Sundance Awards 2009
2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards
2009 Sundance Film Festival: January 15-25, 2009
Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic:
Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels
Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary:
We Live in Public, directed by Ondi Timoner
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
The Maid (La Nana), directed by Sebastián Silva
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
Rough Aunties, directed by Kim Longinotto
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Natalia Almada, El General
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sin Nombre
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary:
Havana Marking, Afghan Star
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic:
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award:
Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi, Paper Heart
World Cinema Screenwriting Award:
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven
U.S. Documentary Editing Award:
Karen Schmeer, Sergio, directed by Greg Barker
World Cinema Documentary Editing [...]
by Deborah Arthur | January 24, 2009
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Tags: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Havana Marking, Mo'Nique, Natalia Almada, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, Rough Aunties, Sundance 2009, Sundance Film Festival, The Maid, We Live in Public
Sundance 2009: World Cinema Documentary Competition
Sundance 2009: World Cinema Documentary Competition
Afghan Star (above) / Afghanistan and U.K. (Director: Havana Marking)
After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, "Pop Idol" has come to television in Afghanistan — and millions are watching and voting for their favorite singer. This film follows the dramatic stories of four contestants as they risk their lives to sing. North American premiere
Big River Man / U.S. (Director: John Maringouin)
An overweight, wine-swilling Slovenian world record-holding endurance swimmer resolves to brave the mighty Amazon — in nothing but a Speedo. World premiere
Burma VJ / Denmark (Director: Anders Oestergaard)
In September 2007, Burmese journalists risking life imprisonment to report from inside their sealed-off country are suddenly thrown onto the global stage as their pocket-camera images of [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 3, 2008
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Tags: Afghan Star, Burma VJ, Documentaries, Film Festivals, Havana Marking, Prom Night in Mississippi, Quest for Honor, Sundance 2009, Sundance Film Festival, The Queen and I
