The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in

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. It was the 24th iteration of the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

. 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. For a list of films that were shown at the festival, see

List of films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival The following films were shown at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Documentary Competition * '' An American Soldier'' * '' American Teen'' * '' Bigger, Stronger, Faster*'' * '' Fields of Fuel'' * '' Flow: For Love of Water'' * '' Gonzo: The Life a ...

Award winners

*Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - ''

Trouble the Water ''Trouble the Water'' is a 2008 documentary film produced and directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. The film portrays a young couple surviving Hurricane Katrina, leading them to face their own troubled past during the storm's aftermath, in a c ...

'' *Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''

Frozen River ''Frozen River'' is a 2008 American crime drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt. The screenplay focuses on two working-class women who smuggle illegal immigrants from Canada to the United States. The film received two Oscar nominations: ...

'' *Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - '' Man On Wire'' *Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - '' The 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 - '' Durakovo: The Village of Fools (Durakovo: Le Village Des Fous)'' *World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - '' Mermaid (Rusalka)'' *Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - ''

Sleep Dealer ''Sleep Dealer'' is a 2008 futuristic science fiction film directed by Alex Rivera. ''Sleep Dealer'' depicts a dystopian future to explore ways in which technology both oppresses and connects migrants. A fortified wall has ended unauthorized Mex ...

'' *World Cinema Screenwriting Award - '' I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (J'ai Toujours Rêvé d'Être un Gangster)'' *Documentary Editing Award - '' Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired'' *World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - ''

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'' *Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - '' Patti Smith: Dream of Life'' *Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - '' Ballast'' *World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - '' Recycle'' *World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - '' The King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)'' *World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - '' Blue Eyelids (Párpados Azules)'' *Special Jury Prize: Documentary - '' The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo'' *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 - ''

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'' *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 - ''

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'' *Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - '' Suspension'' *Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - '' W.'' *2008

Alfred P. Sloan Prize The Alfred P. Sloan Prize is an award given each year, starting in 2003, to a film at the Sundance Film Festival. The prize is given to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathemat ...

- ''Sleep Dealer''

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: Dramatic

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

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Jury, Independent Film Competition: Documentary

* Michelle Byrd, Heidi Ewing, Eugene Jarecki,

Steven Okazaki Steven Toll Okazaki (born March 12, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker known for his raw, cinéma vérité-style documentaries that frequently show ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. He has received a Peabody Awar ...

and Annie Sundberg

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

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, 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

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Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury

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

Festival Theaters

* Kimball Junction ** Redstone Cinemas - 185 seats * Ogden ** Peery's Egyptian Theatre - 800 seats *

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** Eccles Theatre - 1,270 seats **

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- 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 *

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** Broadway Centre Cinemas IV - 211 seats ** Broadway Centre Cinemas V - 238 seats ** Broadway Centre Cinemas VI - 274 seats **

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- 485 seats ** Tower Theatre - 342 seats *

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** Sundance Institute Screening Room - 164 seats

References

External links

Festival webpage
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Films sold at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
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