2020 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2020

Congratulations to the following alumni who received awards at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival!

The Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction was presented to Terrence Daye '22 (Kanbar Institute, Film), director of -Ship: A Visual Poem.

The following alumni were also involved with the making of -Ship: A Visual Poem:
Elegance Bratton ’22 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film), executive producer
Kristin Kouke ’19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film), cinematographer
Avigail Gutfeld ’20 (Design for Stage and Film), production designer
Deboleena Maitra ’17 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film), sound mixer
Aisha Ford ’21 (Kanbar Institute, Film), script supervisor
Rachel Harrison Gordon ’20 (Kanbar Institute, Film/Stern), production assistant
Efe Kabba ’20 (Kanbar Institute, Film), production assistant

The Fight received the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking, directed by Elyse Steinberg (GSAS/Cinema Studies).

The following films also received awards. Congratulations to the cast and crew who were involved:

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Minari
Joshua Bachove '06 (BFA, Drama), executive producer/line producer

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast
Charm City Kings
Marc Bienstock ’87 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), producer
Cody Williams (Recorded Music), second assistant director
Lorenzo Millan ’92 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), sound mixer

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Neo-Realism
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
Alana Barrett-Adkins ’11 (BFA, Drama), Nurse #2
Olga Mill ’11 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film), costume design
Laura Cunningham ’11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), sound mixer
Andrew S. Baldwin ’09 (BFA, Drama), unit production assistant  

**We apologize for any omissions. Please email additions or edits to: tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu.**