WINNERS OF THE 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

"The Miseducation of Cameron Post", Desiree Akhavan's moving drama which examines a gay conversion camp, took the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Based on the YA novel by Emily M. Danforth, this '90's set story looks back not so long ago when some felt that all was required was a lot of prayer and some heavy-duty brain-washing to simply make someone no longer gay. Chloë Grace Moretz stars as the title character with Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr. and Jennifer Ehle co-starring. Sara Colangelo took the Directing Prize for her work with an American-set remake of an Israeli film, "The Kindergarten Teacher". Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a New York teacher who is convinced that one of her students is a child prodigy. There were plenty of other honors handed out with special jury awards, audience awards and prizes in world cinema and documentaries.

Here is a partial list of winners from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival:

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: "The Miseducation of Cameron Post"

Directing Award: Sara Colangelo, "The Kindergarten Teacher"



Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Christina Choe, "Nancy"

Special Jury Award – Outstanding First Feature: Reinaldo Marcus Green, "Monsters and Men"



Special Jury Award – Excellence in Filmmaking: Reed Morano, "I Think We’re Alone Now"

Special Jury Award – Acting: Benjamin Dickey, "Blaze"

Special Jury Award – Social Impact Filmmaking: "Crime + Punishment"

Special Jury Award – Creative Vision: "Hale County This Morning This Evening"

Special Jury Award – Breakthrough Filmmaking: "Minding the Gap"

Special Jury Award – Storytelling: "Three Identical Strangers"

U.S. Documentary Award: "Kailash"

U.S. Documentary Directing Award: Alexandria Bombach, "On Her Shoulders"

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

U.S. Dramatic: "Burden"

World Cinema Dramatic: "The Guilty" (Denmark)

U.S. Documentary: "The Sentence"

World Cinema Documentary: "This is Home" (U.S.A)

WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION:

Grand Jury Prize: "Butterflies" (Turkey)

Directing Prize: Isold Uggadtti, "And Breathe Normally" (Iceland, Sweden, Belgium)

Special Jury Prize – Screenwriting: Julio Chavezmontes and Sebastián Hofmann, "Tiempo Compartido (Time Share)" (Mexico, Netherlands)



Special Jury Prize – Acting: Valeria Bertuccelli, "The Queen of Fear" (Argentina, Denmark)

Special Jury Prize – Ensemble Acting: "Dead Pigs" (China)


DOCUMENTARY:

Grand Jury Prize: "Of Fathers and Sons" (Germany, Syria, Lebanon)

Directing Award: Sandi Tan, "Shirkers" (U.S.A.)