Last night the Swedish/Danish/German co-production “The Nile Hilton Incident” won THE WORLD CINEMA GRAND JURY PRIZE: DRAMATIC at the American Sundance Film Festival for independent productions.
Congratulations to the director Tarik Saleh, the production companies Atmo Film and Final Cut for Real and the rest of the team behind this fantastic political thriller. We’re so proud to have been involved!
Read more about the production here.
See the full list of winners at Sundance Film Festival below.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “I don’t feel at home in this world anymore.”
Audience Award: “Crown Heights”
Directing: Eliza Hittman, “Beach Rats”
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Matt Spicer and David Branson Smith, “Ingrid Goes West”
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance: Chanté Adams, “Roxanne Roxanne”
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director: Maggie Betts, “Novitiate”
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Daniel Landin, “Yellow Birds”
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Dina”
Directing: Peter Nicks, “The Force”
Orwell Award: “Icarus”
Audience Award: “Chasing Coral”
Special Jury Award for Editing: Kim Roberts and Emiliano Battista, “Unrest”
Special Jury Award for Editing: Kim Roberts and Emiliano Battista, “Unrest”
Special Jury Award for Storytelling: Yance Ford, “Strong Island”
Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking: Amanda Lipitz, “Step”
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “The Nile Hilton Incident”
Audience Award: “I Dream in Another Language”
Directing Award: Francis Lee, “God’s Own Country”
Screenwriting: Kirsten Tan, “Pop Aye”
Special Jury Award for Cinematic Visions: Jun Geng, “Free and Easy”
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Manu Dacosse, “Axolotl Overkill”
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Last Men in Aleppo”
Audience Award: “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower”
Directing Award: Pascale Lamche, “Winnie”
Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana, “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World”
Special Jury Award for Editing: Ramona S. Diaz, “Motherland”
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva, “Machines”
OTHER AWARDS
Next Audience Award: “Gook”
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: “Marjorie Prime”
