Film News: Sundance Film Festival Awards 2012 Winners

This year’s Sundance has come to end, which means they announce their awards for the best of the best at the film festival. Like every year, Sundance is when we first hear about some of the years’ best films. Last year, a few films like Martha Marcy May Marlene, Another Earth and Like Crazy premiered there, which we very much enjoyed.  This year, OurTiempo liveblogged the first weekend of Sundance, and mentioned many of the winners below. Read  the winners below! It’s very likely that you’ll be hearing about them later this year.

Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic:
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Grand Jury Prize, Documentary:
“The House I Live In”

World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic:
“Violeta Went To Heaven”

World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary:
“The Law In These Parts”

Dramatic Audience Award:
“The Surrogate”

Documentary Audience Award:
“The Invisible War”

World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award:
“Valley of Saints”

World Cinema Documentary Audience Award:
“Searching For Sugar Man”

The Best of NEXT Audience Award:
“Sleepwalk With Me”

Directing Award, Dramatic:
Ava DuVernay, “Middle of Nowhere”

Directing Award, Documentary:
Lauren Greenfield, “The Queen of Versailles”

World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic:
Mads Matthiessen, “Teddy Bear”

World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary:
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, “5 Broken Cameras”

Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
“Safety Not Guaranteed”

World Cinema Screenwriting Award:
“Young & Wild”

Documentary Editing Award:
“Detropia”

World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
“Indie Game: The Movie”

Excellence in Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary:
“Chasing Ice”

World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
“My Brother The Devil”

World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary:
“Putin’s Kiss”

Special Jury Prize: Dramatic (Acting):
The cast of “The Surrogate”

Special Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling for producing “Smashed” and “Nobody Walks”

Special Jury Prizes: Documentary:
“Love Free or Die”
“Al Weiwei: Never Sorry”

World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary
“Searching For Sugar Man”

World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic
“Can”

Alfred P. Sloan Prizes
“Robot & Frank”
“Valley of Saints”

Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award:
Jens Assur, “Close Far Away”

Short Film Audience Award:
“The Debutante Hunters,” directed by Maria White

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