2006 Sundance Film Festival

2006 Sundance Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmFriends with Money[1]
Closing filmAlpha Dog[1]
LocationPark City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah
Hosted bySundance Institute
No. of films120[2]
Festival dateJanuary 19–29, 2006
Websitefestival.sundance.org/2006
2007 Sundance Film Festival
2005 Sundance Film Festival

The 2006 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 19 to January 29, 2006. It was held in Park City, with screenings in Salt Lake City; Ogden; and the Sundance Resort. It was the 22nd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival,[2] and the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Sundance Institute. The opening night film was Friends with Money; the closing night film was Alpha Dog.[1]

Award winners

The official announcement of the winners can be found here.

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - God Grew Tired of Us
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Quinceañera
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - In The Pit
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - 13 Tzameti
  • Audience Award: Documentary - God Grew Tired of Us
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Quinceañera
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - De Nadie
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - No. 2
  • Documentary Directing Award - James Longley director of Iraq in Fragments
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Dito Montiel for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - James Longley for Iraq in Fragments
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Tom Richmond for Right at Your Door
  • Documentary Film Editing - Iraq in Fragments
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Hilary Brougher for Stephanie Daley
  • Special Jury Prize - American Blackout
  • Special Jury Prize - A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (for Best Ensemble Performance)
  • Special Jury Prize - In Between Days (for Independent Vision)
  • Special Jury Prize - Into Great Silence
  • Special Jury Prize - Dear Pyongyang
  • Special Jury Prize - Eve & the Fire Horse
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Bugcrush
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - The Wrath of Cobble Hill
  • Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - The Natural Route
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Before Dawn
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Preacher With an Unknown God
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Undressing My Mother
  • 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - The House of Sand

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 fit.

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Documentary

Jury, Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Documentary

Jury, World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

Jury, Shorts Competition

  • Georgia Lee
  • Sydney Neter
  • John Vanco

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury

Films

Independent Film Competition: Documentary

Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

World Cinema Competition: Documentary

World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

Premieres

Spectrum

Park City at Midnight

Frontier

From The Collection

Festival Theaters

  • Ogden
  • Park City
    • Eccles Theatre - 1,270 seats
    • Egyptian Theatre - 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 - 250 seats
  • Salt Lake City
    • 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

References

  1. ^ a b c "2006 Sundance Film Festival announces films in Premieres section 1dec05" (PDF). 2005-12-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b "2006 Sundance Film Festival announces Spectrum, Frontier and Park City at Midnight screenings" (PDF). 2005-11-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2008.