Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sundance! "Fruitvale" nails it

One of the most beloved film festivals around the world, that promotes above all independent cinema, which you're not always likely to see on big screens in your country. Nevertheless, here it is all about small films. Films that cherish great stories, intimate atmosphere and climate for in-depth discussions.
It so happens that the movies that win Sundance are usually the ones that public loves, like "Little Miss Sunshine," "Juno," or "Beasts of the Southern Wild" from last year.
Too bad Utah is so far away. Good films to be seen. Sundance Film Festival is almost over however, it takes place from 19th till 29th January 2013.
Below is the full list of films in competition AND THE WINNERS. We'll surely hear a lot about them in the nearest future!
WINNERS OF SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2013

Grand Jury Prize, U.S. Dramatic: "Fruitvale," directed by Ryan Coogler.
Grand Jury Prize, U.S. Documentary: "Blood Brother," directed by Steve Hoover.
Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Dramatic: "Jiseul" (South Korea), directed by Muel O.
Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Documentary: "A River Changes Course" (Cambodia/U.S.), directed by Kalyanee Mam.
Audience Award, U.S. Dramatic: "Fruitvale," directed by Ryan Coogler.
Audience Award, U.S. Documentary: "Blood Brother," directed by Steve Hoover.
Audience Award, World Cinema Dramatic: "Metro Manila" (UK/Philippines), directed by Sean Ellis.
Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary: "The Square" (Egypt/USA), directed by Jehane Noujaim.
Best of Next (audience award): "This Is Martin Bonner," directed by Chad Hartigan.
Audience Award, Short Film: "Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?", directed by Jason Willis.
Directing Award, U.S. Dramatic: Jill Soloway, "Afternoon Delight."
Directing Award, U.S. Documentary: Zachary Heinzerling, "Cutie and the Boxer."
Directing Award, World Cinema Dramatic: Sebastian Silva, "Crystal Fairy" (Chile).
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, U.S. Dramatic: Lake Bell, "In a World…".
Screenwriting Award, World Cinema Dramatic: Barmak Akram, "Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)."
Editing, U.S. Documentary: Matthew Hamachek, "Gideon’s Army."
Editing, World Cinema Documentary: Ben Stark, "The Summit" (Ireland).
Cinematography Award, U.S. Dramatic: Bradford Young, "Ain’t Them Bodies Saints" and "Mother of George."
Cinematography Award, U.S. Documentary: Richard Rowley, "Dirty Wars."
Cinematography Award, World Cinema Dramatic: Michal Englert, "Lasting (Nieulotne)" (Poland).
Cinematography Award, World Cinema Documentary: Marc Silver and Pau Esteve Birba, "Who Is Dayani Cristal?" (UK/Mexico).

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION - full list of films
"Afternoon Delight" dir. Jill Soloway with Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor
"Ain't Them Bodies Saints" dir. David Lowery with Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster
"Austenland" dir. Jerusha Hess with Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie
"C.O.G." dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez with Jonathan Groff, Dean Stockwell, Casey Wilson
"Concussion" dir. Stacie Passon with Robin Weigert, Johnathan Tchaikovsky 

"Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes" dir. Francesca Gregorini with Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina
"Fruitvale" dir. Ryan Coogler with Octavia Spencer, Chad Michael Murray
"In a World..." dir. Lake Bell with Lake Bell, Demetri Martin
"Kill Your Darlings" dir. John Krokidas with Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Elizabeth Olsen
"The Lifeguard" dir. Liz W. Garcia, with Kristen Bell, Mamie Gummer
"May in the Summer" dir. Cherien Dabis with Cherien Dabis, Bill Pullman
 "Mother of George" dir. Darci Picoult with Isaach De Bankole, Danai Gurira
"The Spectacular Now" dir. James Ponsoldt with Miles Teller, Kyle Chandler
"Touchy Feely" dir. Lynn Shelton with Rosemarie DeWitt, Allison Janney, Scoot McNairy, Ellen Page
"Toy's House" dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts with Alison Brie, Nick Offerman
"Upstream Color" dir. Shane Carruth with Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth



