Edgar Wright, Winona Ryder among Sundance Film Fest jurors December 19, 2014 - 11:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Directors Edgar Wright and Cary Fukunaga and actress Winona Ryder are among the jurors selected for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The trio will serve on the U.S. Dramatic jury, while screenwriter Jonathan Nolan and actress Brit Marling are part of the group that will award the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for the depiction of science in film, The Hollywood Reporter said. The festival, which runs Jan. 22-Feb. 1, named the members of its six juries, which will award prizes at the annual indie film pilgrimage to Park City, Utah. Comedian Tig Notaro will host the festival’s feature-film awards ceremony on Jan. 31, which will be live-streamed at sundance.org/live. Notaro was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2014 for her sophomore release LIVE. A favorite on Conan and This American Life, and host of a weekly podcast, Professor Blastoff, Notaro executive produced the autobiographical documentary Tig, which will have its world premiere in the festival’s Documentary Premieres section. Short-film awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 27 at Park City’s Jupiter Bowl.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
