Abe’s Sundance Jury of One
Monday, January 30, 2023 at 6:58PM We will have a few more Sundance reviews from Jason and Nathaniel who attended the festival virtually. Abe Friedtanzer was there in person so here's his wrap-up - Editor
Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Flora and SonIt was great to be back in-person at the Sundance Film Festival for the first time since 2020, when future Oscar-winning films Promising Young Woman, Minari, and The Father all made their debuts. It was also my first real taste of winter since the start of the pandemic, and it was quite chilly! But I had a wonderful time and there’s something very unique about this festival. I saw 33 films while in Park City, plus a few more online. I didn’t manage any days of five movies but averaged three or four. It was also a nice surprise to see two of the best films on the last two days. A few of these have distribution already, and if that’s the case, it’s noted. My favorites are after the jump...
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1. Flora and Son (acquired by Apple TV+)
2. Past Lives (coming soon from A24)
3. Scrapper
4. Shayda
5. Fancy Dance
6. Shortcomings
7. Landscape with Invisible Hand
10. Passages (acquired by MUBI)
Greta Lee and Teo Yoo in Past Lives
Best Director: Cecile Song (Past Lives)
Best Actor: Gael García Bernal (Cassandro - coming soon to Prime Video)
Best Actress: Eve Hewson (Flora and Son)
Best Supporting Actor: Lewis Pullman (The Starling Girl)
Asante Blackk and Kylie Rogers in Landscape with Invisible Hand
Best Supporting Actress: Kylie Rogers (Landscape with Invisible Hand)
Best Screenplay: Past Lives
Best Cinematography: Fremont
Best Ensemble Cast: Theater Camp (acquired by Searchlight pictures)
Molly Gordon and Ben Platt in Theater Camp
All images courtesy of Sundance Institute.