U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

99% – The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film / U.S.A. (Directors: Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Kristic)
After Tiller / U.S.A. (Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson) 
American Promise / U.S.A. (Directors: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson) 
Blackfish / U.S.A. (Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite) 
Blood Brother / U.S.A. (Director: Steve Hoover) 
Citizen Koch/ U.S.A. (Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin) 
Cutie and the Boxer / U.S.A. (Director: Zachary Heinzerling) 
Dirty Wars / U.S.A. (Director: Richard Rowley) 
Gideon’s Army / U.S.A. (Director: Dawn Porter) 
God Loves Uganda / U.S.A. (Director: Roger Ross Williams) 
The Good Life / U.S.A. (Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine) 
Inequality for All / U.S.A. (Director: Jacob Kornbluth) 
Manhunt / U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Greg Barker) 
NarcoCultura / U.S.A. (Director: Shaul Schwarz) 
Twenty Feet From Stardom / U.S.A. (Director: Morgan Neville) 
Valentine Road / U.S.A. (Director: Marta Cunningham) 
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Circles / Serbia, Germany, France, Croatia, Slovenia (Director: Srdan Golubovic, Screenwriters: Srdjan Koljevic, Melina Pota Koljevic) Cast: Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Hristina Popovic, Nikola Rakocevic, Vuk Kostic. World Premiere
Crystal Fairy / Chile (Director and screenwriter: Sebastián Silva) Cast: Michael Cera, Gabby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva, Agustín Silva. World Premiere.
The Future / Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Alicia Scherson) Cast: Manuela Martelli, Rutger Hauer, Luigi Ciardo, Nicolas Vaporidis, Alessandro Giallocosta. World Premiere
Houston / Germany (Director and screenwriter: Bastian Günther) Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Garret Dillahunt, Wolfram Koch, Jenny Schily, Jason Douglas, Jens Münchow. World Premiere
Jiseul / South Korea (Director and screenwriter: Muel O) Cast: Min-chul SUNG, Jung-won YANG, Young-soon OH, Soon-dong PARK, Suk-bum MOON, Kyung-sub JANG. International Premiere
Lasting / Poland, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Jacek Borcuch) Cast: Jakub Gierszal, Magdalena Berus, Angela Molina. World Premiere
Metro Manila / United Kingdom, Philippines (Director: Sean Ellis) Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega. World Premiere
Shopping / New Zealand (Directors: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland) Cast: Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman, Alistair Browning. World Premiere
Soldate Jeannette / Austria (Director: Daniel Hoesl) Cast: Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Christina Reichsthaler, Josef Kleindienst, Aurelia Burckhardt, Julia Schranz, Ines Rössl. World Premiere
There Will Come a Day / Italy, France (Director: Giorgio Diritti, Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Anne Alvaro, Pia Engleberth. World Premiere
Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) / Afghanistan (Director and screenwriter: Barmak Akram) Cast: Wajma Bahar, Mustafa Abdulsatar, Haji Gul, Breshna Bahar. World Premiere
What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love / Indonesia (Director and screenwriter: Mouly Surya) Cast: Nicholas Saputra, Ayushita Nugraha, Karina Salim, Anggun Priambodo, Lupita Jennifer. World Premiere
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Fallen City / China (Director: Qi Zhao) 
Fire in the Blood / India (Director: Dylan Mohan Gray)
Google and the World Brain / Spain, United Kingdom (Director: Ben Lewis) 
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear / Georgia, Germany (Director: Tinatin Gurchiani) 
The Moo Man / United Kingdom (Directors: Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier) 
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer / Russian Federation, United Kingdom (Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin)
A River Changes Course / Cambodia, U.S.A. (Director: Kalyanee Mam)
Salma / United Kingdom, India (Director: Kim Longinotto) 
The Square (El Midan) / Egypt, U.S.A. (Director: Jehane Noujaim) 
The Stuart Hall Project / United Kingdom (Director: John Akomfrah) 
The Summit / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Nick Ryan) 
Who is Dayani Cristal? / United Kingdom (Director: Marc Silver) 
NEXT <=>
Blue Caprice / U.S.A. (Director: Alexandre Moors, Screenwriters: R.F.I Porto,Alexandre Moors) Cast: Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson, Cassandra Freeman, Leo Fitzpatrick.
Computer Chess / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Bujalski) Cast: Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry, Robin Schwartz, Gerald Peary, Wiley Wiggins.
Escape from Tomorrow / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Randy Moore) Cast: Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguez, Annet Mahendru, Danielle Safady, Alison Lees-Taylor.
I Used to Be Darker / U.S.A. (Director: Matthew Porterfield, Screenwriters: Amy Belk, Matthew Porterfield) Cast: Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, Kim Taylor, Ned Oldham, Geoff Grace, Nick Petr.
It Felt Like Love / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Eliza Hittman)Cast: Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein, Jesse Cordasco, Nick Rosen, Case Prime.
Milkshake / U.S.A. (Director: David Andalman, Screenwriters: David Andalman, Mariko Munro) Cast: Tyler Ross, Shareeka Epps, Georgia Ford, Eshan Bay,Leo Fitzpatrick,Danny Burstein.
Newlyweeds / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Shaka King) Cast: Amari Cheatom, Trae Harris, Tone Tank, Colman Domingo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Adrian Martinez.
Pit Stop / U.S.A. (Director: Yen Tan, Screenwriters: Yen Tan, David Lowery) Cast: Bill Heck, Marcus DeAnda, Amy Seimetz, John Merriman, Alfredo Maduro, Corby Sullivan.
A Teacher / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Hannah Fidell) Cast: Lindsay Burdge, Will Brittain, Jennifer Prediger, Jonny Mars, Julie Phillips, Chris Dubeck.
This is Martin Bonner / U.S.A.(Director and screenwriter: Chad Hartigan)Cast: Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan, Robert Longstreet, Demetrius Grosse.

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