Sundance Film Festival 2006 Winners Announced

The Sundance Film Festival has announced it's winners for 2006. We here at DVD Confidential will be keeping our eyes and ears peeled for these in the months ahead.

Congratulations to the winners. Keep on rocking!

Grand Jury Prize Documentary
GOD GREW TIRED OF US
Director: Christopher Quinn

Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
QUINCEANERA
Writer/Director: Wash Westmoreland & Richard Glatzer

Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary
IN THE PIT
Writer/Director: Juan Carlos Rulfo

Jury Prize for World Cinema Dramatic
13 TZAMETI
Writer/Director: Gela Babluani

Audience Award American Documentary
GOD GREW TIRED OF US
Directed by Christopher Quinn

Audience Award American Dramatic
QUINCEANERA
Writers/Directors: Wash Westmoreland & Richard Glatzer

Audience Award World Cinema: Documentary
DE NADIE
Directed by Tin Dirdamal

Audience Award World Cinema: Dramatic
NO. 2
Writer/Director: Toa Fraser

Directing Award Documentary
JAMES LONGLEY
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS

Directing Award Dramatic
DITO MONTIEL
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS

Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary
JAMES LONGLEY
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS

Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic
TOM RICHMOND
RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR

Documentary Film Editing
BILLY MCMILLIN, FIONA OTWAY AND JAMES LONGLEY
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
HILARY BROUGHER
STEPHANIE DALEY

Special Jury Prize Documentary (SPLIT)
AMERICAN BLACKOUT
Directed by Ian Inaba
TV JUNKIE
Directed by Michael Cain & Matt Radecki

Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
Directed by Dito Montiel

Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Independent Vision
IN BETWEEN DAYS
Directed by So Yong Kim, Written by So Yong Kim & Bradley Rust Gray

Special Jury Prize World Documentary (SPLIT)
INTO GREAT SILENCE
Writer/Director: Philip Groening
DEAR PYONGYANG
Writer/Director: Yonghi Yang

Special Jury Prize World Dramatic
EVE & THE FIRE HORSE
Directed by Julia Kwan

Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking (SPLIT)
BUGCRUSH
Directed by Carter Smith
THE WRAITH OF COBBLE HILL
Directed by Adam Parrish King

Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: International
THE NATURAL ROUTE
Directed by Alex Pastor

Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking (SPLIT)
BEFORE DAWN
Directed by Balint Kenyeres
PREACHER WITH AN UNKNOWN GOD
Directed by Rob VanAlkemade
UNDRESSING MY MOTHER
Directed by Ken Wardrop

Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award (SPLIT)
THE SPRING RITUAL
Directed by Patrice Toy
LAKE TAHOE
Directed by Fernando Eimbcke
DON'T LET ME DROWN
Directed by Cruz Angeles
THE CLONE RETURNS TO THE HOMELAND
Kanji Nakajima

Alfred P. Sloan Prize
THE HOUSE OF SAND
Directed by Andrucha Waddington, Written by Elena Soarez