2008 Sundance Film Festival

Infobox Film Festival
name = 2008 Sundance Film Festival


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host = Sundance Institute
date = January 17-27, 2008
number = 122
location = Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah
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website = http://www.sundance.org/festival/The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in Park City, Utah. It is the 24th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival.cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/festival/film_events/SFF08_Film%20Guide.pdf |title=Sundance Film Festival 2008 Film Guide |accessdate=2007-12-15 |format=PDF] The opening night film was "In Bruges". And the closing night film was "CSNY Déjà Vu".

Films

Out of 2,021 U.S. and 1,603 international feature-length films submitted for consideration, 121 were selected to be shown at the festival.cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008_SFF_Announces_Films_In_Competition.pdf |title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition |date=2007-11-28|format=PDF]

For a list of films that were shown at the festival, see List of films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Award winners

*Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - "Trouble the Water"
*Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - "Frozen River"
*Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - "Man On Wire"
*Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - "King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)"
*Audience Award: Documentary - "Fields of Fuel"
*Audience Award: Dramatic - "The Wackness"
*World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - "Man on Wire"
*World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - "Captain Abu Raed"
*Directing Award: Documentary - "American Teen"
*Directing Award: Dramatic - "Ballast"
*World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - ""
*World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - "Mermaid (Rusalka)"
*Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - "Sleep Dealer"
*World Cinema Screenwriting Award - "I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (J'ai Toujours Rêvé d'Être un Gangster)"
*Documentary Editing Award - ""
*World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - "The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins"
*Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - ""
*Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - "Ballast"
*World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - "Recycle"
*World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - "King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)"
*World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - "Blue Eyelids (Párpados Azules)"
*Special Jury Prize: Documentary - ""
*Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, The Spirit of Independence - "Anywhere, USA"
*Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, Work by an Ensemble Cast - "Choke"
*Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - "My Olympic Summer"
*Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - "Sikumi (On the Ice)"
*International Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - "Soft"
*Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - "Aquarium"
*Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - "August 15th"
*Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - "La Corona (The Crown)"
*Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - "Oiran Lyrics"
*Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - "Spider"
*Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - "Suspension"
*Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - "W."
*2008 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - "Sleep Dealer"cite web|url=http://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008-01-25-Sloan.pdf|title=Sleep Dealer Wins Alfred P. Sloan Prize at 2008 Sundance Film Festival|date=2008-01-25|type=pdf|format=PDF]

Juries

The juries at the Sundance Film Festival are responsible for determining the Jury Prize winners in each category and to award Special Jury Prizes as they see fit.cite web|url=http://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008-01-07-JuryFinal.pdf|title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Members|date=2008-01-07|type=pdf|format=PDF]

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

* Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Harron, Diego Luna, Sandra Oh and Quentin Tarantino

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Documentary

* Michelle Byrd, Heidi Ewing, Eugene Jarecki, Steven Okazaki and Annie Sundberg

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

* Shunji Iwai, Lucrecia Martel and Jan Schuette

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Documentary

* Amir Bar-Lev, Leena Pasanen and Ilda Santiago

Jury, Shorts Competition

* Jon Bloom, Melonie Diaz and Jason Reitman

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury

* Alan Alda, Michael Polish, Evan Schwartz, Benedict Schwegler and John Underkoffler

Festival Theaters

*Park City
**Eccles Theatre - 1,270 seats
**Egyptian Theatre - 266 seats
**Holiday Village Cinemas I - 156 seats
**Holiday Village Cinemas II - 156 seats
**Holiday Village Cinemas III - 156 seats
**Holiday Village Cinemas IV - 164 seats
**Library Center Theatre - 448 seats
**Prospector Square Theatre - 332 seats
**Racquet Club Theatre - 602 seats
**Yarrow Hotel Theatre 1 - 250 seats
**Yarrow Hotel Theatre 2 - 80 seats
*Kimball Junction
**Redstone Cinemas - 185 seats
*Salt Lake City
**Broadway Centre Cinemas IV - 211 seats
**Broadway Centre Cinemas V - 238 seats
**Broadway Centre Cinemas VI - 274 seats
**Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center - 485 seats
**Tower Theatre - 342 seats
*Sundance Resort
**Sundance Institute Screening Room - 164 seats
*Ogden
**Peery's Egyptian Theatre - 800 seats

References

*cite web|url=http://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008-01-26-Awards.pdf|title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards|date=2008-01-26|type=pdf|format=PDF

External links

* [http://festival.sundance.org Festival webpage]
*PDFlink| [http://www.sundance.org/festival/film_events/SFF08_Film%20Guide.pdf Official Film Guide] |7.61 MiB
* [http://www.parkcity-guide.com/2008-sundance-film-festival.html 2008 Sundance Film Festival Tips]
* [http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/17/sundance-2008-deals/ Films sold at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival]