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Meanwhile, Justin Lin returned to Sundance with “Last Days,” his sensationalized dramatization of true-life travel turned tragic parable.

Readers will also end up in Orange County, rural Texas and Nicaragua as Mathews captivates with stories inspired by his observations and true-life experiences rubbing elbows with an eclectic array of Hollywoodland denizens.

Other early standouts include Brazil’s true-life period drama ‘I’m Still Here’ and Germany’s Iran-set ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’

It tells the true-life tale of the University of Washington rowing team who in 1936 reached the Olympics in Berlin.

Later, Tananarive Due, who won for science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction, used her speech to add: “As we face the horrors in our in our cities, in Gaza and elsewhere, and witness true-life racism, homophobia, Islamophobia and antisemitism, let us honor the courage of young people.”