Sundance Snap: Awards Went To….

The 2014 Sundance Film Festival has now declared and handed out the prizes. Whiplash by Damien Chazelle won both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for the U.S. Dramatic competition.

Some of the important awards of the festival are listed below:

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize:

Documentary

Rich Hill (Directors: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos)

Dramatic

Whiplash  (Director and screenwriter: Damien Chazelle)

The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize:

Documentary

Return to Homs – Syria, Germany

Dramatic

To Kill a Man – Chile, France (Director and screenwriter: Alejandro Fernández Almendras)

 The Audience Award: U.S. A.

Documentary

Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory  (Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett)

Dramatic

Whiplash  (Director and screenwriter: Damien Chazelle)

The Audience Award: World Cinema

Documentary

The Green Prince- Germany, Israel, United Kingdom (Director: Nadav Schirman )

Dramatic

Difret –  Ethiopia (Director and screenwriter: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari)

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About Sankha Ghosh

Sankha Ghosh was never born in that 'City of Joy', never was a banker, never watched a Godard, never loved Kafka, never fell for that Solitary Reaper, never danced on a friend’s wedding, never fought for human rights, never had a crush at college and never ever aspired to work on a novel! Never was he as simple as this! #He wishes