Wednesday 1 February 2012

Sundance 2012: The Highlights

Sundance 2012 officially wrapped on Sunday and Total Film have written a superb blog listing their Top 20 Highlights for those of us who weren't there. You can read it here. Considering these will be some of the most talked about films over the next twelve months, it is well worth a look.

The full list of winners is below.


And remember, Robert Redford is bringing the best of Sundance to the UK for the first time ever and you can buy tickets for the big event on the O2 Arena website.



  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - The House I Live In
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Beasts of the Southern Wild (pictured right)
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - The Law in These Parts
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - Violeta Went to Heaven (Violeta se Fue a Los Cielos)
  • Audience Award: U.S. Documentary - The Invisible War
  • Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic - The Surrogate
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Searching for Sugar Man
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Valley of Saints
  • Best of NEXT Audience Award - Sleepwalk with Me
  • U.S. Directing Award: Documentary - The Queen of Versailles
  • U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic - Middle Of Nowhere
  • World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - 5 Broken Cameras
  • World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - Teddy Bear
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Safety Not Guaranteed
  • World Cinema Screenwriting Award - Young & Wild
  • U.S. Documentary Editing Award - Detropia
  • World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - Indie Game: The Movie
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary - Chasing Ice
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic - Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - Putin's Kiss
  • World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - My Brother the Devil
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for an Agent of Change - Love Free or Die
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance - Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing - Smashed and Nobody Walks
  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting - The Surrogate
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision - Can
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for its Celebration of the Artistic Spirit - Searching for Sugar Man
  • Short Film Audience Award - The Debutante Hunters

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