Sundance Institute announces jury members for 2024 film festival

The 16 members of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival jury. Photo: Courtesy of the Sundance Institute

In honor of the festival's 40th anniversary, all 16 members of the jury are former Sundance Film Festival alumni

PARK CITY, Utah — Today the Sundance Institute announced the 16 jurors for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, all of whom are no stranger to the competition.

For the festival’s 40th iteration, all jurors are festival alumni who will participate in celebratory programming, including talks and panels, a special 40th edition trivia night, and a party for artist alumni.

“For our 40th Festival, the jury members this year are all artists who have had films at prior Festivals. They know what it is to introduce new work to the Sundance community and we are so pleased to be able to welcome them back to Sundance to take in the films our programming team has curated. We can’t wait to see what resonates with them,” said Kim Yutani, director of programming for the Sundance Film Festival.

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“The Sundance Film Festival is known for discovering and platforming visionary emerging artists. We cannot do this without our jury, who so thoughtfully help us recognize and amplify the next generation of independent storytellers,” said Eugene Hernandez, Sundance Film Festival director. “We are thrilled to announce the talented, accomplished artists who comprise this year’s jury.”

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival jury includes:

• Debra Granik – U.S. Dramatic Competition
• Adrian Tomine – U.S. Dramatic Competition
• Lena Waithe – U.S. Dramatic Competition
• Shane Boris – U.S. Documentary Competition
• Nicole Newnham – U.S. Documentary Competition
• Rudy Valdez – U.S. Documentary Competition
• Jennifer Kent – World Cinema Dramatic Competition
• Mira Nair – World Cinema Dramatic Competition
• Rui Poças – World Cinema Dramatic Competition
• Mandy Chang – World Cinema Documentary Competition
• Monica Hellström – World Cinema Documentary Competition
• Shaunak Sen – World Cinema Documentary Competition
• Christina Oh – Short Film Program Competition
• Danny Pudi – Short Film Program Competition
• Charlotte Regan – Short Film Program Competition
• Zal Batmanglij – NEXT Competition

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival will take place Jan. 18-28 in Park City and Salt Lake City.

Short film jury winners will be announced at the Shorts Awards Party presented by Argo and WeShort on Jan. 23, and the jury will announce the awards for feature films at an award ceremony held at The Ray Theatre on Jan. 26.

The winners of all categories will be screened in person in Park City and online via the festival platform from Jan. 27-28. Online and in-person award winners packages include eight tickets for award-winner screenings and are on sale now through Jan. 5. Single-film ticket sales begin on Jan. 11 at 10 a.m.

For more information on the festival, visit the event website.