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Sundance Film Festival

Also known as:	Sundance Film Festival (1991-) Sundance United States Film Festival (1990) United States Film Festival (1985-1989)
Location:	Park City, Utah, USA
Media type(s):	Film
Event type:	Festival
Official website(s):	http://www.sundance.org/festival/ http://www.sundancefilm.com/
Notes:	In 1978, the Utah/US Film Festival, an annual cinematic exhibition, was created in Salt Lake City. During its early years, the festival focused primarily on the presentation of retrospective films and filmmaker seminars. However, from its inception, the festival featured a national competition aimed at drawing attention to emerging American films made outside the Hollywood system - "independent" cinema. In 1981, the United States Film Festival moved to Park City, Utah, and grew to include documentaries and short films, along with its slate of dramatic features. In 1985, responding to the need for support from an organization that could provide year-round programming, administrative staffing, financial backing, and a network of contacts, the festival became part of the Sundance Institute and added international films to its program. Officially renamed in 1991, the Sundance Film Festival has become recognized internationally as a showcase for the best in new American independent film (from the festival's web site, 2000).

Awards Summary

Results Summary:

Date	Dramatic
2009 15 January - 25 January	Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) (Grand Jury Prize)
2008 17 January - 27 January	Frozen River (2008) (Grand Jury Prize)
2007 18 January - 28 January	Padre Nuestro (2007) (Grand Jury Prize)
2006 19 January - 29 January (28 January)	Quinceañera (2006) (Grand Jury Prize)
2005 20 January - 30 January (29 January)	Forty Shades of Blue (2005) (Grand Jury Prize)
2004 15 January - 25 January	Primer (2004) (Grand Jury Prize)
2003 16 January - 26 January (25 January)	American Splendor (2003) (Grand Jury Prize)
2002 10 January - 20 January	Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) (Grand Jury Prize)
2001 18 January - 28 January (27 January)	The Believer (2001) (Grand Jury Prize)
2000 20 January - 30 January (29 January)	Girlfight (2000) You Can Count on Me (2000) (Grand Jury Prize)
1999 21 January - 31 January (30 January)	Three Seasons (1999) (Grand Jury Prize)
1998 15 January - 25 January (24 January)	Slam (1998) (Grand Jury Prize)
1997 16 January - 26 January	Sunday (1997) (Grand Jury Prize)
1996 18 January - 28 January	Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) (Grand Jury Prize)
1995 19 January - 29 January	The Brothers McMullen (1995) (Grand Jury Prize)
1994 20 January - 30 January	What Happened Was... (1994) (Grand Jury Prize)
1993 21 January - 31 January	Public Access (1993) Ruby in Paradise (1993) (Grand Jury Prize)
1992 16 January - 26 January	In the Soup (1992) (Grand Jury Prize)
1991 17 January - 27 January	Poison (1991) (Grand Jury Prize)
1990 19 January - 27 January	Chameleon Street (1989) (Grand Jury Prize)
1989 20 January - 29 January	True Love (1989/I) (Grand Jury Prize)
1988 15 January - 24 January	Heat and Sunlight (1987) (Grand Jury Prize)
1987 16 January - 25 January	The Trouble with Dick (1987) Waiting for the Moon (1987) (Grand Jury Prize)
1986 17 January - 26 January	Smooth Talk (1985) (Grand Jury Prize)
1985	Blood Simple. (1984) (Grand Jury Prize)