The 2006 Sundance Film Festival was held in

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from January 19, to January 29, 2006. It was held in

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, with screenings in

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; Ogden; and the Sundance Resort. It was the 22nd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival, and the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the

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. The opening night film was ''

Friends with Money ''Friends with Money'' is a 2006 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener. It opened the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2006, and went into limited release in North America on April 7, 2006. Plot Olivia is ...

''; the closing night film was '' Alpha Dog''.

Award winners

The official announcement of the winners can be foun
here
*Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - '' God Grew Tired of Us'' *Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - '' Quinceañera'' *World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - '' In The Pit'' *World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''

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'' *Audience Award: Documentary - ''God Grew Tired of Us'' *Audience Award: Dramatic - ''Quinceañera'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - ''

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'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - '' No. 2'' *Documentary Directing Award - James Longley director of ''

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'' *Dramatic Directing Award -

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for ''

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'' *Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - James Longley for ''Iraq in Fragments'' *Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Tom Richmond for '' Right at Your Door'' *Documentary Film Editing - ''Iraq in Fragments'' *Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Hilary Brougher for '' Stephanie Daley'' *Special Jury Prize - ''

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'' *Special Jury Prize - ''A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'' (for Best Ensemble Performance) *Special Jury Prize - ''

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'' (for Independent Vision) *Special Jury Prize - '' Into Great Silence'' *Special Jury Prize - '' Dear Pyongyang'' *Special Jury Prize - '' Eve & the Fire Horse'' *Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - '' Bugcrush'' *Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - '' The Wrath of Cobble Hill'' *Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - '' The Natural Route'' *Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - '' Before Dawn'' *Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - '' Preacher With an Unknown God'' *Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - '' Undressing My Mother'' *2006 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - '' The House of Sand''

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.

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Documentary

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* Zana Briski * Andrew Jarecki * Alexander Payne * Heather Rae

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

* Miguel Arteta *

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*Nancy Schreiber * Audrey Wells

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Documentary

* Kate Amend *

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Jury, World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

* Irene Bignardi *

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Jury, Shorts Competition

* Georgia Lee * Sydney Neter * John Vanco

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury

* John Underkoffler * Greg Harrison *

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* Antonio Demasio

Film Selections

Independent Film Competition: Documentary

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'' *'' Crossing Arizona'' *'' God Grew Tired of Us'' *'' The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends'' *''

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A Lion in the House ''A Lion in the Hous''e is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert that explores the impact of childhood cancer on five different families throughout the span of six years in Ohio. The 225-minute long docum ...

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small town gay bar ''Small Town Gay Bar'' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Malcolm Ingram that focuses on two gay bars in the rural deep Southeast United States, one in Shannon, Mississippi, and one in Meridian, Mississippi. The documentary was produced by V ...

'' *'' So Much So Fast'' *'' Thin'' *'' 'Tis Autumn-The Search for Jackie Paris'' *'' The Trials of Darryl Hunt'' *'' TV Junkie'' *'' An Unreasonable Man'' *'' Wide Awake'' *''

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'' *'' The World According to Sesame Street''

Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

*'' Come Early Morning'' *'' Flannel Pajamas'' *'' Forgiven'' *''

'' *'' Half Nelson'' *'' The Hawk Is Dying'' *''

'' *'' Puccini for Beginners'' *'' Quinceañera'' *'' Right at Your Door'' *'' Sherrybaby'' *'' Somebodies'' *''

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'' *'' Steel City'' *'' Stephanie Daley'' *'' Wristcutters: A Love Story''

World Cinema Competition: Documentary

*'' 5 Days'' *'' angry monk-reflections on tibet'' *'' Black Gold'' *'' By the Ways, A Journey with William Eggleston'' *'' Dear Pyongyang'' *'' DeNADIE'' *'' The Giant Buddhas'' *''

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'' *'' I for India'' *'' In the Pit'' *'' Into Great Silence'' *'' KZ'' *'' The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez'' *''

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'' *'' Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst'' *''

Viva Zapatero! ''Viva Zapatero!'' is a 2005 documentary by Sabina Guzzanti telling her side of the story regarding the conflict with Silvio Berlusconi over a late-night TV political satire show broadcast on Rai 3. The show, ''RAIot'' (a play on the name of th ...

