리 아이삭 정(정이삭) 감독'미나리(Minari)' 선댄스영화제 심사위원대상, 관객상 수상
한인 2세 리 아이삭 정(Lee Isaac Chung, 정이삭) 감독의 '미나리(Minari)'가 2020 선댄스영화제 최고상인 심사위원대상과 관객상을 수상했다. 정 감독의 자전적인 영화인 '미나리'는 1980년대 아칸소주 농장으로 이민한 한인 가정의 이야기로 스티븐 연, 윤여정, 한예리가 출연한다.
아칸소에서 태어난 정 감독은 예일대학교 생물학과를 졸업한 후 유타대학교에서 영화를 전공했다. 2008년 르완다 내전을 배경으로 한 영화 '문유랑가보(Munyurangabo)'로 칸영화제 경쟁 부문에 초대됐다.
1978년 영화배우 로버트 레드포드가 창립한 선댄스 영화제는 미 최고 권위의 독립영화제로 매년 유타주 솔트레이트시티에서 열린다. '선댄스'는 그가 폴 뉴만과 함께 출연했던 영화 '내일을 향해 쏴라(Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969)'에서 따왔다.
Sundance Film Festival 2020 Winners
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Minari”
Audience Award: “Minari”
Directing: Radha Blank, “The 40-Year-Old Version”
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Edson Oda, “Nine Days”
Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: “Charm City Kings”
Special Jury Auteur Award: Josephine Decker, “Shirley”
Special Jury Award for Neorealism: Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Boys State”
Audience Award: “Crip Camp”
Directing: Garrett Bradley, “Time”
Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker: Arthur Jones, “Feels Good Man”
Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, Eli Despres, “The Fight”
Special Jury Award for Editing: Tyler H. Walk, “Welcome to Chechnya”
Special Jury Award for Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling: Kirsten Johnson, “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness”
Audience Award: “Identifying Features”
Directing Award: Maïmouna Doucouré, “Cuties”
Special Jury Award for Acting: Ben Whishaw, “Surge”
Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection”
Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay: Fernanda Valadez & Astrid Rondero. “Identifying Features”
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Epicentro”
Audience Award: “The Reason I Jump”
Directing Award: Iryna Tsilyk, “The Earth is Blue as an Orange”
Special Jury Award for Editing: Mila Aung Thwin, Sam Soko, Ryan Mullins, “Softie”
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Micrea Topoleanu, Radu Ciorniciuc, “Acasa, My Home”
Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling: Benjamin Ree, “The Painter and the Thief”
OTHER AWARDS
NEXT Audience Award: “I Carry You With Me”
NEXT Innovator Award: “I Carry You With Me”
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: “Tesla”
Sundance Institute NHK Award: Kirsten Tan, “Higher”
Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Narrative Features: Huriyyah Muhammad, “Farewell Amor”
Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Documentary Features: Diane Becker & Melanie Miller of Fishbowl Films, “Whirlybird”
