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Sundance Film Festival: 1997

Grand Jury Prize

Date:	16 January - 26 January
Jury:	Patrick Sheane Duncan (dramatic); Giancarlo Esposito (dramatic); Catherine Keener (dramatic); Ellen Kuras (dramatic); John Powers (I) (dramatic); Joe Berlinger (documentary); Jerret Engle (documentary); Deborah Hoffmann (I) (documentary); Michael Lumpkin (documentary); Lourdes Portillo (documentary)

Documentary


Winner:
	Girls Like Us (1997) - Jane Wagner; Tina Di Feliciantonio
Other In-Competition Films:
	Act of Conscience, An (1997) (TV) - Robbie Leppzer; Sara Elinoff Family Name (1997) - Macky Alston Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary (1997) (TV) - Laura Angelica Simon Fight in the Fields, The (1997) - Ray Telles; Rick Tejada-Flores - Festival title: The Fight in the Fields, Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle. Healthy Baby Girl, A (1997) - Judith Helfand Hide and Seek (1996) (TV) - Su Friedrich John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk (1996) - St. Claire Bourne Licensed to Kill (1997) - Arthur Dong Long Way Home, The (1997) - Mark Jonathan Harris My America... or Honk If You Love Buddha (1997) - Renee Tajima-Pena New School Order (1997) - Virginia Reticker Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (1996) - Monte Bramer Poverty Outlaw (1997) - Pamela Yates (I); Peter Kinoy Riding the Rails (1997) - Michael Uys; Lexy Lovell Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) - Kirby Dick

Dramatic


Winner:
	Sunday (1997) - Jonathan Nossiter
Other In-Competition Films:
	All Over Me (1997) - Alex Sichel Arresting Gena (1997) - Hannah Weyer Black & White & Red All Over (1997) - DeMane Davis; Harry McCoy (II); Khari Streeter Clockwatchers (1997) - Jill Sprecher Colin Fitz (1997) - Robert Bella Delta, The (1996) - Ira Sachs Eye of God (1997) - Tim Blake Nelson George B. (1997) - Eric Lea (I) Going All the Way (1997) - Mark Pellington House of Yes, The (1997) - Mark Waters (VIII) Hurricane (1997) - Morgan J. Freeman In the Company of Men (1997) - Neil LaBute Love Jones (1997) - Theodore Witcher Myth of Fingerprints, The (1997) - Bart Freundlich Santa Fe (1997) - Andrew Shea (II) Slaves to the Underground (1997) - Kristine Peterson Strays (1997) - Vin Diesel

Filmmakers Trophy

Documentary


Winner:
	Licensed to Kill (1997) - Arthur Dong

Dramatic


Winner:
	In the Company of Men (1997) - Neil LaBute

Directing Award

Documentary


Winner:
	Licensed to Kill (1997) - Arthur Dong

Dramatic


Winner:
	Hurricane (1997) - Morgan J. Freeman

Cinematography Award

Documentary


Winner:
	My America... or Honk If You Love Buddha (1997) - Christine Choy

Dramatic


Winner:
	Hurricane (1997) - Enrique Chediak

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award


Winner:
	Sunday (1997) - James Lasdun; Jonathan Nossiter

Freedom of Expression Award


Winners:
	Family Name (1997) - Macky Alston Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary (1997) (TV) - Laura Angelica Simon

Latin America Cinema Award

Jury:

Alfonso Cuar�n; Ramiro Puerta; Helena Salem


Winner:
	Sertão das memórias, O (1996) - Jos� Ara�jo (IV)

Latin America Cinema Award - Honorable Mention


Winner:
	Profundo carmesí (1996) - Arturo Ripstein

Audience Award

Documentary


Winner:
	Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (1996) - Monte Bramer

Dramatic


Winners:
	Hurricane (1997) - Morgan J. Freeman Love Jones (1997) - Theodore Witcher

Short Filmmaking Award

Jury:

Godfrey Cheshire; Lisa Krueger (I); Kate Williams (II)


Winner:
	Man About Town (1997) - Kris Isacsson

Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention


Winners:
	Birdhouse (1997) - Richard C. Zimmerman Syphon Gun (1995) - K.C. Amos

Special Recognition


Winners:
	Going All the Way (1997) - Th�r�se DePrez (production designer) - For the production design. House of Yes, The (1997) - Parker Posey (actor) - For the acting. Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) - Kirby Dick (director)

Tribute to Independent Vision Award


Awarded to:
	Tim Robbins (I)