Overview
- Beth de Araújo’s “Josephine” won both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Drama and the U.S. Audience Award, and it does not yet have distribution.
- “Nuisance Bear” took the U.S. Documentary grand jury prize, with “Shame and Money” and “To Hold a Mountain” winning the top world cinema awards.
- Additional honors included U.S. directing awards for “Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!” and “Soul Patrol,” the Waldo Salt screenwriting award for “Take Me Home,” and the NEXT Innovator Award for “The Incomer.”
- Deal-making continued as A24 bought Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite” for roughly $10–12 million, Neon picked up “Leviticus” in a seven‑figure pact, and Sony Pictures Classics acquired “Ha‑chan, Shake Your Booty!.”
- Sundance is closing its final Park City run with winners rolling onto the festival’s at‑home platform, many films still in distribution talks, and a planned move to Boulder in 2027.