SUNDANCE AWARDS! LIVE! NOW!
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
presented by Parker Posey to:
Winter’s Bone
"The film is hugely collaborative. 65 crew members...[holds up a list]. I wish I could thank them all." - director Debra Granik
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
presented by Ondi Timoner to:
Restrepo
"I got to go overseas and have an experience. My wife had to stay home and worry. I just want to acknowledge her all the other military families who are also worrying." - co-director Sebastian Junger
"I feel more nervous up here than in Afghanistan... I want to dedicate this to the Restrepo generation. Those who come back from the war invisible. This is for them." co-director Tim Hetherington
U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic
presented by Karyn Kusama to:
Eric Mendelsohn for 3 Backyards
"The last time I was here, on this stage, I had so much Xanax in my system that I dribbled. Pardon me. I have a problem with anxiety. So this is for all the people with anxiety... I wanna dedicate this to my country. To everyone who gets up at 4 in the morning to make a movie instead of doing something else."
U.S. Directing Award: Documentary
presented by Morgan Spurlock to:
Leon Gast for Smash His Camera
"Must be a mistake! I never imagined this." - Leon Gast
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
presented by Russell Banks to:
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for Winter’s Bone
"Anne is not here. She's doing something more important -- having a baby." - Debra Granik
U.S. Documentary Editing Award
presented by Greg Barker to:
Penelope Falk for Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
"We've never won shit, in Joan's words. This is amazing!"- codirector Ricki Stern
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic
presented by Robert Yeoman to:
Zak Mulligan for Obselidia
"I want to thank the cast and crew. Without you there would be nothing to photograph."
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary
presented by Dayna Goldfine to:
Kirsten Johnson and Laura Poitras for The Oath
"This film wouldn't exist without a whole lot of risk taking. Laura captured images that we're not supposed to see." - Kirsten Johnson
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize
presented by Jason Kliot to:
Sympathy for Delicious
"Whoah. Thanks so much. It's been a 10 year journey with a lot of heartache and hard work. And we got our asses handed to us by the reviewers. But we're still here!" - director Mark Ruffalo
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize
presented by Nancy Miller to:
Gasland
"Should have brought my banjo." - director Josh Fox
Audience Award: U. S. Dramatic
presented by Louis C.K. to:
Happythankyoumoreplease
"This film is about gratitude and I have so much to feel grateful for... I want to thank Sundance for sending me a cryptic email this morning [in LA] saying 'you might want to get back here.'" - director Josh Radnor
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
presented by Louis C.K. to:
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
"This film almost killed us. It was really difficult... And now I'm realizing there is so much more to do for education in America." - director Davis Guggenheim
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic
presented by Louis C.K. to:
Contracorriente
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
presented by Louis C.K. to:
Waste Land
Best of NEXT
presented by Joseph Gordon Levitt to:
Homewrecker
World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic
presented by Joni Sighvatsson to:
Animal Kingdom
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic
presented by Alison Maclean to:
Juan Carlos Valdivia for Southern District
World Cinema Screenwriting Award
presented by Lisa Schwarzbaum to:
Juan Carlos Valdivia for Southern District
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic
presented by Alison Maclean to:
Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat for The Man Next Door
World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performance
presented by Lisa Schwarzbaum to:
Tatiana Maslany in Grown Up Movie Star
World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary
presented by Jennifer Baichwal to:
The Red Chapel, directed by Mads Brügger
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award
presented by Jeffrey Brown to:
Joëlle Alexis for A Film Unfinished
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary
presented by Jennifer Baichwal to:
Christian Frei for Space Tourists
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award
presented by Jeffrey Brown to:
Joëlle Alexis for A Film Unfinished
