The names of the laureates of the Sundance 2015 festival became known

PARK CITY. In the small resort town of Utah, the closing ceremony of the 31st annual Sundance independent film festival took place. At the celebration, which took place on the night of January 31, a list of this year’s laureates was announced.

Sundance Independent Film Festival was first held in 1981. From its founding to this day, its leader has been actor, independent director and producer Robert Redford. This year 44 documentaries and feature films were presented as part of the main competition program. For the whole day of participation in the festival contest 172 works were sent.

The title of the best American feature film according to the Sundance version was awarded to Alfonso Gomez-Rehon directed by Me, Earl and the Dying Girl. In the center of the plot of the picture are two high school friends and their classmate, dying of cancer. The film was based on the novel of the writer Jesse Andrews, released in 2013.

The film "Slow West" directed by John Macklin, the jury of "Sundance" was named the best foreign film. The film tells the story of a teenager named Jay, who went to the West in search of his girlfriend. The main role in the film was played by Irish actor of German descent Michael Fassbender.

The film "Wolf Pack" produced by the United States has become the best documentary. The picture tells about teenagers who spent almost their entire lives at home in their apartment in Manhattan and never went outside.

In the category of international films, the best documentary was recognized by the work of Chad Gracia “Russian Woodpecker” - about the young artist Fedor Alexandrovich, who decided to find out the true causes of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The best director of the jury named Robert Eggers for his film “The Witch”. Frenchwoman Alante Cavete was recognized as the best foreign director for her teenage film “Summer Sangay”.

Svetlana Korableva © Gallerix.ru