2005 Sundance Film Festival

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2005 Sundance Film Festival
Opening film Happy Endings
Location Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah
Hosted bySundance Institute
Festival dateJanuary 20–30, 2005

The 2005 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 20 to 30, 2005. [1]

Contents

It was held in Park City, with screenings in Salt Lake City; Ogden; and the Sundance Resort. [2] It was the 21st iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. [3]

Award winners

Juries

The juries at the Sundance Film Festival are responsible for determining the Jury Prize winners in each category and to award Special Jury Prizes as they see fit.

Films

Independent Film Competition: Documentary

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
After Innocence Jessica Sanders United States
The Aristocrats Paul Provenza
The Devil and Daniel Johnston Jeff Feuerzeig
The Education of Shelby Knox Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney
The Fall of Fujimori Ellen Perry
Frozen AngelsEric Black, Frauke Sandig
Mardi Gras: Made in ChinaDavid Redmon
Murderball Henry-Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
New York Doll Greg Whiteley
Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith StoryDan Klores, Ron Berger
Romántico Mark Becker
Shakespeare Behind BarsHank Rogerson
Trudell Heather Rae
Twist of Faith Kirby Dick
Why We Fight Eugene Jarecki

Independent Film Competition: Dramatic

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
BetweenDavid OcañasUnited States
Brick Rian Johnson
The Dying Gaul Craig Lucas
Ellie Parker Scott Coffey
Forty Shades of Blue Ira Sachs
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer Georgina Garcia Riedel
Hustle & Flow Craig Brewer
Junebug Phil Morrison
Loggerheads Tim Kirkman
Lonesome Jim Steve Buscemi
Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July
Police Beat Robinson Devor
Pretty Persuasion Marcos Siega
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach
Thumbsucker Mike Mills
Who Killed Cock Robin? Travis Wilkerson

World Cinema Competition: Documentary

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia Melancholian 3 huonetta Pirjo Honkasalo Finland
Dhakiyarr vs. the KingTom Murray, Allan CollinsAustralia
Grizzly Man Werner Herzog United States
I Am Cuba, The Siberian MammothSoy Cuba, O Mamute SiberianoVicente FerrazBrazil
El InmortalMercedes MoncadaNicaragua, Spain, Mexico
The Liberace of Baghdad Sean McAllister United Kingdom
Odessa, Odessa Michale Boganim Israel, France
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire Peter Raymont Canada
Shape of the Moon Stand van de maan Leonard Retel Helmrich Netherlands
Unknown White Male Rupert Murray United Kingdom
WallMur Simone Bitton France, Israel
Yang Ban Xi: The 8 ModelworksYan Ting YuenNetherlands

World Cinema Competition: Dramatic

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Brothers Brødre Susanne Bier Denmark
Crónicas Sebastián Cordero Ecuador, Mexico
The Forest for the Trees Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen) Maren Ade Germany
Green Chair Noksaek uija Park Chul-soo South Korea
The Hero O Herói Zézé Gamboa Angola, Portugal, France
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol 可可西里 Lu Chuan China
Lila Says Lila dit ça Ziad Doueiri France, Italy, United Kingdom
Live-In Maid Cama adentro Jorge Gaggero Spain, Argentina
Monsterthursday Monstertorsdag Arild Østin Ommundsen Norway
On a Clear Day Gaby Dellal United Kingdom
Palermo HollywoodEduardo PintoArgentina
StrangerOno Małgorzata Szumowska Poland
This Charming Girl Yeoja, Jeong-hye Lee Yoon-ki South Korea
Tony Takitani トニー滝谷 Jun Ichikawa Japan
Unconscious Inconscientes Joaquín Oristrell Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany
Wolf Creek Greg McLean Australia

Premieres

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
3-Iron Bin-jip Kim Ki-duk South Korea
The Ballad of Jack and Rose Rebecca Miller United States
The Chumscrubber Glück in kleinen Dosen Arie Posin United States, Germany
Dear Wendy Thomas Vinterberg United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Germany
Drum Zola Maseko South Africa
Game 6 Michael Hoffman United States
The Girl from Monday Hal Hartley United States
Happy Endings Don Roos United States
Heights Chris Terrio United States
Inside Deep Throat Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato United States
The Jacket John Maybury United States
Kung Fu Hustle 功夫 Stephen Chow Hong Kong, China
Lackawanna Blues George C. Wolfe United States
Layer Cake Matthew Vaughn United Kingdom
Loverboy Kevin Bacon United States
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School Randall Miller United States
The Matador Richard Shepard United States, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
MirrorMask Dave McKean United Kingdom, United States
Mysterious Skin Gregg Araki United States, Netherlands
Nine Lives Rodrigo García United States
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Andy Fickman United States
Rory O'Shea Was Here Damien O'Donnell Ireland, United Kingdom, France
Snowland Schneeland Hans W. Geißendörfer Germany
The Upside of Anger Mike Binder United States

Special Screenings

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Ballets Russes Dayna Goldfine, Dan GellerUnited States
The Garden Frederick Wiseman United States
March of the Penguins La Marche de l'empereur Luc Jacquet France
Protocols of Zion Marc Levin United States
Reel Paradise Steve James United States
Rock School Don Argott United States

