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2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards

2008 Sundance Film Festival: January 17-27, 2008

Sundance 2008 Award Winners - Article

 

FROZEN RIVER, directed by Courtney Hunt

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

TROUBLE THE WATER, directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

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

KING OF PING PONG - Jens Jonsson

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

Man on a Wire - James Marsh

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

American Teen - Nanette Burstein

The Directing Award - Documentary: Nanette Burstein for AMERICAN TEEN

Ballast - Lance Hammer

The Directing Award - Dramatic: Lance Hammer for BALLAST

DURAKOVO: VILLAGE OF FOOLS - Nino Kirtadze

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

Mermaid - Anna Melikyan

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

Sleep Dealer

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

I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER

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

Roman Polanski: Wanted or Desired

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

Recycle - Mahmoud al Massad

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

Blue Eyelids - Ernesto Contreras

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

Sam Rockwell - Choke

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

 

FIELDS OF FUEL, directed by Josh Tickell

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

THE WACKNESS, directed by Jonathan Levine

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

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

Nadim Sawalha, Uday Al-Qidisi - Captain Abu-Raed

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.

 

Sundance Film Festival Site

Sundance 2008 Award Winners - Article

Sundance Film Festival Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008

Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 

Asian Film Awards 2008

Costume Designers Guild Awards 2007

Iowa Film Critics Association Awards 2007

Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards 2007

Palm Springs Film Festival Awards 2008

Art Directors Guild Awards 2007

ACE Eddie Awards 2007

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards 2007

Academy Awards 2008

Bodil Awards 2007


 

 

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