Mira Nair, Shaunak Sen join Sundance 2024 film fest jury

Filmmaker Mira Nair and documentary director Shaunak Sen have found a place on the jury panel of the Sundance Film Festival 2024, slated to take place January 18–28 in Utah’s Salt Lake City. In 2022, Shaunak’s film All That Breathes premiered at the Sundance fest, where it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.

At the 40th edition of the fest this year, Mira will be in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition panel while Shaunak has been invited to be a part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition jury.
On the World Cinema Dramatic Competition jury are Mira Nair, Australian actor Jennifer Kent, known for the Sundance 2014 premiere The Babadook, and Rui Poças, the Portuguese cinematographer known for films including O Fantasma and Frankie.
Commenting on the jury line-ups, Sundance festival director Eugene Hernandez was quoted as saying, “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 recognise and amplify the next generation of independent storytellers. We are thrilled to announce the talented, accomplished artists who comprise this year’s jury.”