2006 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, 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.
== Awards ==
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
Special Jury Prize - TV Junkie
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 ===
Joe Bini
Zana Briski
Andrew Jarecki
Alexander Payne
Heather Rae
=== Jury, Independent Film Competition: Dramatic ===
Miguel Arteta
Terrence Howard
Alan Rudolph
Nancy Schreiber
Audrey Wells
=== Jury, World Cinema Competition: Documentary ===
Kate Amend
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Rachel Perkins
=== Jury, World Cinema Competition: Dramatic ===
Irene Bignardi
Lu Chuan
Thomas Vinterberg
=== Jury, Shorts Competition ===
Georgia Lee
Sydney Neter
John Vanco
=== Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury ===
John Underkoffler
Greg Harrison
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Antonio Demasio
== Films ==
=== Independent Film Competition: Documentary ===
American Blackout
Crossing Arizona
God Grew Tired of Us
The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends
Iraq in Fragments
A Lion in the House
small town gay bar
So Much So Fast
Thin
'Tis Autumn-The Search for Jackie Paris
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
TV Junkie
An Unreasonable Man
Wide Awake
Wordplay
The World According to Sesame Street
=== Independent Film Competition: Dramatic ===
Come Early Morning
Flannel Pajamas
Forgiven
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Half Nelson
The Hawk Is Dying
In Between Days
Puccini for Beginners
Quinceañera
Right at Your Door
Sherrybaby
Somebodies
Stay
Steel City
Stephanie Daley
Wristcutters: A Love Story
=== World Cinema Competition: Documentary ===
5 Days
angry monk-reflections on tibet
Black Gold
By the Ways, A Journey with William Eggleston
Dear Pyongyang
DeNADIE
The Giant Buddhas
Glastonbury
I for India
In the Pit
Into Great Silence
KZ
The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez
Songbirds
Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst
Viva Zapatero!
=== World Cinema Competition: Dramatic ===
13 Tzameti
Allegro
The Aura
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Eve & the Fire Horse
The House of Sand
It's Only Talk
Kiss Me Not on the Eyes
Little Red Flowers
Madeinusa
No. 2
One Last Dance
The Peter Pan Formula
Princesas
Sólo Dios Sabe
Son of Man
=== Premieres ===
Alpha Dog
Art School Confidential
Cargo
The Darwin Awards
Don't Come Knocking
Friends with Money
The Illusionist
Kinky Boots
Little Miss Sunshine
A Little Trip to Heaven
Lucky Number Slevin
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
The Night Listener
The Science of Sleep
The Secret Life of Words
Thank You for Smoking
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
=== Spectrum ===
Adam's Apples
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
Battle in Heaven
Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture
Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon
Dreamland
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
Factotum
Forgiving the Franklins
An Inconvenient Truth
Jewboy
Journey from the Fall
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Man Push Cart
Off the Black
Open Window
The Proposition
Punching at the Sun
Special
La Tragedia de Macario
What Remains
Who Killed the Electric Car
Who Needs Sleep?
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
=== Park City at Midnight ===
American Hardcore
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
The Descent
Destricted
The Foot Fist Way
Moonshine
Salvage
Subject Two
=== Frontier ===
Cinnamon
a Darkness Swallowed
Old Joy
Pine Flat
Wild Tigers I Have Known
=== From The Collection ===
Mala Noche
Paris, Texas
== Festival Theaters ==
Ogden
Peery's Egyptian Theatre - 800 seats
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