The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in Park City, Utah. It was the 24th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was In Bruges and the closing night film was CSNY Déjà Vu.
Out of 2,021 U.S. and 1,603 international feature-length films submitted for consideration, 121 were selected to be shown at the festival.
For a list of films that were shown at the festival, see List of films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Trouble the WaterGrand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Frozen RiverGrand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Man On WireGrand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)Audience Award: Documentary - Fields of FuelAudience Award: Dramatic - The WacknessWorld Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Man on WireWorld Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Captain Abu RaedDirecting Award: Documentary - American TeenDirecting Award: Dramatic - BallastWorld Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - Durakovo: The Village of Fools (Durakovo: Le Village Des Fous)World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - Mermaid (Rusalka)Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Sleep DealerWorld Cinema Screenwriting Award - I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (J'ai Toujours Rêvé d'Être un Gangster)Documentary Editing Award - Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredWorld Cinema Documentary Editing Award - The Art Star and the Sudanese TwinsExcellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Patti Smith: Dream of LifeExcellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - BallastWorld Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - RecycleWorld Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Blue Eyelids (Párpados Azules)Special Jury Prize: Documentary - The Greatest Silence: Rape in the CongoSpecial Jury Prize: Dramatic, The Spirit of Independence - Anywhere, USASpecial Jury Prize: Dramatic, Work by an Ensemble Cast - ChokeJury Prize in Short Filmmaking - My Olympic SummerJury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Sikumi (On the Ice)International Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - SoftHonorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - AquariumHonorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - August 15thHonorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - La Corona (The Crown)Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Oiran LyricsHonorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - SpiderHonorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - SuspensionHonorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - W.2008 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Sleep DealerThe 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.
Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Harron, Diego Luna, Sandra Oh and Quentin TarantinoMichelle Byrd, Heidi Ewing, Eugene Jarecki, Steven Okazaki and Annie SundbergShunji Iwai, Lucrecia Martel and Jan SchuetteAmir Bar-Lev, Leena Pasanen and Ilda SantiagoJon Bloom, Melonie Diaz and Jason ReitmanAlan Alda, Michael Polish, Evan Schwartz, Benedict Schwegler and John UnderkofflerKimball JunctionRedstone Cinemas - 185 seatsOgdenPeery's Egyptian Theatre - 800 seatsPark CityEccles Theatre - 1,270 seatsEgyptian Theatre - 266 seatsHoliday Village Cinemas I - 156 seatsHoliday Village Cinemas II - 156 seatsHoliday Village Cinemas III - 156 seatsHoliday Village Cinemas IV - 164 seatsLibrary Center Theatre - 448 seatsProspector Square Theatre - 332 seatsRacquet Club Theatre - 602 seatsYarrow Hotel Theatre 1 - 250 seatsYarrow Hotel Theatre 2 - 80 seatsSalt Lake CityBroadway Centre Cinemas IV - 211 seatsBroadway Centre Cinemas V - 238 seatsBroadway Centre Cinemas VI - 274 seatsRose Wagner Performing Arts Center - 485 seatsTower Theatre - 342 seatsSundance ResortSundance Institute Screening Room - 164 seats