{"id":1383,"date":"2018-01-27T12:09:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T17:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2018-06-20T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T12:26:13","slug":"kailash-miseducation-cameron-post-awarded-top-honors-sundance-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/kailash-miseducation-cameron-post-awarded-top-honors-sundance-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Kailash\u2019 And \u2018The Miseducation of Cameron Post\u2019 Awarded Top Honors At Sundance 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sundancewinners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sundancewinners.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sundancewinners-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sundancewinners-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Sundance Film Festival concluded with the U.S. Grand Jury Prizes given to the documentary <em>Kailash<\/em> and drama <em>The Miseducation of Cameron Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Derek Doneen, <em>Kailash<\/em> documents the journey of how Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi built a global movement to rescue children from child slavery in India. Satyarthi humbly shared the news on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/k_satyarthi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>: \u201c<em>Kailash<\/em> is a reminder that we will see the end of child slavery in my lifetime,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI am humbled as <em>Kailash<\/em> was chosen the winner of the US Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival. Congratulations to Derek and his team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taking home the Dramatic U.S. Grand Jury Prize was Desiree Akhavan\u2019s<em> The Miseducation of Cameron Post<\/em>. Adapted from Emily M. Danforth\u2019s 2012 novel, the film follows a teenage girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) who comes out as a lesbian and is sent to a gay conversion center by her religious aunt. Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr., and<em> American Honey\u2019s<\/em> Sasha Lane co-star in the film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to dedicate this award to the LGBTQ survivors of sexual conversion therapy,\u201d Moretz said in her acceptance speech. \u201cWe want this movie to shine a light (on the fact) that it is only illegal in nine states out of the 50 to practice sexual conversion therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of January 27th, no public release date has been set for the film.<\/p>\n<p><em>See the full list of Sundance winners below: <\/em><\/p>\n<h3>U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Grand Jury Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe Miseducation of Cameron Post\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience Award:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cBurden\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directing:\u00a0<\/strong>Sara Colangelo, \u201cThe Kindergarten Teacher\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Christina Choe, \u201cNancy\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature:\u00a0<\/strong>Reinaldo Marcus Green, \u201cMonsters and Men\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Excellence in Filmmaking:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI Think We\u2019re Alone Now\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting:\u00a0<\/strong>Benjamin Dickey, \u201cBlaze\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Grand Jury Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cKailash\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directing:<\/strong>\u00a0Alexandria Bombach, \u201cOn Her Shoulders\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience Award:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Sentence\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Social Impact:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cCrime + Punishment\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Creative Vision:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cHale County This Morning, This Evening\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cMinding the Gap\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Storytelling:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThree Identical Strangers\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>WORLD CINEMA\u00a0DRAMATIC COMPETITION<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Grand Jury Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cButterflies\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience Award:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Guilty\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directing Award:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00cdsold Uggad\u00f3ttir, \u201cAnd Breathe Normally\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Acting:\u00a0<\/strong>Valeria Bertucecelli, \u201cThe Queen of Fear,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Screenwriting:\u00a0<\/strong>Julio Chavezmontes &amp; Sebasti\u00e1n Hofmann, \u201cTime Share\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cDead Pigs\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY\u00a0COMPETITION<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Grand Jury Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cOf Fathers and Sons\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience Award:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThis Is Home\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directing Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Sandi Tan, \u201cShirkers\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Steven Loveridge, \u201cMatangi\/Maya\/M.I.A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Cinematography:\u00a0<\/strong>Maxim Arbugaev, Peter Indergand \u201cGenesis 2.0\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Jury Award for Editing:<\/strong>\u00a0Maxim Pozdorovkin &amp; Matvey Kulakov, \u201cOur New President\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>OTHER AWARDS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NEXT Audience Award:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cSearch\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT Innovator Award:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cNight Comes On\u201d AND \u201cWe the Animals\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cSearch\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sundance Institute NHK Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Remi Weekes, \u201cHis House\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sundance Institute\/Amazon Studios Producers Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Katy Chevingy &amp; Marilyn Ness (\u201cDark Money\u201d) AND Sev Ohanian (\u201cSearch\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sundance Open Borders Fellowship Presented by Netflix:<\/strong>\u00a0Talal Derki (\u201cOf Fathers and Sons\u201d) AND Chaitanya Tamhane AND Tatiana Huezo (\u201cNight on Fire\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 Sundance Film Festival concluded with the U.S. Grand Jury Prizes given to the documentary Kailash and drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Directed by Derek Doneen, Kailash documents the journey of how Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi built a global movement to rescue children from child slavery in India. 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