The movie wins the Grand Jury Prize in U.S. Dramatic, as 'The Wolfpack', 'Slow West' and 'The Russian Woodpecker' are also announced winners in the competitive categories.
- Feb 2, 2015
AceShowbiz - The 2015 Sundance Film Festival announced the titles which take top prizes in various competitive categories on Saturday, January 31. "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl" came out as a big winner as it took home U.S. Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. "I want to dedicate this to all the young filmmakers in my hometown of Laredo, Texas," director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon said at the ceremony, as quoted by Deadline.
"Me & Earl" tells the story of a high school student who befriends a classmate who suffers from a stage-four leukemia. The drama received hot response from the audience during screening and prompted a bidding war which eventually was won by Fox Searchlight. The movie is set for release later this year.
"The Wolfpack", meanwhile, was awarded with the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize. "I stalked these kids on the street one day, and here I am. To all those boys, I know you're watching this, and I f**king love you," director Crystal Moselle said. "Slow West", starring Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smit-McPhee, and "The Russian Woodpecker" took home trophies in World Dramatic and World Documentary respectively.
"True Detective" season 1 director Cary Fukunaga presented the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award to Robert Eggers for his work "The Witch". "The thing about this film was how collaborative it was... all of the producers and investors really supported what this film needed in order to make it as good as it needed to be, and I'm so honored," Eggers said of the win.
- U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize: "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl"
- U.S. Dramatic Audience Award: "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl"
- U.S. Dramatic Directing Award: Robert Eggers for "The Witch"
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Tim Talbott for "The Stanford Prison Experiment"
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award - Excellence in Cinematography: Brandon Trost for "The Diary of a Teenage Girl"
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award - Excellence in Editing: Lee Haugen for "Dope"
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award - Collaborative Vision: "Advantageous"
- U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize: "The Wolfpack"
- U.S. Documentary Audience Award: "Meru"
- U.S. Documentary - Directing Award: Matthew Heineman for "Cartel Land"
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award - Social Impact: "3 1/2 Minutes"
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award - Verite Film Making: "Western"
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award - Breakout First Feature: "(T)ERROR"
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award - Cinematography: Matthew Heineman, Matt Porwoll for "Cartel Land"
- NEXT Audience Award: "James White"
- World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize: "Slow West" (United Kingdom / New Zealand)
- World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award: "Umrika" (India)
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award - Directing: Alante Kavaite for "The Summer of Sangaile" (Lithuania / France)
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award - Acting: Germain McMicking for "Partisan" (Australia)
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award - Acting: Jack Reynor for "Glassland" (Ireland)
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award - Acting: Regina Case and Camila Mardila, "The Second Mother" (Brazil)
- World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize: "The Russian Woodpecker" (United Kingdom)
- World Cinema Documentary Audience Award: "Dark Horse" (United Kingdom)
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award - Directing: Kim Longinotto, "Dreamcatcher" (United Kingdom)
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award - Unparalleled Access: "The Chinese Mayor" (China)
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award - For Impact: "Pervert Park" (Sweden / Denmark)
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award - Editing: Jim Scott for "How to Change the World" (United Kingdom / Canada)
- Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: "The Stanford Prison Experiment"
