30.1.12

Sundance 2012

I should be doing HW right now, but I just ran into this :
So naturally, I had to have a look, since Sundance is the best film festival/competition I know of.
(screw Oscars, screw Cannes)
So here are the Big Winners (that caught my eye):

The Winner of the Grand Jury Prize : Dramatic
Beasts Of The Southern Wild  (dir. Benh Zeitlin)
which also won the Excellence in Cinematography Award: US Dramatic




World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic 
Violetta Went To Heaven (dir. Andrés Wood)




US Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing: 
Smashed (dir.Andrea Sperling)


and!

Nobody Walks (dir. Jonathan Schwartz)

 
I Am Not a Hipster (dir. Destin Daniel Cretton)
is part of the NEXT <=> programme*





La Guerre Est Declarée (dir.Valérie Donzelli)
also part of the Next <=> programme



* "NEXT <=> encompasses a selection of pure, bold works by promising filmmakers distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling." according to the official sundance site.

As you can see this isn't an article about Sundance and the winners, but more of a self reminder about which films to watch. At the same time, perhaps this might intrigue any passers-by to look up these movies !