The 2007 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18 until January 28, 2007, in

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with screenings in

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and

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. It was the 23-rd iteration of the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

. The opening night film was '' Chicago 10''; the closing night film was ''

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''. 3,287 feature films were submitted, of which 1,852 were U.S films (compared to 1,764 in 2006) and 1,435 were international films (vs. 1,384 in 2006). From these, 122 feature films were selected and include 82 world premieres, 24 North American premieres, and 10 U.S. premieres from 25 countries. The festival had films from almost 60 first or second-time feature filmmakers.

Juries

The juries at the Sundance Film Festival are responsible for determining the Jury Prize winners in each category and to award Special Jury Prizes as they see fi

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Documentary

Alan Berliner Alan Berliner (born 1956) is an American independent filmmaker. ''The New York Times'' has described Berliner's work as "powerful, compelling and bittersweet... full of juicy conflict and contradiction, innovative in their cinematic technique, ...

, Lewis Erskine,

Lauren Greenfield Lauren Greenfield (born 1966) is an American artist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker. She has published four photographic monographs, directed four documentary features, produced four traveling exhibitions, and published in ma ...

, Julia Reichert, Carlos Sandoval

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

Dawn Hudson,

Elvis Mitchell Elvis Mitchell (born December 6, 1958) is an American film critic, host of the public radio show ''The Treatment'', and visiting lecturer at Harvard University. He has served as a film critic for the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', the ''LA Weekly ...

, Catherine Hardwicke, Pamela Martin,

Sarah Polley Sarah Ellen Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress,Howell, Peter (September 24, 1999)"Nobody's Starlet: Toronto's Sarah Polley is Only 20 but already a veteran actor so secure in her craft she can thumb her nose at Hollywood" ''Tor ...

, George C. Wolfe

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Documentary

*Raoul Peck,

Juan Carlos Rulfo Juan Carlos Rulfo Aparicio (born January 24, 1964, in Mexico City) is a Mexican screenwriter and director and the son of author Juan Rulfo. He has written, produced, and photographed several films. Biography Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo ...

, Elizabeth Weatherford

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

*Carlos Bolado,

Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films '' Ratcatcher'' (1999), ''Morvern Callar'' (2002), '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), and '' You Were N ...

, U-Wei Bin Haji Saari

Jury, Shorts Competition

Jared Hess Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess ( Demke; born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers best known for their work on ''Napoleon Dynamite'' (2004), ''Nacho Libre'' (2006) and ''Gentlemen Broncos' ...

, Daniela Michel, Mark Elijah Rosenberg

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury

*John Underkoffler,

Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are noted for their surrealistic, melodramatic, and sometimes disturbing elements, often in the form of psychological fiction. Aronof ...

Ann Druyan Ann Druyan ( ; born June 13, 1949) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series ''Cosmos'', hosted by Carl Sagan, ...

, Howard Suber, Dr.

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Films

For a full list of films appeared at the festival, see

List of films at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival The following films were shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival The 2007 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18 until January 28, 2007, in Park City, Utah with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah and Ogden, Utah. It was the 23-rd iteratio ...

Premieres

Independent Film Competition: Documentary

The 16 films below were chosen from 856 submissions by U.S. filmmakers and each film is a world premiere.

Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

The 16 films below were chosen from 996 submissions and each film is a world premiere.

World Cinema Competition: Documentary

The 16 films below were chosen from 506 submissions.

World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

The 16 films below were chosen from 506 submissions.

Frontier

Award winners

*Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - ''

Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) ''Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)'' is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Jason Kohn about corruption and kidnapping in Brazil. Kohn has said "I really thought of ''Manda Bala'' as a non-fiction ''RoboCop'' depicting a very real, broken, and ...

'' *Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''

Padre Nuestro ''Padre nuestro'' ("Our Father"), also known as ''Sangre de mi sangre'' ("Blood of My Blood") is a 2007 Argentinean-American thriller film written and directed by Christopher Zalla, produced by Benjamin Odell and Per Melita and starring Jesús Oc ...

'' *Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - ''Adama Meshuga'at (Sweet Mud)'' *Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - ''Vores lykkes fjender (

Enemies of Happiness ''Enemies of Happiness'' is a 2006 documentary about the controversial Afghan politician and member of the Afghan Parliament Malalai Joya filmed by Danish director Eva Mulvad. The film team travelled with the then 28 years old Malalai Joya durin ...

