2007 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winners

The 2007 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winners are: 

The Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) – Jason Kohn

The Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Padre Nuestro  – Christopher Zalla

The World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary
ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS (VORES LYKKESFJENDER) – Eva Mulvad and Anja Al Erhayem.

The World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic:
SWEET MUD (ADAMA MESHUGAAT) Dror Shaul
 
The Audience Award: Documentary:
HEAR AND NOW Irene Taylor Brodsky

The Audience Award: Dramatic:
Grace Is Gone James C. Strouse

The World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON David Sington

The World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic
John Carney ONCE

The Directing Award: Documentary –
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine War/Dance

The Directing Award: Dramatic
Jeffrey Blitz – Rocket Science

The Excellence in Cinematography Awards – Dramatic:
Benoit Debie for Joshua

The Excellence in Cinematography Awards – Documentary:
Heloisa Passos for MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET)

Documentary Editing Award:
Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillian, and Michael Schweitzer NANKING 

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award:
James C. Strouse for GRACE IS GONE 

The Documentary Jury presented a Special Jury Prize:
NO END IN SIGHT – Charles Ferguson“in recognition of the film as timely work that clearly illuminates the misguided policy decisionsthat have led to the catastrophic quagmire of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.” 

The Jury for the Independent Film Dramatic Competition: Special Jury Prizes: 

Special Jury Prize for Acting:
Jess Weixler in TEETH “for a juicy and jaw-droppingperformance” and to Tamara Podemski in FOUR SHEETS TO THE WIND “for a fully realized physicaland emotional turn.”

The Jury also presented a Special Jury Prize for Singularity of Vision to Chris Smith – THE POOL. 

The World Cinema Documentary Competition Jury presented a Special Jury Prize to HOT HOUSE – Shimon Dotan. 

The World Cinema Dramatic Competition Jury presented a Special Jury Prize to THE LEGACY(L’HERITAGE) – Géla Babluani and Temur Babluani. 

The 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Prize: DARK MATTER – Chen Shi-Zhen 

Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking:
EVERYTHING WILL BE OK – Don Hertzfeldt

Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking:
THE TUBE WITH A HAT Radu Jude

Honorable Mentions in Short:
DEATH TO THE TINMAN – Ray Tintori
THE FIGHTING CHOLITAS – Mariam Jobrani 
MEN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER – Marjan Alizadeh
MOTODROM – Joerg Wagner
SPITFIRE 944 – William Lorton
t.o.m. – Tom Brown and Daniel Gray 

Special Jury Prize to the documentary short film:
FREEHELD Cynthia Wade