Winter's Bone, Restrepo win top Sundance awards

Annual stage for independent films launched careers of Soderbergh, Tarantino

PARK CITY, Utah: Winter's Bone, a stark tale of a young woman trying to keep her family together, and Afghanistan war documentary Restrepo won top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.

Winter's Bone earned two prizes from the Sundance jury of industry professionals - best drama film and screenwriting for co-writer and director Debra Granik - at the top US gathering for independent movies.