Location | Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah |
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Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
Festival date | January 18 to January 28, 2018 |
Language | English |
Website | sundance |
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 18 to January 28, 2018. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 29, 2017. [1]
The following awards were presented: [2] [3]
Jury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury were announced on January 16, 2018. [7]
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