The Sundance Institute and Tiffany & Co. hosted the third annual ‘Celebrate Sundance Institute’ benefit in Los Angeles and honored the life and work of beloved film critic Roger Ebert with the Vanguard Leadership Award in Memoriam and also filmmaker Ryan Coogler with the Vanguard Award.
Sundance Institute announced the Roger Ebert Scholarship for Film Criticism, in an effort to support passionate and articulate aspiring young film critics, in memory of Roger Ebert.
Among the attendees, Sundance Institute President & Founder as well as Vanguard Leadership Award presenter,
Robert Redford; Chaz Ebert (Accepted the Vanguard Leadership Award on behalf of her late husband Roger Ebert); Vanguard Award recipient, Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) and presenter, Kerry Washington.
Also there: Dermot Mulroney, Jason Reitman, Julie Delpy, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Moby, Octavia Spencer, Oliver Stone, Paul Scheer and Rory Kennedy.
