2015 film festival edition
The2015Sundance Film Festival took place from January 22 to February 1, 2015.[ 1] What Happened, Miss Simone? Nina Simone , opened the festival.[ 2] Grandma Paul Weitz , served as the closing night film.[ 3]
The awards ceremony was held on January 30, 2015, at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse in Park City, Utah.[ 4] Tig Notaro .[ 5] [ 6]
Additional awards were presented at separate ceremonies.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Short Film Grand Jury Prize –World of Tomorrow Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction –SMILF Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction –Oh Lucy! Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction –The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul Short Film Jury Award: Animation –Storm hits jacket Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting –Back Alley Short Film Special Jury Award for Visual Poetry –Object Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards –Haifaa al-Mansour forBe Safe I Love You , K'naan forThe Poet ,Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy forLuxembourg , Oskar Sulowski forRosebuds . Sundance Institute/NHK Filmmaker Award –Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre forMustang . 2015 Red Crown Producer's Award –Stephanie Langhoff forThe Bronze Jury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which also took part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on December 18, 2014.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
U.S. Documentary Jury U.S. Dramatic Jury World Documentary Jury World Dramatic Jury Alfred P. Sloan JuryShort Film Jury
Others who presented awards includedAdam Scott ,Kevin Pollak ,Kevin Corrigan ,Patrick Fugit and Trevor Groth.[ 13]
For a full list of films appeared at the festival, seeList of films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival .
The number of seats available at the festival theaters, where films were shown is listed below:[ 15]
Park City
Eccles Theatre – 1,270 seats Egyptian Theatre – 282 seatsHoliday Village Cinema 4 – 162 seats Library Center Theatre – 486 seats The MARC Theatre – 550 seats Prospector Square Theatre – 324 seats Redstone Cinema 1 – 188 seats Redstone Cinema 2 – 175 seats Redstone Cinema 7 – 176 seats Temple Theatre – 840 seats Yarrow Hotel Theatre – 295 seats Salt Lake City
Sundance Resort
Sundance Resort Screening Room – 164 seats Ogden
Acquisitions at the festival included the following:[ 16]
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