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Tarantino, Alda among Sundance jurors

Tue Jan 8, 2008 7:54am EST

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Marcia Gay Harden, Sandra Oh, Quentin Tarantino, Jason Reitman and Alan Alda are among the jurors lined up for this month's Sundance Film Festival.

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Other jurors include actress Melonie Diaz ("Be Kind Rewind"), director Mary Harron ("American Psycho"), actor Diego Luna ("Y Tu Mama Tambien") and documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight").

Harden, Luna and Oh will join Harron and Tarantino to choose the dramatic competition grand jury prize. Diaz and Reitman, along with filmmaker Jon Bloom, comprise the American and international shorts jury.

Jarecki will help select the documentary competition grand jury prize, and Alda the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, awarded to a film focusing on science or technology.

The awards will be announced January 26 at the Park City Racquet Club. The festival kicks off January 17.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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