Alternative Film Guide

Grand Jury Prize Dramatic: FROZEN RIVER, directed by Courtney Hunt

Grand Jury Prize Documentary: TROUBLE THE WATER, directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

World Cinema Jury Prize Dramatic: KING OF PING PONG (PING PONGKINGEN) - Sweden, directed by Jens Jonsson

World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary: MAN ON WIRE - United Kingdom, directed by James Marsh

The Directing Award - Documentary: Nanette Burstein for AMERICAN TEEN

The Directing Award - Dramatic: Lance Hammer for BALLAST

The World Cinema Directing Award - Documentary: Nino Kirtadze, for DURAKOVO: VILLAGE OF FOOLS (DURAKOVO: LE VILLAGE DES FOUS) - France

The World Cinema Directing Award - Dramatic: Anna Melikyan for MERMAID (RUSALKA) - Russia

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Alex Rivera and David Riker for SLEEP DEALER

The World Cinema Screenwriting Award: Samuel Benchetrit for I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER (J’AI TOUJOURS RÊVÉ D’ÊTRE UN GANGSTER) - France

The Documentary Editing Award: Joe Bini for ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED.

The World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: Irena Dol for THE ART STAR AND THE SUDANESE TWINS - New Zealand

The Excellence in Cinematography Award - Documentary: Phillip Hunt and Steven Sebring for PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE

The Excellence in Cinematography Award - Dramatic: Lol Crawley for BALLAST

The World Cinema Cinematography Award - Documentary: Mahmoud al Massad for RECYCLE - Jordan

The World Cinema Cinematography Award - Dramatic: Askild Vik Edvardsen for KING OF PING PONG (PING PONGKINGEN) - Sweden

World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic: Ernesto Contreras, director of BLUE EYELIDS (PÁRPADOS AZULES) - Mexico

Special Jury Prize - Documentary: Lisa F. Jackson, director of GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO

Special Jury Prize - Dramatic, The Spirit of Independence: director Chusy Haney-Jardine for ANYWHERE, USA

Special Jury Prize - Dramatic, Work by an Ensemble Cast: CHOKE, with Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Brad Henke

Audience Award - Documentary: FIELDS OF FUEL, directed by Josh Tickell

Audience Award - Dramatic: THE WACKNESS, directed by Jonathan Levine

World Cinema Audience Award - Documentary: MAN ON WIRE - United Kingdom, directed by James Marsh

The World Cinema Audience Award - Dramatic: CAPTAIN ABU RAED - Jordan, by director Amin Matalqa

Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking (tie): MY OLYMPIC SUMMER, directed by Daniel Robin, and SIKUMI (On the Ice), directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean.

International Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking: SOFT, directed by Simon Ellis

Honorable Mentions: AQUARIUM, directed by Rob Meyer; AUGUST 15TH, directed by Xuan Jiang; LA CORONA (THE CROWN), directed by Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega; OIRAN LYRICS, directed by Ryosuke Ogawa; SPIDER, directed by Nash Edgerton; SUSPENSION, directed by Nicolas Provost, and W., directed by The Vikings.

Alfred P. Sloan Prize: SLEEP DEALER, directed by Alex Rivera

Sundance - NHK International Filmmakers Awards: (for "emerging filmmakers") Alejandro Fernandez Almendras from Chile with HUACHO; Braden King from the United States, with HERE; Aiko Nagatsu from Japan, with APOPTOSIS; and Radu Jude from Romania, with THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD.