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“Beasts of the Southern Wild,” about a six-year-old girl who undertakes a search for her mother in the southern Delta won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2012.
The Grand Jury Prize for documentary films went to Eugene Jarecki (“The House I Live In”). The film looked at the injustice of jailing nonviolent individuals for drugs.
The World Jury Prize went to “The Law in These Parts,” a story of Israel’s military/legal system and its effect on the Palestinian population.
“The Invisible War,” a story about Kirby Dick’s investigation of sexual assault in the US military, and “The Surrogate,” a story about a journalist in an iron lung who sets out to lose his virginity, won the Audience Award.
“Valley of the Saints” and “Searching for Sugar Man” won The World Cinema Audience Award.
“Sleepwalk With Me” took the Best of the NEXT award. The film is about a standup comedian’s struggle with………well, we will just wait and let you see the film yourself.
A number of popular pictures went home empty-handed, but still stand a shot of connecting with mainstream audiences thanks to the exposure provided by the Sundance Film Festival 2012.
It is not too early to start thinking about 2013! Let us know if we can assist with Sundance Film Festival lodging for next year. Contact us at Info@vacation-quest.com or (877) 808-6872
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