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	...Documentary
	...Dramatic
	Special Jury Prize
	...Documentary
	...Dramatic
	Cinematography Award
	...Documentary
	...Dramatic
	Special Distinction



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Sundance Film Festival: 1988

Grand Jury Prize

Date:	15 January - 24 January
Jury:	Gale Anne Hurd (dramatic); Edward R. Pressman (dramatic); Terry Southern (dramatic); Tim Hunter (I) (dramatic); Richard Leacock (I) (documentary); Lourdes Portillo (documentary); Tim Cowling (documentary); Christian Blackwood (documentary)

Documentary


Winner:
	Beirut: The Last Home Movie (1987) - Jennifer Fox (III)
Other In-Competition Films:
	Acting Our Age (1988) - Michal Aviad Broken Noses (1987) - Bruce Weber Chuck Solomon: Coming of Age (1987) - Marc Huestis Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV) - Bill Couturié Distant Harmony (1987) - DeWitt Sage Elvis '56 (1987) (TV) - Alan Raymond (III); Susan Raymond (I) Family Album, The (1988) - Alan Berliner Fire from the Mountain (1987) - Deborah Shaffer (I) Houses Are Full of Smoke, The (1987) - Allan Francovich John Huston and the Dubliners (1988) - Lilyan Sievernich Miss... or Myth? (1987) - Geoffrey Dunn (II); Mark Schwartz (I) Missile (1987) - Frederick Wiseman Radio Bikini (1988) - Robert Stone (IV) Thy Kingdom Come... Thy Will Be Done (1988) - Anthony Thomas (I) Where the Heart Roams (1987) - George Paul 'Duke' Csicsery

Dramatic


Winner:
	Heat and Sunlight (1987) - Rob Nilsson
Other In-Competition Films:
	Brave Little Toaster, The (1987) - Jerry Rees Break of Dawn (1988) (TV) - Isaac Artenstein Hairspray (1988) - John Waters (I) Lemon Sky (1988) (TV) - Jan Egleson Made in USA (1987) - Ken Friedman Patti Rocks (1988) - David Burton Morris Promised Land (1987) - Michael Hoffman (I) Rachel River (1987) - Sandy Smolan Silence at Bethany, The (1988) (TV) - Joel Oliansky South of Reno (1988) - Mark Rezyka Walking on Water (1988) - Ramón Menéndez (I)

Special Jury Prize

Documentary


Winners:
	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV) - Bill Couturié Thy Kingdom Come... Thy Will Be Done (1988) - Anthony Thomas (I)

Dramatic


Winner:
	Lemon Sky (1988) (TV) - Jan Egleson

Cinematography Award

Documentary


Winner:
	Beirut: The Last Home Movie (1987) - Alex Nepomniaschy

Dramatic


Winner:
	Rachel River (1987) - Paul Elliott (I)

Special Distinction


Winner:
	Rachel River (1987) - Viveca Lindfors - For the outstanding performance.