2022 Sundance Film Festival

The 2022 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20 to 30, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocol, it was initially intended to be an in-person/virtual hybrid festival, but on January 5, 2022, it was announced that the in-person components would be scrapped in favor of a wholly virtual festival due to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 9, 2021.

• Alice, written and directed by Krystin Ver Linden

• Breaking (premiered as 892), directed and co-written by Abi Damaris Corbin

• Cha Cha Real Smooth, written, produced and directed by Cooper Raiff

• Dual, written, produced and directed by Riley Stearns

• Emergency, directed by Carey Williams

• I'll Be Your Mirror (premiered as blood), directed by Bradley Rust Gray

• Master, written and directed by Mariama Diallo

• Nanny, written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu

• Palm Trees and Power Lines, directed and co-written by Jamie Dack

• Watcher, written and directed by Chloe Okuno

• Aftershock, produced and directed by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee

• Descendant, directed by Margaret Brown

• The Exiles, directed by Ben Klein and Violet Columbus

• Fire of Love, directed, co-written and co-produced by Sara Dosa

• Free Chol Soo Lee, directed by Julie Ha and Eugene Yi

• I Didn't See You There, directed by Reid Davenport

• The Janes, directed by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes

• Jihad Rehab, directed by Meg Smaker

• Navalny, directed by Daniel Roher

• TikTok, Boom., directed by Shalini Kantayya

• 2nd Chance, directed by Ramin Bahrani

• Am I OK?, directed by Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro

• Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, directed by Nina Menkes

• Call Jane, directed by Phyllis Nagy

• Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, directed and co-produced by Rory Kennedy

• Emily the Criminal, written and directed by John Patton Ford

• God's Country, directed and co-written by Julian Higgins

• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, directed by Sophie Hyde

• Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., written, directed and co-produced by Adamma Ebo

• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, directed by Clarence "Coodie" Simmons and Chike Ozah

• La Guerra Civil, produced and directed by Eva Longoria Bastón

• Living, directed by Oliver Hermanus

• Lucy and Desi, directed and co-produced by Amy Poehler

• My Old School, directed by Jono McLeod

• The Princess, directed by Ed Perkins

• Resurrection, written and directed by Andrew Semans

• Sharp Stick, written, directed and co-produced by Lena Dunham

• To the End, directed by Rachel Lears

• We Need to Talk About Cosby, directed by W. Kamau Bell

• When You Finish Saving the World, written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg

• Brian and Charles, directed by Jim Archer

• The Cow Who Sang a Song Into The Future, directed by Francisca Alegría

• Dos Estaciones, directed by Juan Pablo González

• Gentle, directed by Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja

• Girl Picture, directed by Alli Haapasalo

• Klondike, written, directed and edited by Maryna Er Gorbach

• Leonor Will Never Die, written and directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar

• Marte Um (Mars One), directed by Gabriel Martins

• Utama, directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi

• You Won't Be Alone, written and directed by Goran Stolevski

• All That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen

• Calendar Girls, directed by Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen

• A House Made of Splinters, directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont

• Midwives, directed by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing

• The Mission, directed by Tania Anderson

• Nothing Compares, directed by Kathryn Ferguson

• Sirens, directed by Rita Baghdadi

• Tantura, directed by Alon Schwarz

• The Territory, directed and co-produced by Alex Pritz

• We Met in Virtual Reality, directed by Joe Hunting

• Babysitter, directed by Monia Chokri

• Fresh, directed by Mimi Cave

• Hatching, directed by Hanna Bergholm

• Meet Me in the Bathroom, directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace

• Piggy, written and directed by Carlota Pereda

• Speak No Evil, directed and co-written by Christian Tafdrup

• The Cathedral, written, directed and edited by Ricky D'Ambrose

• Every Day in Kaimukī by Alika Tengan

• Framing Agnes, directed by Chase Joynt

• A Love Song, written, directed, produced and co-edited by Max Walker-Silverman

• Mija, directed by Isabel Castro

• Riotsville, U.S.A., directed by Sierra Pettengill

• Something in the Dirt, directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

• After Yang, written, directed and edited by Kogonada

• Happening, directed and co-written by Audrey Diwan

• Neptune Frost, directed by Saul Williams

• Three Minutes: A Lengthening, directed by Bianca Stigter

• The Worst Person in the World, directed by Joachim Trier

The following awards were given out:

