Sundance 2010: The Awards

Posted on Sunday January 31, 2010, 16:28 by Damon Wise in Under The Radar

The awards were announced last night at an awards show that saw David Hyde Pierce rapping, and a film considered to be one of the most critically savaged in the competition – Mark Ruffalo's Sympathy For Delicious – getting a special award for its "fearlessness". The top two awards, which last year went to Precious and We Live In Public, surprised no one by going to Restrepo (pictured) and Winter's Bone. Surprisingly, the popular Michelle Wiliams/Ryan Gosling two-hander Blue Valentine went home empty-handed.

It was quite a good night for the Brits and the Irish, however. Four Lions failed to explode, but a suprise winner was Lucy Walker, who was actually at the bar when the Audience Award for her inspirational documentary Waste Land was announced. Exec-produced by City Of God director Fernando Meirelles, Waste Land follows Brazilian artist Vik Munez as he puts together his latest art project, in which he will photograph refuse collectors at the biggest tip in Rio and then turn those snaps into works of art, using the rubbish they work with. Beautifully captured, this portrait of a very proud and resourceful underclass rightly tugged the heartstrings of everyone who saw it. As for Restrepo, I'll be posting a review on Monday...

SUNDANCE AWARDS 2010

Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: Restrepo (Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, US)

Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, US)

World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary: The Red Chapel (Mads Brügger, Denmark)

World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic: Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, Australia)

Audience Award, Documentary; Waiting For Superman (Davis Guggenheim,, US)

Audience Award, Dramatic: happythankyoumoreplease (Josh Radnor, US)

World Cinema Audience Award, Documentary: Waste Land (Lucy Walker, UK/Brazil)

The World Cinema Audience Award, Dramatic: Contracorriente (Javier Fuentes-Leõn, Peru/Colombia/France/Germany

Directing Award, Documentary: Smash His Camera (Leon Gast, US)

Directing Award, Dramatic: 3 Backyards (Eric Mendelsohn, US)

World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary: Space Tourists (Christian Frei, Switzerland)

The World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic: Southern District (Juan Carlos Valdivia, Bolivia)

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, US)

The World Cinema Screenwriting Award: Southern District (Juan Carlos Valdivia, Bolivia)

The Documentary Editing Award: Joan Rivers – A Piece Of Work (Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, US)

World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: A Film Unfinished (Yael Hersonski, Germany/Israel)

Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary: The Oath (Laura Poitras, US)

Excellence in Cinematography Award, Dramatic: Obselidia (Diane Bell, US)

The World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary: His & Hers (Ken Wardrop, Ireland)

The World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic: The Man Next Door (Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, Argentina)

World Cinema Special Jury Prize, Dramatic, for Breakout Performance: Tatiana Maslany (Grown Up Movie Star, Canada)

World Cinema Special Jury Prize, Documentary: Enemies Of The People (Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, Cambodia/UK)

Special Jury Prize, Documentary: Gasland (Josh Fox, US)

Special Jury Prize: Dramatic: Sympathy For Delicious (Mark Ruffalo, US)