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Agnes Varnum is a freelance writer, film programmer and communications manager for the Austin Film Society. She is the primary contributor to doc it out and Tribeca Film Institute's Resources.

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Sundance Doc Winners

January 29th, 2007 • Related Posts • Tags

Via indieWIRE>>:

Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
“Manda Bala” (”Send a Bullet”); directed by Jason Kohn

World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary
“Enemies of Happiness” (”Vores Lykkes Fjender”); directed by Eva Mulvad and Anja Al Erhayem
* This film won the Silver Wolf at IDFA.

Audience Award: Documentary
“Hear and Now”; directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky

World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
“In the Shadow of the Moon”; directed by David Sington

Directing Award: Documentary
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine for “War/Dance”

Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary
Heloisa Passos for “Manda Bala” (”Send a Bullet”)

Documentary Editing Award
Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillian, Michael Schweitzer for “Nanking”

Documentary Jury: Special Jury Prize
“No End in Sight”; directed by Charles Furguson

World Cinema Competition Jury: Special Jury Prize
“Hot House”; directed by Shimon Dotan

Shorts Jury Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking
“The Fighting Cholitas”; directed by Mariam Jobrani
* This film is repped by the lovely Documentary Insider! Yeah SJ!

Shorts Jury: Special Jury Prize
“Freeheld”; directed by Cynthia Wade

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  1. Comment by jay on 29 January 2007:

    Agnes, do you know if there is anywhere online to see a trailer for Manda Balas?

  2. Comment by agnes on 29 January 2007:

    I haven’t seen any trailers for the film (though admit to not searching that hard). There is an interview with Jason Kohn on the Sundance site which is all I see at the moment. Anyone else seen a trailer for Manda Bala? (Or anyone who saw it at Sundance want to tell us about it?

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