1997 Sundance Film Festival Awards Jurors
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1997 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL The 1997 Sundance Film Festival continued to attract crowds, international attention and an appreciative group of alumni fi lmmakers. Many of the Premiere fi lmmakers were returning directors (Errol Morris, Tom DiCillo, Victor Nunez, Gregg Araki, Kevin Smith), whose earlier, sometimes unknown, work had received a warm reception at Sundance. The Piper-Heidsieck tribute to independent vision went to actor/director Tim Robbins, and a major retrospective of the works of German New-Wave giant Rainer Werner Fassbinder was staged, with many of his original actors fl own in for forums. It was a fi tting tribute to both Fassbinder and the Festival and the ways that American independent cinema was indeed becoming international. AWARDS GRAND JURY PRIZE JURY PRIZE IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA Documentary—GIRLS LIKE US, directed by Jane C. Wagner and LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY (O SERTÃO DAS MEMÓRIAS), directed by José Araújo Tina DiFeliciantonio SPECIAL JURY AWARD IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA Dramatic—SUNDAY, directed by Jonathan Nossiter DEEP CRIMSON, directed by Arturo Ripstein AUDIENCE AWARD JURY PRIZE IN SHORT FILMMAKING Documentary—Paul Monette: THE BRINK OF SUMMER’S END, directed by MAN ABOUT TOWN, directed by Kris Isacsson Monte Bramer Dramatic—HURRICANE, directed by Morgan J. Freeman; and LOVE JONES, HONORABLE MENTIONS IN SHORT FILMMAKING directed by Theodore Witcher (shared) BIRDHOUSE, directed by Richard C. Zimmerman; and SYPHON-GUN, directed by KC Amos FILMMAKERS TROPHY Documentary—LICENSED TO KILL, directed by Arthur Dong Dramatic—IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, directed by Neil LaBute DIRECTING AWARD Documentary—ARTHUR DONG, director of Licensed To Kill Dramatic—MORGAN J. FREEMAN, director of Hurricane EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD Documentary—Christine Choy for MY AMERICA...OR HONK IF YOU LOVE BUDDHA Dramatic—Enrique Chediak for HURRICANE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AWARD HOUSE OF YES actor Parker Posey, FAMILY NAME, directed by Macky Alston; and FEAR AND LEARNING AT HOOVER ELEMENTARY, directed by Laura Angelica Simón (SHARED) PHOTO BY DREW FIGUEROA WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD James Lasdun and Jonathan Nossiter, screenwriters of SUNDAY SPECIAL JURY PRIZES JURORS Documentary—SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST, [Documentary Competition] Joe Berlinger, Jerret Engle, Debo- directed by Kirby Dick rah Hoffmann, Michael Lumpkin, Lourdes Portillo [Dramatic Dramatic—Special Jury Prize for Acting to Parker Posey for THE HOUSE OF YES Competition] Patrick Duncan, Giancarlo Esposito, Catherine Dramatic—Special Jury Prize for Production Design to Thérèse DePrez for Keener, Ellen Kuras, John Powers [Latin American] Alfonso GOING ALL THE WAY Cuaron, Ramiro Puerta, Helena Salem [Short] Godfrey Cheshire, Lisa Krueger, Kate Williams 1997 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FILMS 100 Proof Dream with the Fishes Jimmy Walks Away Nation Is Coming, A Space Truckers 27 East Side Story Joe’s So Mean to Josephine New School Order Star Maps 35 Miles from Normal Effi Briest (Fontane Effi Briest) John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Norma’s Lament Stella Does Tricks “78” Eye of God Mighty Walk Not Love, Just Frenzy (Mas que Story of the Red Rose, The Acne Family Name Killers Amor frenesi) Strays Act of Conscience, An Farewell, My Darling Kiss Me, Guido Nowhere SubUrbia After Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Kissed NY, the Lost Civilization Sunday Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary Kolya Tamaiti Sweet Power (Doces Poderes) All of Them Witches (Sobrenatural) Fifteen-Minute Hamlet, The Landscapes of Memory (O sertao Oedipus Mayor (Edipo alcalde) Swim, Swim... All Over Me Fight in the Fields, Cesar Chavez and das memorias) Out at Work Syphon-Gun Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Ballad of the Skeletons’ the Farmworkers’ Struggle, The Language of Love, The Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer’s End Tao of the Dumpster American Road Finished Last Red Riding Hood, The (Le Pink Flamingos Taste of Earth, A Andre the Giant Has a Posse First Year dernier chaperon rouge) Pool Boy, The Temptress Moon Anita Liberty Fistful of Flies Last Time I Committed Suicide, The POP Thank You for Not Smoking Anna in the Sky Focus Law of Averages Portland The Spirit of Christmas Apartment, The Forgotten Warriors Lewis & Clark & George Poverty Outlaw This World, Then the Fireworks Aristotle’s Plot Franchesca Page Licensed to Kill Power True Story, A (Yek Dastan-e Vaghe’i) Arresting Gena Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask Lilies Prefontaine Twilight of the Golds, The Banzai Boys Frog Crossing Little Angel (Engelchen) Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazski Twin Town Better Late Full Monty, The Little Red Riding Hood plennik) Two or Three Things but Nothing