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Posted: 8:58 PM- 2007 Sundance Film Festival award winners
Grand Jury Prize Dramatic: "Padre Nuestro," directed by Christopher Zalla Documentary: "Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)," directed by Jason Kohn World Cinema Dramatic: "Sweet Mud (Adama Meshugaat)," Dror Shaul, Israel World Cinema Documentary: "Enemies of Happiness," directed by Eva Mulvad and Anja Al Erhayem, Denmark
Audience Award Dramatic: "Grace Is Gone," directed by James C. Strouse Documentary: "Hear and Now," directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky World Cinema Dramatic: "Once," directed by John Carney, Ireland World Cinema Documentary: "In the Shadow of the Moon," directed by David Sington, United Kingdon
Directing Award Dramatic: Jeffrey Blitz, "Rocket Science" Documenary: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, "War/Dance"
Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic: Benoit Debie, "Joshua" Documentary: Heloisa Passos, "Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)"
Documentary Editing Award Documentary: Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillan, Michael Schweitzer, "Nanking"
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award Dramatic: James C. Strouse, "Grace Is Gone."
Special Jury Prizes Dramatic: for acting, Jess Weixler in "Teeth," "for a juicy and jaw-dropping performance," and Tamara Podemski in "Four Sheets to the Wind," "for a fully realized physical and emotional turn.
Dramatic: for singularity of vision, to Chris Smith, director of "The Pool." Documentary, "No End in Sight," directed by Charles Ferguson, "in recognition of the film as timely work that clearly illuminates the misguided policy decisions that have led to the catastrophic quagmire of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq." World Cinema Dramatic: "The Legacy (L'Heritage)," directed by Gela Babluani and Temur Babluani, France.
World Cinema Documentary: "Hot House," directed by Shimon Dotan, Israel.
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: "Everything Will Be OK," directed by Don Hertzfeldt
Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking: "The Tube With a Hat," directed by Radu Jude, Romania
Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking: "Death to the Tinman," directed by Ray Tintori; "The Fighting Cholitas," directed by Mariam Jobrani; "Men Understand Each Other Better (Mardha Hamdigar Ra Behtar Mifahmand)," directed by Marjan Alizadeh, Iran; "Motodrom," directed by Joerg Wagner, Germany; "Spitfire 944," directed by William Lorton; and "t.o.m.," directed by Tom Brown and Daniel Gray, United Kingdom.
Special Jury Prize in Shorts Filmmaking: "Freeheld," directed by Cynthia Wade.
Alfred P. Sloan Prize ($20,000 to a filmmaker tackling issues of science and technology): "Dark Matter," directed by Chen Shi-Zhen.