Sundance Winners: In Praise of Beasts of the Southern Wild, The House I Live In and More

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All hail Beasts of the Southern Wild (drama) and The House I Live In (documentary).

The Sundance Film Festival dealt out its awards Saturday evening in Park City, handing the Benh Zeitlin directed drama and Eugene Jarecki directed documentary the top jury awards. 

Get the details on these champs and all the rest of the winners below...

Beasts of the Southern Wild, which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic film and has been picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight, tells a father-daughter bond tale of a six-year-old girl living with her dad in the flooded basins near the Mississippi delta. The House I Live In, which nabbed best documentary, focuses on the impact of America's long war on drugs.

Katie Aselton, who directed and starred in Black Rock, and Sundance Film Festival's director, John Cooper, who replaced a sick Parker Posey, announced the awards, also rewarding another top flick, The Surrogate, with an Audience Award and a prize for Best Ensemble. The Surrogate tells the story of a man in an iron lung (John Hawkes) who attempts to lose his virginity with the help of a sex surrogate played by Helen Hunt.

Check out the full list of winners:

Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: The House I Live InGrand Jury Prize, Drama: Beasts of the Southern WildU.S. Directing Award: The Queen of Versailles, Lauren GreenfieldU.S. Directing Award: Middle of Nowhere, Ava DuvernayWaldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Safety Not Guaranteed, Colin TrevorrowAudience Award, U.S. Documentary: The Invisible WarAudience Award, U.S. Dramatic: The SurrogateSpecial Jury Prizes, U.S. Documentary: Love Free or Die and Ai Weiwei: Never SorryU.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Producing: Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling, Smashed and Nobody WalksU.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting: The SurrogateShorts Audience Award: The Debutante HuntersExcellence in Cinematography, U.S. Documentary: Chasing IceExcellence in Cinematography, U.S. Dramatic: Beasts of the Southern WildU.S. Documentary Editing Award: DetropiaBest of Next Award: Sleepwalk With MeAlfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: Robot and Frank and Valley of SaintsWorld Cinema Jury Special Prize, Documentary: Searching for Sugar ManWorld Cinema Documentary Editing: Indie Game: The Movie, Lisanne Pajot and James SwirskyWorld Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary: The Law in These Parts, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, directorWorld Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize: Can, Rasit Celikezer, directorWorld Cinema Cinematography Award, Drama: David Raedeker, My Brother the DevilWorld Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary: Lars Skree, Putin's KissWorld Cinema Directing Award, Documentary: Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 5 Broken CamerasShorts Audience Award: The Debutante Hunters, Maria White, directorWorld Cinema Audience Award: Searching for Sugar Man

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Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana Steam Up Sundance at The Words Premiere!

On-screen and rumored off-screen couple Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana hit the red carpet for the premiere of their thriller flick, The Words, Friday.

So, did the sexiest man alive and his lady love finally heat things up in public at Sundance? 

Not at all.

But the duo did dish on what they were doing in Park City, Utah, leading up to their big night at the film festival (separately, of course).

And Saldana, who is slated to present at the SAG awards Sunday, made sure to get plenty of rest.  

"I completely relaxed," the Avatar star, who looked dashing in Alexander McQueen, told E! News. "I have to go back to work Monday so I came here...and even though I came for the amazing celebration of selling ‘The Words' here at Sundance, I still have to rest to go back to work."

And while the starlet stayed mum on what she'll don for the SAG awards, she did let us in on how she gets red-carpet ready. 

 

"I leave it to my stylist," Saldana went on. "She picks out the outfits and I just blindly put them on. So I think she's working diligently on finding the best outfit for Sunday."

Cooper, who sported a blazer and thick gray scarf for the occasion (and some very gnarly facial hair) was in the mood for action prior to the premiere, opting for the slopes rather than days of relaxation.

"I skied for the first time three weeks ago and I went up to Deer Valley and skied and I loved it. I didn't fall yet. I fell the first time but not this time," Cooper said.

But, seriously, what's up with Cooper's thick 'stache?

"This is for a role," Cooper said with a chuckle. "I could lie, but it's for this movie called Serena with Jen Lawrence in a couple of weeks."

 

And speaking of roles, Cooper said he was very excited to be in The Words, mainly because it is a film that his friends developed.

"I'm so happy for this movie," Cooper went on. "My friends Lee [Sternthal] and Brian [Klugman] created it and directed it…That I could be a part of it is awesome. It's the reason why you do this stuff in the first place. So I'm very excited."

When it came to discussing his experience working with Saldana on the flick, though, Cooper played coy, simply saying, "It was great. The whole cast was incredible."

The thriller flick, which scored bragging rights when it became the first major sale of Sundance last Sunday, tells the story of a young author who plagiarizes from a forgotten manuscript and later pays the price.

