – Peter Nicks for The Force
- U.S. Documentary Orwell Award - Icarus by Bryan Fogel
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – Kim Roberts and Emiliano Battista for Unrest
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling – Yance Ford for Strong Island
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking – Amanda Lipitz for Step
- World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – The Nile Hilton Incident by Tarik Saleh
- World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic – Francis Lee for God's Own Country
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting – Kirsten Tan for Pop Aye
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematic Visions – Geng Jun for Free and Easy
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography – Manuel Dacosse for Axolotl Overkill
- World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary – Last Men in Aleppo by Feras Fayyad
- World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary – Pascale Lamche for Winnie
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling – Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana for Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography – Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva for Machines
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – Ramona S. Diaz for Motherland
- Audience Award: Documentary – Chasing Coral by Jeff Orlowski
- World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic – I Dream in Another Language by Ernesto Contreras
- World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary – Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower by Joe Piscatella
- Best of NEXT Audience Award – Gook by Justin Chon
- Alfred P. Sloan Prize – Marjorie Prime by Michael Almereyda
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Band Aid by Zoe Lister-JonesBeach Rats by Eliza HittmanBrigsby Bear by Dave McCaryBurning Sands by Gerard McMurrayCrown Heights by Matt RuskinGolden Exits by Alex Ross PerryThe Hero by Brett HaleyI Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore by Macon BlairIngrid Goes West by Matt SpicerLandline by Gillian RobespierreNovitiate by Maggie BettsPatti Cake$ by Geremy JasperRoxanne Roxanne by Michael LarnellTo the Bone by Marti NoxonWalking Out by Alex & Andrew SmithThe Yellow Birds by Alexandre MoorsU.S. Documentary Competition
Casting JonBenet by Kitty GreenChasing Coral by Jeff OrlowskiCity of Ghosts by Matthew HeinemanDina by Dan Sickles & Antonio SantiniDolores by Peter BrattThe Force by Pete NicksICARUS by Bryan FogelThe New Radical by Adam Bhala LoughNobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press by Brian KnappenbergerQuest by Jonathan OlshefskiSTEP by Amanda LipitzStrong Island by Yance FordTrophy by Shaul Schwarz & Christina ClusiauUnrest by Jennifer BreaWater & Power: A California Heist by Marina ZenovichWhose Streets? by Sabaah Folayan & Damon DavisPremieres
Beatriz at Dinner by Miguel ArtetaBefore I Fall by Ry Russo-YoungThe Big Sick by Michael ShowalterCall Me by Your Name by Luca GuadagninoThe Discovery by Charlie McDowellFun Mom Dinner by Alethea JonesGet Out by Jordan PeeleThe Incredible Jessica James by Jim StrouseThe Last Word by Mark PellingtonManifesto by Julian RosefeldtMarjorie Prime by Michael Almereyda Mudbound by Dee ReesNewness by Drake DoremusThe Polka King by Maya ForbesRebel in the Rye by Danny StrongRememory by Mark PalanskyThe Vanishing of Sidney Hall '''' by Shawn ChristensenWhere Is Kyra? by Andrew DosunmuWilson by Craig JohnsonWind River by Taylor SheridanNext
Columbus by KogonadaDayveon by Amman AbbasiA Ghost Story by David LoweryGook by Justin ChonLemon by Janicza BravoMenashe by Joshua Z WeinsteinPerson to Person by Dustin Guy DefaThoroughbreds by Cory FinleySpotlight
Colossal by Nacho VigalondoFrantz by François OzonLady Macbeth by William OldroydRaw by Julia DucournauMidnight
78/52 by Alexandre O. PhilippeBad Day for the Cut by Chris BaughBitch by Marianna PalkaBushwick by Cary Murnion & Jonathan MilottKilling Ground by Damien PowerKuso by SteveThe Little Hours by Jeff BaenaXX by Annie Clark, Karyn Kusama, Roxanne Benjamin & Jordana VuckovicWorld Cinema Dramatic Competition
Axolotl Overkill by Helene HegemannBerlin Syndrome by Cate ShortlandCarpinteros by José María CabralDon't Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl! by Felipe BragançaFamily Life by Alicia Scherson & Cristián JiménezFree and Easy by Geng JunMy Happy Family by Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon GrossGod's Own Country by Francis LeeThe Nile Hilton Incident by Tarik SalehPop Aye by Kirsten TanI Dream in Another Language by Ernesto ContrerasThe Wound by John TrengoveWorld Cinema Documentary Competition
The Good Postman by Tonislav HristovIn Loco Parentis by Neasa Ní Chianáin & David RaneIt's Not Yet Dark by Frankie FentonJoshua: Teenager vs. Superpower by Joe PiscatellaLast Men in Aleppo by Feras FayyadMachines by Rahul JainMotherland by Ramona DiazPlastic China by Jiu-liang WangRUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World by Catherine BainbridgeTokyo Idols by Kyoko MiyakeWINNIE by Pascale LamcheThe Workers Cup by Adam SobelNew Frontier
18 Black Girls / Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $X in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion by Terence NanceDid You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? by Travis WilkersonWorld Without End (No Reported Incidents) by Jem CohenNeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism by Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, Ashley Baccus-Clark, Ece Tankal and Nitzan BartovOther
- ''Shots Fired''
Juries
Jury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury were announced on January 11, 2017.;U.S. Documentary Jury
;U.S. Dramatic Jury
- Gael García Bernal
- Peter Dinklage
- Jody Hill
- Jacqueline Lyanga
- Jeannine Oppewall
- Carl Spence
- Marina Stavenhagen
- Lynette Wallworth
;Alfred P. Sloan Jury
;Short Film Jury