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SUNDANCE 2006
Sundance Film Festival Winners
Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah
January 20, 2006
by Zack Roddy
And the Winners are:
On Saturday, January 29, the Sundance Film Festival came to a close, but not without announcing this year's winners.
For the documentary selection, The Grand Jury Prize was given to God Grew Tired Of Us, directed by Christopher Quinn. The doc was about 27,000 Sudanese boys, who marched thousands of miles across the barren deserts to seek refuge of civil wars that destroyed their homes. The Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Competition went to the film Quinceanera, which was directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer. It tells the story of a fifteen year old Hispanic girl in the Ecko Park district of L.A., who is disowned by her family when they discover she is pregnant. The prize for The Excellence in Cinematography Awards went to the documentary Iraq in Fragments, for James Longley's camerawork, and to the dramatic film Right At Your Door, for Tom Richmond's camerawork.
In the Category of World Cinema Jury Prize for documentary, In the Pit from Mexico won. It was written and directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo, and is about when the devil asks for one soul in exchange for another. The World Cinema Dramatic Prize for dramatic went to 13 Tzameti from France, which was written and directed by Gela Babluani. The film was about when the protagonist decides to follow instructions intended for someone else, he finds himself at the brink of human decency, a place whose only inhabitants are the underbelly of society.
The Audience Awards for Documentary and Dramatic once again went to God Grew Tired Of Us, and Quinceanera. World Cinema Audience Award for documentary went to De Nadie, which was directed by Tin Dirdamal, and is about Maria, a Central American immigrant who is forced to leave her family in search of a better life embarks on the dangerous 1300-mile journey through Mexico to the U.S. The World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic went to No. 2, which was written and directed by Toa Fraser. Nanna Maria's family has forgotten how to party. She's going to change all that, and make them come alive with the heat and passion of the South Pacific. The Dramatic Directing Award went to Dito Montiel for his film, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, which starred Shia LeBeouf. The Documentary Directing Award went to James Longley for his film Iraq in Fragments, which shows the Iraqi peoples' point of view of day-to day-life.
This year's Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award went to Hilary Brougher for her film Stephanie Daley, the story of a teenage mother who is accused of murdering her infant child. The film stars Amber Tamblyn and Tilda Swinton, and was directed by Brougher.
The winner of the Special Jury Prize for the Best Ensemble Performances went to A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, and another Special Jury Prize in Dramatic to In Between Day, directed by So Yong Kim, for Independent Vision. The Documentary Jury gave Special Jury Prizes to the films American Blackout, directed by Ian Inaba, and TV Junkie, directed by Michael Cain and Matt Redecki.
The Shorts Jury presented The Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking in a tie to Bugcrush, directed by Carter Smith, and to The Wraith of Cobble Hill, directed by Adam Parrish King.
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