Whiplash é o grande vencedor do Festival de Sundance

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Se em 2013 foi Fruitvale Station que foi o grande vencedor do Festival de Sundance, este ano foi o drama Whiplash que levou a melhor. Dirigido pelo jovem Damien Chazelle, o filme recebeu os prêmios de júri e da audiência.

A produção é baseada em um curta de mesmo nome do próprio cineasta, exibido em 2013 no mesmo evento e que também foi premiado pelo júri. O roteiro é sobre um jovem baterista que deseja tornar-se um músico brilhante, perfeito. Ao juntar-se à banda de um conservatório de música de Manhattan, ele vê em Terence Fletcher, seu líder, a oportunidade de atingir tal meta e o homem vai fazer de tudo pra que ele a alcance.

Miles Teller e J.K. Simmons estrelam a película, que foi aclamada pela crítica em Sundance. Ela foi adquirida pela Sony Pictures Worldwide pouco tempo após sua estreia no festival e será lançada pela distribuidora tanto nos Estados Unidos quanto internacionalmente.

Outro filme que saiu premiado de um dos principais eventos da indústria cinematográfica do ano, foi o drama familiar The Skeleton Twins, que deu a  Craig Johnson e Mark Heyman o prêmio Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Confira abaixo a lista completa de vencedores do Festival de Sundance de 2014:


Winner of the Editing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Watchers of the Sky, edited by Jenny Golden and Karen Sim


Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Skeleton Twins, screenplay by Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman


Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
The Case Against 8, directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White


Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Fishing Without Nets, directed by Cutter Hodierne


Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
Rich Hill, directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo


Winner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle


Winner for U. S. Documentary Special Jury award for Intuitive Filmmaking:
The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss


Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Use of Animation:
Watchers in the Sky, directed by Edet Belzberg


Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Musical Score Musical Score:
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, composed by The Octopus Project


Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent:
Dear White People, directed by Justin Simien


Winner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary:
E-TEAM, Ross Kauffman, Director of Photography; Rachel Beth Anderson, Ross Kauffman, Cinematographers


Winner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Low Down, cinematography by Christopher Blauvelt


Winner of the Audience Award: Best Of NEXT
Imperial Dreams, directed by Malik Vitthal      


Winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary:
The Green Prince, directed Nadav Schirman


Winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema Dramatic:
Difret, directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari


Winner of Audience Award: U.S. Documentary:
Alive Inside, directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett


Winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle


Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance:
God Help the Girl, directed by Stuart Murdoch, and starring Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, Pierre Boulanger, and Cora Bissett.


Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Cinematography Award:
Lilting, cinematography by Ula Pontikos


Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Screenwriting Award:
Blind, written and directed by Eskil Vogt


Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award:
52 Tuesdays, directed by Sophie Hyde  


Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize:
To Kill a Man, directed by Alejandro Fernandez Almendras


Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery:
We Come As Friends, directed Hubert Sauper


Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Cinematography Award:
Happiness, cinematography by Thomas Balmes and Nina Bernfeld. Directed by Thomas Balmes


Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
20,000 Days on Earth, edited by Jonathan Amos


Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award:
20,000 Days on Earth, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard


Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize:
Return to Homs, directed by Talal Derki


Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize:
I Origins, written and directed by Mike Cahill


Short Film Special Jury Award for Direction and Ensemble Acting:
Burger, written and directed by Magnus Mork.


Short Film Special Jury Award for Non Fiction:
Love. Love. Love., directed by Sandhya Daisy Sundaram.


Short Film Special Jury Award for Unique Vision:
Rat Pack Rat, written and directed by Todd Rohal.


Short Film Jury Award: Animation:
Yearbook, written and directed by Bernardo Britto.


Short Film Jury Award: Non Fiction:
I Think This Is the Closest to How the Footage Looked, directed by Yuval Hamieri and Michal Vaknin.


Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction:
The Cut, written and directed by Geneviève Dulude-Decelles.


Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction:
Gregory Go Boom, written and directed by Janicza Bravo.


Short Film Grand Jury Prize:
Of God and Dogs, directed by the Abounaddara Collective.


Winner of the 2014 Shorts Audience Award, presented by YouTube:
Chapel Perilous directed by Matthew Lessner.