Saturday, January 29, 2011

FESTIVALS 1: SUNDANCE, USA



The first important festival of the year is the most important one in the US that has a competition and world premieres. The festival started to support the independent films and filmmaker but is now an integrated part of Hollywood.

2011
Winners:

GRAND JURY PRIZE: U.S. DRAMATIC
Like Crazy, Drake Doremus

GRAND JURY PRIZE: U.S. DOCUMENTARY
How to Die in Oregon, Peter D. Richardson

WORLD CINEMA JURY PRIZE:
DOCUMENTARY
Hell and Back Again, Danfung Dennis (U.K./U.S.A.)

WORLD CINEMA JURY PRIZE: DRAMATIC
Happy, Happy (Sykt Lykkelig), Anne Sewitsky (Norway)

DIRECTING AWARD: U.S. DOCUMENTARY
Jon Foy, Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles

DIRECTING AWARD: U.S. DRAMATIC
Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene

WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD
Sam Levinson, Another Happy Day

THE WORLD CINEMA DIRECTING AWARD:
DOCUMENTARY
Project Nim, James Marsh (U.K.)

WORLD CINEMA DIRECTING AWARD: DRAMATIC
Tyrannosaur, Paddy Considine (U.K.)

WORLD CINEMA SCREENWRITING AWARD
Restoration
, Erez Kav-El (Israel)

AUDIENCE AWARD: U.S. DOCUMENTARY
Buck, Cindy Meehl

AUDIENCE AWARD: U.S. DRAMATIC
Circumstance, Maryam Keshavarz

THE WORLD CINEMA AUDIENCE AWARD: DOCUMENTARY
Senna, Asif Kapadia (U.K.)

THE WORLD CINEMA AUDIENCE AWARD:
DRAMATIC
Kinyarwanda, Alrick Brown (U.S.A./Rwanda)

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