The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is welcoming back festival alumni to serve as members of the jury. All 16 members selected to serve on the competition jury have personal experience bringing films to the festival.
“For our 40th Festival, the jury members this year are all artists who have had films at prior Festivals. They know what it is to introduce new work to the Sundance community and we are so pleased to be able to welcome them back to Sundance to take in the films our programming team has curated. We can’t wait to see what resonates with them,” stated Kim Yutani, Director of Programming.
This year’s jury includes Debra Granik, Adrian Tomine, and Lena Waithe for U.S. Dramatic Competition; Shane Boris, Nicole Newnham, and Rudy Valdez for U.S. Documentary Competition; Jennifer Kent, Mira Nair, and Rui Poças for World Cinema Dramatic Competition; Mandy Chang, Monica Hellström, and Shaunak Sen for World Cinema Documentary Competition; Christina Oh, Danny Pudi, and Charlotte Regan for Short Film Program Competition; and Zal Batmanglij for the NEXT competition section.
“The Sundance Film Festival is known for discovering and platforming visionary emerging artists. We cannot do this without our jury, who so thoughtfully help us recognize and amplify the next generation of independent storytellers,” said Eugene Hernandez, Festival Director. “We are thrilled to announce the talented, accomplished artists who comprise this year’s jury.”
The 2024 festival takes place January 18-28th in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. Feature film awards will be announced on Friday, January 26th during a ceremony at The Ray Theatre in Park City. Short film winners will be revealed on January 23rd during the Shorts Awards & Party.
Additionally, Dr. Mandë Holford, Dr. Nia Imara, Matt Johnson, Theresa Park, and Courtney Stephens serve as jurors for the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, which is given to a feature film “focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character.” The jury selected Love Me, directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero and starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun, as this year’s recipient.
(Pictured Above: Top L–R: Mandë Holford, Theresa Park, Lena Waithe, Rudy Valdez, Nicole Newnham, Monica Hellström, Rui Poças. Center L–R: Courtney Stephens, Nia Imara, Adrian Tomine, Jennifer Kent, Mandy Chang, Charlotte Regan, Danny Pudi. Bottom L–R: Matt Johnson, Debra Granik, Shane Boris, Mira Nair, Shaunak Sen, Christina Oh, Zal Batmanglij. Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival.)