American Spectrum

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
212Anthony NgUnited States
5th WorldBlackhorse Lowe
Duane Hopwood Matt Mulhern
High School RecordBen Wolfinsohn
Love, LudlowAdrienne Weiss
MitchellvilleJohn D. Harkrider
The Motel Michael Kang
The Puffy Chair Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Rize David LaChapelle
The Salon Mark Brown
Saving Face Alice Wu
Steal MeMelissa Painter
Swimmers Doug Sadler
The Talent Given Us Andrew Wagner
This Revolution Stephen Marshall

Park City at Midnight

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
9 Songs Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom
Dirty Love John Mallory Asher United States
Hard Candy David Slade United States
Matando Cabos Alejandro LozanoMexico
Old Boy Oldŭboi Park Chan-wook South Korea
Strangers with Candy Paul Dinello United States
Three... Extremes Sāngēng 2 Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
What Is It? Crispin Glover United States

Frontier

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Film Actions VLuke SaviskyUnited States
The Joy of Life Jenni Olson United States
Room Kyle Henry United States
SugarPatrick Jolley, Reynold ReynoldsUnited States
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2 William Greaves United States
Tropic of Cancer Eugenio Polgovsky Mexico

Online

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Beyond the Fire: Teen Experiences of WarSesh KannanUnited States
Forest Grove Maya Churi United States
How-to-Bow Nora Krug United States
Julia 1926Johannes WeymannGermany
Stand by Your GunsJillian McDonaldUnited States

Sundance Collection

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Harlan County, USA Barbara Kopple United States
Stranger Than Paradise Jim Jarmusch

Short films

US Dramatic

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The ActSusan Kraker, Pi WareUnited States
America's Biggest DickBryan Boyce
American Fame, Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan BrandisCam Archer
Among ThievesOscar Daniels
Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? Miguel Arteta
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer! Jamie Donahue
Broadcast 23Tom Putnam
ChokedBrad Barnes
Cry for Help Nicholas McCarthy
EatingRebecca Cutter
Estes AvenuePaul Cotter
Everything's Gone Green Aaron Ruell
ExactlyLisa Leone
Flotsam/Jetsam David Zellner
Goodnight Irene Sterlin Harjo
Husk Brett A. Simmons
In the MorningDanielle Lurie
In TimeMaurice A. Dwyer, Adetoro Makinde
The Last Full Measure Alexandra Kerry
Late Bloomer Craig William Macneill
Let the Good Times Roll Harry Dodge, Stanya Kahn
Love and LaundryBarbara Alvarez
Mary Aaron Ruell
Motion Studies #3: GravityJake Mahaffy
Oh My GodJohn Bryant
One Weekend a MonthEric Escobar
Planet of the ArabsJacqueline Salloum
Pura Lengua (All Tongue)Aurora Guerrero
The Raftman's Razor Keith Bearden
RawTonia Lynn Barber
The Sailor's Girl Brett Simon
Spelling BeePhil Dornfeld
Staring at the Sun Toby Wilkins
Swim TestAlex Chung
A Thousand Roads Chris Eyre
Un dia en la vidaMarco Orsini
West Bank Story Ari Sandel
The Youth in Us Joshua Leonard

US Documentary

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy StoryTerrence Fisher and Daniel HowardUnited States
Dimmer Talmage Cooley
The FairJason Rayles
Family PortraitPatricia Riggen
The Last Days of Jonathan PerloJoe Warson
Recycle Vasco Nunes, Ondi Timoner
Saving JackieSelena A. Burks
Seal Hunting with DadNatchiliagniaqtuguk AapagaluAndrew Okpeaha MacLean
Small Town SecretsKatherine Leggett

US Animated

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
9 Shane Acker United States
A Buck's Worth Tatia Rosenthal
The Meaning of Life Don Hertzfeldt
Motel Thor Freudenthal

International Dramatic

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Being BadLaurence CoriatUnited Kingdom, France
BeroccaMartin TaylorUnited Kingdom
Elephant Palm Tree Kara Miller United Kingdom
Elke's VisitMorgan DewsSpain
Email to MomEmail a mamáGerardo Ruiz MiñánPeru
From Cherry English Jeff Barnaby Canada
Fuel Nash Edgerton Australia
Green Bush Warwick Thornton Australia
Home GameHjemmekampMartin LundNorway
KidChamacoTim ParsaMexico
Matálo! Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire France
Mother's DayKare Kare Zvako Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe
Pizza ShopMark MainguyCanada
Plains Empty Beck Cole Australia
StrongerDebra FelsteadCanada
Tama Tū Taika Waititi New Zealand
Tongue BullyAnnie BradleyCanada
Victoria para chino Cary Fukunaga United States, Mexico
Waiting for the Man Rob Stefaniuk Canada
Wasp Andrea Arnold United Kingdom
With DivaCon DivaSebastian MantillaSpain
With What Shall I Wash It?Con qué la lavaré?María TrénorSpain

International Documentary

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Children of Leningradsky Dzieci z Leningradzkiego Hanna Polak, Andrzej CelinskiPoland
Meet Michael OppenheimRoni AbulafiaIsrael
PorterSolo un cargadorJuan Alejandro RamírezPeru

International Animated

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The BirthdaySyntymäpäiväKari JuusonenFinland
Fallen Art Sztuka spadania Tomasz Bagiński Poland
It's Like ThatSouthern Ladies Animation GroupAustralia
MOO(N)Leigh HodgkinsonUnited Kingdom
Ryan Chris Landreth Canada
Through My Thick Glasses Gjennom mine tykke briller Pjotr Sapegin Norway, Canada

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