Sundance Winners: ‘Minari’ and ‘Boys State’ Take Top Honours1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Sundance Film Festival concluded with the announcement of its grand jury awards, honoring Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, a semi-autobiographical glimpse into the Korean American director’s Arkansas upbringing, and Boys State, an immersive vérité look at an impassioned class of politically inclined Texas teens who participate in an annual mock-government competition. It is also Singapore’s Kirsten Tan’s next project.
Ethan Hawke and his fellow U.S. dramatic competition jurors Wash Westmoreland and Rodrigo Garcia gave the directing prize to Radha Blank for her The 40-Year-Old Version.
Photo Credit: Film still of ‘Minari’