Peter Callahan

Kristen Stewart is a superstar after her lead role as "Bella" in the boxoffice smash hit Twilight. Stewart is preparing for her role in the Twilight sequel and attended the premiere of her new quirky Sundace flick "Adventureland" directed by "Superbad" helmer Greg Mottola. Click here for photos from the film 2009 Sundance Film festival. The 2009 Sundance Film Festival announced the jury prizes in shorts filmmaking based on outstanding achievement and merit. The Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25, 2009 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Full awards will be announced the evening of January 24th at the 2009 ... Read Full Story

We Live in Public , Push , Rough Aunties and The Maid (La Nana) Earn Top Jury Prizes; Audience Favorites Feature Afghan Star , An Education, The Cove and Push Park City , UT– The jury and audience award-winners of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival were announced tonight at the Festival’s closing Awards Ceremony hosted by actor Jane Lynch in Park City, Utah. Films receiving jury awards were selected from the four categories: U.S. Dramatic and Documentary Competition and World Dramatic and Documentary Competition. Films in these categories were also eligible for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Audience Awards. The U.S. Audience Awards presented ... Read Full Story

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival is pleased to announce that Adam , directed by Max Mayer, is the recipient of this year’s Alfred P. Sloan Prize. The Prize, which carries a $20,000 cash award to the filmmaker provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is presented to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character. Adam is a love story between a man with Asperger's Syndrome (Hugh Dancy) and the woman who moves into his apartment building (Rose Byrne) who has just had her heart broken. It is about ... Read Full Story

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival has come to a close and the award ceremony was held at Park City's Racquet Club last night and here are the award winners: Bryan Bedder / Getty Images Grand Jury Prize : U.S. Documentary We Live in Public Grand Jury Prize : U.S. Dramatic Push: Based on the novel by Sapphire World Cinema Jury Prize : Documentary Rough Aunties World Cinema Jury Prize : Dramatic The Maid (La Nana) Audience Award : U.S. Documentary The Cove Audience Award : U.S. Dramatic Push World Cinema Audience Award : Documentary Afghan Star World Cinema Audience Award : Dramatic An Education ... Read Full Story

January 25, 2009 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! The 2009 Sundance Film Festival closed on Saturday. Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire , a drama exploring parental abuse set in 1980s Harlem, took the two main prizes in the U.S. dramatic competition; the grand jury prize and the audience award. Here is the list of the winners: GRAND JURY PRIZE: U.S. DOCUMENTARY “ We Live in Public ,” directed by Ondi Timoner GRAND JURY PRIZE: U.S. DRAMATIC “ Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire ,” directed by Lee Daniels WORLD ... Read Full Story