Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is the Winner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic and the Audience Award – U.S. Dramatic at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Accepting the award, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon said “I want to thank entire cast and crew actors, Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, Connie Britton, Nick Offerman and Molly Shannon. This movie was about processing the loss and celebrate the life of a beautiful man, my father. So thanks again for this opportunity.”
The winners and awards of 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Cartel Land, directed by Matthew Heinema
Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Witch, directed by Robert Eggers
Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
The Wolfpack, directed by Crystal Moselle
Winner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact:
3 ½ Minutes, directed by Marc Silver
Winner for U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Collaborate Vision:
Advantageous, directd by Jennifer Phang
Winner for U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Editing:
Dope, edited by Lee Haugen
Winner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, cinematography by Brandon Trost
Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Stanford Prison Experiment, screenplay by Tim Talbott
Winner of Audience Award: U.S. Documentary:
Meru, directed by Jimmy Chin and E. Chai Vasarhelyi
Winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Winner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary:
Cartel Land, by Matthew Heineman
Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Break Out First Feature:
(T)error, directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Winner for U. S. Documentary Special Jury award for Verité Filmmaking:
Western, directed by Bill Ross and Turner Ross
Winner of the Audience Award: Best Of Next
James White, directed by Josh Mond
Winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema Dramatic:
Umrika, directed by Prashant Nair
Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting:
The Second Mother, Regina Casé and Camila Márdila
Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting:
Glassland, Jack Reynor
Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography:
Partisan, Germain McMicking
Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award:
The Summer of Sangaile, directed by Alanté Kavaïté
Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize:
Slow West, directed by John Maclean
Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
How to Change the World, edited by Jim Scott
Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact:
Pervert Park, directed by Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors
Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access:
The Chinese Mayor, directed by Hao Zhou
Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award:
Dreamcatcher, directed by Kim Longinotto
Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize:
Russian Woodpecker, directed by Chad Gracia
Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize:
The Stanford Prison Experiment, directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez