Sundance Film Festival 2012 Award Winners

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The Winner of the Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic:
Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary:
The House I Live In, directed by Eugene Jarecki

Winner of the U.S. Directing Award for Documentary Film:
The Queen of Versailles directed by Lauren Greenfield

Winner of the U.S. Directing Award for Dramatic Film:
Middle of Nowhere director Ava DuVernay

Two special jury prizes – a rarity.

Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for Grace Under Pressure:
Love Free or Die directed by Macky Alston

Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance:
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry directed by Alison Klayman

The Special Jury Prize: Dramatic for ensemble acting
The Surrogate. Producer Judi Levine

Winner of the Excellence in Cinematography Award for U.S. Documentary Filmmaking:
Chasing Ice – Jeff Orlowski

Winner of Excellence in Cinematography Award – Dramatic:
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson

U.S. Documentary Editing Award:
Detropia edited by Enat Sidi

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award:
Safety Not Guaranteed – screenwriter Derek Connolly

Winner of the U.S. Documentary Competition Audience Award:
The Invisible War directed by Kirby Dick.

Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Competition Audience Award:
The Surrogate directed by Ben Lewin.

NEXT Audience Award:
Sleepwalk with Me directed by Mike Birbiglia

Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary Film:
Searching for Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul (Sweden)

Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic Film:
Valley of Saints directed by Musa Syeed (India/U.S.A.).

Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision:
Can directed by Rasit Celikezer (Turkey)

Winner of the World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
My Brother the Devil cinematography by David Raedeker (UK)

Winner of the World Cinema Screenwriting Award, Dramatic:
Young & Wild written by Marialy Rivas, Camila Gutierrez, Pedro Peirano (Chile)

Winner of the World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic:
Teddy Bear directed by Mads Matthiesen (Denmark)

Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Violeta Went to Heaven (Violeta se Fue a Los Cielos) directed by Andres Wood (Chile/Argentina/Brazil/Spain)

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for its Celebration of the Artistic Spirit:
Searching for Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul (Sweden/UK)

Winner of the World Cinema Cinematography Award for Documentary Filmmaking:
Putin’s Kiss cinematography by Lars Skree (Denmark)

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
Indie Game: The Movie edited by Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky (Canada)

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award:
5 Broken Cameras directed by Emad Burnat (Palestine/Israel/France)

Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in Documentary:
The Law in These Parts (Shilton Ha Chok) directed by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (Israel)

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