• U.S. Dramatic Competition – Nanny (Nikyatu Jusu)

• U.S. Documentary Competition – The Exiles (Ben Klein and Violet Columbus)

• World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Utama (Alejandro Loayza Grisi)

• World Cinema Documentary Competition – All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen)

• Festival Favorite – Navalny (Daniel Roher)

• U.S. Dramatic Competition – Cha Cha Real Smooth (Cooper Raiff)

• U.S. Documentary Competition – Navalny (Daniel Roher)

• World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Girl Picture (Alli Haapasalo)

• World Cinema Documentary Competition – The Territory (Alex Pritz)

• NEXT – Framing Agnes (Chase Joynt)

• U.S. Dramatic Competition – Jamie Dack for Palm Trees and Power Lines

• U.S. Documentary Competition – Reid Davenport for I Didn't See You There

• World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Maryna Er Gorbach for Klondike

• World Cinema Documentary Competition – Simon Lereng Wilmont for A House Made of Splinters

• Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – K.D. Dávila for Emergency

• Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput for Fire of Love

• NEXT Innovator Prize – Chase Joynt for Framing Agnes

• U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast – The cast of 892

• U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Uncompromising Artistic Vision – Bradley Rust Gray for blood

• U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Margaret Brown for Descendant

• U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Impact for Change – Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee for Aftershock

• World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Acting – Teresa Sánchez for Dos Estaciones

• World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit – Martika Ramirez Escobar for Leonor Will Never Die

• World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Excellence in Verité Filmmaking – Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing for Midwives

• World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Documentary Craft – Alex Pritz for The Territory

• Short Film Grand Jury Prize – The Headhunter's Daughter

• Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction – If I Go Will They Miss Me

• Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – Warsha

• Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – Displaced

• Short Film Jury Award: Animation – Night Bus

• Short Film Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here

• Short Film Special Jury Award for Screenwriting – Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

• Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize – After Yang

• Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction – Su Kim for Free Chol Soo Lee

• Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction – Amanda Marshall for God's Country

• Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Nonfiction – Toby Shimin

• Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Fiction – Dody Dorn

• Sundance Institute/NHK Award – Hasan Hadi for The President's Cake

• 2nd Chance: Showtime Documentary Films (North American distribution)

• A Love Song: Stage 6 Films and Bleecker Street (worldwide distribution); Cinetic Media (North American sales); Films Boutique (International sales)

• Aftershock: Onyx Collective and ABC News

• Alice: Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions (North American distribution)

• Am I OK?: Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max

• Breaking: Bleecker Street (US distribution)

• Brian And Charles: Focus Features (worldwide rights; US distribution); Universal Pictures (International distribution)

• Calendar Girls: Juno Films (North American distribution)

• Call Jane: Roadside Attractions (US distribution)

• Cha Cha Real Smooth: Apple TV+

• Descendant: Netflix and Higher Ground Productions

• Dual: RLJE Films (US distribution)

• Emily the Criminal: Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions (US distribution); Universal Pictures (International distribution)

• Fire of Love: National Geographic Documentary Films

• Free Chol Soo Lee: MUBI (select territories including North America)

• Fresh: Searchlight Pictures and Hulu

• God's Country: IFC Films (North American distribution)

• Good Luck To You, Leo Grande: Searchlight Pictures and Hulu (US distribution)

• Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul: Focus Features, Peacock and Monkeypaw Productions

• Leonor Will Never Die: Music Box Films (North American distribution)

• Living: Sony Pictures Classics (select territories including North America)

• Mars One: Magnolia Pictures (international sales)

• My Old School: Magnolia Pictures (North American distribution)

• Nanny: Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Productions

• Navalny: Warner Bros. Pictures (North American theatrical distribution)

• Neptune Frost: Kino Lorber

• Nothing Compares: Showtime Documentary Films

• Piggy: Magnet Releasing (US distribution); Filmax (distribution in Spain)

• Resurrection: IFC Films and Shudder (North American distribution)

• Sharp Stick: Utopia (US distribution)

• Speak No Evil: Shudder (select territories including North America)

• The Cathedral: MUBI (North American distribution)

• The Territory: National Geographic Documentary Films

• Utama: Kino Lorber (US distribution)

• Watcher: IFC Midnight and Shudder (North American distribution); Focus Features and Universal Pictures (International distribution)