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Sundance Film Festival: 2008 Grand Jury Prize Date: 17 January - 27 January Jury: Marcia Gay Harden (dramatic); Mary Harron (I) (dramatic); Diego Luna (I) (dramatic); Sandra Oh (dramatic); Quentin Tarantino (dramatic); Michelle Byrd (I) (documentary); Heidi Ewing (I) (documentary); Eugene Jarecki (documentary); Steven Okazaki (documentary); Anne Sundberg (documentary); Shunji Iwai (Japan) (dramatic world cinema); Lucrecia Martel (Argentina) (dramatic world cinema); Jan Schütte (I) (Germany) (dramatic world cinema); Amir Bar-Lev (USA) (documentary world cinema); Leena Pasanen (Finland/Denmark) (documentary world cinema); Ilda Santiago (Brazil) (documentary world cinema) Documentary   Winner:   Trouble the Water (2008) - Tia Lessin; Carl Deal   Other In-Competition Films:   "P.O.V." (1988) {Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (#20.12)} - Katrina Browne (II); Alla Kovgan; Jude Ray American Teen (2008) - Nanette Burstein Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008) - Chris Bell (III) Fields of Fuel (2008) - Joshua Tickell Flow: For Love of Water (2008) - Irena Salina Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) - Alex Gibney I.O.U.S.A. (2008) - Patrick Creadon Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) - Steven Sebring Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) - Marina Zenovich Secrecy (2008) - Peter Galison (I); Robb Moss Slingshot Hip Hop (2008) - Jackie Salloum The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) - Ellen Kuras; Thavisouk Phrasavath The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (2007) - Lisa F. Jackson The Order of Myths (2008) - Margaret Brown (III) The Recruiter (2008) - Edet Belzberg World Cinema - Documentary   Winner:   Man on Wire (2008) - James Marsh (I)   Other In-Competition Films:   A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008) - Chris Waitt Allein in vier Wänden (2007) - Alexandra Westmeier Be Like Others (2008) - Tanaz Eshaghian Derek (2008) - Isaac Julien Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey (2007) - Sabiha Sumar; Sachithanandam Sathananthan Durakovo: Le village des fous (2007) - Nino Kirtadze In Prison My Whole Life (2007) - Marc Evans (I) Les femmes de la Brukman (2007) - Isaac Isitan; Carole Poliquin Puujee (2007) - Kazuya Yamada Recycle (2007) - Mahmoud al Massad (I) Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2007) - Gonzalo Arijon The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (2007) - Pietra Brettkelly Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma (2007) - Patrick Reed (III) Up the Yangtze (2007) - Yung Chang (I) Yasukuni (2007) - Ying Li (I) World Cinema - Dramatic   Winner:   Ping-pongkingen (2008) - Jens Jonsson   Other In-Competition Films:   Absurdistan (2008) - Veit Helmer Burwa dii ebo (2008) - A Collective Collaboration Captain Abu Raed (2007) - Amin Matalqa Die Welle (2008) - Dennis Gansel J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster (2007) - Samuel Benchetrit Kærlighed på film (2007) - Ole Bornedal Megane (2007) - Naoko Ogigami Máncora (2008) - Ricardo de Montreuil Perro come perro (2008) - Carlos Moreno (XIII) Párpados azules (2007) - Ernesto Contreras Riprendimi (2008) - Anna Negri Rusalka (2007) - Anna Melikyan Sous les bombes (2007) - Philippe Aractingi Strangers (2007/II) - Erez Tadmor; Guy Nattiv Zhan. gu (2007) - Kenneth Bi Dramatic   Winner:   Frozen River (2008) - Courtney Hunt   Other In-Competition Films:   American Son (2008) - Neil Abramson Anywhere, USA (2008) - Chusy Haney-Jardine Ballast (2008) - Lance Hammer Choke (2008) - Clark Gregg Downloading Nancy (2008) - Johan Renck Good Dick (2008) - Marianna Palka North Starr (2008) - Matthew Stanton Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) - Daniel Barnz Pretty Bird (2008) - Paul Schneider (IV) Sleep Dealer (2008) - Alex Rivera (II) Sugar (2008/I) - Anna Boden; Ryan Fleck Sunshine Cleaning (2008) - Christine Jeffs The Last Word (2008/I) - Geoffrey Haley The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008) - Rawson Marshall Thurber The Wackness (2008) - Jonathan Levine (II) Special Jury Prize Documentary   Winner:   The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (2007) - Lisa F. Jackson - For for her piercing, intimate look into the struggle of the lives of rape survivors. World Cinema - Dramatic   Winner:   Párpados azules (2007) - Ernesto Contreras Dramatic   Winners:   Anywhere, USA (2008) - Chusy Haney-Jardine - For the spirit of independence. Choke (2008) - Sam Rockwell; Anjelica Huston; Kelly Macdonald; Brad William Henke - For the work by an ensemble cast. Directing Award Documentary   Winner:   American Teen (2008) - Nanette Burstein World Cinema - Documentary   Winner:   Durakovo: Le village des fous (2007) - Nino Kirtadze World Cinema - Dramatic   Winner:   Rusalka (2007) - Anna Melikyan Dramatic   Winner:   Ballast (2008) - Lance Hammer Cinematography Award Documentary   Winner:   Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) - Phillip Hunt; Steven Sebring World Cinema - Documentary   Winner:   Recycle (2007) - Mahmoud al Massad (I) World Cinema - Dramatic   Winner:   Ping-pongkingen (2008) - Askild Edvardsen Dramatic   Winner:   Ballast (2008) - Lol Crawley Documentary Film Editing Award   Winner:   Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) - Joe Bini World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award   Winner:   The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (2007) - Irena Dol Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award   Winner:   Sleep Dealer (2008) - Alex Rivera (II); David Riker (I) World Cinema Screenwriting Award   Winner:   J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster (2007) - Samuel Benchetrit Audience Award Documentary   Winner:   Fields of Fuel (2008) - Joshua Tickell World Cinema - Documentary   Winner:   Man on Wire (2008) - James Marsh (I) World Cinema - Dramatic   Winner:   Captain Abu Raed (2007) - Amin Matalqa Dramatic   Winner:   The Wackness (2008) - Jonathan Levine (II) Short Filmmaking Award Jury: Jon Bloom (II); Melonie Diaz; Jason Reitman   Winners:   My Olympic Summer (2007) - Daniel Robin (II) Sikumi (On the Ice) (2008) - Andrew Okpeaha MacLean International   Winner:   Soft (2007) - Simon Ellis (II) Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention   Winners:   Aquarium (2007) - Rob Meyer (I) August 15th (2008) - Jiang Xuan La corona (2008) - Amanda Micheli; Isabel Vega (V) Oiran no uta (2007) - Ryosuke Ogawa Spider (2007) - Nash Edgerton Suspension (2008/II) - Nicolas Provost (II) W. (2008/II) - The Vikings (I) Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize   Winner:   Sleep Dealer (2008) - Alex Rivera (II) (director/writer); David Riker (I) (writer) NHK Award   Winners:   Alejandro Fernández Almendras - For "Huacho" (Latin America). Radu Jude - For "The Happiest Girl in the World" (Europe). Braden King - For "Here" (USA). Aiko Nagatsu - For "Apoptosis" (Japan).

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