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Meet the 6 Latino Winners at Sundance 2009

January 25, 2009 I'm reporting to you *live* from my living room, regarding the winners of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. My last blog included a list of all the other Latino interest films competing in each category and their description. I must say it was a good year, with six awards going to new talents from all over Latin America and the U.S. And there was even a Latino on one of the juries for The Alfred P. Sloan Prize: the filmmaker, Alex Rivera. Rivera’s Sundance award-winning film from last year, Sleep Dealer, opens in theaters nationwide this February. Check out my blog from last year about Sundance 2008.

SUNDANCE 2009’s LATINO WINNERS

• Directing Award: U.S. Documentary - Natalia Almada, El General
• Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic - Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sin Nombre
• The World Cinematic Jury Prize - Sebastian Silva, The Maid (La Nana)
• World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Acting - Catalina Saavedra, The Maid (La Nana)
• Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic - Adriano Goldman, Sin Nombre, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
• Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards honoring and supporting emerging filmmakers: Diego Lerman, Ciencias Morales (Moral Sciences), from Argentina

U.S./Mexico: Natalia Almada directed, El General


Chile: Sebastian Silva and his film, The Maid  

Posted by Adriana V. Lopez on January 25, 2009 | Comments (2)