2008 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
* Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival Premiere
* Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival Premiere
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
* Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton (Warner Brothers) – Ms. Swinton produced and acted in Derek, a 2008 Sundance Film Festival international competition film
Best Documentary Feature:
* No End in Sight (Magnolia Pictures) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition; Documentary Special Jury Prize
* War/Dance (THINKFilm) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition, Documentary Directing Award
Achievement in directing
* Juno (Fox Searchlight) – Jason Reitman. Jason Reitman has had four films in the Sundance Film Festival – short film Operation 1998, short film In God We Trust 2000, short film Gulp 2001, and Thank You for Smoking 2006). He is also a Short Film Juror at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Best Documentary Short Subject
* Freeheld (A Lieutenant Films Production, Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program, Special Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking
* La Corona (A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production, Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program (Publicist – Amy Grey, 818-508-1000)
* Salim Baba (A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)
* Falling Slowly from Once (Fox Searchlight – Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema Audience Award
Best Animated Short Film
* I Met the Walrus (A Kids & Explosions Production, Josh Raskin) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program
* Madame Tutli-Putli (National Film Board of Canada Production, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szcerbo) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program (Publicist – David Magdael, 213-624-7827)
Best Live Action Short Film
* Il Supplente (The Substitute, Sky Cinema Italia, Andrew Jublin) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival
Best Adapted Screenplay
* Away from Her (Lionsgate, Written by Sarah Polley) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival
Original Screenplay
* The Savages (Fox Searchlight, Written by Tamara Jenkins) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival