The 2012 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 until January 29, 2012 in Park City, Utah. 64 short films were selected for the festival from 7,675 submissions, including 27 international shorts from 3,592 submissions.

Non-competition features

Midnight

* '' Black Rock'' * '' Excision'' * '' Grabbers'' * '' The Pact'' * '' Shut Up and Play the Hits'' * ''

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie ''Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie'' is a 2012 American absurdist comedy film starring, written, directed, and produced by the comedy duo Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) in their feature directorial debuts. The plot follows Heide ...

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V/H/S ''V/H/S'' is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of found foo ...

Award winners

* Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - '' The House I Live In'' * Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''

Beasts of the Southern Wild ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' is a 2012 American fantasy-drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin. It was adapted by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar from Alibar's one-act play ''Juicy and Delicious''. The film stars Quvenzhané ...

'' * World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - ''

The Law in These Parts ''The Law in These Parts'' (Hebrew: שלטון החוק) is a 2011 Israeli documentary film, written and directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, about the court system operated by the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank. It won the Best Documentary aw ...

'' * World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - '' Violeta Went to Heaven'' ''(Violeta se Fue a Los Cielos)'' * Audience Award: U.S. Documentary - '' The Invisible War'' * Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic - ''The Surrogate'' (retitled '' The Sessions'') * World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - ''

Searching for Sugar Man ''Searching for Sugar Man'' is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig ...

'' * World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - '' Valley of Saints'' * Best of NEXT Audience Award - ''

Sleepwalk with Me ''Sleepwalk with Me'' is a 2012 American independent comedy film co-written by, directed by, and starring Mike Birbiglia. It also stars Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane, and Cristin Milioti. Before making the film, Birbiglia had already ...

'' * U.S. Directing Award: Documentary - '' The Queen of Versailles'' * U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic - '' Middle of Nowhere'' * World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - ''

5 Broken Cameras ''5 Broken Cameras'' ( ar, خمس كاميرات محطمة ''Khamas Kamīrāt Muḥaṭṭamah''; he, חמש מצלמות שבורות ''Hamesh Matslemot Shvurot'') is a 94-minute documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israel ...

'' * World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - ''

Teddy Bear A teddy bear is a stuffed toy in the form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the U.S. and Richard Steiff under his aunt Margarete Steiff's company in Germany in the early 20th century, the teddy b ...

'' * Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - '' Safety Not Guaranteed'' * World Cinema Screenwriting Award - '' Young & Wild'' * U.S. Documentary Editing Award - ''

Detropia ''Detropia'' is a 2012 American documentary film, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, about the city of Detroit, Michigan. It focuses on the decline of the economy of Detroit due to long-term changes in the automobile industry, and the eff ...

'' * World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - '' Indie Game: The Movie'' * Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary - ''

Chasing Ice ''Chasing Ice'' is a 2012 documentary film about the efforts of nature photographer James Balog and his Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) to publicize the effects of climate change. The film was directed by Jeff Orlowski. It was released in the United Sta ...

'' * Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic - ''

'' * World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - ''

Putin's Kiss ''Putin's Kiss'' is a 2012 documentary, directed by Lise Birk Pedersen, about Russian youth activist Masha Drokova (Maria Alexandrovna Drokova, married name: Masha Bucher * * * * * * ) and her experiences with the youth organisation Nashi. Plot ...

'' * World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - '' My Brother the Devil'' * U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for an Agent of Change - ''Love Free or Die'' * U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance - '' Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing - '' Smashed'' and '' Nobody Walks'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting - ''The Surrogate'' (retitled '' The Sessions'') * World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision - ''Can'' * World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for its Celebration of the Artistic Spirit - ''

'' * Jury Prize: Short Filmmaking - '' Fishing Without Nets'' * Jury Prize: Short Film, U.S. Fiction - '' The Black Balloon'' * Jury Prize: Short Film, International Fiction - ''The Return'' * Jury Prize: Short Film, Non-Fiction - '' The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom'' * Jury Prize: Animated Short FIlm - ''

A Morning Stroll ''A Morning Stroll'' is an English animated short film by Grant Orchard. The film was screened at the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival as well as the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it won Best Animation and the Jury Prize in Animated Short Film res ...

'' * Short Film Audience Award - ''The Debutante Hunters''

Premieres

The

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'' Bear 71'' premiered January 20 in an

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at the festival's New Frontier multimedia program. The NFB documentary ''

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'', based on Margaret Atwood's '' Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth'', and the documentary '' A Place at the Table'', also premiered at the festival.

References

External links

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