2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards
2008 Sundance Film Festival: January 17-27, 2008
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.
Sundance 2008 Award Winners – Article
I haven't seen many of these documentaries, feels like I missed out on some really good ones. Thanks for the info, it is easy to make amends and dive into the 2008 time-machine. Durakovo: Village of Fools and Frozen River looks quite interesting…