'' Margin Call '' was Chandor 's first feature-length film . The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City , Utah ; it also played In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear . '' Margin Call '' was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards and won two of them : for Best First Feature and the Robert Altman Award for Best Cast . Chandor was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
2011 Sundance Film Festival
2011 Sundance Film Festival
J. C. Chandor