‘Whiplash’ Owns the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Awards Netting Two Top Prizes
Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash,” based on his short of the same name, owned the 2014 Sundance Film Festival awards, netting both the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) and the Dramatic Audience Award. The Grand Jury Prize for a documentary went to Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo’s “Rich Hill,” while the Documentary Audience Award went to “Alive Inside,” directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett. Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman won the Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award for “The Skeleton Twins.”
Full list of winners below:
Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: “Whiplash,” directed by Damien Chazelle
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: “Rich Hill,” directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo
World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic: “To Kill a Man,” directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras
World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary: “Return to Homs,” directed by Talal Derki
Dramatic Audience Award: “Whiplash,” directed by Damien Chazelle
Documentary Audience Award: “Alive Inside,” directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett
World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award: “Difret,” directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
World Cinema Documentary Audience Award: “The Green Prince,” directed by Nadav Schirman
The Best of NEXT Audience Award: “Imperial Dreams,” directed by Malik Vitthal
Directing Award, Dramatic: “Fishing Without Nets,” directed by Cutter Hodierne
Directing Award, Documentary: “The Case Against 8,” directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White
World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic: “52 Tuesdays,” directed by Sophie Hyde
World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary: “20, 000 Days on Earth,” directed by Iain Forsyth
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award: “The Skeletons Twins,” written by Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman
World Cinema Screenwriting Award: “Blind,” written by Eskil Vogt
Documentary Editing Award: “Watchers in the Sky,” edited by Jenny Golden and Karen Sim
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: “20, 000 Days on Earth,” edited by Jonathan Amos
Excellence in Cinematography Award, Dramatic: “Low Down,” shot by Christopher Blauvelt
Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary: “E-Team,” shot by Rachel Beth Anderson and Ross Kauffman
World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic: “Lilting,” shot by Ula Pontiklos
World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary: “Happiness,” shot by Thomas Balmes and Nina Bernfeld
US Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Talent: “Dear White People” writer-director Justin Simien
US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Musical Score: “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter”
Special Jury Prize, Documentary: “The Overnighters,” directed by Jesse Moss
US Documentary Special Jury Award for Use of Animation: “Watchers of the Sky”
World Cinema Special Jury Prize, Documentary: “We Come As Friends,” directed by Hubert Sauper
World Cinema Special Jury Prize, Dramatic: “God Help the Girl,” directed by Stuart Murdoch
Alfred P. Sloan Prize: “I Origins,” directed by Mike Cahill
The Short Film Audience Award: “Chapel Perilous,” directed by Matthew Lessner
