The 2010 Sundance Award Winners
By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (6)
The 2010 Sundance Awards were also announced last night, which will give you some keen insight to a lot of movies you’ve never heard of and likely never will. In fact, I’ve made it to Sundance twice now, and on both occasions, I watched something like 20 films — usually the ones with the biggest buzz — only to see the list of award winners and say, “What? I’ve never even heard of this movie.” And, indeed, despite following Sundance fairly close this year, I’m reading many of the titles below for the first time.
In other words, the Sundance Grand Jury winners mean almost nothing, though the audience award winners often are the ones that you’ll be hearing about over the next few months or so. For evidence of that, just check out the 2008 Award winners, which has only a few titles you may recognize (Frozen River, Wackness, Man on Wire) and probably even fewer that you’ve actually seen.
That said, I have heard many good things about this year’s audience award winner, Josh Radnor’s (“How I Met Your Mother,”) HappyThankYouMorePlease, though only one of the below titles have actually been sold so far, Winter’s Bone (HappyThankYouMorePlease has sold foreign distribution rights).
JURY AWARDS:
Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary:
Restrepo, directed by Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger
World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Animal Kingdom, directed by David Michôd
World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary:
The Red Chapel (Det Røde Kapel), directed by Mads Brügger
The Best of NEXT:
Homewrecker, directed by Todd Barnes & Brad Barnes
Special Jury Prize, Documentary:
GasLand, directed by Josh Fox
Special Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Sympathy for Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo
World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary:
Enemies of the People, directed by Rob Lemkin & Thet Sambath
Excellence in Cinematography, Dramatic:
Zak Mulligan for Obselidia
Excellence in Cinematography, Documentary:
Kirsten Johnson & Laura Poitras for The Oath
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for Winter’s Bone
Excellence in Directing, Dramatic:
Eric Mendelsohn for 3 Backyards
Excellence in Directing, Documentary:
Leon Gast for Smash His Camera
Excellence in Editing, Documentary:
Penelope Falk for Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The Alfred P. Sloan prize for a feature film with science as a theme, or featuring a scientist, engineer, or mathematician main character, was awarded to Obselidia, directed by Diane Bell, at this year’s Sundance.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Audience Award, Dramatic:
HappyThankYouMorePlease, directed by Josh Radnor
Audience Award, Documentary:
Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim
World Cinema Audience Award, Dramatic:
Contracorriente (Undertow), directed by Javier Fuentes-Leõn
World Cinema Audience Award, Documentary:
Wasteland, directed by Lucy Walker
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Comments
Posted by: dsbs at January 31, 2010 1:43 PM
Oh, good for Josh Radnor. I love HIMYM and NPH as much as the next girl, but it's nice to see Ted, who really isn't all that bad, get some recognition.