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		<title>Sundance 2008 Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Courtney Hunt&#8217;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 &#34;magnificent,&#34; adding that Frozen River is a &#34;powerful story that makes strong emotional connections.&#34;)
 Tia Lessin and Carl Deal&#8217;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&#8217;s Man on Wire won both the jury and the audience awards [...]]]></description>
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2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards
 2008 Sundance Film Festival: January 17-27, 2008
Sundance 2008 Winners
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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) &#8211; Sweden, directed by Jens Jonsson
 
 World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary: MAN ON WIRE &#8211; United Kingdom, directed by James Marsh 

The Directing Award &#8211; Documentary: Nanette Burstein for AMERICAN TEEN 

The Directing Award &#8211; Dramatic: Lance Hammer for BALLAST 

The World Cinema Directing Award &#8211; Documentary: Nino Kirtadze, for DURAKOVO: VILLAGE OF FOOLS (DURAKOVO: LE VILLAGE DES FOUS) &#8211; France 

The World Cinema Directing Award &#8211; Dramatic: Anna Melikyan for MERMAID [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sundance 2008: World Cinema Dramatic Competition</title>
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Just Another Love Story by Ole Bornedal

Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release
ABSURDISTAN/ Germany/Azerbaijan (Director: Veit Helmer; Screenwriters: Veit Helmer, Zaza Buadze, Gordan Mihic, Ahmet Golbol)&#8212; This inventive and allegorical comedy centers on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young couple&#8217;s first night of love. Cast: Maximilian Mauff, Kristýna Malérova. World Premiere
BLUE EYELIDS (PÁRPADOS AZULES)/ Mexico (Director: Ernesto Contreras; Screenwriter: Carlos Contreras)&#8211; When Marina wins a beach getaway trip for two, her desperate search for someone to take with her leads to a complicated relationship and the [...]]]></description>
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