In the Summers, the debut feature by Colombian-American queer director Alessandra Lacorazza was the winner of the two top prizes in the US Dramatic Competition at the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival: the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film and the Directing Award.
Starring René Pérez Joglar, aka Resident, in his acting debut, along with Lío Mehiel and Sasha Calle, the American drama follows two Latina sisters who, on a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Based in Brooklyn, Lacorazza ia a 2020 WGA East FilmNation NY Screenwriters fellow and 2020 NALIP Media Market fellow, Her short Mami premiered at the 2019 Palm Springs International ShortFest. Her work has been supported by NYFA and FOFIF, and has been a part of the Tribeca Film Festival Creators Market.
Other Latinx and Latin American winners at this year’s Sundance include the Mexican cartel drama Sujo by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez, winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic; Frida by Carla Gutiérrez, winner of the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary; and Gaucho, Gaucho by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, winner of the US Documentary Special Jury Award for Sound.
The 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival took place January 18-28 in Park City, Utah,
