Hey folks, Here is a rundown on the winners at this year's SUNDANCE. THE BELIEVER sounds like an amazing film from what I have heard, though this has been almost exclusively through phone conversations as NO ONE at Sundance that wrote in this year has written an account of actually having seen this film. Though one bit of interest is that the director and writer of THE BELIEVER, Henry Bean, is the same person that wrote the BASIC INSTINCT 2 script...
Expect a better report about the winners and whether they were the real winners or did we just have a crazy jury that overlooked some other piece of greatness... The Audience Awards are of course usually the films that have the greater success coming out of Sundance, as those awards tend to translate into box office... just because AUDIENCES dig the films. The good news is HEDWIG has a distributor... I can't remember if any of the documentaries have been picked up. Like I said, more info about these films as the reports come in. If you saw any of these and had a different reaction or wanted to herald one... feel free. We didn't get near enough feedback on the International and Latin and Native American parts of the fest... Let's hear about em... Especially that documentary on the real COFFIN JOE!
Sundance Film Festival 2001 Winners!
The Sundance Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of the
Independent Feature Film Competition at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (January 18 - 28).
Grand Jury Prizes
The Documentary Grand Jury Prize
* SOUTHERN COMFORT, directed & produced by Kate Davis.
The Dramatic Grand Jury Prize
* THE BELIEVER, written & directed by Henry Bean and produced by Chris Roberts & Susan Hoffman.
The Grand Jury Prize is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
Audience Awards
The Documentary Audience Award
* DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS, directed by Stacy Peralta and produced by Agi Orsi
* SCOUT’S HONOR, directed & produced by Tom Shepard.
The Dramatic Audience Award
* HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, written & directed by John Cameron Mitchell & produced by Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel & Pamela Koffler.
The Audience Awards, sponsored by Entertainment Weekly, are given to a documentary and a dramatic film in Competition or American Spectrum, as voted by festival audiences.
The World Cinema Audience Award
* THE ROAD HOME, directed by Zhang Yimou & produced by Zhao Uyu.
The World Cinema Audience Award, sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company, is given to a film in the World Cinema category as voted by festival audiences.
Directing Awards The Documentary Directing Award
* Stacy Peralta, director of DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS.
The Dramatic Directing Award
* John Cameron Mitchell, director of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.
The Directing Award recognizes excellence in directing for dramatic and documentary features.
Excellence in Cinematography Awards 2001 Cinematography Award
* Albert Maysles, cinematographer on LALEE’S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON from the Documentary Competition
* Giles Nuttgens, cinematographer on THE DEEP END from the Dramatic Competition
The Excellence in Cinematography Award honors exceptional photography in both a dramatic and documentary film at the Festival.
Freedom of Expression Award
* SCOUT’S HONOR, directed & produced by Tom Shepard.
The Freedom of Expression Award is sponsored by The Playboy Foundation and is given to a documentary film that informs and educates the public on issues of social or political concern.
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award 2001 prize
* Christopher Nolan, (based on the short story by Jonathan Nolan), screenwriter of MEMENTO.
The award is sponsored by the Utah Film Commission. Special Jury Prizes
Special Jury Prize
* Tom Wilkinson & Sissy Spacek for IN THE BEDROOM.
* CHILDREN UNDERGROUND, directed & produced by Edet Belzberg.
Latin American Cinema Awards Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema
* POSSIBLE LOVES, directed & produced by Sandra Werneck
* WITHOUT A TRACE, written & directed by Maria Navaro.
Special Jury Mention
* COFFIN JOE: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins, directed by André Barcinski & Ivan Finotti.
The Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema is sponsored by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Short Filmmaking Awards
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking
* GINA, AN ACTRESS, AGE 29, directed by Paul Harrill.
Shorts Jury Honorable Mentions
* DELUSIONS IN MODERN PRIMITIVISM, directed by Daniel Loflin
* JIGSAW VENUS, directed by Dean Kapsalis
* METROPOPULAR, directed by Jonah Hall
* PETER RABBIT AND THE CRUCIFIX, directed by Anthony Dominici
* PIE FIGHT ’69, directed by Christian Bruno & Sam Green
* SWEET, directed by Elyse Couvillion
* ZEN AND THE ART OF LANDSCAPING, directed by David Kartch
