Chinonye Chukwu won the Grand Jury Prize in the US dramatic competition, arguably the biggest prize to be scooped up at Sundance. Chukwu’s film Clemency secured her the win, making Chukwu the first black woman to win the prize.
As for the world cinema Grand Jury Prize, Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir received that accolade. The other three female directors having a successful run at Sundance are Zhang Lynn, for her US documentary Born in China and Nanfu Wang and Tamara Kotevska for the international documentary Honeyland.
The Sundance Film Festival has been running since 1978. The festival celebrates smaller and independent productions, rather than those funded by big studios.
