Day 10 - Festival Awards

Several festival film catagories are judged and the winners are announced on the last day. Most of Sunday's screening times are dedicated to showing the winners. They are also shown on Monday night to locals for free. There are two types of awards, those awarded by a jury and those awarded by the audience. I checked the website and here are this year's big winners:

Grand Jury Prize (USA)

Documentary: Trouble the Water
Dramatic: Frozen River *

Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema)
Documentary: Man on Wire
Dramatic: The King of Ping Pong

Audience Awards (USA)
Documentary: Fields of Fuel
Dramatic: The Wackness *

Audience Awards (World Cinema)

Documentary: Man on Wire
Dramatic: Captain Abu Raed

* Films we saw and therefore are described earlier on my blog.

There are also awards for best directing, editing screenwriting, cinematography, etc. To see the full list of winners, visit www.sundance.org/festival. While you are there check out the videos under "All Video" -- especially 10 Days of Different. In a few minutes, it really captures the flavor and spirit of the event. Also, if you click on the "Live @ Sundance" button, there are lots of Q & A recaps with directors and casts.

Here's a fun photo to leave you with -- "what not to wear at Sundance." If you watch the video, you will see lots of parkas, beanies, turtlenecks, etc. Amazingly, this is the only person I saw wearing a white eyelet bustier with little yellow daisies on it. I realize she looks bored in this picture. My theory is it's a cover for how hard she is trying to suppress those goosebumps.

Coming up, tales of my difficulty transitioning from days filled with make-believe to days filled with volunteer projects, dog walking, grocery shopping, etc. Also, Portland's International Film Festival Starts in less than two weeks, maybe we can take in a few movies there and share the experience.