Sundance touts its Oscar nominees

Sundance sent out a list of its Oscar nominees this morning, many of which debuted at last year's festival. Click here to see the complete list. ...

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival Premiere

Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) – Sundance Film Festival Premiere

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Brothers) – Ms. Swinton produced and acted in "Derek," a 2008 Sundance Film Festival international competition film

Best Documentary Feature:

"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival  Documentary Competition;  Documentary Special Jury Prize

"War/Dance" (THINKFilm) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Competition, Documentary Directing Award

Achievement in directing:

"Juno" (Fox Searchlight) – Jason Reitman. Jason Reitman has had four films in the Sundance Film Festival – short film "Operation" 1998, short film "In God We Trust" 2000, short film "Gulp" 2001, and "Thank You for Smoking" 2006). He is also a Short Film Juror at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Best Documentary Short Subject:

"Freeheld" (A Lieutenant Films Production, Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth) –  2007 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program, Special Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking

"La Coronoa" (A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production, Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Salim Baba (A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)

Falling Slowly from "Once" (Fox Searchlight – Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema Audience Award

Best Animated Short Film

"I Met the Walrus" (A Kids & Explosions Production, Josh Raskin) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program

"Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada Production, Chris Lavis and Maciek  Szcerbo) – 2008 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program

Best Live Action Short Film

"Il Supplente" The Substitute (Sky Cinema Italia, Andrew Jublin) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival

Best Adapted Screenplay

"Away from Her" (Lionsgate, Written by Sarah Polley) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival Original Screenplay

"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight, Written by Tamara Jenkins) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival