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Who Will Run Sundance Next?
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It’s perhaps the most anticipated head-to-head competition in Oscar history.
Kathryn Bigelow’s low-budget indie war film, “The Hurt Locker,” and James Cameron’s 3D mega-blockbuster “Avatar,” both nominated for nine Oscars Tuesday, are going directly against one another for Director and Best Picture, among other categories.
Oh, and of course, Bigelow and Cameron used to be married.
Which film is going to win the big Best Picture prize on March 7?
TheWrap breaks down the competition.
John Cooper, currently Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival and Director of Creative Development for the Sundance Institute.
Trevor Groth, a Sundance programmer and artistic director of the CineVegas Film Festival.
Christian Gaines, the former director of festivals at the American Film Institute (AFI), where he oversees several festival and film programming projects. He also spent two years as a programmer for Sundance and was Director of New Media for the Sundance Institute.
Shazz Bennett, a well-respected young programmer recently laid off from AFI.
