The jury for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival has been revealed, including Debra Granik, Adrian Tomine and Lena Waithe being named the jurors of the U.S. Dramatic Competition section.
As for other sections, Shane Boris, Nicole Newnham and Rudy Valdez are the jurors for U.S. Documentary Competition; Jennifer Kent, Mira Nair and Rui Poças for World Cinema Dramatic Competition; Mandy Chang, Monica Hellström, and Shaunak Sen for World Cinema Documentary Competition; Christina Oh, Danny Pudi and Charlotte Regan for Short Film Program Competition; and Zal Batmanglij for the NEXT competition section. All of the jurors have also previously had projects at prior festivals.
“The Sundance Film Festival is known for discovering and platforming visionary emerging artists. We cannot do this without our jury, who so thoughtfully help us recognize and amplify the next generation of independent storytellers,” festival director Eugene Hernandez said. “We are thrilled to announce the talented, accomplished artists who comprise this year’s jury.”
The jury for the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is Dr. Mandë Holford, Dr. Nia Imara, Matt Johnson, Theresa Park and Courtney Stephens, and have already awarded the prize to Sam and Andy Zuchero’s Love Me.
“For our 40th Festival, the jury members this year are all artists who have had films at prior Festivals,” said Kim Yutani, director of programming. “They know what it is to introduce new work to the Sundance community and we are so pleased to be able to welcome them back to Sundance to take in the films our programming team has curated. We can’t wait to see what resonates with them.”
The Sundance Film Festival will take place Jan. 18-28 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, along with a selection of films available online from Jan. 25-28.
The jury will reveal the winners from all five competition sections at an intimate award ceremony on Jan. 26. The winning films will then be screened in person and online from Jan. 27-28.
