Sundance Results

Dave Calhoun completes his Sundance opus with a final report from the Utah jamboree.

Feb  1 2005

The Sundance Film Festival came to a close on Saturday evening with the handing-out of prizes to a long line-up of filmmakers and actors.

The Grand Jury prizes for both drama and documentary are traditionally the most prestigious. Previous recent winners include 'Welcome to the Dollhouse', 'Dogtown and Z-Boys' and 'American Splendor'.

This year, the American Dramatic Competition jury, which included Killer Films producer Christine Vachon and actor John C Reilly, gave their Grand Jury Prize to 'Forty Shades of Blue' by director Ira Sachs. The film, starring Rip Torn and Dina Korzun, charts the relationship between a successful American record producer and his younger Russian wife.

Meanwhile, the American Documentary Competition jury, which included directors Stacy Peralta ('Dogtown and Z-Boys') and Jehane Noujaim ('Control Room'), awarded their Grand Jury prize to 'Why We Fight' by director Eugene Jarecki (whose brother Andrew directed 'Capturing the Friedmans'). The film explores America's military-industrial complex over the last few decades.

Other awards went to Lou Pucci ('Thumbsucker') and Amy Adams ('Junebug') for acting and Jeff Feuerzeig ('The Devil and Daniel Johnston') and Noah Baumbach ('The Squid and the Whale') for directing.

For a full report from the festival, see p.16 of this week's issue of Time Out London, February 2-9 2005. Issue No. 1798.

And for our previous updates, click here:

Sundance: Day One
Sundance: Day Two
Sundance: Day Three
Sundance: Day Four
Sundance: Day Five
Sundance: Day Six
Sundance: Day Seven