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The full list of awards: U.S. Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic: “CODA,” Sian Heder U.S. Grand Jury Prize – Documentary: “Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Directing Award – U.S. Dramatic: Sian Heder, “CODA” Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch, “On the Count of Three” Directing Award – U.S. Documentary: “Users,” Natalia Almada Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award – U.S. Documentary: Kristina Motwani and Rebecca Adorno, “Homeroom” U.S...

G. Allen Johnson February 2, 2021Updated: February 4, 2021, 3:49 pm The cast of “CODA,” which won four awards at the Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up by Apple TV+, includes Marlee Matlin (second from right). Photo: Sundance Film Festival “CODA,” Sian Heder’s drama about a child of deaf parents seeking to strike out on her own, won the top prize at the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday, Feb. 2. But the win was no surprise, because “CODA” dominated from the...

Indian documentary Writing with Fire wins audience award at Sundance Film Festival Updated: Updated: This Indian film follows this ambitious group of Dalit women who run a newspaper. Share Article This Indian film follows this ambitious group of Dalit women who run a newspaper. "Writing with Fire", an Indian film chronicling the rise of Khabar Lahariya, Indias only newspaper run by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 20...

Sian Heder’s portrait of a deaf family with a hearing child “CODA” won the top awards at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, including the grand jury prize,...

Top row: CODA, Courtesy of Sundance Institute; Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), photo by Mass Distraction Media; Flee, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Bottom row: Hive, photo by Alexander Bloom; Writing With Fire, courtesy of Sundance Institute; Ma Belle, My Beauty, courtesy of Sundance Institute. *Park City, UT — After six days and 73 feature films, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place tonight, hosted by actor and comedian Patton ...

Sian Heder’s portrait of a deaf family with a hearing child “CODA” won the top awards at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, including the grand jury prize,...

Sian Heder’s “CODA,” one of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s opening-day screenings, was the big winner at the awards ceremony Tuesday night. The film took home the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, as well as the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast. Heder was also honored with the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Seacia Pavao A dramatic feature about the only member of a family who can hear and a doc...

Her film, a breakout of the festival, sold to Apple TV+ for a reported $25 million. Heder had her kids and husband join her for the directing honor. Questlove, who made his directing debut with "Summer of Soul (...or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" at the largely forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, was caught a little more off guard and got word his first award, the audience prize, from the passenger seat of a car. “Wait a minute, this is too soon,” he said. “I didn’t ...

Top doc honors went to 'Summer of Soul' from director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, who accepted his award from inside a car on his "way to work" in New York City at 'The Tonight Show.'

Questlove accepted his documentary grand jury prize and audience award from his car on...