World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

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'' *'' Allegro'' *'' The Aura'' *''

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros ''The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros'' ( fil, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros) is a 2005 Filipino coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Aureaus Solito in his directorial debut, based on a screenplay by Michiko Yamamoto. Set in the slum ...

'' *'' Eve & the Fire Horse'' *'' The House of Sand'' *'' It's Only Talk'' *'' Kiss Me Not on the Eyes'' *'' Little Red Flowers'' *'' Madeinusa'' *'' No. 2'' *'' One Last Dance'' *'' The Peter Pan Formula'' *''

Princesas ''Princesses'' ( es, Princesas, links=no) is a 2005 Spanish drama film directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa which stars Candela Peña and Micaela Nevárez. Set in the onset of the 21st century in Madrid, the plot concerns the frien ...

'' *'' Sólo Dios Sabe'' *'' Son of Man''

Premieres

*'' Alpha Dog'' *'' Art School Confidential'' *''

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'' *'' The Darwin Awards'' *''

Don't Come Knocking ''Don't Come Knocking'' is a 2005 American Western film directed by German director Wim Wenders and written by Wenders and actor/playwright Sam Shepard. The two had previously collaborated on the film ''Paris, Texas'' (1984). It was entered int ...

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'' *'' The Illusionist'' *'' Kinky Boots'' *'' Little Miss Sunshine'' *'' A Little Trip to Heaven'' *''

Lucky Number Slevin ''Lucky Number Slevin'' (also known as ''The Wrong Man'' in Australia, ''The 7 Affair'' in Spain, ''Hitman for Hire'' in Mexico and ''Check-Mate'' in Brazil) is a 2006 neo-noir action crime thriller film directed by Paul McGuigan and written by ...

'' *'' Neil Young: Heart of Gold'' *'' The Night Listener'' *'' The Science of Sleep'' *''

The Secret Life of Words ''The Secret Life of Words'' is a 2005 Spanish-Irish drama film written and directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Cámara and Julie Christie. It was released on 15 December 2006. Plot Taciturn, partially deaf Han ...

'' *''

Thank You for Smoking ''Thank You for Smoking'' is a 2005 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Jason Reitman and starring Aaron Eckhart, based on the 1994 satirical novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley. It follows the efforts of Bi ...

'' *'' This Film Is Not Yet Rated''

Spectrum

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'' *'' All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise'' *''

Battle in Heaven ''Battle in Heaven'' ( es, Batalla en el cielo) is a 2005 Mexican-French-German film. It is the second feature film by director Carlos Reygadas who previously directed the Mexican film '' Japón''. It was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festiva ...

'' *'' Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture'' *'' Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon'' *'' Dreamland'' *'' Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out'' *''

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'' *'' Forgiving the Franklins'' *''

An Inconvenient Truth ''An Inconvenient Truth'' is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. The film features a slide show that, by Gore's own e ...

'' *'' Jewboy'' *'' Journey from the Fall'' *'' Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man'' *'' Man Push Cart'' *'' Off the Black'' *'' Open Window'' *'' The Proposition'' *'' Punching at the Sun'' *''

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'' *'' La Tragedia de Macario'' *'' What Remains'' *'' Who Killed the Electric Car'' *'' Who Needs Sleep?'' *'' Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner''

Park City at Midnight

*'' American Hardcore'' *'' Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!'' *''

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'' *'' Destricted'' *'' The Foot Fist Way'' *''Moonshine'' *'' Salvage'' *'' Subject Two''

Frontier

*'' Cinnamon'' *'' a Darkness Swallowed'' *'' Old Joy'' *'' Pine Flat'' *'' Wild Tigers I Have Known''

From The Collection

*'' Mala Noche'' *''

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Festival Theaters

* Ogden **

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- 800 seats * Park City ** Eccles Theatre - 1,270 seats ** Egyptian Theatre - 266 seats ** Holiday Village Cinemas II - 156 seats ** Holiday Village Cinemas III - 156 seats ** Holiday Village Cinemas IIV - 164 seats ** Library Center Theatre - 448 seats ** Prospector Square Theatre - 352 seats ** Racquet Club Theatre - 602 seats ** Yarrow Hotel Theatre - 250 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 - 477 seats ** Tower Theatre - 342 seats * Sundance Resort ** Sundance Institute Screening Room - 164 seats

References

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