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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

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    Grand Jury Prize

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    Documentary

    • Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)
      Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)
      Winners
      • Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
      • Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
      Steven Ascher
      Jeanne Jordan
    • [object Object]

      The Battle Over Citizen Kane

      7.7 (1.5K)
      Michael Epstein
      Thomas Lennon
    • [object Object]

      Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud

      7.2 (96)
      Karen Goodman
      Kirk Simon
    • [object Object]

      Belly Talkers

      7.4 (18)
      Sandra Luckow
    • [object Object]

      The Celluloid Closet

      7.8 (7.8K)
      Rob Epstein
      Jeffrey Friedman

    • Cutting Loose

      5.8 (10)
      Susan Todd
      Andrew Young
    • [object Object]

      Fire on the Mountain

      7.3 (54)
      Beth Gage
      George Gage
    • [object Object]

      Halving the Bones

      6.5 (20)
      Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury
    • [object Object]

      Hype!

      7.5 (3.2K)
      Doug Pray

    • Jane: An Abortion Service

      8.1 (25)
      Kate Kirtz
      Nell Lundy

    • A Leap of Faith

      6.1 (67)
      Jenifer McShane
      Tricia Regan
    • [object Object]

      My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports

      7.5 (84)
      Melissa Hacker
    • [object Object]

      Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

      8.2 (19K)
      Joe Berlinger
      Bruce Sinofsky
    • [object Object]

      Synthetic Pleasures

      7.0 (143)
      Iara Lee

    • Tender Fictions

      7.4 (32)
      Barbara Hammer
    • [object Object]

      When We Were Kings

      7.9 (20K)
      Leon Gast

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Welcome to the Dollhouse

      7.3 (39K)
      Todd Solondz
    • [object Object]

      Bandwagon

      7.0 (694)
      John Schultz
    • [object Object]

      Big Night

      7.3 (24K)
      Stanley Tucci
      Campbell Scott
    • [object Object]

      Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

      6.2 (184)
      Christopher Munch
    • [object Object]

      The Darien Gap

      6.5 (119)
      Brad Anderson
    • [object Object]

      Eden

      5.7 (371)
      Howard Goldberg
    • [object Object]

      Female Perversions

      5.4 (2.9K)
      Susan Streitfeld
    • [object Object]

      Follow Me Home

      6.7 (241)
      Peter Bratt
    • [object Object]

      Freeway

      6.8 (33K)
      Matthew Bright
    • [object Object]

      Girls Town

      6.4 (844)
      Jim McKay
    • [object Object]

      God's Lonely Man

      6.4 (292)
      Francis von Zerneck
    • [object Object]

      I Shot Andy Warhol

      6.6 (7.3K)
      Mary Harron
    • [object Object]

      The Keeper

      5.7 (332)
      Joe Brewster
    • [object Object]

      Late Bloomers

      5.9 (634)
      Julia Dyer
      Gretchen Dyer
    • [object Object]

      Citizen Ruth

      7.0 (9.6K)
      Alexander Payne
    • [object Object]

      Walking and Talking

      6.7 (4.2K)
      Nicole Holofcener
    • [object Object]

      The Whole Wide World

      7.0 (4.3K)
      Dan Ireland

    Special Jury Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Shot Andy Warhol

      6.6 (7.3K)
      Lili Taylor
      Acting

    Filmmakers Trophy

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    Documentary

    • Winner

      Cutting Loose

      5.8 (10)
      Susan Todd
      Andrew Young

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Girls Town

      6.4 (844)
      Jim McKay

    Cinematography Award

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    Documentary

    • Winner

      Cutting Loose

      5.8 (10)
      Andrew Young

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

      6.2 (184)
      Rob Sweeney

    Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Big Night

      7.3 (24K)
      Stanley Tucci
      Joseph Tropiano

    Freedom of Expression Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Celluloid Closet

      7.8 (7.8K)
      Rob Epstein
      Jeffrey Friedman

    Latin America Cinema Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Madagascar

      7.3 (111)
      Fernando Pérez

    Latin America Cinema Award - Honorable Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Guantanamera

      6.9 (1.6K)
      Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
      Juan Carlos Tabío
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wild Horses

      7.1 (2K)
      Marcelo Piñeyro

    Audience Award

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    Documentary

    • Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)
      Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)
      Winners
      • Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
      • Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
      Steven Ascher
      Jeanne Jordan

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Spitfire Grill

      7.0 (7.5K)
      Lee David Zlotoff

    Short Filmmaking Award

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    • Winner

      A Small Domain

      5.1 (18)
      Britta Sjogren

    Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pig!

      6.9 (35)
      Francine McDougall
    • Winner

      Dry Mount

      4.0 (34)
      Nichol Simmons

    Special Jury Recognition

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      When We Were Kings

      7.9 (20K)
      Leon Gast
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Girls Town

      6.4 (844)
      Jim McKay
      For outstanding collaborative merit.

    NHK Award

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    • Walter Salles at an event for The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
      Winner
      • Walter Salles
      For "Central do Brasil" (Latin America, Brazil).
    • Chris Eyre at an event for A Thousand Roads (2005)
      Winner
      • Chris Eyre
      For "Smoke Signals" (U.S.).
    • Winner
      • Ciro Cappellari
      For "Sin querer" (Europe, Germany, Switzerland).
    • Winner
      • Hirotaka Tashiro
      For "Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar" (Japan).

    Cinema 100/Sundance International Award

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    • Winner
      • Ciro Cappellari
    • Winner
      • Danian Tang
    • Chris Eyre at an event for A Thousand Roads (2005)
      Winner
      • Chris Eyre
    • Walter Salles at an event for The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
      Winner
      • Walter Salles
    • Winner
      • Hirotaka Tashiro

    Tribute to Independent Vision Award

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    • Dianne Wiest in In Treatment (2008)
      Winner
      • Dianne Wiest

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    • Sundance United States Film Festival
    • United States Film Festival

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    Event date

    January 18, 1996 - January 28, 1996

    Event location

    Park City, Utah, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.sundance.org/festival/
    • http://www.nhk.or.jp/sun_asia/sundance/e/1996e.html
    • http://www.sundancefilm.com/

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