U.S. “The Reason I Jump” won the section’s audience prize.The Next category gives two prizes. Park City, Utah — Winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced tonight by Sundance Institute at a ceremony in Park City, Utah. As Johnson put it, “I’ve been a part of this community for a long time, and it’s just so amazing who comes up on this stage that didn’t used to come up on this stage.”Audience awards in the U.S. categories went to “Minari” and Obama-backed documentary “Crip Camp,” a decades-spanning look at the disability rights movement, tracing its roots to a summer camp where many of the activists first connected.The World Cinema dramatic section gave its grand jury award to “Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness.” Directing honors went to “Cuties” helmer Maïmouna Doucouré. In accepting the award, Lebrecht described the film as a love letter to the disabled community, saying “I’m so proud to be up here and proud to be part of this community I love so much.”This year’s 28 prizes were awarded to 25 films from filmmakers representing a wide range of nationalities and backgrounds. A trio of special jury awards recognized Kenyan film “Softie” (for editing), “Acasa, My Home” (for cinematography) and “The Painter and the Thief” (for creative storytelling). Several titles in the section were among the festival’s most high-profile and widely discussed films, including “Minari,” the black-and-white comedy “The 40-Year-Old-Version,” Focus Features’ abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” unconventional bio-pic “Shirley,” Huge applause met first-time filmmaker Blank as she was awarded the U.S. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize, awarded to one film in the program of 74 shorts selected from a record high 10,397 submissions, went to So What If The Goats Die, directed and …

“We did it together.”As noted by jury member Ethan Hawke, this year’s U.S. dramatic competition was one of the most fiercely competitive in recent memory. Dramatic grand jury prize Saturday night in Park City, it was hardly surprising to see the room erupt in cheers.The autobiographical film, based on Chung’s own childhood on a rural Arkansas farm, follows a Korean American family as they struggle to establish roots in a foreboding new place. The controversy over Trader Joe’s ethnic-sounding brands shows how today’s increasingly polarized society puts the whimsical grocery chain in a tough spot.Joe Biden’s shortlist for vice president includes two prominent Californians — Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Karen Bass — and politicos in the Golden State are divided over the choice.Zoë Saldaña tearfully apologized for taking — and defiantly sticking with — the role of Nina Simone in the 2016 biopic “Nina.”The free expression advocacy group is encouraging greater transparency in Hollywood’s dealings with China, as well as commitments to protect the globally released versions of films from Chinese government censorship. If it’s in you to be a rapper, a parent, a director in your 40s, do that sh–.” Many of the night’s speeches reflected similar attitudes, as directors who’d confronted discrimination in order to make their films shared their experiences from the podium.The U.S. dramatic jury also named four special awards. WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION. (Jury: director Haifaa Al Mansour, actor Wagner Moura and actress Alba Rohrwacher)(Jury: Museum of the Moving Image film curator Eric Hynes, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture executive director Rima Mismar and filmmaker Nanfu Wang)Tabitha Jackson, currently director of the documentary program at the Sundance Institute, will take over from John Cooper as the Sundance Institute approaches its 40th anniversary.

(Jury: American Museum of Natural History assistant curator Dr. Ruth Angus, actress Emily Mortimer, filmmaker and visual artist Jessica Oreck, scientist Ainissa Ramirez and filmmaker Michael Tyburski)(Jury: actress Sian Clifford, Strand Releasing co-president and co-founder Marcus Hu and artist Cindy Sherman)Get our revamped Envelope newsletter, sent twice a week, for exclusive awards season coverage, behind-the-scenes insights and columnist Glenn Whipp’s commentary. Addressing the doubters who questioned whether her femininity might be an obstacle to making the film, Doucouré said, “I want to say I’m here more feminine than ever, and I’ve just won this wonderful prize at Sundance with my first film.

We did it together.”Stars were in relatively short supply at this year’s Sundance, where films with Angelina Jolie, Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Keaton premiered without those actors in attendance. Celebs.