Hace pocas horas se ha conocido el palmarés del Festival de Cine de Sundance, la pequeña localidad del estado de Utah, y el festival que ha propulsado el actor Robert REdford durante años.

De aquí han salido todo este tiempo, propuestas muy interesantes, tanto americanas como del resto del mundo, que no tenían cabida en otros festivales.

El año pasado, sin ir más lejos, fue Whiplash la gran triunfadora y ya vemos a dónde ha lllegado.

La gran triunfadora este año es la cinta Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, dirigida por Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Hasta ahora, este director había hecho cosas para televisión (Glee, American horror history), y participado en la segunda unidad de dirección en películas como Julie and Julia, Babel o Argo.

Aquí el reparto del film, junto a su director



Me And Earl está siendo aclamada por la crítica allí enviada, y trata con delicadeza la amistad entre jóvenes, cuando uno de ellos tiene cáncer. Se ha llevado el premio gordo del jurado, en drama, y también el del público, en esta categoría. Igual que hizo Whiplash el año pasado.

Otras películas destacadas y premiadas han sido The Witch, ganadora en la dirección de drama o The Stanford Prison Experiment, a mejor guión.

El palmarés completo:

U.S. Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
U.S. Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: "The Wolfpack," Director: Crystal Moselle
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: "Slow West," Director: John Maclean
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: "The Russian Woodpecker," Director: Chad Gracia
U.S. Dramatic Audience Award: "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
U.S. Documentary Audience Award: "Meru," Directors: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
World Cinema Audience Award, Dramatic: "Umrika," Director: Prashant Nair
World Cinema Audience Award, Documentary: "Dark Horse," Director: Louise Osmond
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award: "The Stanford Prison Experiment," Writer: Tim Talbott

NEXT Audience Award: "James White," Director: Josh Mond
U.S. Directing Award, Dramatic: "The Witch," Director: Robert Eggers
U.S. Directing Award, Documentary, "Cartel Land," Director: Matthew Heineman
U.S. Excellence in Editing Award, Dramatic: "DOPE," DP: Lee Haugen
U.S. Excellence in Cinematography Award, Dramatic: "Diary of a Teenage Girl," DP: Brandon Trost
U.S. Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary: "Cartel Land," DPs: Matthew Heineman and Matt Porwoll
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision: "Advantageous," Jacqueline Kim and Jennifer Phang
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Breakout First Feature: "(T)error," Directors: Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Verite Filmmaking: "Western," Directors: Bill and Turner Ross
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact: "3 1/2 Minutes," Director: Marc Silver

World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary: "Dreamcatcher," Director: Kim Longinotto
World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic: "The Summer of Sangaile," Director: Alanté Kavaïté
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: "How to Change the World," Editor: Jim Scott
World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic: "Partisan," DP: Germain McMicking

World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Acting: "Glassland," Actor: Jack Reynor
World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Acting: "The Second Mother," Actors: Regina Case and Camila Mardila
World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Unparalleled Access, Documentary: "The Chinese Mayor," Director: Hao Zhou


World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Impact, Documentary: "Pervert Park," Directors: Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors
Alfred P. Sloan Prize: "The Stanford Prison Experiment," Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez