Sundance Film Festival 2007 Articles

When I read the synopsis of Jason Kohn's Manda Bala / Send a Bullet in the Sundance Film Festival's independent film – documentary list I thought the film sounded like supermarket tabloid trash: "In Brazil, known as one of the world's most corrupt and violent countries, Manda Bala follows a politician who uses a frog farm to steal billions of dollars, a wealthy businessman who [...]

The 2007 Sundance Film Festival winners have been announced. The best U.S. narrative feature was Christopher Zalla's Padre Nuestro / Sangre de Mi Sangre (top photo), about a young Mexican who hops on a truck transporting illegal immigrants from Mexico to New York City, where the young man's father supposedly resides. The best U.S. documentary, Jason Kohn's Manda Bala / Send a Bullet, also won [...]

2007 Sundance Film Festival Awards 2007 Sundance Film Festival: Park City, Utah, January 18-28, 2007 2007 Sundance Winners   The Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic: PADRE NUESTRO / SANGRE DE MI SANGRE, directed by Christopher Zalla The Grand Jury Prize – Documentary: MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET), directed by Jason Kohn Special Jury Prize – Documentary: NO END IN SIGHT, directed by Charles Ferguson The [...]

Robin Wright Penn, Dakota Fanning in Deborah Kampmeier's Hounddog "You know, I'm an actress. It's what I want to do, it's what I've been so lucky to have done for almost seven years now. And I am getting older. February 23 is my birthday, I'll be 13 years old. And I will be playing different kinds of roles. I won't be able to do the [...]