)'' *Audience Award: Documentary - ''

Hear and Now ''Hear and Now'' is a 2007 documentary film by Irene Taylor Brodsky, winning awards in 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival and the Heartland Film Festival; and garnering a Peabody Award in 2008. Plot The filmmaker's parents were both born deaf; a ...

'' *Audience Award: Dramatic - ''

Grace Is Gone ''Grace Is Gone'' is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by James C. Strouse in his directorial debut. It stars John Cusack as a father who cannot bring himself to tell his two daughters that their mother, a soldier in the U.S. Army, ha ...

'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - '' In the Shadow of the Moon'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - ''

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'' *Documentary Directing Award - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine for ''

War/Dance ''War/Dance'' is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine and produced by Shine Global's Susan MacLaury, a professor at Kean University, and Albie Hecht. It was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award ...

'' *Dramatic Directing Award -

Jeffrey Blitz Jeffrey Blitz is an American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for the documentary '' Spellbound'' (2003), ''The Office'' (2007 - 2010), the fiction film '' Rocket Science'' (2007) and ''Comedy Central’s'' ''Review'' (2014 ...

for '' Rocket Science'' *Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Heloisa Passos for ''

'' *Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Benoit Debie for ''Joshua'' *Documentary Film Editing - Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillan, and Michael Schweitzer for ''

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'' *Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Dramatic -

James C. Strouse James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote and made his directorial debut with ''Grace Is Gone (film), Grace Is Gone'' (2007), starring John Cusack. Career He wrote the film ''Lonesome Jim'' (2005), directed by ...

for ''

'' *Special Jury Prize: Dramatic Performance - Jess Weixler in ''

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'' and

Tamara Podemski Tamara Podemski (born October 16, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress and writer.Rick Garrick"Indigenous multidisciplinary artist to host 13th Annual Outside Looking In Gala in Toronto this Spring" ''Anishinabek News'', March 9, 2020. ...

in ''

Four Sheets to the Wind ''Four Sheets to the Wind'' is a 2007 independent drama film written and directed by Sterlin Harjo. It was Harjo's first feature film, and won several awards at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and American Indian Film Festival. Plot The film tell ...

'' *Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Chris Smith, director of '' The Pool'' *Special Jury Prize: Documentary - ''

No End in Sight ''No End in Sight'' is a 2007 American documentary film about the American occupation of Iraq. The directorial debut of Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson, it premiered on January 22, 2007, at the Sundance Film Festival ...

'' *Special Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - ''L' Héritage (The Legacy)'' *Special Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - ''Hot House'' *Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - ''

Everything Will Be OK ''Everything Will Be OK'' is a 2006 animated absurdist black comedy short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is the first chapter of a three-part story about a man named Bill. Hertzfeldt released the second film in the series, titled '' I Am So Proud of ...

'' *Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - ''The Tube With a Hat'' *Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking - ''Death to the Tinman'', '' The Fighting Cholitas'', ''Men Understand Each Other Better (Mardha Hamdigar Ra Behtar Mifahmand)'', ''Motodrom'', '' Spitfire 944'', ''t.o.m.'' *Special Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - ''

Freeheld ''Freeheld'' is a 2015 American drama film directed by Peter Sollett and written by Ron Nyswaner. The film stars Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, and Luke Grimes. It is based on the 2007 documentary short film of the ...

'' *2007 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - ''

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Festival Theaters

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**Eccles Theatre - 1,270 seats **

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- 266 seats **Holiday Village Cinemas II - 156 seats **Holiday Village Cinemas III - 156 seats **Holiday Village Cinemas IIV - 164 seats **Library Center Theatre - 448 seats **Prospector Square Theatre - 352 seats **Racquet Club Theatre - 602 seats **Yarrow Hotel Theatre - Press and industry screenings * Kimball Junction **Redstone Cinemas - 185 seats *

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** Broadway Centre Cinemas IV - 211 seats ** Broadway Centre Cinemas V - 238 seats ** Broadway Centre Cinemas VI - 274 seats ** Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center - 477 seats ** Tower Theatre - 342 seats * Sundance Resort **Sundance Institute Screening Room - 164 seats * Ogden **

Peery's Egyptian Theatre Peery's Egyptian Theater is a movie palace located in Ogden, Utah, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. History Peery's Egyptian Theater was built after the fiery demise of the Arlington Hotel in ...

- 800 seats

References

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