Sundance 2016. Awards

The complete list of award winners from this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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U.S. – DRAMATIC

Grand Jury Prize

The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker)

Directing Award

Swiss Army Man (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert)

Special Jury Award

As You Are (Miles Joris-Peyrafitte)

Special Jury Award – Breakthrough Performance

Spa Night (Joe Seo)

Special Jury Award – Individual Performance

Morris from America (Craig Robinson)

The Intervention (Melanie Lynskey)

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

Morris From America (Chad Hartigan)

Audience Award

The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker)

NEXT Audience Award

First Girl I Loved (Kerem Sanga)


U.S. – DOCUMENTARY

Grand Jury Prize

Weiner (Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman)

Directing Award

Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams)

Special Jury Award for Editing

NUTS! (Penny Lane, Thom Stylinski)

Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking

Trapped (Dawn Porter)

Special Jury Award for Writing

Kate Plays Christine (Robert Greene)

Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking

The Bad Kids (Lou Pepe, Keith Fulton)

Audience Award

Jim: The James Foley Story (Brian Oakes)


WORLD CINEMA – DRAMATIC

Grand Jury Prize

Sand Storm (Elite Zexer)

Directing Award

Belgica (Felix van Groeningen)

Special Jury Award for Screenwriting

Mi Amiga del Parque (Inés Bortagaray and Ana Katz)

Special Jury Award for Acting

Between Land and Sea (Vicky Hernandéz and Manolo Cruz)

Special Jury Award for Unique Vision and Design

The Lure (Agnieszka Smoczyńska)

Audience Award

Between Land and Sea (Carlos del Castillo)


WORLD CINEMA – DOCUMENTARY

Grand Jury Prize

Sonita (Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami)

Directing Award

All These Sleepless Nights (Michal Marczak)

Special Jury Award for Best Debut Feature

When Two Worlds Collide (Mathew Orzel, Heidi Brandenburg)

Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography

The Land of the Enlightened (Pieter-Jan De Pue)

Special Jury Award for Best Editing

We Are X (Stephen Kijak)

Audience Award

Sonita (Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami)


SHORTS

Grand Jury Prize

Thunder Road (Jim Cummings)

Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction

The Procedure (Calvin Lee Reeder)

Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction

Maman(s) (Maïmouna Doucouré)

Jury Award: Non-fiction

Bacon & God's Wrath (Sol Friedman)

Jury Award: Animation

Edmond (Nina Gantz)

Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance

Her Friend Adam (Grace Glowicki)

Jury Award for Best Direction

Peacock (Ondřej Hudeček)


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