2015 Sundance Film Festival

2015 film festival edition January 2015 2015 Sundance Film Festival SFF15poster.png Festival poster What Happened, Miss Simone? Grandma Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah Sundance Institute January 22 to February 1, 2015 English sundance.org/festival 2014 Sundance Film Festival 2016 Sundance Film Festival The 2015 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 22 to February 1, 2015.http://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival 2015 Sundance Film Festival January 25, 2015 Sundance February 18, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180218120902/http://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival dead What Happened, Miss Simone?, a biographical documentary film about American singer Nina Simone, opened the festival.Baig Nishat "What Happened, Miss Simone?" Opens The 2015 Sundance Film Festival http://thesource.com/2015/01/27/what-happened-miss-simone-opens-the-2015-sundance-film-festival/ 29 January 2015 The Northstar Group 27 January 2015 July 2, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220702140156/https://thesource.com/2015/01/27/what-happened-miss-simone-opens-the-2015-sundance-film-festival/ live Comedy-drama film Grandma, directed by Paul Weitz, served as the closing night film.Sundance Fest's closing-night film, 'Grandma,' a heartfelt comic showcase for Lily Tomlin https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2015/01/30/sundance-closing-night-film-grandma-showcases-lily-tomlin 2 February 2015 November 7, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201107095855/https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2015/01/30/sundance-closing-night-film-grandma-showcases-lily-tomlin live Awards The awards ceremony was held on January 30, 2015, at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse in Park City, Utah.Umstead Ben Sundance 2015 Award Winners http://twitchfilm.com/2015/02/sundance-2015-award-winners.html 1 February 2015 31 January 2015 December 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208160148/http://twitchfilm.com/2015/02/sundance-2015-award-winners.html dead The ceremony was hosted by comedian Tig Notaro.Comedian Tig Notaro Is Star of Sundance Doc, Host of Awards https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/comedian-tig-notaro-star-sundance-doc-host-awards-28612823 2 February 2015 February 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150203064345/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/comedian-tig-notaro-star-sundance-doc-host-awards-28612823 liveHere Are Your 2015 Sundance Film Festival Winners http://nofilmschool.com/2015/01/2015-sundance-film-festival-award-winners 2 February 2015 January 18, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010948/https://nofilmschool.com/2015/01/2015-sundance-film-festival-award-winners live U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – The Wolfpack U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – The Russian Woodpecker World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Slow West Audience Award: U.S. Documentary – Meru Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary – Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic – Umrika Audience Award: Best of NEXT – James White Directing Award: U.S. Documentary – Cartel Land Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic – The Witch Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary – Dreamcatcher Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic – The Summer of Sangaile Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic – The Stanford Prison Experiment Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary – How to Change the World Editing Award: U.S. Dramatic – Dope Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary – Cartel Land Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic – The Diary of a Teenage Girl Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic – Partisan World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting – Jack Reynor for Glassland and Regina Casé and Camila Márdila for The Second Mother World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact – Pervert Park World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access – The Chinese Mayor U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact – 3½ Minutes U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking – Western U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision – Advantageous Special Jury Award for Breakout First Feature – (T)ERROR Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize – The Stanford Prison Experiment Additional awards were presented at separate ceremonies.Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award http://www2.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2015-01-27-alfred-p-sloan-prize-news-release-final-2.pdf January 26, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065542/http://www2.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2015-01-27-alfred-p-sloan-prize-news-release-final-2.pdf March 4, 2016 dead2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILM AWARDS http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2015-sundance-film-festival-announces-feature-film-awards January 26, 2014 June 30, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190630152516/http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2015-sundance-film-festival-announces-feature-film-awards live The Shorts Awards were presented January 28, 2015 at the ceremony in Park City, Utah.'World Of Tomorrow' Wins Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize https://deadline.com/2015/01/sundance-short-film-award-winners-list-world-of-tomorrow-1201361276/ January 26, 2014 January 30, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150130035926/http://deadline.com/2015/01/sundance-short-film-award-winners-list-world-of-tomorrow-1201361276/ live2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM AWARDS http://dotorg-cms-production-live.cfapps.io/blogs/news/2015-sundance-film-festival-announces-short-film-awards https://archive.today/20150218053326/http://dotorg-cms-production-live.cfapps.io/blogs/news/2015-sundance-film-festival-announces-short-film-awards dead February 18, 2015 January 26, 2014 Short Film Grand Jury Prize – World of Tomorrow Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction – SMILF Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – Oh Lucy! Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction – The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul Short Film Jury Award: Animation – Storm hits jacket Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting – Back Alley Short Film Special Jury Award for Visual Poetry – Object Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards – Haifaa al-Mansour for Be Safe I Love You, K'naan for The Poet, Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy for Luxembourg, Oskar Sulowski for Rosebuds. Sundance Institute/NHK Filmmaker Award – Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre for Mustang. 2015 Red Crown Producer's Award – Stephanie Langhoff for The Bronze. Juries Jury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which also took part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on December 18, 2014.Sundance Announces 2015 Jurors: Cary Fukunaga, Winona Ryder, Edgar Wright and More https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tracy-chapman-join-sundance-documentary-666518 February 2, 2015 March 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150317091925/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tracy-chapman-join-sundance-documentary-666518 liveSUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES JURY MEMBERS FOR 2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL; TIG NOTARO TO HOST CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS CEREMONY http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/sundance-institute-announces-jury-members-for-2015-sundance-film-festival February 2, 2015 March 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150321053140/http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/sundance-institute-announces-jury-members-for-2015-sundance-film-festival live Presenters of awards are followed by asterisks:2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL LIVE AWARDS UPDATES http://www.sundance.org/blogs/2015-sundance-film-festival-live-awards-updates February 2, 2015 February 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150202074043/http://www.sundance.org/blogs/2015-sundance-film-festival-live-awards-updates live2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILM AWARD WINNERS https://www.filmthreat.com/festivals/81362/ 2 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150202175143/http://www.filmthreat.com/festivals/81362/ February 2, 2015 dead mdy-all U.S. Documentary Jury Eugene Hernandez* Kirsten Johnson* Michele Norris* Gordon Quinn* Roger Ross Williams* U.S. Dramatic Jury Lance Acord* Sarah Flack* Cary Fukunaga* Winona Ryder* Edgar Wright* World Documentary Jury Elena Fortes Acosta* Mark Cousins* Ingrid Kopp* World Dramatic Jury Mia Hansen-Løve* Col Needham* Taika Waititi* Alfred P. Sloan Jury Paula S. Apsell Janna Levin Brit Marling Jonathan Nolan Adam Steltzner Short Film Jury K. K. Barrett Alia Shawkat Autumn de Wilde Others who presented awards included Adam Scott, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Corrigan, Patrick Fugit and Trevor Groth. Films For a full list of films appeared at the festival, see List of films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Festival theaters The number of seats available at the festival theaters, where films were shown is listed below:Film Festival Timetables http://www2.sundance.org/pdf/film-guide/SFF15-FilmGuide.pdf sundance.org 2015 February 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150216012735/http://www2.sundance.org/pdf/film-guide/SFF15-FilmGuide.pdf February 16, 2015 dead Park City Eccles Theatre – 1,270 seats Egyptian Theatre – 282 seats Holiday Village Cinema 4 – 162 seats Library Center Theatre – 486 seats The MARC Theatre – 550 seats Prospector Square Theatre – 324 seats Redstone Cinema 1 – 188 seats Redstone Cinema 2 – 175 seats Redstone Cinema 7 – 176 seats Temple Theatre – 840 seats Yarrow Hotel Theatre – 295 seats Salt Lake City Broadway Cinema 3 – 243 seats Broadway Cinema 6 – 245 seats Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center – 495 seats SLC Library – 300 seats Tower Theatre – 349 seats The Grand Theatre – 1,100 seats Sundance Resort Sundance Resort Screening Room – 164 seats Ogden Peery's Egyptian Theatre – 840 seats Acquisitions Acquisitions at the festival included the following:https://www.slashfilm.com/movies-sold-at-sundance-2015/ Movies Sold at Sundance 2015: A Complete & Updated Guide February 16, 2015 February 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150213013452/http://www.slashfilm.com/movies-sold-at-sundance-2015 live A24 The End of the Tour The Witch Mississippi Grind Alchemy Strangerland Zipper Bleecker Street I'll See You In My Dreams Broad Green A Walk in the Woods Discover Channel Racing Extinction Film Arcade Unexpected Focus Cop Car Fortissimo Songs My Brothers Taught Me Fox Searchlight Mistress America Me, Earl And The Dying Girl Brooklyn Gravitas Ventures Being Evel HBO 3 1/2 Minutes IFC Films The D Train Sleeping with Other People IFC Midnight Reversal The Hallow Kino Lorber The Forbidden Room Lionsgate Don Verdean Knock Knock Magnolia Results Tangerine Best of Enemies The Wolfpack Netflix Hot Girls Wanted Open Road Dope Orchard The Overnight Digging for Fire Finders Keepers Cartel Land Oscilloscope The Second Mother Relativity Sports In Football We Trust Samuel Goldwyn Films Fresh Dressed Lila & Eve Screen Media Films Ten Thousand Saints Showtime Dreamcatcher Sony Pictures Classics The Diary of a Teenage Girl Grandma Dark Horse Sundance Selects City of Gold Tribeca Film Misery Loves Comedy Relativity The Bronze References External links http://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival 2015 Sundance Film Festival Category:2015 film festivals Category:2015 in Utah 2015 Category:2015 in American cinema Category:2015 festivals in the United States Category:January 2015 in the United States