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.
2008 Winners:
FROZEN RIVER directed by Courtney Hunt
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Jury (Drama): Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Harron, Diego Luna, Sandra Oh and Quentin Tarantino
TROUBLE THE WATER directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Jury (Documentary): Michelle Byrd, Heidi Ewing, Eugene Jarecki, Steven Okazaki and Annie Sundberg
KING OF PING PONG (PING PONGKINGEN) directed by Jens Jonsson
The World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic
Jury (World Cinema Dramatic): Shunji Iwai (Japan), Lucrecia Martel (Argentina) and Jan Schütte (Germany)
MAN ON WIRE directed by James Marsh (UK)
The World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary
Jury (World Cinema Documentary): Amir Bar-Lev (US), Leena Pasanen (Finland/Denmark) and Ilda Santiago (Brazil)
THE WACKNESS directed by Jonathan Levine
Audience Award: Dramatic
FIELDS OF FUEL directed by Josh Tickell
Audience Award: Documentary
CAPTAIN ABU RAED directed by Amin Matalqa (Jordan)
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic
MAN ON WIRE directed by James Marsh (UK)
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
For more info : http://www.sundance.org
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