Nolan will get the new Trailblazer award and Song and Alberdi the festival’s Vanguard awards.
Christopher Nolan, Celine Song and Maite Alberdi have been set as award recipients for the opening night gala of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28).
Nolan, whose breakthrough film Memento screened at Sundance in 2001 and won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, will receive the first ever Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award.
Song, whose debut feature as a writer-director Past Lives premiered at this year’s Sundance and is currently an awards contender, will be presented with the Vanguard Award for Fiction.
Alberdi, who was at...
Christopher Nolan, Celine Song and Maite Alberdi have been set as award recipients for the opening night gala of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28).
Nolan, whose breakthrough film Memento screened at Sundance in 2001 and won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, will receive the first ever Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award.
Song, whose debut feature as a writer-director Past Lives premiered at this year’s Sundance and is currently an awards contender, will be presented with the Vanguard Award for Fiction.
Alberdi, who was at...
- 11/1/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Institute will honor Christopher Nolan with the first-ever Sundance Trailblazer Award. The Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years Presented Chase Sapphire, on January 18, 2024 at the DeJoria Center in Utah, will also present the annual Vanguard Award to “Past Lives” writer/director Celine Song and “The Eternal Memory” writer/director Maite Alberdi. Their 40th annual film festival will take place from January 18 through January 28, 2024, as well as online from January 25 to January 28.
“As we step into the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, it is a distinct honor to recognize Christopher Nolan, a prodigious artist whose singular talent and remarkable body of work have made him one of the most respected filmmakers of our time. We are looking forward to spotlighting the unique voices of both Celine and Maite, storytellers we have been supporting and deeply believe in. All three of these storytellers represent Sundance’s values,” said Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente.
“As we step into the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, it is a distinct honor to recognize Christopher Nolan, a prodigious artist whose singular talent and remarkable body of work have made him one of the most respected filmmakers of our time. We are looking forward to spotlighting the unique voices of both Celine and Maite, storytellers we have been supporting and deeply believe in. All three of these storytellers represent Sundance’s values,” said Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente.
- 11/1/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
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