With more than 200 alumni, faculty and students affiliated with the projects at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television of Tisch School of the Arts continues to dominate the festival. This year's festival was held January 20 - 30, 2011 in wintry Park City, Utah. Alumni, faculty, students and friends gathered at the annual reception that celebrates our storytellers.
Alumni and students took home some of the highest honors at the festival. They are as follows:
US Dramatic Competition Audience Award:
Circumstance, directed by Maryam Keshavarz ’10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film)
World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic):
Kinyarwanda, directed by Alrick Brown ’08 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) / Adjunct Instructor
Directing Award (Dramatic):
Martha Marcy May Marlene, directed and written by Sean Durkin ’06 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV)
Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic):
Pariah, directed and written by Dee Rees ’07 (MFA, Kanbar, Film); cinematographer: Bradford Young
