December 18, 2024, Park Metropolis, UT — The nonprofit Sundance Institute introduced in the present day that writer-director-producer James Mangold (Searchlight Photos’ A Full Unknown) can be honored with the Trailblazer Award. Multi-hyphenate, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award–profitable and two-time Academy Award nominated actress, singer, producer, and writer Cynthia Erivo, at present starring in Common Photos’ Depraved, can be honored with the Visionary Award on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant’s gala fundraiser, Celebrating Sundance Institute Introduced by Google TV.
As beforehand introduced, the night will even honor Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director of Artist Applications at Sundance Institute, for her longstanding dedication to nurturing artists and cultivating unbiased movie by the Sundance Labs, the place visionary artists convene to develop groundbreaking initiatives by an in-depth inventive course of, for the previous 4 a long time. The gala can be a night in celebration of the Sundance Institute and its influence on the filmmaking neighborhood. The annual Vanguard Awards Introduced by Acura can be awarded through the night to Sean Wang, author and director of Dìdi (弟弟), and Julian Courageous NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, co-directors of Sugarcane, who premiered their movies on the 2024 Sundance Movie Pageant.
This yr’s gala, which is able to happen on January 24, 2025, on the new Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Utah, can be co-chaired by Board Chair Ebs Burnough and very long time Board Trustee Pat Mitchell. The annual gala permits the nonprofit to boost funds to help unbiased artists year-round by labs, grants, and public programming that nurture artists from all around the world.
James Mangold can be honored with the Trailblazer Award in recognition of his unwavering dedication and notable contributions to the sphere of cinema. As a author, director, and producer he continues the custom of filmmakers who can mission their very own imaginative and prescient and elegance onto a spread of genres, uniting his movies with fixed humanist themes, intimate performances, and putting staging and imagery. Mangold’s relationship with Sundance started in 1994, when he first participated within the Institute’s year-round artist applications, designed to help rising filmmakers. It was then that he developed the screenplay for his 1997 movie Copland on the Sundance Screenwriters and Administrators Labs. His directorial debut, Heavy, acquired the Particular Jury Prize for Directing on the 1995 Sundance Movie Pageant. Over time, Mangold has performed a job in shaping the panorama of movie, leaving an indelible influence on each the trade and common tradition. From Woman, Interrupted and Stroll the Line to 3:10 to Yuma, Ford v. Ferrari and A Full Unknown, this award celebrates Mangold’s lasting legacy of highly effective storytelling.
“Sundance has been many issues in my life; a far-off dream on a mountain, a laboratory at which I developed the script for Cop Land, a pageant at which I debuted Heavy, my first function, and later, a spot I’ve proudly mentored proficient younger filmmakers. I’m floored and flattered that Sundance thought my physique of labor was worthy of this honor,” mentioned James Mangold.
Cynthia Erivo can be honored with the Visionary Award for her uncompromising work and notable contributions to the leisure trade. At the moment receiving widespread essential acclaim and rave opinions for her efficiency as Elphab in Depraved, Erivo has made an indelible mark on each stage and display. From her breakout portrayal of Celie Harris in Broadway’s The Colour Purple, for which she received a Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award, to her commanding efficiency in Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet, for which she was nominated for 2 Academy Awards, Erivo constantly brings profound talent, depth and artistry to each function. In Sundance Movie Pageant’s 2021 digital version Cynthia served as a jury member and returned to the Pageant in 2023, as each an actor and producer, for her mesmerizing efficiency in Drift. Now, because the star within the greatest movie on this planet, Depraved, Erivo’s success serves as a testomony to her ever-growing influence on movie.
“Receiving the Visionary Award is an honor that fills me with immense gratitude. Sundance has at all times been a sanctuary for daring voices and transformative narratives, and to be part of and acknowledged by this unbelievable neighborhood is deeply significant. Storytelling is the inspiration of my work, and it’s a privilege to have a good time this artwork kind alongside so many extraordinary creators. This recognition conjures up me to proceed championing daring, various tales that join, problem, and uplift us all,” mentioned Erivo.
“James Mangold and Cynthia Erivo embody the very essence of creativity and influence inside the arts,” mentioned Amanda Kelso, Performing CEO of Sundance Institute. “James’ profession displays the guts of filmmaking: daring and genuine storytelling. His connection to the Sundance Institute, from his early days as a participant in our artist applications to his groundbreaking work as a director, has left an enduring influence on the movie neighborhood. Cynthia’s journey, marked by electrifying performances in each mission she touches, has made her a dynamic artist who conjures up and empowers audiences and creators alike. We’re thrilled to honor James with the Trailblazer Award and Cynthia with the Visionary Award, celebrating their extraordinary achievements and the highly effective tales they proceed to deliver to life.”
