The 2024 Sundance Film Festival named 16 alumni from previous editions as members of the competition jury and also announced the five jurors for the Alfred P. Sloan Film Prize.
The list includes Debra Granik, Adrian Tomine and Lena Waithe in the American Drama Competition; Shane Boris, Nicole Newnham and Rudy Valdez in the American Documentary Competition; Jennifer Kent, Mira Nair and Rui Poças in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition; Mandy Chang, Monica Hellström and Shaunak Sen in the World Cinema Documentary Competition; Christina Oh, Danny Pudi and Charlotte Regan in the short film program competition; and Zal Batmanglij in the NEXT competition section.
Members of the Alfred P. Sloan jury that deliberated before the festival and selected Sam and Andy Zuchero love me Winners of their science and technology focused award Dr. Mandë Holford, Dr. Nia Imara, Matt Johnson, Theresa Park and Courtney Stephens.
“The Sundance Film Festival is known for discovering and supporting visionary emerging artists. We couldn’t do it without our jury who so diligently help us identify and empower the next generation of independent storytellers,” said Festival Director Eugene Hernandez. “We are pleased to announce the talented, experienced artists who will make up this year’s jury.”
Commenting on the jury’s participation in previous festivals, Program Director Kim Yutani said, “They know what it’s like to introduce new works to the Sundance community, and we are thrilled to welcome them back to Sundance to judge the films in explore our program.” put together We can’t wait to see what appeals to her.”
The winners of the feature awards of the 40th edition of the Utah festival will be announced on Friday, January 26 at a ceremony at the Ray Theater in Park City, while the short film jury winners will be announced on Tuesday at the Shorts Awards & Party. 23 January. In addition to the award ceremony, members of the competition jury will participate in festive programs ranging from lectures and panels to a special quiz night for the 40th edition and a party for artist alumni.
The 2024 festival will take place January 18-28 in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of films available online nationwide from January 25-28. Films in the competition categories awarded by the jury will be screened in person and via the online festival platform from 27 to 28 January.
Source: Deadline
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