
	Grand Jury Prize
	...Documentary
	...Dramatic
	Special Jury Prize
	...Documentary
	...Dramatic



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Sundance Film Festival: 1985

Grand Jury Prize

Jury:

Robert M. Young (II) (dramatic); Peter Biskind (dramatic); Mirra Bank (dramatic); Julia Reichert (documentary); David Fanning (I) (documentary); Ron Mann (I) (documentary); Dennis O'Rourke (I) (documentary)

Documentary


Winner:
	Seventeen (1983) - Joel DeMott; Jeff Kreines
Other In-Competition Films:
	America and Lewis Hine (1984) - Nina Rosenblum Before Stonewall (1984) - Greta Schiller Far from Poland (1984) - Jill Godmilow Gospel According to Al Green (1984) - Robert Mugge Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World (1985) - Pat Ferrero In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984) - Les Blank Kaddish (1984) - Steve Brand (I) Kerouac, the Movie (1985) - John Antonelli (I) - Festival title: Jack Kerouac's America. Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau (1985) - James Heddle Streetwise (1984) - Martin Bell (I) Times of Harvey Milk, The (1984) - Rob Epstein (I) Work I'Ve Done, The (1985) - Kenneth Fink (I) World of Tomorrow, The (1984) - Tom Johnson (IV)

Dramatic


Winner:
	Blood Simple. (1984) - Joel Coen
Other In-Competition Films:
	"American Playhouse" (1982) {The Killing Floor} - Bill Duke (I) Almost You (1985) - Adam Brooks (I) Brother from Another Planet, The (1984) - John Sayles Cold Feet (1984) - Bruce Van Dusen Flash of Green, A (1984) - Victor Nunez Hard Choices (1985) - Rick King (I) Heartbreakers (1984) - Bobby Roth (I) Roommate, The (1985) (TV) - Nell Cox Stranger Than Paradise (1984) - Jim Jarmusch Vamping (1984) - Frederick King Keller

Special Jury Prize

Documentary


Winners:
	America and Lewis Hine (1984) - Nina Rosenblum In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984) - Les Blank Kaddish (1984) - Steve Brand (I) Streetwise (1984) - Martin Bell (I) Times of Harvey Milk, The (1984) - Rob Epstein (I)

Dramatic


Winners:
	"American Playhouse" (1982) {The Killing Floor} - Bill Duke (I) Almost You (1985) - Adam Brooks (I) Stranger Than Paradise (1984) - Jim Jarmusch