 

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Sundance Scoop: Is Kirsten Dunst's Bachelorette the Next Bridesmaids?

Not exactly. But the comparisons being made between the hit (and now Oscar-nominated) flick and the new Kirsten Dunst movie Bachelorette are certainly understandable because they both deal with somewhat similar subject matter.

"We're all huge fans of Bridesmaids," costar Lizzy Caplan told E! News at the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. "I think Bachelorette takes it to a much darker, more independent place."

"Dark in a fun way, though," added Dunst.

Bachelorette—coproduced by funnyman Will Ferrell—also stars James Marsden, who, when asked what he thinks makes for a good bachelorette party, joked: "I wouldn't know because mine sucked."

E! News also caught up with Ice-T, who's braving the chilly Salt Lake City temps to promote his new documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap.

"It's a cool movie for people who love hip-hop, think they love it or never even heard one rap record," he said.

Check out the clip above to hear more Sundance scoop from the likes of Justin Long, Elizabeth Olsen and How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor!

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Alexa Vega: Sundance Suite-heart

Alexa Vega wraps herself up in a peachy scarf as she stops by the T-Mobile Google Music Village at The Lift in Park City, Utah on Friday afternoon (January 21).

This was the 23-year-old actress’s first trip to the Sundance Film Festival

Also stopping by Kari Feinstein’s Style Lounge, Alexa was missing her new puppy, Ramona Flowers.

“I miss my pup so much!!!! :( I had to leave her with my family. Thank God it’s only for two days. Next time… She’s coming with me!” she tweeted.

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Britt Robertson Almost Missed Sundance!

Britt Robertson plays in the snow during the Stella Artois Lounge by Ally B at T-Mobile Google Music Village at The Lift on Sunday (January 22) in Park City, Utah.

The 21-year-old actress almost didn’t make it to the 2012 Sundance Film Festival — because of a snow storm in Vancouver!

“There was a freak snowstorm in Vancouver,” she shared with the Salt Lake Tribune. “This [Park City snow] is nothing compared to what I was battling in Vancouver. It was horrible. I had to take a town car to Seattle and get a flight out of Seattle — that was delayed and oversold by 60 people. But I’m here, miraculously!”

Britt joined costars Dylan O’Brien and Victoria Justice to premiere their new film, The First Time.

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Victoria Justice's 'First Time' at Sundance

Victoria Justice keeps warm in a red patterned sweater as she attends day 1 of The Variety Studio during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival at Variety Studio on Saturday (January 21) in Park City, Utah.

Later in the night, the 18-year-old actress met up with her costars Britt Robertson and Dylan O’Brien for the premiere of their movie, The First Time held at Eccles Center Theatre.

“Just landed in Utah! First time @ the Sundance Film Festival 2 see a screening of the movie I’m in, “The First Time”. How appropriate! ” Vic tweeted, who was spotted snacking on Tic Tac Mints.

FYI: Vic wore the Pinkyotto “Sound Waves” sweater.

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David Henrie: Sundance with Lorenzo!

David Henrie an image into place with younger brother Lorenzo in Google music in TAO night club lift presented by T-Mobile T-Mobile Google music village in the Friday evening (January) in Park City, Utah held.

The 22-year-old actor was excited, the hanging from the Wasatch mountain range hit.

"Dumping at the canyons!" Pumped, to board, soon Instagram some photos "tweeted David before heading to the top."

He added: "Pension now begins." "Pumped."

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Ariel winter: 'excision' at the Sundance Film Festival

Ariel Winter California in bright pink, in the official cast and filmmakers dinner for excision of the Bing bar in Park City, Utah on Saturday night (January 21) arrives.

The same night, the 13-year-old actress met the red carpet at the Egyptian Theatre with co-star Matthew Gray Gubler for the premiere during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

ArielStars as grace in excision, a film about "is a deranged and delusional high school student with aspirations a career in medicine to the extreme, to deserve the support of the mother control."

"Congratulations to @ IAMannalynnemcc @ Thetracilords @ Jeremysumpter @ GUBLERNATION @ Mollyjmccook @ InstantDylan @ excision!" We has rocked Sundance! <3 y'all!"=""> Ariel tweeted their votes.

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Megan Park & Tyler Hilton: Super Mario at the Sundance Festival!

Tyler Hilton and girlfriend Megan Park meet the Nintendo 3ds experience Lounge on Saturday afternoon (January 21) in Park City, Utah.

In the lounge, Megan, 24, got her make-up retouched from Stila before check out Mario Kart 7, Tetris: axis and Super Mario 3DLand.

The couple St were presented also in the SOREL on VEVO power station & SOREL suite by continuum Entertainment Group 427 discovered with the fresh lounge main.

"To." Our hut Burns but at least @ Elizabethhuett is here and "Megan." search sharpness, tweeted after the date of activities

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