Winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short film making were announced tonight by Sundance Institute at a ceremony in Park City, Utah.
The Short Film Grand Jury Prize, awarded to one film in the program of 74 shorts selected from a record high 10,397 submissions.
but it went to So What If The Goats Die, directed and written by Sofia Alaoui.
The Short Film program is presented by Southwest Airlines.
This year’s Short Film jurors are Sian Clifford, Marcus Hu and Cindy Sherman.
The short film program at the Festival is the centerpiece of Sundance Institute’s year-round efforts to support short filmmaking.
Select Festival short films are presented as a traveling program in over 75 cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe each year, and short films and filmmakers taking part in regional Master Classes geared towards supporting emerging shorts-makers in several cities.
2020 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Awards:
The Short Film Grand Jury Prize was awarded to: Sofia Alaoui, for So What If The Goats Die / France, Morocco (Director and screenwriter: Sofia Alaoui).
Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle.
Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.
The Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction was presented to: Terrance Daye, for
-Ship: A Visual Poem / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Terrance Daye).
A black boy learns contradicting lessons of manhood and masculinity on the day of his cousin’s funeral.
The Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction presented to:
Dylan Holmes Williams, for The Devil’s Harmony / United Kingdom (Director: Dylan Holmes Williams, Screenwriters: Dylan Holmes Williams, Jess O’Kane).
A bullied teenage girl leads an a cappella club on a trail of destruction against her high school enemies.
The Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction :
was presented to: Matthew Killip, for John Was Trying to Contact Aliens / U.S.A. (Director: Matthew Killip).
John Shepherd spent 30 years trying to contact extraterrestrials by broadcasting music millions of miles into space. After giving up the search he makes a different connection here on earth.
The Short Film Jury Award: Animation was presented to: Daria Kashcheeva, for Daughter / Czech Republic (Director and screenwriter: Daria Kashcheeva).
Should you hide your pain, close yourself inside your inner world, and long for your father’s love? Or should you understand and forgive before it’s too late?
A Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting :
was presented to: Sadaf Asgari, for Exam / Iran (Director: Sonia K. Hadad, Screenwriters: Sonia K. Hadad, Farnoosh Samadi).
A teenage girl gets involved in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client, and gets stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences.
A Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing presented to: Michael Arcos, for Valerio’s Day Out / Colombia, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Michael Arcos).
A young jaguar goes on a killing spree when he escapes from his enclosure at a zoo.
After he’s captured, sedated and relocated, he makes a video diary for his significant other, Lula.
