Sundance wild about 'Beasts'

PARK CITY, Utah -- "Monsters in the Southern Wild," Benh Zeitlin's imaginative magical-realist debut of a youthful girl's unique upbringing in southern Louisiana, and "The House Home Is,Inch Eugene Jarecki's provocative documentary in regards to the failure from fighting against drugs, won the grand jury honours for American films within the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.Acquired within the fest by Fox Searchlight, "Monsters" shown an early on critics' favorite and proceeded to dominate fest conversation until its victory on Saturday evening in Park City pic also came a cinematography prize for Ben Richardson's lensing.Jarecki will be a repeat champion, getting formerly received the fest's documentary grand jury prize for 2005's "Why We Fight."Audience honours for American features visited "The Surrogate," Ben Lewin's fictionalization of poet Mark O'Brien's journey to determine sex just like a polio survivor, and "The Invisible War," helmer Kirby Dick's nonfiction study of sexual assault inside the U.S. military.World Cinema grand jury honours received to "Violeta Visited Paradise," Andres Wood's biopic about Chilean singer-songwriter Violeta Parra, and "Regulations throughout these Parts," Ra'anan Alexandrovicz's documentary in regards to the Israeli military legislation inside the Occupied Areas.Aud nods for worldwide features visited "Valley of Saints," Musa Syeed's drama of a boatman in politically turbulent Kashmir, and "Looking for Sugar Guy," Malik Bendjelloul's docu portrait of forgotten '70s rocker Rodriguez, which was acquired in the beginning inside the fest through the new the new sony Classics. "Sugar Guy" also scooped a distinctive jury prize on the planet Cinema dramatic jury.Ava DuVernay came the U.S. dramatic pointing prize for "Middle of Nowhere," the La-set story from the woman's crisis of conscience regarding her jailed husband. In American documents, Lauren Greenfield needed helming honors for "The Entire of Versailles," her think about the failing fortunes of Florida billionaire couple David and Jackie Siegel.The Waldo Salt screenwriting award, adoring a U.S. dramatic entrant, was presented with to Derek Connolly for his sci-fi-inflected romantic comedy "Safety Not Guaranteed."World Cinema pointing kudos visited Mads Matthiesen's dramatic feature "Toy," of a socially awkward champion bodybuilder, and Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi's docu "5 Broken Cameras," of a Palestinian village's opposition for the building of Israeli funds.Piece of software prize for World Cinema visited Marialy Rivas, Camila Gutierrez, Pedro Periano and Sebastian Sepulveda for "Youthful & Wild," director Rivas' drama of a youthful Chilean woman's sexual coming-of-age.A raft of special jury honours visited the ensemble cast of "The Surrogate," introduced by John Hawkes and Helen Search producers Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling for concentrate on U.S. dramatic records "Smashed" and "Nobody Walks" "Love Free or Die," Macky Alston's portrait of freely gay bishop Gene Robinson "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," Alison Klayman's docu in regards to the titular Chinese artist-activist and "Can," Rasit Celikezer's tale from the Turkish couple unable to conceive.Distinctive jury prize for just about any World Cinema dramatic entry visited "Can," Rasit Celikezer's tale from the Turkish couple unable to conceive.High quality in cinematography honours received to Ben Richardson for "Monsters in the Southern Wild" (U.S. dramatic) Rob Orlowski for "Chasing after after Ice" (U.S. docu) David Raedeker for "My Cousin the Demon" (World Cinema dramatic) and Lars Skree for "Putin's Hug" (World Cinema docu). Documentary editing honours visited Enat Sidi for "Detropia" (U.S.) and Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky for "Indie Game: The FilmInch (World Cinema).The most effective of Next audience award visited "Sleepwalk With Me At Night,In . author-director Mike Birbiglia's feature-length adaptation of his one-guy show. Birbiglia paid out tribute within the acceptance speech to another Next entry, Craig Zobel's "Compliance," calling it his favorite film in the festival.The Sundance Institute/NHK Award for emerging filmmakers was handed to Swedish helmer Jens Assur for "Close Far."As introduced on Tuesday, the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Globe Filmmaking Award for emerging independent filmmakers was handed to Shonali Bose, "Margarita Getting a Hay" (India) Etienne Kallos, "Free Condition" (Nigeria") Ariel Kleiman, "Partisan" (Australia) and Dominga Sotomayor, "Late to Die Youthful" (Chile).As introduced Friday, Premieres entry "Robot & Frank" and World Cinema title "Valley of Saints" split the Alfred P. Sloan prize, given yearly with a film focusing on science or technology just like a theme. Initially slated host Parker Posey was unable to visit the honours ceremony after taking ill on Saturday. In their absence, fest director John Cooper handled emcee duties with helmer Katie Aselton, whose Park City during the night time entry, "Black Rock," provided to LD Distribution inside the fest's earliest purchases.As well as the individuals who win are:Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): "Monsters in the Southern Wild"Grand Jury Prize (Documentary): "The House Home IsInchTarget audience Award (Dramatic): "The Surrogate"Audience Award (Documentary): "The Invisible War"Pointing (Dramatic): Ava DuVernay, "Middle of Nowhere"Pointing (Documentary): Lauren Greenfield, "The Entire of Versailles"Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (Dramatic): Derek Connolly, "Safety Not Guaranteed"Cinematography (Dramatic): Ben Richardson, "Monsters in the Southern Wild"Cinematography (Documentary): Rob Orlowski, "Chasing after after Ice"Editing (Documentary):Enat Sidi, "Detropia"Special Jury Honours (Dramatic): Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling, "Smashed," "Nobody Walks" the ensemble cast of "The Surrogate"Special Jury Prize (Documentary): "Love Free or Die," "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic):"Violeta Visited Paradise"World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Documentary): "Regulations throughout these Parts"World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic): "Valley of Saints"World Cinema Audience Award (Documentary): "Looking for Sugar Guy"Better of Next Audience Award: "Sleepwalk Beside MeInchGlobe Cinema Pointing Award (Dramatic): Mads Matthiesen, "Toy"World Cinema Pointing Award (Documentary): Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, "5 Broken Cameras"World Cinema Screenwriting Award: Marialy Rivas, Camila Gutierrez, Pedro Periano and Sebastian Sepulveda, "Youthful & Wild"World Cinema Cinematography Award (Dramatic): David Raedeker, "My Cousin the Demon"World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): "Can"World Cinema (Documentary) Editing Award: Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky for "Indie Game: The FilmInchGlobe Cinema Cinematography Award (Documentary): Lars Skree, "Putin's Hug"World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Documentary): "Looking for Sugar Guy"Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: "Robot & Frank" and "Valley of Saints" Contact Justin Chang at justin.chang@variety.com