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Sundance 2011: U.S. audience loves horse whisperers and Iranian lesbians

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The audience at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival has given its top U.S. dramatic prize to Maryam Keshavarz’s ‘Circumstance,’ a Farsi-language look at a pair of teenage lesbians in contemporary Iran, and its top U.S. documentary prize to Cindy Meehl’s ‘Buck,’ a look at a real-life horse whisperer.

The awards kicked off a host of U.S. jury prizes. The jury handed a special prize to the filmmakers behind Constance Marks’ puppet documentary ‘Being Elmo’ for creating a ‘documentary for all ages.’ It also gave special prizes in the dramatic category to producers Mike Cahill and Brit Marling for their sci-fi drama ‘Another Earth’ and a second special prize in the dramatic category to British newcomer Felicity Jones for her turn as a young lover in Drake Doremus’ romantic drama ‘Like Crazy.’

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America Ferrera, in presenting the latter award, declared this the ‘year of the actress.’

-- Steven Zeitchik and Mark Olsen

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