It's all led up to tonight. All the hard work, seven screenings with Q&A's (including two for high school students), countless press interviews, the Veggie Van parades, and yes, even the parties, have all brought us to this moment. The Sundance jury announces their selections for the best of the festival tonight. FOF and 15 other documentaries compete for the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, as well as Directing, Cinematography and Editing awards.
All of Fields of Fuel's screenings here have sold out. And while the crowds have died down here in Park City as the festival wraps up, the enthusiasm of FOF crowds has not slackened. Last night's showing in Salt Lake City, as well as this morning's final screening here in Park City, ended with standing ovations and enthusiastic Q&A's between Josh and the audience. After yesterday morning's screening for Salt Lake City area high school students, a group of students spontaneously decided to form a committee to convince school officials to switch their school buses over to biodiesel. That's the kind of action FOF hopes to inspire with each and every screening.
The FOF Caravan leaves tomorrow to head back to Los Angeles, and folks are already packing up in preparation. Those of us who can't get into the awards ceremony tonight (each film only gets 4 tickets!) will be waiting for those all-important text messages. Unfortunately, the awards ceremony will not be broadcast live, but the Sundance Channel will be airing a "Best of the Fest: Sundance Film Festival 2008 Highlights" show, including the awards, tomorrow (Sunday, Jan. 27) at 9 p.m. If all the computers haven't been packed away, we'll try to post our fate here tonight. Wish us luck! -- FOF Team


