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1988 Sundance Film Festival

The program for this year's United States Film Festival included over 80 feature-length films and 26 shorts, among them SUPERSTAR, BROKEN NOSES, AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS, PROMISED LAND, CAMILLA, MOONSTRUCK, HAIRSPRAY, FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN, HEAT AND SUNLIGHT, DEAR AMERICA, and SOPHIA. The Festival honored Sam Fuller with screenings of 11 of his works, and new Argentine cinema was spotlighted in a showcase of 17 films. Other specials programs included the centennial celebration of the National Geographic Society, The Best of American Animation, and the introduction of the Discovery Program for emerging filmmakers.

Awards

Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary
Beirut: The Last Home Movie
Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary
Beirut: The Last Home Movie
Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic
Rachel River
Grand Jury Prize Documentary
Beirut: The Last Home Movie
Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Heat and Sunlight
Special Jury Prize Documentary
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done
Special Jury Prize Documentary
Dear America
Special Jury Prize Dramatic
Lemon Sky
Special Jury Prize for Acting
Rachel River
Special Jury Prize for Acting
Rachel River
Special Jury Recognition
The Brave Little Toaster

Credits

Christian Blackwood
Documentary Competition Juror
 Edward R. Pressman
Dramatic Competition Juror
Gale Anne Hurd
Dramatic Competition Juror
 Lourdes Patillo
Documentary Competition Juror
Richard Leacock
Documentary Competition Juror
 Terry Southern
Dramatic Competition Juror
Tim Cowling
Documentary Competition Juror
 Tim Hunter
Dramatic Competition Juror

Panels

Centre Nationale Cinematographique Exhibition And Independent Film
Image-Making: Camera, Stock & Lab Independents Abroad: How Do We Measure Up?
Music & Independent Film National Geographic Society (Discussion)
North American Animation Stunts & Effects For Independent Filmmaking
Terry Southern The Discovery Program
Tribute To Samuel Fuller Update ' 88: Independent Film Finance
Update ' 88: Marketing, Distribution And Home Video What A Film Commission Can Do For You

Projects

A
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) Acting Our Age
A King and His Movie (La Pelicula Del Rey) Astronomy
Arctic Wolves (working title) Ain’t No King Coming
Anna Spilt the Oil
B
Ben-Hur Break of Dawn
Belinda in the Water Beirut: The Last Home Movie
Broken Noses Barbeque Death Squad from Hell
Bad Connection (Malayunta) Black Menu
C
Coming of Age Camila
Cannibal Tours
D
Dim Sum Take Out Dear America
Distant Harmony Dogs of the Night (Perros de la Noche)
Drawing on my Mind
E
Elvis ‘56 Easy Money (Plata Dulce)
Evita: Listen If You Want To (Evita: Qien Quiea Oir Que Oica)
F
Fire From the Mountain Fixed Bayonets
Friendship’s Death
G
Geronima George and Rosemary
H
Hairspray Heat and Sunlight
Hell and High Water
I
I Shot Jesse James Interplast
J
John Huston & The Dubliners Juan: As if Nothing Ever Happened (Juan: Coma si Nada Hubiera Sucedido)
John Lennon Sketchbook
L
Lemon Sky Love is a Fat Woman (El Amor es Una Mujer Gorda)
Land of the Tiger Lazar
Loose Ends
M
Moonstruck Made in the USA
Miss . . . or Myth? Missile
N
Not Just Any Flower No Applause, Just Throw Money
Nobody’s Wife
O
Organic Fragment
P
Patti Rocks Promised Land
Park Row Photographer of the Year
Picture Window Propagandance
Paradisia Passages
R
Rachel River Radio Bikini
Run of the Arrow Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
S
South of Reno Shock Corridor
Sofia Soviet Circus, Inside the
Signed: Lino Brocka Superstar
T
Tapeheads The Brave Little Toaster
The Silence at Bethany The Family Album
The Houses are Full of Smoke Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done
The Birthday Fish The Steel Helmet
The Crimson Kimono The Days of June (Los Dias de Junio)
The Harshness of Destiny (Del Rigor del Destino) The Lost Republic: Part Two (La Republica Perdida II)
The Night of the Pencils (La Noche de Los Lapices) Tangos: The Exile of Gardel (Tangos: El Ezilio De Gardel)
The Great O’Grady The Jogger
The Price of Life The Rhino War
The River Lethe The Golden Ass
The Man Who Planted Trees
U
Underworld U.S.A.
V
Verboten!
W
Walking on Water Where the Heart Roams
White Dog Whitney, John’s (to be announced)
Whimsy Who Gets to Water the Grass
Z
Zelly and Me
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