2010 Sundance Film Festival Winners Announced
Winners of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced recently, with Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s Restrepo taking home the Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category, and Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone winning the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic category.
You may remember Granik, the independent filmmaker who burst onto the Sundance scene in 2004, claiming the Dramatic Directing award for her first feature-length film, Down to the Bone. Despite its phenomenal reputation, Granik’s big screen debut grossed a meager $30,000. Let’s hope Winter’s Bone turns out to be an anomaly in the director’s rather minuscule line of work.
A comprehensive list of all the winners this year can be seen after the jump.Â
Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary:
Restrepo, directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Animal Kingdom, written and directed by David Michôd.
World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary:
The Red Chapel (Det Røde Kapel), directed by Mads Brügger.
Dramatic Audience Award:
happythankyoumoreplease, written and directed by Josh Radnor
Documentary Audience Award:
Waiting For Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim
World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award:
Contracorriente (Undertow), written and directed by Javier Fuentes-Leõn
World Cinema Documentary Audience Award:
Wasteland, directed by Lucy Walker
The Best of NEXT:
Homewrecker, directed by Todd Barnes and Brad Barnes.
Directing Award, Dramatic:
3 Backyards, directed and written by Eric Mendelsohn
Directing Award, Documentary:
Smash His Camera, directed by Leon Gas
World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic:
Southern District directed and written by Juan Carlos Valdivia
World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary:
Space Tourists, directed by Christian Frei
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
Winter’s Bone, written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini.
World Cinema Screenwriting Award:
Southern District, written and directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia
Documentary Editing Award:
Joan Rivers—A Piece Of Work, edited by Penelope Falk
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
A Film Unfinished, edited by Joëlle Alexis.
Excellence in Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
Obselidia Cinematographer: Zak Mulligan
Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary:
The Oath Cinematographers: Kirsten Johnson and Laura Poitras
World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
The Man Next Door (El Hombre de al Lado) Directors and cinematographers Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat.
World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary:
His & Hers Cinematographers: Kate McCullough and Michael Lavelle.
Special Jury Prize: Documentary:
Gasland, directed by Josh Fox
A World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary
Enemies of the People, directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking:
Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln, directed by Jeremy Konner
Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking:
The Six Dollar Fifty Man, directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland (New Zealand)
Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking:
Born Sweet, directed by Cynthia Wade (USA, Cambodia)
Can We Talk?, directed by Jim Owen (United Kingdom)
Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No, directed by James Blagden (USA)
How I Met Your Father, directed by Ãlex Montoya (Spain)
Quadrangle, directed by Amy Grappell (USA)
Rob and Valentyna in Scotland, directed by Eric Lynne (USA, United Kingdom)
Young Love, directed by Ariel Kleiman (Australia)
Alfred P. Sloan PrizeL
Obselidia, directed by Diane Bell
Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards:
Amat Escalante, Heli (Mexico)
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Elena (Russia)
Daisuke Yamaoka, The Wonderful Lives at Asahigaoka (Japan)
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild (USA)
Comments (2)
I don’t understand your comment, “Let’s hope Winter’s Bone turns out to be an anomaly in the director’s rather miniscule [sic] line of work.”
You hope she only wins one Grand Jury Prize?
As for her canon being minuscule isn’t that normally the case for second time filmmakers? Or is she dead? Why do you assume she won’t make more movies.
Was the movie bad? What is your beef with the director?
Posted by Tyson on February 1st, 2010My comment was in regards to how much Winter’s Bone will gross, meaning I hope it makes more than Debra Granik’s previous film, which only made $30,000. I understand she’s a second-time filmmaker, that’s the reason I said ‘minuscule line of work’. That’s not a testimony to the quality of her work, only the quantity. I know she’s not dead, and I’m not assuming she won’t make more movies. The point of that comment was to illustrate my hope that her second film will see more financial success than her first.
Posted by Crews on February 1st, 2010Leave a Reply