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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

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    Grand Jury Prize

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Capturing the Friedmans

      7.6 (28K)
      Andrew Jarecki
      Marc Smerling
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Capturing the Friedmans

      7.6 (28K)
      Andrew Jarecki
    • [object Object]

      Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

      7.9 (248)
      Nancy D. Kates
      Bennett Singer
    • [object Object]

      Bukowski: Born into This

      7.8 (3.7K)
      John Dullaghan
    • [object Object]

      A Certain Kind of Death

      7.3 (1K)
      Blue Hadaegh
      Grover Babcock
    • [object Object]

      A Decade Under the Influence

      7.6 (2.8K)
      Richard LaGravenese
      Ted Demme
    • [object Object]

      The Education of Gore Vidal

      8.0 (135)
      Deborah Dickson
    • [object Object]

      My Flesh and Blood

      8.3 (1.8K)
      Jonathan Karsh
    • [object Object]

      American Experience

      8.6 (2.4K)
      Chana Gazit
      David Steward
      For episode "The Pill (#15.9)".
    • [object Object]

      Robert Capa: In Love and War

      7.5 (210)
      Anne Makepeace
    • [object Object]

      The Same River Twice

      7.0 (305)
      Robb Moss

    • State of Denial

      8.2 (17)
      Elaine Epstein
    • [object Object]

      Stevie

      7.8 (2.8K)
      Steve James
    • [object Object]

      Tom Dowd & the Language of Music

      8.2 (601)
      Mark Moormann
    • [object Object]

      The Weather Underground

      7.4 (3.8K)
      Sam Green
      Bill Siegel
    • [object Object]

      What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison

      7.8 (119)
      Judith Katz
      Madeleine Gavin
      Gary Sunshine

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      American Splendor

      7.4 (54K)
      Shari Springer Berman
      Robert Pulcini
    • [object Object]

      All the Real Girls

      6.7 (11K)
      David Gordon Green
    • [object Object]

      Camp

      6.2 (6.3K)
      Todd Graff
    • [object Object]

      The Cooler

      6.9 (37K)
      Wayne Kramer
    • [object Object]

      Die, Mommie, Die!

      6.4 (2.2K)
      Mark Rucker
    • [object Object]

      Dopamine

      5.9 (1.2K)
      Mark Decena
    • [object Object]

      The Mudge Boy

      7.1 (4.8K)
      Michael Burke
    • [object Object]

      Party Monster

      6.2 (18K)
      Fenton Bailey
      Randy Barbato
    • [object Object]

      Pieces of April

      7.0 (23K)
      Peter Hedges
    • [object Object]

      Quattro Noza

      2.9 (356)
      Joey Curtis
    • [object Object]

      Rhythm of the Saints

      6.7 (39)
      Sarah Rogacki
    • [object Object]

      The Station Agent

      7.6 (77K)
      Tom McCarthy

    • The Technical Writer

      4.0 (123)
      Scott Saunders
    • [object Object]

      Thirteen

      6.8 (104K)
      Catherine Hardwicke
    • [object Object]

      The United States of Leland

      6.9 (25K)
      Matthew Ryan Hoge
    • [object Object]

      What Alice Found

      6.4 (1.1K)
      A. Dean Bell

    Special Jury Prize

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Murder of Emmett Till

      7.9 (274)
      Stanley Nelson
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Certain Kind of Death

      7.3 (1K)
      Blue Hadaegh
      Grover Babcock

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All the Real Girls

      6.7 (11K)
      David Gordon Green
      For emotional truth.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      What Alice Found

      6.4 (1.1K)
      A. Dean Bell
      For emotional truth.
    • Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent (2003)
      Oliver Platt, Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, and Derek Luke in Pieces of April (2003)
      Zooey Deschanel and Paul Schneider in All the Real Girls (2003)
      Winners
      • The Station Agent
      • Pieces of April
      • All the Real Girls
      Patricia Clarkson
      For outstanding performance.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die, Mommie, Die!

      6.4 (2.2K)
      Charles Busch
      For outstanding performance.

    Directing Award

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Flesh and Blood

      8.3 (1.8K)
      Jonathan Karsh

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thirteen

      6.8 (104K)
      Catherine Hardwicke

    Cinematography Award

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stevie

      7.8 (2.8K)
      Dana Kupper
      Gordon Quinn
      Peter Gilbert

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quattro Noza

      2.9 (356)
      Derek Cianfrance

    Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Station Agent

      7.6 (77K)
      Tom McCarthy

    Freedom of Expression Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison

      7.8 (119)
      Judith Katz
      Madeleine Gavin
      Gary Sunshine

    Audience Award

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Flesh and Blood

      8.3 (1.8K)
      Jonathan Karsh

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Station Agent

      7.6 (77K)
      Tom McCarthy

    World Cinema

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Whale Rider

      7.5 (45K)
      Niki Caro

    Short Filmmaking Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Terminal Bar

      7.0 (319)
      Stefan Nadelman

    Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ocularist

      7.4 (46)
      Vance Malone
    • Winner

      EarthQuake!

      5.3 (100)
      James Brett
    • Winner

      Pan with Us

      7.4 (102)
      David Russo
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Asylum

      6.5 (61)
      Sandy McLeod
      Gini Reticker
    • Winner

      The Planets

      5.6 (11)
      Francesca Talenti
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Freak

      7.3 (95)
      Aristomenis Tsirbas
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fits & Starts

      7.9 (105)
      Vince Di Meglio
    • Winner

      From the 104th Floor

      7.1 (26)
      Sergey Basin

    Online Film Festival Viewers Award

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    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Broken Saints

      7.6 (578)
      Brooke Burgess
    • [object Object]

      LOR: Lots of Robots

      7.3 (48)
      Andy Murdock

    • Bumble Beeing

      Billy Blob

    Short Subject

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One

      6.9 (125)
      Stewart Hendler

    • S-11 Redux: Channel Surfing the Apocalypse

      Stephen Marshall
    • [object Object]

      Icarus of Pittsburgh

      6.5 (16)
      Kirk Hostetter
      Evan Mather

    Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dopamine

      5.9 (1.2K)
      Mark Decena(director/writer)
      Timothy Breitbach(writer)

    NHK Award

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    • Yesim Ustaoglu
      Winner
      • Yesim Ustaoglu
      For Waiting for the Clouds (2004) (Europe).
    • Pablo Stoll
      Winners
      • Juan Pablo Rebella
      • Pablo Stoll
      For Whisky (2004) (Latin America).
    • Winner
      • Michael Kang
      For The Motel (2005) (USA).
    • Winner
      • Mai Tominaga
      For "100% Pure Wool" (Japan).

    Visionary Award

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    • Colin Callender at an event for 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016)
      Winner
      • Colin Callender

    Tribute to Independent Vision Award

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    • Holly Hunter at an event for The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)
      Winner
      • Holly Hunter

    Short Film Grand Jury Prize

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    Short Film Grand Jury Prize

    • [object Object]

      Golden Trumpet

      8.1 (17)
      Patricio Serna
      Pakidermo Films

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    • Sundance Film Festival
    • Sundance United States Film Festival
    • United States Film Festival

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    Event date

    January 21, 2003

    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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