2001 Sundance Film Festival
The 2001 Sundance Film Festival continued its legacy of independence by marrying traditional aesthetics to new technologies. The Festival not only established the Sundance Online Film Festival but also provided digital projection for many of the year's digital films, becoming the first major Festival to officially recognize the rise of digital filmmaking. Many filmmakers re-engaged with such traditional Hollywood genres as the musical and the melodrama. The cult classic HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH offered a new twist on the traditional musical while DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS illustrated surf culture. The documentaries this year reclaimed non-fiction filmmaking's power to educate and inform, focusing both on the lives of children and inspirational historical figures. The Piper-Heidsieck Award, which goes to a film artist who has made a significant contribution to independent film, was given to actress Julianne Moore, honored for her work in such films as THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS and SAFE.
Awards
Directing Award Documentary
Dogtown and Z-Boys | Directing Award Dramatic
Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton | Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic
The Deep End |
Freedom of Expression Award
Scout's honor | Grand Jury Prize Documentary
Southern Comfort |
Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
The Believer | Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Delusions in Modern Primitivism |
Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Zen and the Art of Landscaping | Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Jigsaw Venus |
Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Sweet | Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Peter Rabbit and the Crucifix |
Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Metropopular | Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
Pie Fight '69 |
Jury Prize Latin American Cinema
Possible Loves | Jury Prize Latin American Cinema
Without a Trace |
Jury Prize Short Filmmaking
Gina, An Actress, Age 29 | Special Jury Prize Documentary
Children Underground |
Special Jury Prize for Acting
In the Bedroom | Special Jury Prize Latin American Cinema
Coffin Joe - The Strange World Of José Mojica Marins |
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Memento | World Cinema Audience Award
The Road Home |
Credits
| Randy Barbato
Documentary Competition Juror | R.J. Cutler
Documentary Competition Juror |
| Anne Makepeace
Documentary Competition Juror | Merata Mita
Documentary Competition Juror |
| Freida Lee Mock
Documentary Competition Juror | Darren Aronofsky
Dramatic Competition Juror |
| Kasi Lemmons
Dramatic Competition Juror | Bingham Ray
Dramatic Competition Juror |
| Gavin Smith
Dramatic Competition Juror | Joan Chen
Dramatic Competition Juror |
| Fabiano Canosa
Latin American Cinema Juror | Elpidia Carrillo
Latin American Cinema Juror |
| Gerardo Chijona Valdez
Latin American Cinema Juror | Guinevere Turner
Short Film Competition Juror |
| Nicole Guillemet
Director, Sundance Film Festival | Geoffrey Gilmore
Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival |
| Geoffrey Gilmore
Director, Sundance Film Festival |