2008 Sundance Film Festival
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in Park City, Utah. It was the 24th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was In Bruges and the closing night film was CSNY/Déjà Vu.
== Films ==
Out of 2,021 U.S. and 1,603 international feature-length films submitted for consideration, 121 were selected to be shown at the festival.
For a list of films that were shown at the festival, see List of films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
== Awards ==
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Trouble the Water
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Frozen River
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Man On Wire
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - The King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)
Audience Award: Documentary - Fields of Fuel
Audience Award: Dramatic - The Wackness
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Man on Wire
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Captain Abu Raed
Directing Award: Documentary - American Teen
Directing Award: Dramatic - Ballast
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - Durakovo: The Village of Fools (Durakovo: Le Village Des Fous)
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - Mermaid (Rusalka)
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Sleep Dealer
World Cinema Screenwriting Award - I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (J'ai Toujours Rêvé d'Être un Gangster)
Documentary Editing Award - Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Ballast
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary  - Recycle
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - The King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)
World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Blue Eyelids (Párpados Azules)
Special Jury Prize: Documentary - The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, The Spirit of Independence - Anywhere, USA
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, Work by an Ensemble Cast - Choke
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - My Olympic Summer
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Sikumi (On the Ice)
International Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - Soft
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Aquarium
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - August 15th
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - La Corona (The Crown)
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Oiran Lyrics
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Spider
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Suspension
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - W.
2008 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Sleep Dealer
== 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: Dramatic ===
Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Harron, Diego Luna, Sandra Oh and Quentin Tarantino
=== Jury, Independent Film Competition: Documentary ===
Michelle Byrd, Heidi Ewing, Eugene Jarecki, Steven Okazaki and Annie Sundberg
=== Jury, World Cinema Competition: Dramatic ===
Shunji Iwai, Lucrecia Martel and Jan Schütte
=== Jury, World Cinema Competition: Documentary ===
Amir Bar-Lev, Leena Pasanen and Ilda Santiago
=== Jury, Shorts Competition ===
Jon Bloom, Melonie Diaz and Jason Reitman
=== Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Jury ===
Alan Alda, Michael Polish, Evan Schwartz, Benedict Schwegler and John Underkoffler
== Festival Theaters ==
Kimball Junction
Redstone Cinemas - 185 seats
Ogden
Peery's Egyptian Theatre - 800 seats
Park City
Eccles Theatre - 1,270 seats
Egyptian Theatre - 266 seats
Holiday Village Cinemas I - 156 seats
Holiday Village Cinemas II - 156 seats
Holiday Village Cinemas III - 156 seats
Holiday Village Cinemas IV - 164 seats
Library Center Theatre - 448 seats
Prospector Square Theatre - 332 seats
Racquet Club Theatre - 602 seats
Yarrow Hotel Theatre 1 - 250 seats
Yarrow Hotel Theatre 2 - 80 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 - 485 seats
Tower Theatre - 342 seats
Sundance Resort
Sundance Institute Screening Room - 164 seats

== External links ==
Festival webpage
Official Film Guide (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-25. (7.61 MiB)
2008 Sundance Film Festival Tips
Films sold at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival