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847 Park City, February 3 “Writing with Fire”, an Indian film chronicling the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2021. The festival, which started from January 28 and will close on February 3, is presented by Sundance Organisation, a nonprofit that discovers and supports independent artists, and introduces audiences to their work. According to the film gala’s official website, the virtual award ceremony was remotely hosted by actor-comic Patton Oswalt on T...

"CODA" big winner at 2021 Sundance Film Festival By David Morgan February 2, 2021 / 10:56 PM / CBS News "CODA," a touching coming-of-age dramedy about a young girl in conflict with her deaf parents and brother as she attempts to pursue singing — a talent they cannot fully appreciate — received top honors at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film received the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Drama, as well as the Audience Award, a director's award for Siân Heder and a special jury award for its ensemble cast, which includes Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, ...

Posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 by Chris Evangelista Today, the Golden Globe nominations were announced, and the results were pretty bad! So perhaps we should try to cleanse our palates with the 2021 Sundance Film Festival awards. This year’s Sundance was virtual, and while that experience can’t hold a candle to being on the ground in Park City, the festival organizers deserver lots of credit for putting the fest together in any capacity and running it smoothly. While I found a lot of the films I saw this year to be lacking, there were still plenty of noteworthy titles. Lots of at...

Synopsis 'Fire in the Mountains', directed by debutant Ajitpal Singh, was another Indian title be screened at the festival. 'Writing with Fire', which also marks the feature debut of directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, follows this ambitious group of Dalit women - led by their chief reporter, Meera - as the team switches from print to digital in order to stay relevant. Related PARK CITY: 'Writing with Fire', an Indian film chronicling the rise of 'Khabar Lahariya', India's only newspaper run by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sunda...

Sundance 2021 Winners: 'CODA' Sweeps With Four Prizes, Questlove's Documentary 'Summer Of Soul' Earns Two Adam B. Vary, provided by Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The 2021 Sundance Film Festival concluded Tuesday night with a virtual awards ceremony, honoring “CODA” — a family drama centered on a high school student who is the child of deaf adults (hence the title) — with four prizes in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category: the grand jury prize, the directing prize, the audience award and a special jury prize for best ensemble. It is the first film in Sundance history to win all...