Sundance 2008 Winners

Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River, a thriller about two economically strapped women (Melissa Leo and Misty Upham, above) who turn to immigrant-smuggling at the US-Canada border, was chosen best American narrative feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. (In the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan calls Leo and Upham "magnificent," adding that Frozen River is a "powerful story that makes strong emotional connections.")
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Trouble the Water, which depicts the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, was the best US documentary. In Trouble the Water, New Orleans residents are forced to rely on themselves as the government that is supposed to represent them duly ignores their plight.
James Marsh’s Man on Wire won both the jury and the audience awards [...]

by Andre Soares | January 27, 2008   
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Rotterdam 2008: Film Competition Line-Up

Rotterdam 2008: VPRO Tiger Awards Competition

The King of Ping Pong by Jens Jonsson

Eat, for This Is My Body (Mange, ceci est mon corps) by Michelange Quay (France/Haiti), European premiere
Flower in the Pocket by Liew Seng Tat (Malaysia), European premiere
Fujian Blue (Jin bi hui huang) by Wemg Shou-ming (China), European premiere
Go with Peace Jamil (Ma salama Jamil) by Omar Shargawi (Denmark), world premiere
The King of Ping Pong (PingPong-Kingen) by Jens Jonsson (Sweden), European premiere
Lamb of God (Cordero de dios) by Lucía Cedrón (Argentina), world premiere, Opening Film
Las Meninas by Igor Podolchak & Dean Karr (Ukraine), world premiere
Shanghai Trance by David Verbeek (The Netherlands), world premiere
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia) by José Luis [...]

by Andre Soares | January 9, 2008   
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