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Jim Cummings' "Thunder Road" is the Short Film Grand Jury Prize winner for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, it was announced Tuesday night.
The short-film honors were handed out at a ceremony Tuesday night at Jupiter Bowl in Park City. The awards were given out by the members of the Short Film jury: MTV chief film critic Amy Nicholson, Amazon Studios development executive Gina Kwon, and comedian/actor Keegan-Michael Key. The jury watched the 72 short films selected for this year's festival from 8,712 submissions.
Other award winners:
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction • "The Procedure," by Calvin Lee Reeder.
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction • "Maman(s)," by Maïmouna Doucouré (France).
Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction • "Bacon & God's Wrath," by Sol Friedman (Canada).
Short Film Jury Award: Animation • "Edmond," by Nina Gantz (U.K.)
Short Film Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance • Grace Glowicki, "Her Friend Adam."
Short Film Special Jury Award for Best Direction • Andrej Hudecek, "Peacock" (Czech Republic).
— Sean P. Means