Sundance Film Festival Gala to Honor Michelle Satter, ‘Didi,’ ‘Sugarcane’ Filmmakers

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Gala will present the annual Vanguard Awards and honor Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director of Artist Programs at Sundance Institute. 

The Vanguard Award for Fiction will be given to Sean Wang for writing and directing “Dìdi (弟弟).”  The Vanguard Award for Nonfiction will go to Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, co-directors ofSugarcane.” The gala will take place on Jan. 24 at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.

Satter has worked with Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Institute, for over 40 years. The institute said she is being recognized for “her longstanding commitment to nurturing artists and cultivating

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