Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: WINTER’S BONE, directed by Debra Granik Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: RESTREPO, directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic: ANIMAL KINGDOM, written and directed by David Michôd. World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary: THE RED CHAPEL (Det Røde Kapel), directed by Mads Brügger Dramatic Audience Award: HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE, written and directed by Josh Radnor Documentary Audience Award: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, directed by Davis Guggenheim World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award: CONTRACORRIENTE (Undertow), written and directed…

Drunk History: Douglass and Lincoln won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at Sundance this year. Here are a few others in the series for your tipsy entertainment. I’m impatiently waiting to see the Drunk History on Tesla. I wrote my Masters thesis on that crazy, brilliant guy!

When I was teaching Reel Stories (Sundance’s Youth Documentary Program), we worked out of the office in Salt Lake city, and they had posters up spanning a the years. I thought it would be interesting to line them up and see what the messages have looked like since the beginning. What can the graphics tell us about the development of the festival and plans for this year? Scroll down to earlier posts to see previous decades. If you’re interested in…

2009: 2008: 2007: 2006: 2005: 2004: 2003: 2002: 2001: 2000:

1999: 1998: 1997: 1996: 1995: 1994: 1993: 1992: 1991: 1990:

1989: 1988 (at least we think this is 1988, can anyone confirm this?): 1987: 1986: 1985:

I think it’s pretty amazing how so many people have rallied to help Haiti’s only film school continue to tell important stories in the wake of the earthquake. On January 22nd a crew of film peeps got together at Eastern Effects in Brooklyn to load a shipping container with film equipment and humanitarian supplies to send to Jacmel. This makes me smile. Keep up to date with the school’s news and videos: www.cineinstitute.com/news/ You can become a fan of the…

Please forgive my latest letter obsession. I’ve discovered Letters of Note thanks to Shooting People’s Cath Le Couteur and I love this one from J.D. Salinger explaining why he doesn’t want The Catcher in the Rye turned into a film. RIP one of my very favourite writers.

Errol Morris posted this hilarious letter from Harvey Weinstein on his website. You gotta love someone who says: “If you continue to be boring, I will hire an actor in New York to pretend that he’s Errol Morris. If you have any casting suggestions, I’d appreciate that.” RIP Miramax.

Some useful ideas explored here from New Breed – these are part of an on-going series from Filmmaker Magazine and The WorkBook Project to document the Filmmaker Summit held last Saturday at Slamdance (more about this to follow soon). Filmmakers Zak Forsman and Kevin K. Shah of Sabi Pictures arrive at Park City with an intent to define the questions most relevant to independent distribution options. Insights from Brian Newman, Dan Mirvish, Jon Reiss and Ira Deutchman open a path…