James is at the awards ceremony, and I'm back here at Cinematical headquarters liveblogging the results. The theme, James tells me, is apparently "cowboy," because William H. Macy is in a cowboy getup.7:20: Macy is apparently doing a "wildly obscure monologue incorporating the titles of all the Sundance films. Macy: "That, my friends, is The Complete History of my Sexual Failures, and the end of my comedic monologue."
7:23: Tony Hale: "nothing says Sundance and independent film like people dancing in covered wagons."
Awards after the jump ...
7:26: Time for the shorts awards ...
International Jury Prize in Shorts: Soft, dir. Simon Ellis
Jury Prize in Shorts: TIE: My Olympic Summer, dir. Daniel Robin and Sikumi, dir. Andrew Okpeaha MacLean.
7:30: Now they're announcing the Alfred P Sloan Memorial prize, which was technically already announced. Sleep Dealer wins this prize, which is for a film that's about technology or science.
7:33: Sundance Director Geoff Gilmore: "Mark my words: this is a class of film makers we will all remember years from now."
7:36: World Cinema Documentary Cinematography Award: Mahmoud al Massad, Recycle
7:41: World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: Irena Dol, The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
7:43: World Cinema Documentary Directing Award: Nino Kirtadze for Durakovo: Village of Fools
7:44: World Cinema Documentary Jury Prize: Man on Wire, dir. James Marsh
7:46: World Cinema Dramatic Awards:
Special Jury Prize: Blue Eyelids, dir Ernesto Contreras
World Cinema Dramatic Cinematography Award: Askilld Vik Edvardsen, King of Ping Pong
World Cinema Dramatic Screenwriting: Samuel Benchetrit, I Always Wanted to be a Gangster
World Cinema Dramatic Directing: Anna Melikyan, Mermaid
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film: The King of Ping Pong
World Cinema Audience Award, Documentary: Man on Wire
World Cinema Audience Award, Dramatic: Captain abu Raed
8:01 Documentary and Dramatic Awards
Documentary Audience Award: Fields of Fuel
Fields of Fuel director Josh Tickell, accepting the award: "May we work together to create a green and sustainable future."
Dramatic Audience Award: The Wackness
The Wackness director Jonathan Levine: " I just accepted an award from William H. Macy in a cowboy hat; that is fucking weird. "
Documentary Special Jury Prize: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Dramatic Special Jury Prize for "the Spirit of Independent Cinema": to Chusy Haney-Jardine for Anywhere, USA
Dramatic Special Jury Prize: to the entire ensemble cast of Choke
Excellence in Cinematography, Documentary: Patti Smith: Dream of Life, Phillip Hunt and Steven Sebring
Excellence in Cinematography, Dramatic: Ballast, Lol Crawley
Dramatic Special Jury Prize for "the Spirit of Independent Cinema": to Chusy Haney-Jardine for Anywhere, USA
Dramatic Special Jury Prize: to the entire ensemble cast of Choke
Excellence in Cinematography, Documentary: Patti Smith: Dream of Life, Phillip Hunt and Steven Sebring
Excellence in Cinematography, Dramatic: Ballast, Lol Crawley
Documentary Editing Award: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Joe Bini
Dramatic Screenwriting Award: Sleep Dealer, Alex Rivera, David Riker
Documentary Directing Award: Nanette Burnstein, American Teen
Nanette Burnstein: "Megan (one of the subjects of American Teen) left on Tuesday, but she was so bored, she flew back on Friday."
Dramatic Directing Award: Lance Hammer, Ballast
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: Trouble the Water
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: Trouble the Water
Eugene Jarecki: "It is with our pride, and outrage, that the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary goes to Trouble the Water."
Quentin Tarantino, presenting the Grand Jury Dramatic Award: "In '92, with Reservoir Dogs, on awards night, I got fuck all."
Grand Jury Dramatic Prize: Frozen River
8:36: That's a wrap, folks ... look for reviews of at least some of the awards winners coming soon!
1. Not sure why this wouldn't post last night; however, using your live-blog I was able to announce the Grand Jury Dramatic prize winner to the entire screening line before the festival staff did. You guys kick ass!
Posted at 10:38AM on Jan 27th 2008 by Nick