U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
Directing Award – Cutter Hodierne, Fishing Without Nets
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Craig Johnson & Mark Heyman, The Skeleton Twins
Excellence in Cinematography Award – Christopher Blauvelt, Low Down
Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Talent – Justin Simien, writer-director of Dear White People
Special Jury Award for Musical Score – Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Audience Award – Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Rich Hill, directed by Andrew Droz Palermo & Tracy Droz Tragos
Directing Award – Ben Cotner & Ryan White, The Case Against 8
Editing Award – Jenny Golden & Karen Sim, Watchers in the Sky
Excellence in Cinematography Award – Rachel Beth Anderson & Ross Kauffman, E-Team
Special Jury Prize – The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss
Special Jury Award for Animation – Watchers in the Sky
Audience Award – Alive Inside, directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize – To Kill a Man, directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Directing Award – Sophie Hyde, 52 Tuesdays
World Cinema Screenwriting Award – Eskil Vogt, Blind
World Cinema Cinematography Award – Urszula Pontikos, Lilting
Special Jury Prize – God Help the Girl, directed by Stuart Murdoch
Audience Award – Difret, directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Return to Homs, directed by Talal Derki
Directing Award – Iain Forsyth, 20,000 Days on Earth
World Cinema Editing Award – Jonathan Amos, 20,000 Days on Earth
World Cinema Cinematography Award – Thomas Balmès & Nina Bernfeld, Happiness
Special Jury Prize – We Come as Friends, directed by Hubert Sauper
Audience Award – The Green Prince, directed by Nadav Schirman
NEXT and Other Awards
The Best of NEXT, Audience Award – Imperial Dreams, directed by Malik Vitthal
Alfred P. Sloan Prize – I Origins, directed by Mike Cahill
The Short Film Audience Award – Chapel Perilous, directed by Matthew Lessner