for Sure Birdhouse Gallivant Lola Puddle Cruiser Two People Talking Black Circle Boys Garden for Rio, A Long Way Home, The Querelle Ulee’s Gold Black & White & Red All Over George B. Lost Highway Rainbow Man/John 3:16, The Usual and Accustomed Places Blackrock Gift, The Love and Other Catastrophes Real Indian Waco: The Rules of Engagement Blacks and Jews Girls Like Us Love God Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest When the Cat’s Away (Chacun cherche Blue City Going All the Way Love Jones Riding the Rails son chat) Boot Camp Green Chimneys Love Serenade Running Against (Correre contro) Wonderland Box of Moonlight Gridlock’d Love! Valour! Compassion! Sad? Words of Our Ancients Box, The Groomed Love Walked In Saint Inspector, The Brassed Off Happy Hour Making Sandwiches Salt in the Wound, The (El dedo en Breezeway Healthy Baby Girl, A Man about Town la llaga) Bremen Freedom (Bremer Freiheit) Hide and Seek Marriage of Maria Braun, The (Die Santa Fe Buddha Bless America His & Hers Ehe der Maria Braun) Seed Central Park House of America Martha Shaft of Light Chasing Amy House of Yes Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore Shall We Dance? Children of the Revolution How They Get There Marylou Shock Asylum Chronicle of a Disappearance Hozho of Native Women Memory Tricks Shooting the Breeze Clockwatchers, The Hugo Pool Mimi (La bouche de Jean-Pierre) Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Colin Fitz Hunter Called Memory, A Moebius Supermasochist Common Bonds Hurricane Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (Mutter Six O’Clock News Date, The I Love You . Don’t Touch Me! Kusters Fahrt zum Himmel) Slaves to the Underground Davey and Son of Goliath Ilona Arrives with the Rain (Ilona Mr. Vincent Small Taste of Heaven Deep Crimson llega con la lluvia) My America . or Honk if You Love Snakes & Ladders Delta, The In the Company of Men Buddha So Many Things to Consider Divinity Gratis Inside Out My Pretty Little Girlfriend Someone Else from Queens Is Queer Down Rusty Down Jackpot Myth of Fingerprints, The Sometimes My Feet Go Numb sundance.org/festival For more information on the History of the Sundance Film Festival, contact [email protected]. 1998 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL The shape of the 1998 Sundance Film Festival changed considerably as the Festival headquarters moved from the center of town to the Shadow Ridge Lodge, and a new 1,300 seat theater, the Eccles, opened its doors. 1998 also saw the rise of the actor/director, as such fi gures as Timothy Hutton, Sara Gilbert, Vincent Gallo, Greg German and Saul Rubinek moved behind the camera. PI testifi ed again to the power of imaginative fi lmmaking, and little Christina Ricci grew up with very adult performances in THE OPPOSITE OF SEX and BUFFALO 66. Piper-Heidsieck Tribute to Indepen- dent Vision was awarded to Frances McDormand. AWARDS GRAND JURY PRIZE JURY PRIZE IN SHORT FILMMAKING Documentary—THE FARM, directed by Jonathan Stark and Liz Garbus; and FRAT SNAKE FEED, directed by Debra Granik HOUSE, directed by Todd Phillips and Andrew Gurland (later rescinded) (shared) HONORABLE MENTIONS IN SHORT FILMMAKING Dramatic—SLAM, directed by Marc Levin HUMAN REMAINS, directed by Jay Rosenblatt AUDIENCE AWARD Documentary—OUT OF THE PAST, directed by Jeff Dupre Dramatic—SMOKE SIGNALS, directed by Chris Eyre FILMMAKERS TROPHY Documentary—DIVINE TRASH, directed by Steve Yeager Dramatic—SMOKE SIGNALS, directed by Chris Eyre DIRECTING AWARD Documentary—Julia Loktev, director of MOMENT OF IMPACT Dramatic—Darren Aronofsky, director of PI EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD Documentary—Tom Hurwitz for WILD MAN BLUES Dramatic—Declan Quinn for 2BY4 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AWARD THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, PART III, directed by Penelope Spheeris SLIDING DOORS producer Syndey Pollack. WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD Lisa Cholodenko, screenwriter of HIGH ART PHOTO BY JOHN DOLAN SPECIAL JURY PRIZES Dramatic—Special Jury Prize for Acting to Andrea Hart for MISS MONDAY JURY PRIZE IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA JURORS WHO THE HELL IS JULIETTE?, directed by Carlos Marcovich [Documentary Competition] Steve Ascher, Nick Brommfi eld, Christine Choy, Lisa Leeman, Pamela Yates [Dramatic Com- petition] Kayo Hatta, Owen Gleiberman, Paul Schrader, Chris Sievernich, Alfre Woodard [Latin American Jury] Tata Amaral, Jorge Sanchez, Helga Stephenson [Short Film Jury] Juan Carlos Martinez-Zaldivar, Rachel Rosen, Alex Sichel 1998 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FILMS 28 Decline of Western Civilization Life According to Muriel (La vida Rocking Horse Winner, The Whatever 2by4 Part III, The segœn Muriel) Rosa’s Time When the Fire Dims A,B,C...Manhattan Digging to China Life During WarTime Safe Men Who the Hell Is Juliette? (¿Quién About Laughter Dirty Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart Saltmen of Tibet, The diablos es Juliette?) Absolution of Anthony, The Divine Trash Majorettes in Space Scars Wicked Advice to Adventurous Girls Don’t Run, Johnny Marie Baie