Sundance 2013 has wrapped and I’m back in NYC. I’m still paying back some hefty sleep debt, and trying to fight off the postdance cold, so Park City hasn’t completely left me yet. Before turning back to real life, I thought I would recap the 2013 awards for anyone who wasn’t following along Saturday night. With many films already acquired for distribution, and more deals to be announced in the coming weeks, w(n)td readers should have a chance to see a number of these titles in theatres, VOD, or broadcast, as well as other festival exposure, over the next few months.
The 2013 Sundance awards ceremony, hosted by a gregarious Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who had premiered his directorial debut, DON JON’S ADDICTION, to raves the week before, and generally functioned as a goodwill ambassador for the festival for the duration), quickly recapped awards announced earlier in the week – Shorts, Mahindra, NHK, Sloan – before getting down to the business at hand – US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, plus the Best of NEXT audience award:
US Documentary Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
BLOOD BROTHER by Steve Hoover (pictured)
Audience Award:
BLOOD BROTHER by Steve Hoover
Directing Award:
Zachary Heinzerling for CUTIE AND THE BOXER
Editing Award:
Matthew Hamachek for GIDEON’S ARMY
Excellence in Cinematography Award:
Richard Rowley for DIRTY WARS
Special Jury Prizes:
INEQUALITY FOR ALL by Jacob Kornbluth
AMERICAN PROMISE by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
World Cinema Documentary Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
A RIVER CHANGES COURSE by Kalyanee Mam (pictured)
Audience Award:
THE SQUARE by Jehane Noujaim
Directing Award:
Tinatin Gurchiani for THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR
Editing Award:
Ben Stark for THE SUMMIT
Cinematography Award:
Marc Silver and Pau Esteve Birba for WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL?
Special Jury Prize:
PUSSY RIOT – A PUNK PRAYER by Mike Lerner and MAxim Pozdorovkin
US Dramatic Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
FRUITVALE by Ryan Coogler (pictured)
Audience Award:
FRUITVALE by Ryan Coogler
Directing Award:
Jill Soloway for AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
Lake Bell for IN A WORLD…
Excellence in Cinematography Award:
Bradford Young for AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS and MOTHER OF GEORGE
Special Jury Prize, Acting:
Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley for THE SPECTACULAR NOW
Special Jury Prize, Sound Design:
Shane Carruth and Johnny Marshal for UPSTREAM COLOR
World Cinema Dramatic Awards:
Grand Jury Prize:
JISEUL by Muel O (pictured)
Audience Award:
METRO MANILA by Seal Ellis
Directing Award:
Sebastián Silva for CRYSTAL FAIRY
Screenwriting Award:
Barmak Akram for WAJMA (AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY)
Cinematography Award:
Michal Englert for LASTING
Special Jury Prize:
CIRCUS by Srdan Golubovic
The Best of NEXT Audience Award:
THIS IS MARTIN BONNER by Chad Hartigan
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