Sundance Film Festival goes 'Wild' for strange and controversial Sundance Film Festival goes 'Wild' for strange and controversial By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 28, 2012 11:53PM MDT Park City • A fantastical movie from the wilds of the Mississippi Delta, a biography of a Chilean folk legend and two harsh examinations of injustice took the top honors at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. "Beasts of the Southern Wild," director Benh Zeitlin ... 'The Surrogate', 'Beasts' win at Sundance "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "The House I Live In" won the top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, making them likely favorites for independent movie audiences in 2012. Sundance Film Festival 2012: Spike Lee's Co-Producer Adds to Racial Controversy Lee's point was that the filmmaking establishment cannot make authentic movies about black people the way an independent artist like he can. Fairy tale, drug war epic win at Sundance Fairy tale "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and drug war epic "The House I Live In" were among the winners at the Sundance film festival, which presented its top awards late on Saturday. Sundance Awards Given To 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'The Surrogate,' 'Searching For Sugar Man' and More The Sundance Film Festival prepared to come to a close for 2012 tonight as the festival held its some of its last screenings and mounted an awards ceremony to celebrate the best films of this year's festival. The biggest jury prizes went to Beasts of the Southern Wild (reviewed here [1]) and Eugene Jarecki's war on drugs documentary The House I Live In. The Surrogate (reviewed here [2]) took an ... Sundance Film Festival Sales Are Slow and Steady The disconnect between expectations going into Sundance and the results coming out has been particularly pronounced this year. 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' wins at Sundance A mythical film starring an 8-year-old girl and a documentary about the war on drugs took top honors at the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Film Festival: Filmmakers Tell How To Balance Personal, Commercial With so much going on, so much to see and hear and ogle, so many Paris Hilton sightings and free vodka sodas, it can be easy to forget the real purpose of the Sundance Film Festival: to showcase, and in many cases sell, quality independent films from young and ambitious filmmakers, many of whom are making the trek to the mountains for the first time. "Beasts," "The House I Live In" win top awards at Sundance PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "The House I Live In" won the top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, making them likely favorites for independent movie audiences in 2012. Directed by Benh Zeitlin and set in impoverished Louisiana, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" picked up the jury prize for best drama as well as best cinematography with its poetic tale ... Forbes Consulting Group Announces 2012 Sundance Film Festival Movie Trailer Winners Based on Emotional Impact Score™ LEXINGTON, Mass. and SUNDANCE, Utah, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever see a movie trailer and feel, "I must go see that film?" This seemingly simple reaction is big business for movies seeking ...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
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