SUNDANCE SHORT FILM WINNERS
Sundance awarded its prizes for short films yesterday……. (drum roll):
The Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking was awarded to Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln (Director: Jeremy Konner; Screenwriter: Derek Waters) — On March 22nd, Jen Kirkman drank two bottles of wine and then discussed a historical event. Cast: Don Cheadle and Will Ferrell
The Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking was given to The Six Dollar Fifty Man / New
Zealand (Directors and screenwriters: Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland)— Andy, a gutsy eight year-old boy, is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies.
In addition, The Shorts Jury awarded Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking to:
Born Sweet / USA (Director: Cynthia Wade)—Arsenic-laced water has poisoned a 15-year-old-boy from a small, rural village in Cambodia, who fashions dreams for karaoke stardom.
Can We Talk? / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Jim Owen)—Vince gets way more than he bargains for when he dumps his girlfriend. Again.
Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No / USA (Director: James Blagden)—In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, here’s the animated tale of Dock Ellis’ legendary LSD no-hitter.
How I Met Your Father / Spain (Director and screenwriter: Álex Montoya)—Every couple has their story, some more romantic than others.
Quadrangle / USA (Director: Amy Grappell)—An unconventional look at two “conventional” couples that swapped partners and lived in a group marriage in the early 1970s, hoping to pioneer an alternative to divorce and the way people would live in the future.
