El sábado 27 de enero por la noche se efectuó la ceremonia de premiación del Festival de Cine de Sundance, en la Basin Recreation Fieldhouse, en Park City, en el estado de Utah, en sus distintas secciones: Competencia Dramática Estadounidense, Competencia Documental Estadounidense, Competencia Dramática de Cine del Mundo y Competencia Documental de Cine del Mundo.
La producción mexicana Tiempo compartido (México, 2018), segundo largometraje de ficción de Sebastián Hofmann, ganó el premio a Mejor Escritura de Guión en la Competencia Dramática de Cine del Mundo, para sus dos autores Julio Chavezmontez Jato y el propio Hofmann.
La cinta es protagonizada por Luis Gerardo Méndez y Miguel Rodarte, y cuenta entre su elenco a Cassandra Ciangherotti, Montserrat Marañon, Andrés Almeida, y R.J. Mitte, y relata la historia de dos hombres que unen fuerzas para rescatar a sus familias del paraíso, convencidos de que Everfields International, la multinacional que opera los tiempos compartidos, quiere quitarles a sus seres queridos.
El filme cuenta con fotografía de Matias Penachino, música original de Giorgio Giampà, edición de Sebastián Hofmann, diseño de producción de Claudio Ramirez Castelli, diseño de vestuario de Brenda Gomez, maquillaje de Adam Zoller, en una producción de Julio Chavezmontez con Stienette Bosklopper, Lisette Kelder y Sebastián Hofmann.
Además, el primer largometraje de ficción de Tatiana Huezo Sánchez, Noche de fuego, fue reconocida con el Premio del Instituto Sundance a los Cineastas del Mundo, una beca para reconocer y apoyar a los talentos emergentes junto con la siria Talal Derki por Of Fathers and Sons.
Esta es la lista completa de premios:
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Kailash, directed by Derek Doneen
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, directed by Desiree Akhavan
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
On Her Shoulders, directed by Alexandria Bombach
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic
The Kindergarten Teacher, directed by Sara Colangelo
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting
Blaze, actor Benjamin Dickey
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
I Think We’re Alone Now, directed by Reed Morano
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature
Monsters and Men, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic
Nancy, Director/Screenwriter, Christina Choe
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling
Three Identical Strangers, directed by Tim Wardle
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking
Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
Hale County This Morning, This Evening, directed by RaMell Ross
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact
Crime + Punishment, directed by Stephen Maing
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
This is Home, directed by Alexandra Shiva
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
The Guilty, directed by Gustav Möller
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Burden, directed by Andrew Heckler
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
The Sentence, directed by Rudy Valdez
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting
Dead Pigs
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting
Time Share (Tiempo Compartido), written by Julio Chavezmontes and Sebastián Hofmann
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
The Queen of Fear, actress Valeria Bertuccelli
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
And Breathe Normally, directed by Ísold Uggadóttir
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Butterflies, directed by Tolga Karaçelik
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
Our New President, edited by Maxim Pozdorovkin and Matvey Kulakov
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography
Genesis 2.0, shot by Maxim Arbugaev and Peter Indergand
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A., directed by Stephen Loveridge
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
Shirkers, directed by Sandi Tan
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Of Fathers and Sons, directed by Talal Derki
NEXT Innovator Award
Night Comes On, directed by Jordana Spiro y
We the Animals, directed by Jeremiah Zagar
NEXT Audience Award Presented by Adobe
Search, directed by Aneesh Chaganty
Sundance Institute Global Filmmaking Awards
From Syria, Talal Derki for Of Fathers and Sons
From Mexico, Tatiana Huezo for Night On Fire.
Sundance Institute/NHK Award
Remi Weekes from the UK, for His House.
Sundance Institute / Amazon Studios Producers Awards documentary feature
Katy Chevigny and Marilyn Ness from Big Mouth Productions for Dark Money.
Sundance Institute / Amazon Studios Producers Awards for narrative feature producer
Sev Ohanian for Search.
El director mexicano Sebastián Hofmann en el Estudio de Retratos de Sundance. Foto: Myles Pettengill.
