But instead, Shane Carruth's indie sci-fi flick "Primer" proved to be the surprise winner of Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. The story of garage inventors who create a time travel machine was filmed for only $7,000. The Documentary Grand Jury Prize was given to Ondi Timoner's "DiG!," a riveting film about the duelling musicians Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Courtney Taylor of the Dandy Warhols.
More Winners
- The Documentary Audience Award was presented to "Born Into Brothels," a film by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski. The Dramatic Audience Award winner is Joshua Marston's "Maria Full of Grace."
- The World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award was given to Jean-François Pouliot's "Seducing Doctor Lewis." The World Cinema Documentary Audience Award was presented to Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott's "The Corporation."
- The Documentary Directing Award went to Morgan Spurlock's "Superize Me." The Dramatic Directing Award was presented to Debra Granik for "Down to the Bone."
- The Excellence in Cinematography Award honors exceptional photography in both a dramatic and documentary film at the Festival. Ferne Pearlstein won for "Imelda" from the Documentary Competition and Nancy Schreiber received the honor for "November" from the Dramatic Competition received the 2004 Cinematography Awards.
- The Freedom of Expression Award is given to a documentary film that informs and educates the public on issues of social or political concern. The Freedom of Expression Jury selected "Repatriation, "directed by Kim Dong-won.
- The Dramatic Jury presented the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award to outstanding achievement in writing. The 2004 prize was given to Larry Gross for "We Don't Live Here Anymore."
- The Documentary Jury bestowed a Special Jury Prize to "Farmingville," directed and produced by Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval.
- This year’s Dramatic Jury presented two Special Jury Prizes to Rodney Evans for "Brother to Brother" and to Vera Farmiga for her performance in "Down To the Bone."
- The Shorts Jury presented the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking to Shilpi Gupta's "When The Storm Came," and Ryan Fleck's "Gowanus, Brooklyn." The Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking was given to TOMO, directed by Paul Catling. The Shorts Jury awarded Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking to Jacob Akira Okada's "Curtis"; Adam Elliot's "Harvie Krumpet"' David LaChapelle's "Krumped"; Nicholas Provost's "Papillon D'Amour"; and Larry Kennar's "Spokane."