The 2025 occasion is made attainable with the beneficiant help of Google TV. The Pageant will happen from January 23–February 2, 2025, in particular person in Park Metropolis and Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, with a choice of titles obtainable on-line from January 30–February 2, 2025 for audiences throughout the nation to find daring unbiased storytelling
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The Sundance Movie Pageant, a program of the nonprofit, Sundance Institute, is the pre-eminent gathering of authentic storytellers and audiences in search of new voices and contemporary views. Since 1985, lots of of movies launched on the Pageant have gone on to achieve essential acclaim and attain new audiences worldwide. The Pageant has launched a few of the most groundbreaking movies and episodic works of the previous three a long time, together with Daughters, Dìdi (弟弟), A Actual Ache, Sujo, Thelma, Will & Harper, Previous Lives, 20 Days in Mariupol, The Everlasting Reminiscence, Nonetheless: A Michael J. Fox Film, A Thousand and One, Fairly Child: Brooke Shields, Rye Lane, Navalny, Fireplace of Love, Flee, CODA, Passing, Summer season of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution May Not Be Televised), Minari, Clemency, By no means Not often Typically At all times, Zola, O.J.: Made in America, On the File, Boys State, The Farewell, Honeyland, One Little one Nation, The Memento, The Infiltrators, Sorry to Hassle You, High of the Lake, Gained’t You Be My Neighbor?, Hereditary, Name Me by Your Title, Get Out, The Large Sick, Mudbound, Fruitvale Station, Whiplash, Brooklyn, Valuable, The Cove, Little Miss Sunshine, An Inconvenient Fact, Napoleon Dynamite, Hedwig and the Offended Inch, Reservoir Canines, and intercourse, lies, and videotape. This system consists of fiction and nonfiction options and quick movies, sequence and episodic content material, progressive storytelling, and performances, in addition to conversations, and different occasions. The Pageant takes place in particular person in Utah, in addition to on-line, connecting audiences to daring new artists and movies. The 2025 Pageant can be held January 23–February 2, 2025. Be part of the Pageant at pageant.sundance.org and observe the Pageant on Fb, Instagram, TikTok, X (previously Twitter), and YouTube.
The Pageant is a program of the nonprofit Sundance Institute. Thus far 2025 Pageant sponsors embrace: Presenting Sponsors – Acura, AMC+, Chase Sapphire Reserve®, Adobe; Management Sponsors – Audible, Casamigos, Omnicom Group, Shutterstock, United Airways; Sustaining Sponsors – Canon U.S.A., Inc., Darling&Co., Dropbox, World of Hyatt®, IMDbPro, MACRO, Rabbit Gap Bourbon & Rye, College of Utah Well being, Vimeo, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, White Claw Exhausting Seltzer; Media Sponsors – Deadline Hollywood, IndieWire, Los Angeles Occasions, Selection, Vibe, TheWrap. Sundance Institute acknowledges essential help from the State of Utah as Pageant Host State. The help of those organizations helps offset the Pageant’s prices and maintain the Institute’s yr spherical applications for unbiased artists. Please go to pageant.sundance.org for extra.
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As a champion and curator of unbiased tales, the nonprofit Sundance Institute gives and preserves the house for artists throughout storytelling media to create and thrive. Based in 1981 by Robert Redford, the Institute’s signature labs, granting, and mentorship applications, devoted to creating new work, happen all year long within the U.S. and internationally. Sundance Collab, a digital neighborhood platform, brings a world cohort of working artists collectively to be taught from Sundance advisors and join with one another in a inventive house, creating and sharing works in progress. The Sundance Movie Pageant and different public applications join audiences and artists to ignite new concepts, uncover authentic voices, and construct a neighborhood devoted to unbiased storytelling. By the Sundance Institute artist applications, we have now supported such initiatives as Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Large Sick, Bottle Rocket, Boys Don’t Cry, Boys State, Name Me by Your Title, Clemency, CODA, Drunktown’s Most interesting, The Farewell, Fireplace of Love, Flee, The Forty-Yr-Outdated Model, Fruitvale Station, Half Nelson, Hedwig and the Offended Inch, Hereditary, Honeyland, The Infiltrators, The Final Black Man in San Francisco, Little Woods, Love & Basketball, Me and You and Everybody We Know, Mudbound, Nanny, One Little one Nation, Pariah, Elevating Victor Vargas, Requiem for a Dream, Reservoir Canines, RBG, Sin Nombre, Sorry to Hassle You, Robust Island, Summer season of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution May Not Be Televised), Swiss Military Man, A Thousand and One, High of the Lake, Strolling and Speaking, Gained’t You Be My Neighbor?, and Zola. By year-round artist applications, the Institute additionally nurtured the early careers of such artists as Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Gregg Araki, Darren Aronofsky, Lisa Cholodenko, Ryan Coogler, Nia DaCosta, The Daniels, David Gordon Inexperienced, Miranda July, James Mangold, John Cameron Mitchell, Kimberly Peirce, Boots Riley, Ira Sachs, Quentin Tarantino, Taika Waititi, Lulu Wang, and Chloé Zhao. Assist Sundance Institute in our dedication to uplifting daring artists and highly effective storytelling globally by making a donation at sundance.org/donate. Be a part of Sundance Institute on Fb, Instagram, TikTok, X (previously Twitter), and YouTube.
