Sundance 2024 | In the Summers’ and ‘Porcelain War’ win top prizes

“In the Summers,” an affecting, years-spanning drama about a complicated parent-children relationship, nabbed the Grand Jury prize at the 40th Sundance Film Festival, while the top honor for documentary went to “Porcelain War,” about a Ukrainian couple who craft fragile, intricately painted ceramics while war rages around them. The Festival Award, voted on by Sundance audiences, went to “Daughters,” Natalie Rae and Angela Patton’s moving documentary following four girls as they prepare for a special daddy-daughter dance with their imprisoned fathers. “Ibelin,” which was acquired by Netflix out of Sundance, won the audience award for world cinema documentary and a juried award for Benjamin Ree's direction. Other Sundance titles to reach the Oscars include 2022 best picture-winner “CODA,”“Summer Of Soul ” and “Minari.” The 40th edition brought high-profile films including Jesse Eisenberg's well-received “A Real Pain,” starring him and Kieran Culkin; the Will Ferrell, Harper Steele road trip “Will & Harper"; and the emotional documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.” This year, “A Real Pain," which also picked up a screenwriting award for Eisenberg, was among the top sales, selling for $10 million to Searchlight Pictures.