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Exclusive: Sundance winner Marc Silver, known for documentaries 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets and Who Is Dayani Cristal?, is set to chronicle the story of British teen Molly Russell, who died from an act of self-harm while suffering depression and the negative effects of online content.

Molly Vs The Machines, from UK companies Snowstorm Productions and Storyboard Studios, with backing from Luminate, Bertha Doc Society, Screen Scotland, The Filmmaker Fund and Ethical Alliance, is due to start production next spring.

Two-time Sundance winner and Emmy-nominee Marc Silver will make the film in collaboration with Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard professor and author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.

Russell was tragically found dead in the bedroom of her London family home on the morning of November 21, 2017. Neither her family, friends or teachers could initially explain why she had taken her own life. Over five traumatic years, Ian Russell, Molly’s father, and lawyer Merry Varney,...

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022, it has rarely been far from the headlines. Beyond the horror of refugees fleeing a warzone, attacks on civilians and the state of the fighting itself, a complex picture has also emerged of increasing food prices and a world food crisis caused by the Russian refusing to let Ukraine export its grain.

This latest documentary on the subject, directed by Karim Amer, whose previous films include The Great Hack and, with his producing hat on, The Square, steps into the corridors of power in Ukraine from day one of the conflict. The docmentarian speaks to and follows high level politicians including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Vice Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and negotiator Rustem Umerov who, at the time of writing, was recently promoted to Defence Minister.

The result, cut together with pace by editing trio Emiliano Battista, Zachary Obid...

I don't feel at home in this world anymoreU.S. – DRAMATICGrand Jury PrizeI don't feel at home in this world anymore. (Macon Blair)Directing AwardBeach Rats (Eliza Hittman)Special Jury Award CinematographyDaniel Landin, The Yellow BirdsSpecial Jury Award – Breakthrough Performance Chanté Adams (Roxanne Roxanne)Special Jury Award – Breakthrough Director Novitiate (Maggie Betts)Waldo Salt Screenwriting AwardMatt Spicer and David Branson Smith, Ingrid Goes WestAudience AwardCrown Heights (Matt Ruskin)Next Audience AWARDGook (Justin Chon)U.S. – DOCUMENTARYGrand Jury PrizeDina (Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini)Directing AwardThe Force (Peter Nicks)Special Jury Award for EditingKim Roberts and Emiliano Battista, UnrestSpecial Jury Award for Inspirational FilmmakingSTEP (Amanda Lipitz)Special Jury Award for StorytellingStrong Island (Yance Force)The Orwell AwardICARUS (Bryan Fogel)Audience AwardChasing Coral (Jeff Orlowski)The Nile Hilton IncidentWORLD Cinema – DRAMATICGrand Jury PrizeThe Nile Hilton Incident (Tarik Saleh)Directing AwardGod's Own Country (Francis Lee)Special Jury Award for CinematographyManu Dacosse, Axolotl OverkillSpecial Jury...

The Sundance 2017 juries and audiences unveiled their picks on Saturday night.

In the grand jury prizes, Macon Blair’s I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore claimed the Us dramatic award and Dina by Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini won U.S. documentary.

Tarik Saleh’s The Nile Hilton Incident won world dramatic and Last Men In Aleppo by Feras Fayyad and Steen Johannessen prevailed in the world documentary category.

In the audience awards, Matt Ruski’s Crown Heights and Jeff Orlowski’s Chasing Coral were the favourites in the Us dramatic and documentary strands.

World cinema selections I Dream In Another Language by Ernesto Contreras and Joe Piscatella’s Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower emerged victorious in the dramatic and documentary sections.

“This has been one of the wildest, wackiest and most rewarding festivals in recent memory,” said festival director John Cooper. “From a new government to the independently organised Women’s March On Main...

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is coming to a close with tonight’s awards ceremony. While we’ll have our personal favorites coming early this week, the jury and audience have responded with theirs, topped by Macon Blair‘s I don’t feel at home in this world anymore., which will arrive on Netflix in late February, and the documentary Dina. Check out the full list of winners below see our complete coverage here.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Larry Wilmore to:

Dina / U.S.A. (Directors: Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini) — An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door-greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Peter Dinklage to:

I don’t feel at home in this world anymore. / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Macon Blair) — When a depressed woman is burglarized, she...