The 2007 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18 until January 28, 2007 in Park City, Utah with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah and Ogden, Utah. It was the 23-rd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was Chicago 10; the closing night film was Life Support.
3,287 feature films were submitted, of which 1,852 were U.S films (compared to 1,764 in 2006) and 1,435 were international films (vs. 1,384 in 2006). From these, 122 feature films were selected and include 82 world premieres, 24 North American premieres, and 10 U.S. premieres from 25 countries. The festival had films from almost 60 first or second-time feature filmmakers.
For a full list of films appearing at the festival, see List of films at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Padre NuestroGrand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - Adama Meshuga'at (Sweet Mud)Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Vores lykkes fjender (Enemies of Happiness)Audience Award: Documentary - Hear and NowAudience Award: Dramatic - Grace Is GoneWorld Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - In the Shadow of the MoonWorld Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - OnceDocumentary Directing Award - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine for War/DanceDramatic Directing Award - Jeffrey Blitz for Rocket ScienceExcellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Heloisa Passos for Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Benoit Debie for JoshuaDocumentary Film Editing - Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillan, and Michael Schweitzer for NankingWaldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Dramatic - James C. Strouse for Grace Is GoneSpecial Jury Prize: Dramatic Performance - Jess Weixler in Teeth and Tamara Podemski in Four Sheets to the WindSpecial Jury Prize: Dramatic - Chris Smith, director of The PoolSpecial Jury Prize: Documentary - No End in SightSpecial Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - L' Héritage (The Legacy)Special Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Hot HouseJury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Everything Will Be OKJury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - The Tube With a HatHonorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking - Death to the Tinman, The Fighting Cholitas, Men Understand Each Other Better (Mardha Hamdigar Ra Behtar Mifahmand), Motodrom, Spitfire 944, t.o.m.Special Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Freeheld2007 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Dark MatterThe juries at the Sundance Film Festival are responsible for determining the Jury Prize winners in each category and to award Special Jury Prizes as they see fit.[1]
Alan Berliner, Lewis Erskine, Lauren Greenfield, Julia Reichert, Carlos SandovalDawn Hudson, Elvis Mitchell, Catherine Hardwicke, Pamela Martin, Sarah Polley, George C. Wolfe
Raoul Peck, Juan Carlos Rulfo, Elizabeth WeatherfordCarlos Bolado, Lynne Ramsay, U-Wei Bin Haji SaariJared Hess, Daniela Michel, Mark Elijah RosenbergJohn Underkoffler, Darren Aronofsky, Ann Druyan, Howard Suber, Dr. Brian GreenePark CityEccles Theatre - 1,270 seatsEgyptian Theatre - 266 seatsHoliday Village Cinemas II - 156 seatsHoliday Village Cinemas III - 156 seatsHoliday Village Cinemas IIV - 164 seatsLibrary Center Theatre - 448 seatsProspector Square Theatre - 352 seatsRacquet Club Theatre - 602 seatsYarrow Hotel Theatre - Press and industry screeningsKimball JunctionRedstone Cinemas - 185 seatsSalt Lake CityBroadway Centre Cinemas IV - 211 seatsBroadway Centre Cinemas V - 238 seatsBroadway Centre Cinemas VI - 274 seatsRose Wagner Performing Arts Center - 477 seatsTower Theatre - 342 seatsSundance ResortSundance Institute Screening Room - 164 seatsOgdenPeery's Egyptian Theatre - 800 seats
