Sundance in 60 Seconds. Saturday, January 30, 2010

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Awards:** The big winners include *Winter’s Bone *(Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic), *Restrepo *(Grand Jury Prize, Documentary), Animal Kingdom (World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic) and *The Red Chapel *(World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary), with audience awards going to happythankyoumoreplease and Waiting for Superman. Check out the full list of winners here.

Celebrity Sightings: Most of the celebs have left town by now, so let’s check out a few leftovers: *People *has a rundown of where celebs were seen eating in Park City. The main course in the article looks at an East-meets-West feast with Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo and Juliette Lewis of Sympathy for Delicious. As for photos from the awards, the *LA Times *has a photo of host David Hyde Pierce (with festival director John Cooper) during his rap performance, in case you missed it live (hopefully it ends up on YouTube).

Deals: In line with their penchant for controversial films, IFC has picked up Michael Winterbottom’s polarizing crime drama *The Killer Inside Me *for a reported $1-1.5 million. They’re looking at a late summer/early fall release. Now the world (well, U.S. moviegoers) can experience the same disgust as the audience member who shamed Sundance for showing the film. Later in the day, Roadside Attractions bought Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone for low six-figures with plans to release the film this summer. Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey has bought the documentary *A Family Affair *to air on her new network and Aamir Khan tells Anne Thompson that he’d like to distribute *Peepli Live *himself.

Our coverage, some tragic news and other near-end linkage after the jump:

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