1999 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival continued to be the premiere showcase for American independent film in 1999, even as it explored the meaning of that term. Four films (AMERICAN MOVIE, AMERICAN HOLLOW, AMERICAN PIMP, and AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY) wore their nationality on their title. And the year's big winner, Tony Bui's THREE SEASONS - which won the Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award, and the Excellence in Cinematography Award - was shot entirely in Vietnam and mostly in Vietnamese. The Piper-Heidsieck tribute to Independent Vision went to Laura Dern. But the big prize went to a little video experiment called THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which went on to scare up big business at the box office.
Awards
Audience Award Documentary
Genghis Blues | Audience Award Dramatic
Three Seasons |
Directing Award Documentary
Regret to Inform | Directing Award Dramatic
Judy Berlin |
Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary
Rabbit in the Moon | Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary
Regret to Inform |
Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic
Three Seasons | Filmmaker Trophy Documentary
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle |
Filmmaker Trophy Dramatic
Tumbleweeds | Freedom of Expression Award
The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords |
Grand Jury Prize Documentary
American Movie | Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Three Seasons |
Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Come unto Me: The Faces of Tyree Guyton | Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Devil Doll/Ring Pull |
Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Stubble Trouble | Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
A Pack of Gifts, Now |
Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Atomic Tabasco | Jury Prize Latin American Cinema
Santitos |
Jury Prize Short Filmmaking
More | Special Jury Prize
On the Ropes |
Special Jury Prize for Acting
Happy Texas | Special Jury Prize for Distinctive Vision in Filmmaking
Treasure Island |
Special Jury Prize Latin American Cinema
Life Is to Whistle | Special Jury Prize Short Filmmaking
Fishbelly White |
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Guinevere | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Joe the King |
World Cinema Audience Award
Run Lola Run | World Cinema Audience Award
Train of Life (Train de vie) |
Credits
| Kirby Dick
Documentary Competition Juror | Tina DiFeliciantonio
Documentary Competition Juror |
| Annie Frazier Henry
Documentary Competition Juror | Michel Negroponte
Documentary Competition Juror |
| Ray Telles
Documentary Competition Juror | Maryse Alberti
Dramatic Competition Juror |
| Cheryl Dunye
Dramatic Competition Juror | Richard Linklater
Dramatic Competition Juror |
| Elvis Mitchell
Dramatic Competition Juror | Nik Powell
Dramatic Competition Juror |
| Gustavo Graef Marino
Latin American Cinema Juror | Amir Labaki
Latin American Cinema Juror |
| Anne Marie Stock
Latin American Cinema Juror | Gill Holland
Short Film Competition Juror |
| Emily Russo
Short Film Competition Juror | Geoffrey Gilmore
Director, Sundance Film Festival |
| John Cooper
Associate Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival | Shari Frilot
Associate Programmer, Sundance Film Festival |
| Trevor Groth
Programmer, Sundance Film Festival | Mary Kerr
Associate Programmer, Sundance Film Festival |
| Rebecca Yeldham
Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival | Geoffrey Gilmore
Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival |
| Nicole Guillemet
Director, Sundance Film Festival |
Panels
| Digital Shoot-Out: "Judge for Yourself" | Documentary Funding: "Show Me the Money" |
| Low-Budget Films and the Distribution Crisis | Music and Narrative |
| The Changing Role of the Actor in Independent Film |
Projects
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