Who is at sundance film festival 2017

But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals. Khalid, Subhi and Mahmoud, founding members of The White Helmets, have remained in the city to help their fellow citizens—and experience daily life, death, struggle and triumph in a city under fire.

The Audience Award: U. Director: Jeff Orlowski — Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

Adapted from This American Life , this is the incredible true story of their harrowing quest for justice. Yet hidden in the past, in the heart of the jungle, lies a secret concerning the fate of the Zikril language. On the first day of the L. Not kidding.

See you later! Each is brilliant in its own way. Without taking sides, this film takes us inside a complex and urgent story. This journey began a long time ago. I have to thank foremost my mom and dad, may he rest in peace. I always told myself keep pushing. I fell in love with storytelling. Inspired by The Wire , a style that drew me in and i wanted to emulate. This is an amazing honor. I have to thank Sundance Institute who supported this project along the way.

Thank you very much. They took me in and nurtured me. I want to thank my incredible team for supporting me. I am so honored to be called a director. I think there is nothing more taboo in this country than a woman with ambition. Jessica Williams returns to introduce the U. Thank you for this invitation. But not in the mountains. But in the air conditioning I freeze. When you think of that in a subtle and concentrated way, you find yourself at the center of the world.

I invite you on behalf of my family in Mexico, my Argentinian family, and my Colombian family, to come to Mexico. But the world depicted in this film gives us an insight into the numbness of the battlefield. All with a very human camera. I want to say thank you.

We had difficult schedules but the vindication is to work with a director with a vision. Have a great night. Thank you. We chose to honor the work of a new actor. She killed it and did everything we asked for. I saw over 30 films, not just the ones in my category. It was a brave choice of material directed with deep feeling for a special variety of religious experience in America. About the love a young nun wants to find in the church.

This is icing on the cake. I want to invite Bridget to Mexico. Oh my god. But it requires a very good script to keep the danger in a dangerous comedy. Thank you so much to the jurors, Dave Smith, the actors, my cast and crew. Aubrey Plaza, my Mom, who raised three kids while working and going to school at night and my girlfriend Sarah for supporting me and being my rock for these to years. Jessica Williams returns to the stage. I love documentaries, we love documentaries.

The subjects lift us off our feet. Another big team climbs up on stage. Having the girls here for those four days, Sundance truly changed their life. They went back to Baltimore with their heart filled with confidence and love. So thank you for giving them that. Being a young woman in America today is not easy.

Thank you so much. No guarantees there. The jury also wanted to recognize the team work going into making documentaries. When I first envision a film about our community, few believed it was possible. It was in the edit that I was able to find my voice That alchemy between me and my team has been one of the most profound of my life. Want to thank our entire team. Joshua: Teenager vs. Khalid, Subhi and Mahmoud, founding members of The White Helmets, have remained in the city to help their fellow citizens—and experience daily life, death, struggle and triumph in a city under fire.

There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies. Through the eyes and hands of those who handle its refuse, comes an examination of global consumption and culture. This is the untold story of the mysterious forces that combined to take her down, labeling him a saint, her, a sinner. NEXT Pure, bold works distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling populate this program.

Presented by Adobe. Director and screenwriter: Kogonada — Casey lives with her mother in a little-known Midwestern town haunted by the promise of modernism. Jin, a visitor from the other side of the world, attends to his dying father.

Burdened by the future, they find respite in one another and the architecture that surrounds them. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world. Director and screenwriter: David Lowery — This is the story of a ghost and the house he haunts. On the first day of the L. Director and screenwriter: Michelle Morgan — In this classically styled comedy of manners set in Los Angeles, sophisticated thirtysomethings try to determine whether ideal happiness exists in coupledom or if the perfectly suited couple is actually just an urban myth.

Director: Janicza Bravo, Screenwriters: Janicza Bravo, Brett Gelman — a person or thing that proves defective, imperfect, or unsatisfactory.

A man whose blind girlfriend is leaving him, whose career is going nowhere and whose family is disappointed in him—Isaac Lachmann is Things were supposed to work out differently. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood. Cast: Menashe Lustig. Director and screenwriter: Cory Finley — Two teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart.

In the process, they learn that neither is what she seems to be—and that a murder might solve both of their problems. Three films announced today were funded in part through Kickstarter campaigns: Dayveon , Gook and Unrest. The night also echoed with statements on behalf of women and female talent, none stronger than that of U.

The U. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented annually to a film that focuses on science or technology as a theme. The film stars Jon Hamm and Geena Davis, and focuses on a vision of the future in which people can interact with A.

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