2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards

2008 Sundance Film Festival: January 17-27, 2008

Sundance 2008 Winners

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.

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