2020 Sundance Film Festival
The 2020 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 23 to February 2, 2020. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 4, 2019. The opening night film was Miss Americana directed by Lana Wilson and produced by Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, and Christine O'Malley.
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The 40-Year-Old Version by Radha BlankBlast Beat by Esteban ArangoCharm City Kings by Ángel Manuel SotoDinner in America by Adam Carter RehmeierThe Evening Hour by Braden KingFarewell Amor by Ekwa MsangiMinari by Lee Isaac ChungMiss Juneteenth by Channing Godfrey PeoplesNever Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza HittmanNine Days by Edson OdaPalm Springs by Max BarbakowSave Yourselves! by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor WilsonShirley by Josephine DeckerSylvie's Love by Eugene AsheWander Darkly by Tara MieleZola by Janicza BravoU.S. Documentary Competition
Be Water by Bao NguyenBloody Nose, Empty Pockets by Bill and Turner RossBoys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaineCoded Bias by Shalini KantayyaThe Cost of Silence by Mark ManningCrip Camp by Jim LeBrecht and Nicole NewnhamDick Johnson Is Dead by Kirsten JohnsonFeels Good Man by Arthur JonesThe Fight by Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse SteinbergMucho Mucho Amor by Cristina Costantini and Kareem TabschSpaceship Earth by Matt WolfA Thousand Cuts by Ramona S. DiazTime by Garrett BradleyUs Kids by Kim A. SnyderWelcome to Chechnya by David FranceWhirlybird by Matt YokaPremieres
The Courier by Dominic Cooke Downhill by Nat Faxon and Jim RashDream Horse by Euros LynFalling by Viggo MortensenThe Father by Florian ZellerFour Good Days by Rodrigo GarcíaThe Glorias by Julie TaymorHerself by Phyllida LloydHorse Girl by Jeff BaenaKajillionaire by Miranda JulyThe Last Shift by Andrew CohnThe Last Thing He Wanted by Dee ReesLost Girls by Liz GarbusThe Nest by Sean DurkinPromising Young Woman by Emerald FennellSergio by Greg BarkerTesla by Michael AlmereydaUncle Frank by Alan BallUntitled Pizza Movie by David ShapiroWendy by Benh ZeitlinWorth by Sara ColangeloDocumentary Premieres
Aggie by Catherine GundAssassins by Ryan WhiteDisclosure: Trans Lives on Screen by Sam FederThe Dissident by Bryan FogelGiving Voice by James D. SternThe Go-Go's by Alison EllwoodHappy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren and Stimpy Story by Ron Cicero and Kimo EasterwoodNatalie Wood: What Remains Behind by Laurent BouzereauOkavango: River of Dreams by Dereck Joubert and Beverly JoubertRebuilding Paradise by Ron HowardMiss Americana by Lana WilsonOn the Record by Kirby Dick and Amy ZieringThe Social Dilemma by Jeff OrlowskiVivos by Ai WeiweiWorld Cinema Dramatic Competition
Charter by Amanda KernellCuties by Maïmouna DoucouréExile by Visar MorinaHigh Tide by Verónica ChenIdentifying Features by Fernanda ValadezJumbo by Zoé WittockLuxor by Zeina DurraPossessor by Brandon CronenbergSummer White by Rodrigo Ruiz PattersonSurge by Aneil KariaThis Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection by Lemohang Jeremiah MoseseYalda, a Night for Forgiveness by Massoud BakhshiWorld Cinema Documentary Competition
Acasă, My Home by Radu CiorniciucThe Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Iryna TsilykEpicentro by Hubert SauperInfluence by Diana Neille and Richard PoplakInto the Deep by Emma SullivanThe Mole Agent by Maite AlberdiOnce Upon a Time in Venezuela by Anabel Rodríguez RíosThe Painter and the Thief by Benjamin ReeThe Reason I Jump by Jerry RothwellSaudi Runaway by Susanne Regina MeuresSoftie by Sam SokoThe Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck and Gregory KershawNEXT
Beast Beast by Danny MaddenBlack Bear by Lawrence Michael LevineI Carry You With Me by Heidi EwingThe Killing of Two Lovers by Robert MachoianLa Leyenda Negra by Patricia Vidal DelgadoThe Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me by Cedric Cheung-LauOmniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia by The Daniels, Hannah Fidell, Alexa Lim Haas, Lucas Leyva, Olivia Lloyd, Jillian Mayer, The Meza Brothers, Terence Nance, Brett Potter, Dylan Redford, Xander Robin, Julian Yuri Rodriguez, Celia Rowlson-HallSome Kind of Heaven by Lance OppenheimSpree by Eugene KotlyarenkoSummertime by Carlos López EstradaMidnight
Amulet by Romola GaraiBad Hair by Justin SimienHis House by Remi WeekesImpetigore by Joko AnwarRelic by Natalie Erika JamesRun Sweetheart Run by Shana FesteScare Me by Josh RubenThe Night House by David BrucknerThe Nowhere Inn by Bill BenzSpotlight
And Then We Danced by Levan AkinCollective by Alexander NanauEma by Pablo LarraínLa Llorona by Jayro BustamanteThe Assistant by Kitty GreenThe Climb by Michael Angelo CovinoThe Perfect Candidate by Haifaa al-MansourKids
- Binti by Frederike MigomCome Away by Brenda ChapmanTimmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Tom McCarthy
Awards
The following awards were given out:Grand Jury Prizes
- U.S. Dramatic Competition – Minari
- U.S. Documentary Competition – Boys State
- World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
- World Cinema Documentary Competition – ''Epicentro''
Audience Awards
- U.S. Dramatic Competition – Minari
- U.S. Documentary Competition – Crip Camp
- World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Identifying Features
- World Cinema Documentary Competition – The Reason I Jump
- NEXT – ''I Carry You With Me''
Directing
- U.S. Dramatic Competition – Radha Blank for The 40-Year-Old Version
- U.S. Documentary Competition – Garrett Bradley for Time
- World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Maïmouna Doucouré for Cuties
- World Cinema Documentary Competition – Iryna Tsilyk for The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Edson Oda for Nine Days
- NEXT Innovator Prize – Heidi Ewing for ''I Carry You With Me''
Special Jury Prizes
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – The cast of Charm City Kings
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Auteur Filmmaking – Josephine Decker for Shirley
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Neo-Realism – Eliza Hittman for Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – Tyler H. Walk for Welcome to Chechnya
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling – Kirsten Johnson for Dick Johnson Is Dead
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker – Arthur Jones for Feels Good Man
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking – Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg for The Fight
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting – Ben Whishaw for Surge
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking – Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese for This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay – Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez for Identifying Features
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling – Benjamin Ree for The Painter and the Thief
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography – Radu Ciorniciuc and Mircea Topoleanu for Acasă, My Home
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – Mila Aung-Thwin, Ryan Mullins and Sam Soko for Softie
- Alfred P. Sloan Award – Tesla
- Gayle Stevens Volunteer Award – Devon Edwards