2007 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS!
So, after a long and competitive festival, breaks records with sales to the motion picture industry.Why?Because there were so many excellent entries.I was up late last night watching the Dailies on the Sundance Channel as they ended the 10 day event and had the good fortune to get glimpses of many, if not all of the following award winning entries.It's really a banner year.So, give it up for the following 2007 Sundance Award Winners:Grand Jury Prize: DocumentaryMANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET)Jason Kohn, directorGrand Jury Prize: DramaticPADRE NUESTROChristopher Zalla, writer/directorAudience Award: DocumentaryHEAR AND NOWIrene Taylor Brodsky, writer/directorAudience Award: DramaticGRACE IS GONEJames C. Strouse, writer/directorDirecting Award: DocumentarySean Fine & Andrea Nix FineWAR/DANCEDirecting Award: DramaticJeffrey BlitzROCKET SCIENCEWorld Cinema Jury Prize: DocumentaryENEMIES OF HAPPINESSEva Mulvad & Anja Al Erhayem, directorsWorld Cinema Jury Prize: DramaticSWEET MUDDror Shaul, writer/directorWorld Cinema Audience Award: DocumentaryIN THE SHADOW OF THE MOONDavid Sington, directorWorld Cinema Audience Award: DramaticONCEJohn Carney, writer/directorExcellence In Cinematography Award:DocumentaryHeloisa PassosMANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET)Excellence In Cinematography Award:DramaticBenoit DebieJOSHUADocumentary Editing AwardHibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillian& Michael SchweitzerNANKINGWaldo Salt Screenwriting AwardJames C. Strouse, writer/directorGRACE IS GONESpecial Jury Prize DocumentaryNO END IN SIGHTCharles Ferguson, directorSpecial Jury Prize for Acting(Split)Jess WeixlerTEETHTamara PodemskiFOUR SHEETS TO THE WINDSpecial Jury Prize For Singularity Of VisionChris Smith, directorTHE POOLSpecial Jury Prize World Cinema:DocumentaryHOT HOUSEShimon Dotan, directorSpecial Jury Prize World Cinema:DramaticTHE LEGACYGela Babluani & Temur BabluaniJury Prize in Short FilmmakingEVERYTHING WILL BE OKDon Hertzfeldt, directorJury Prize in InternationalShort FilmmakingTHE TUBE WITH A HATRadu Jude, directorHonorable Mention In Short FilmmakingDEATH TO THE TINMANRay Tintori, directorTHE FIGHTING CHOLITASMariam Jobrani, directorMEN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTERMarjan Alizadeh, directorMOTODROMJoerg Wagner, directorSPITFIRE 944William Lorton, directorT.O.M.Tom Brown & Daniel Gray, directors
