2019 Sundance Film Festival
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.
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Before You Know It by Hannah Pearl UttBig Time Adolescence by Jason OrleyBlush by Debra Eisenstadt festival titled Imaginary OrderBrittany Runs a Marathon by Paul Downs ColaizzoClemency by Chinonye ChukwuThe Farewell by Lulu WangHala by Minhal BaigHoney Boy by Alma Har'elThe Last Black Man in San Francisco by Joe TalbotLuce by Julius OnahMs. Purple by Justin ChonNative Son by Rashid JohnsonShare by Pippa BiancoThe Sound of Silence by Michael TyburskiThem That Follow by Britt Poulton and Dan SavageTo the Stars by Martha StephensU.S. Documentary Competition
Always in Season by Jacqueline OliveAmerican Factory by Steven Bognar and Julia ReichertApollo 11 by Todd Douglas MillerBedlam by Kenneth Paul RosenbergDavid Crosby: Remember My Name by A.J. EatonHail Satan? by Penny LaneJawline by Liza MandelupKnock Down the House by Rachel LearsMidnight Family by Luke LorentzenMike Wallace Is Here by Avi BelkinMoonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements by Irene Taylor BrodskyOne Child Nation by Nanfu Wang and Jialing ZhangPahokee by Ivete Lucas and Patrick BresnanTIGERLAND by Ross KauffmanUntitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary by Ben BermanWhere’s My Roy Cohn? by Matt TyrnauerWorld Cinema Dramatic Competition
- 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
- 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
After the Wedding by Bart FreundlichAnimals by Sophie HydeBlinded by the Light by Gurinder ChadhaExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile by Joe BerlingerFighting with My Family by Stephen MerchantI Am Mother by Grant SputoreLate Night by Nisha Ganatra- Mope by Lucas Heyne
- Official Secrets by Gavin Hood
- Paddleton by Alex Lehmann
- Photograph by Ritesh BatraRelive by Jacob Aaron EstesSonja - The White Swan by Anne SewitskyThe Mustang by Laure de Clermont-TonnerreThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel EjioforThe Report by Scott Z. BurnsThe Sunlit Night by David WnendtThe Tomorrow Man by Noble JonesTop End Wedding by Wayne Blair
- Troop Zero by Bert & Bertie
- Velvet Buzzsaw by Dan Gilroy
Midnight
Greener Grass by Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn LuebbeLittle Monsters by Abe ForsytheMemory: The Origins of Alien by Alexandre O. PhilippeMope by Lucas HeyneSweetheart by J. D. DillardThe Hole in the Ground by Lee CroninThe Lodge by Veronika Franz and Severin FialaDocumentary Premieres
Ask Dr. Ruth by Ryan WhiteHalston by Frédéric TchengLove, Antosha by Garret PriceMarianne & Leonard: Words of Love by Nick BroomfieldMERATA: How Mum Decolonised The Screen by Heperi MitaMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool by Stanley NelsonRaise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins by Janice EngelThe Brink by Alison KlaymanThe Great Hack by Karim Amer and Jehane NoujaimThe Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley by Alex GibneyToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am by Timothy Greenfield-SandersUntouchable by Ursula MacfarlaneWords from a Bear by Jeffrey PalmerSpecial Events
Documentary Now! Original Cast Album: Co-Op by Alex BuonoDocumentary Now! Season 52 PreviewDocumentary Now! Waiting for the Artist by Alex Buono and Rhys ThomasLeaving Neverland by Dan ReedLorena by Joshua RofeNow Apocalypse by Gregg ArakiPop-Up MagazineThis Is Personal by Amy BergNext
The following 10 films were selected for a world premiere in the Next program to highlight American cinema.Adam by Rhys ErnstGive Me Liberty by Kirill MikhanovskyLight from Light by Paul HarrillParadise Hills by Alice WaddingtonPremature by Rashaad Ernesto GreenSelah and the Spades by Tayarisha PoeSister Aimee by Samantha Buck and Marie SchlingmannThe Death of Dick Long by Daniel ScheinertThe Infiltrators by Alex Rivera, Cristina IbarraThe Wolf Hour by Alistair Banks GriffinAwards
The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic Award was Clemency, directed by Chinonye Chukwu.The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary Award was One Child Nation, directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang.
The winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was The Souvenir, directed by Joanna Hogg.
The winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was Honeyland, directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov.
The winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award was Monos directed by Alejandro Landes.
Juries
Jury members for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, were announced on January 17, 2019.;U.S. Documentary Jury
- Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Yance Ford
- Rachel Grady
- Jeff Orlowski
- Alissa Wilkinson
;World Documentary Jury
- Carl Spence
- Marina Stavenhagen
- Lynette Wallworth
;World Cinema Documentary Jury
- Maite Alberdi
- Nico Marzano
- Verena Paravel
- Mandë Holdford
- Katie Mack
- Sev Ohanian
- Lydia Dean Pilcher
- Corey Stoll