2010 Sundance Film Festival
| Event Logo | |
| Location | Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah |
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| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 21–31, 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Website | festival |
The 26th annual Sundance Film Festival was held from January 21, 2010, until January 31, 2010, in Park City, Utah.
Awards
[edit ]- Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Restrepo
- Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Winter's Bone
- World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - The Red Chapel
- World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - Animal Kingdom
- Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Honda - Waiting for Superman
- Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Honda - Happythankyoumoreplease
- World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Wasteland
- World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Undertow
- Best of NEXT Presented by YouTube - Homewrecker
- U.S. Directing Award: Documentary - Smash His Camera
- U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic - 3 Backyards
- World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - Space Tourists
- World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - Southern District
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Winter's Bone
- World Cinema Screenwriting Award - Southern District
- U.S. Documentary Editing Award - Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
- World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - A Film Unfinished
- Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary - The Oath
- Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic - Obselidia
- World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - His & Hers
- World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - The Man Next Door
- Jury Prize in U.S. Short Filmmaking - Drunk History
- International Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Born Sweet, Can We Talk?, Cómo conocí a tu padre (How I met your Father), Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No, Quadrangle, Rob And Valentyna In Scotland, Young Love
- Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize - Obselidia
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Film Prize - Gasland
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize - Enemies of the People
- World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performance - Tatiana Maslany in Grown Up Movie Star
Academy Award nominations
[edit ]After the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced, Peter Knegt of indieWire wrote "As made evident last week, the Sundance Film Festival can be a significant launching pad for Oscar nominees." Knegt noted how 2 of the 10 Best Picture nominees, 3 of the 5 Best Actress nominees, and 4 of the 5 Best Documentary nominees were Sundance films.[1]
In January 2011, Dana Harris of indieWire noted the 15 nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards that came from 9 films from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.[2]
Winter's Bone , which won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress, John Hawkes as Best Supporting Actor, and Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Kids Are All Right , which screened in the Premieres category, was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Annette Bening for Best Actress, Mark Ruffalo for Best Supporting Actor, and Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for Best Original Screenplay.
Blue Valentine , which screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, was nominated for 1 Oscar: Michelle Williams for Best Actress. Animal Kingdom , which won the World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic, was nominated for 1 Oscar: Jacki Weaver for Best Supporting Actress.
Exit Through the Gift Shop , which screened in the U.S. Documentary Competition, was nominated for 1 Oscar: Best Documentary Feature. Gasland , which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize, was nominated for 1 Oscar: Best Documentary Feature. Restrepo , which won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, was nominated for 1 Oscar: Best Documentary Feature. Waste Land , which won the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary, was nominated for 1 Oscar: Best Documentary Feature.
Madagascar, a Journey Diary, which screened in the short film competition, was nominated for 1 Oscar: Best Animated Short Film.
Harris also noted the Sundance past of Oscar nominees Inception director Christopher Nolan and The Fighter director David O. Russell.[2]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Peter Knegt (February 3, 2011). "For Your Consideration: Sundance and Next Year's Oscars". indieWire . Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ a b Dana Harris (January 25, 2011). "The 15 Oscar Nominees That Came Out of Sundance 2010". indieWire . Retrieved February 4, 2011.