Waldo Salt Screenwriting: Last News

The Sundance Institute has revealed that the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival will take place in person in Utah from January 18-28, 2024, with a large selection of films also to be made available online, as they have been for a number of years.

Refresh for more…As the Sundance Film Festival heads into its final weekend, the Park City, UT cinematic event is handling out trophies this AM to this year’s best. Keep refreshing to see who wins, and scroll down.

Hulu, just one week before 2025 Oscar nominations are announced. The movie premiered at the 2024 edition of the Sundance Film Festival and has since racked up accolades including the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance.

Searchlight’s Golden Globe winning A Real Pain will stream on Hulu on Jan. 16.

Jesse Eisenberg’s bromance dramedy, A Real Pain, which has been on a tear on the awards circuit, is hitting digital platforms Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home on Dec. 31. The movie which Eisenberg directed, wrote and starred in opposite Kieran Culkin, will arrive on Blu-Ray on Feb. 4.

The independent film fall festival love affair with moviegoers continues with A Real Pain posting the year’s third best per screen average. Anora continues its standout run as does Conclave. The Ralph Fiennes-starring Vatican thriller is no. 4 at the box office in week 2. A24’s We Live In Time is no. 6.

The Jurassic World franchise’s Derek Connolly has been tapped to write Eternal Champions, a live-action feature adaptation of the Sega video game for Skydance, Deadline can confirm.

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony honoring the best of this year’s lineup in Park City is in progress right now at the Ray Theatre. Refresh frequently as the winners are announced.

EXCLUSIVE: Silver Lining Entertainment has signed Niousha Noor, the star of Maryam Keshavarz’s multiple prize-winning Sundance dramedy The Persian Version, for representation.

The nonprofit Sundance Institute today unveiled details for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s fundraiser, Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years Presented by Chase Sapphire® whichwill take place on January 18, 2024 at the DeJoria Center in Utah. Kicking off the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, the evening will honor trailblazing and breakout storytellers, as well as celebrate 40 years of Sundance’s commitment to elevating independent storytelling.

An Iranian American woman navigating culture clash, an Argentine bank heist and an animated ghost story voiced by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debut this weekend with a handful of docs and some notable expansion, vying with Apple wide release Killers Of The Flower Moon.

Sony Pictures Classics has taken North American on Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version which won the Audience Award (U.S. Dramatic Competition) and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (U.S. Dramatic Competition) at this year’s Sundance. Keshavarz is the first filmmaker to have two films win the Sundance Audience Award in the Dramatic Competition category.

Neil Jimenez, who won three Indie Spirit Awards for writing River’s Edge and writing and co-directing The Waterdance, has died. He was 62. His sister, Kathleen Serio, said Jimenez died December 11 of heart failure in Arroyo Grande, CA.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticThe virtual Sundance Film Festival concluded with a virtual awards show, announcing the winners via social media in a series of tweeted statements and videos.After hosting an abridged version of the 2021 edition virtually, Sundance organizers hoped to return with a hybrid online and in-person (Park City, Utah-based) event this year, but rising COVID-19 infections due to the Omicron variant forced them to shift the program online again. With the infrastructure already in place, the festival was able to make the pivot to the safer model, while losing out on much of the excitement and attention generated by the pre-pandemic model.The full list of winners appears below — UPDATING LIVE: Grand Jury Prize: “”Audience Award: “”Directing:Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: “”Special Jury Award: “”Grand Jury Prize: “”Audience Award: “”Directing: “”Special Jury Award: “”Grand Jury Prize: “”Audience Award: “”Directing Award: “”Special Jury Award: “”Grand Jury Prize: “”Audience Award: “”Directing Award: “”Special Jury Award: “”Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: “After Yang”Sundance Institute NHK Award: Hasan Hadi, “The President’s Cake”Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Narrative Features: Amanda Marshall, “God’s Country”Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Documentary Features: Su Kim, “Free Chol Soo Lee”Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Documentary: Toby Shimin