2017 Sundance Film Festival

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2017 Sundance Film Festival
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Location Park City, Salt Lake City, and Sundance Resort in Utah
Hosted by Sundance Institute
Festival dateJanuary 19 to January 29, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Website sundance.org/festival

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29, 2017. [1] [2] The first lineup of competition films was announced November 30, 2016. [3]

Contents

Awards

The following awards were presented: [4]

Films

U.S. Dramatic Competition

U.S. Documentary Competition

Premieres

Next

Spotlight

Midnight

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

World Cinema Documentary Competition

New Frontier

Juries

Jury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury were announced on January 11, 2017. [6]

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References

  1. "Sundance Film Festival". www.sundance.org. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  2. Debruge, Peter (December 5, 2016). "Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2017 Premieres, Midnight, Spotlight Sections". Variety.
  3. "Sundance 2017 Announces Competition and NEXT Lineups, Including Returning Favorites and Major Contenders". Indiewire. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  4. Debruge, Peter. "Sundance: Winners Announced (Awards Ceremony in Progress)". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  5. John DeFore (January 25, 2017). "'Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  6. "Announcing the Jury Members of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

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