Saturday, January 26, 2013

Sundance Film Festival



















The first important festival of the year is the most important one in the US that has four competitions and almost all world premieres. The festival started to support the independent films and filmmakers but is now an integrated part of Hollywood.

2013 Winners:

U.S. DRAMA FILMS
Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award: FRUITVALE,  Ryan Coogler
Directing Award: Jill Soloway, "Afternoon Delight" 
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Lake Bell, "In a World…"
Cinematography Award: Bradford Young, "Ain’t Them Bodies Saints" & "Mother of George"



U.S. DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Grand Jury Prize  & Audience Award: BLOOD BROTHER, Steve Hoover
Directing Award: Zachary Heinzerling, "Cutie and the Boxer" 
Editing: Matthew Hamachek, "Gideon’s Army" 
Cinematography Award: Richard Rowley, "Dirty Wars" 

WORLD CINEMA, DRAMA
Grand Jury Prize: JISEUL (South Korea), Muel O.
Audience Award: METRO MANILA (UK/Philippines),  Sean Ellis 
Directing Award: Sebastian Silva, "Crystal Fairy" (Chile)
Screenwriting Award: Barmak Akram, "Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)" 
Cinematography Award: Michal Englert, "Lasting (Nieulotne)" (Poland)

WORLD CINEMA, DOCUMENTARY  
Grand Jury Prize: A RIVER CHANGES COURS (Cambodia/U.S.),  Kalyanee Mam   
Audience Award: THE SQUARE (Egypt/USA), Jehane Noujaim 
Directing Award: Tinatin Gurchiani, "The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear" (Georgia/Germany) 
Editing: Ben Stark, "The Summit" (Ireland)
Cinematography Award: Marc Silver & Pau Esteve Birba, "Who Is Dayani Cristal?" (UK/Mexico)


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