Sundance results: Film starring Cusack as Iraq war widower wins

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http://www.imdb.com/features/sundance/2007/blog

"The Audience Award: Dramatic was given to Grace Is Gone, directed by James C. Strouse. After learning that his wife has been killed in Iraq, a father finds the courage to tell his daughters the news during a quixotic road trip to an amusement park."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772168/

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The Jury for the Independent Film Dramatic Competition presents the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for outstanding achievement in writing. The 2007 prize was given to James C. Strouse for Grace Is Gone. The Documentary Jury presented a Special Jury Prize to No End in Sight, directed by Charles Ferguson, "in recognition of the film as timely work that clearly illuminates the misguided policy decisions that have led to the catastrophic quagmire of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq."

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/070128/entertainment/afpentertainment_us_film_sundance_iraq_1

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/070128/us/usreport_sundance_close_dc_1

Like many award winners at Sundance, "No End" director Charles Ferguson took the opportunity to address the U.S.-led war in Iraq with an eye toward the future, not the past.

"It might be too late for Iraq, but I hope it isn't too late for this country to conduct itself differently in the future," he said.