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Sundance Film Festival: 2000

Grand Jury Prize

Date:	20 January - 30 January (29 January)
Jury:	Lawrence Bender (dramatic); Patricia Clarkson (dramatic); Sandra Tsing Loh (dramatic); Janet Maslin (dramatic); Kevin Smith (I) (dramatic); Ally Derks (documentary); Jon Else (documentary); Vikram Jayanti (documentary); Jennifer Maytorena Taylor (documentary); Jessica Yu (documentary)

Documentary


Winner:
	Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000) - Frances Reid (II); Deborah Hoffmann (I)
Other In-Competition Films:
	"American Masters" (1983) {Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians} - Anne Makepeace (I) Americanos: Latino Life in the United States (2000) - Susan Todd (I); Andrew Young (I) Ballad of Ramblin' Jack, The (2000) - Aiyana Elliott Dark Days (2000) - Marc Singer (II) Eyes of Tammy Faye, The (2000) - Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato First Person Plural (2000) - Deann Borshay George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000) - Daniel McCabe; Paul Stekler Just, Melvin: Just Evil (2000) - James Ronald Whitney Legacy (2000) - Tod Lending (I) Nuyorican Dream (1999) - Laurie Collyer Paragraph 175 (2000) - Rob Epstein (I); Jeffrey Friedman (I) Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000) - Barak Goodman; Daniel Anker Sound and Fury (2000) - Josh Aronson Stranger with a Camera (2000) - Elizabeth Barret Well-Founded Fear (2000) - Shari Robertson; Michael Camerini

Dramatic


Winners:
	Girlfight (2000) - Karyn Kusama You Can Count on Me (2000) - Kenneth Lonergan
Other In-Competition Films:
	Beyond the Ocean (2000) - Tony Pemberton Blessed Art Thou (2000) - Tim Disney (II) Chuck & Buck (2000) - Miguel Arteta Committed (2000) - Lisa Krueger (I) Compensation (1999) - Zeinabu irene Davis Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000) - Rob Schmidt (I) Drop Back Ten (2000) - Stacy Cochran Everything Put Together (2000) - Marc Forster Other Voices (2000) - Dan McCormack Our Song (2000) - Jim McKay (I) Shadow Hours (2000) - Isaac H. Eaton Songcatcher (2000) - Maggie Greenwald Tao of Steve, The (2000) - Jenniphr Goodman Urbania (2000) - Jon Matthews (IV)

Special Jury Prize

Documentary


Winners:
	Ballad of Ramblin' Jack, The (2000) - Aiyana Elliott - For artistic achievement. George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000) - Daniel McCabe; Paul Stekler; Steve Fayer - For writing a documentary.

Dramatic


Winners:
	Songcatcher (2000) - Janet McTeer; Aidan Quinn (I); Pat Carroll (I); Jane Adams (II); Greg Huge; Iris DeMent - For outstanding ensemble performance. Tao of Steve, The (2000) - Donal Logue - For outstanding performance.

Directing Award

Documentary


Winner:
	Paragraph 175 (2000) - Rob Epstein (I); Jeffrey Friedman (I)

Dramatic


Winner:
	Girlfight (2000) - Karyn Kusama

Cinematography Award

Documentary


Winners:
	Americanos: Latino Life in the United States (2000) - Andrew Young (I) Dark Days (2000) - Marc Singer (II)

Dramatic


Winner:
	Committed (2000) - Tom Krueger

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award


Winner:
	You Can Count on Me (2000) - Kenneth Lonergan

Freedom of Expression Award


Winner:
	Dark Days (2000) - Marc Singer (II)

Latin America Cinema Award

Jury:

Jose Maria Prado; Lumi Cavazos; Fina Torres (I)


Winners:
	Coronel no tiene quien le escriba, El (1999) - Arturo Ripstein Ley de Herodes, La (1999) - Luis Estrada (I)

Audience Award

Documentary


Winner:
	Dark Days (2000) - Marc Singer (II)

World Cinema


Winner:
	Saving Grace (2000) - Nigel Cole

Dramatic


Winner:
	Two Family House (2000) - Raymond De Felitta

Short Filmmaking Award

Jury:

Christian Gaines; Sarah Polley (I); Jocelyn Taylor (II)


Winner:
	Five Feet High and Rising (2000) - Peter Sollett

Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention


Winners:
	Bats, The (1999) - Jim Trainor Darling International (2000) - Jennifer Todd Reeves; M.M. Serra Drowning Room, The (2000) - Reynold Reynolds; Patrick Jolley Friday (2000) - Jodi Gibson G. (2000) - Rolf Gibbs (I) Hitch (2000) - Bradley Rust Gray Ice Fishing (2000) - Alexandra Kondracke This Is for Betsy Hall (2000) - Hope Hall Titler (2000) - Jonathan Bekemeier

NHK Award


Winners:
	Carine Adler - For "Finding Out". Junichi Mori - For "Laundry". Randy Redroad - For "Doe Boy". Dana Rotberg - For "Ottila Rauda".

Tribute to Independent Vision Award


Awarded to:
	Kevin Spacey