 Festival poster | |
| Location | Park City |
|---|---|
| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 15–25, 2004 |
| Website | http://history.sundance.org/events/39 |
The 2004 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 15, 2004 to January 25, 2004. [1] It was the 20th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute. [2]
| Film name - English | Film name - Non-English | Directed By | Written By | Category | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azumi | Ryuhei Kitamura | Mataichiro Yamamoto, Isao Kiriyama | Park City at Midnight | ||
| Born into Brothels | Audience Award: Documentary | ||||
| Brother to Brother | Rodney Evans | Rodney Evans | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic | ||
| The Butterfly Effect | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Premieres | ||
| C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | Kevin Willmott | Kevin Willmott | American Spectrum | ||
| Carandiru | Héctor Babenco | Héctor Babenco, Fernando Bonassi, Victor Navas | World Cinema | ||
| The Clearing | Pieter Jan Brugge | Justin Haythe | |||
| Dandelion | Mark Milgard | Mark Milgard, Robb Williamson, R. D. Murphy | American Spectrum | ||
| Dear Frankie | Shona Auerbach | Premieres | |||
| D.E.B.S. | Angela Robinson | Angela Robinson | Premieres | ||
| DiG! | Grand Jury Prize: Documentary | ||||
| Dogville | Lars von Trier | Lars von Trier | Special Screenings | ||
| Down to the Bone | Debra Granik | Debra Granik, Richard Lieske | Dramatic Competition | Directing Award: Dramatic, Special Jury Prize for Acting (Vera Farmiga) | |
| Easy | Jane Weinstock | Dramatic Competition | |||
| Evergreen | Enid Zentelis | Dramatic Competition | |||
| The Five Obstructions | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth | Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth | Special Screenings | ||
| Garden State | Zach Braff | Zach Braff | Dramatic Competition | ||
| Grand Theft Parsons | David Caffrey | Jeremy Drysdale | Park City at Midnight | ||
| High Tension | Haute tension | Alexandre Aja | Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur | Park City at Midnight | |
| Home | Omelga Mthiyane | ||||
| Home of Phobia | Freshman Orientation | Ryan Shiraki | Ryan Shiraki | Park City at Midnight | |
| Iron Jawed Angels | Katja von Garnier | ||||
| Kounandi | Apolline Traore | ||||
| The Machinist | Brad Anderson | Scott Kosar | Premieres | ||
| Maria Full of Grace | María, llena eres de gracia | Joshua Marston | Joshua Marston | Dramatic Competition | Audience Award: Dramatic |
| Marie and Bruce | Tom Cairns | Wallace Shawn, Tom Cairns | Premieres | ||
| Mean Creek | Jacob Aaron Estes | Jacob Aaron Estes | American Spectrum | ||
| The Meaning of the Buffalo | Karin Slater | ||||
| Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | |||||
| The Motorcycle Diaries | Walter Salles | José Rivera | |||
| Napoleon Dynamite | Jared Hess | Jared and Jerusha Hess | Dramatic Competition | ||
| November | Greg Harrison | Greg Harrison | Dramatic Competition | ||
| Open Water | Chris Kentis | Chris Kentis | American Spectrum | ||
| Overnight | Tony Montana | Tony Montana, Mark Brian Smith | Park City at Midnight | ||
| The Park | Andrew Lau | Park City at Midnight | |||
| Primer | Shane Carruth | Shane Carruth | Dramatic Competition | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, Alfred P. Sloan Prize | |
| The Principles of Lust | Penny Woolcock | ||||
| The Raspberry Reich | Bruce LaBruce | Bruce LaBruce | Park City at Midnight | ||
| Redemption | Vondie Curtis-Hall | ||||
| The Return | Vozvrashcheniye | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Vladimir Moiseyenko, Aleksandr Novototsky | World Cinema | |
| This Revolution | |||||
| Riding Giants | Stacy Peralta | ||||
| Saved! | Brian Dannelly | Brian Dannelly, Michael Urban | Premieres | ||
| Saw | James Wan | Leigh Whannell | Park City at Midnight | ||
| Seducing Doctor Lewis | Jean-François Pouliot | Ken Scott | Audience Award | ||
| Silent Waters | Sabiha Sumar | ||||
| Speak | Jessica Sharzer | ||||
| Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | Kim Ki-duk | Kim Ki-duk | World Cinema | ||
| Super Size Me | Morgan Spurlock | Morgan Spurlock | Documentary Competition | ||
| Tiptoes | Matthew Bright | Bill Weiner | Premieres | ||
| Until the Violence Stops | Abby Epstein | ||||
| We Don't Live Here Anymore | John Curran | Larry Gross | Dramatic Competition | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | |
| The Woodsman | Nicole Kassell | Nicole Kassell, Steven Fechter | Dramatic Competition |
The award show took place on January 24, and was presented by actors Zooey Deschanel and Jake Gyllenhaal. [3]