The winners for this year’s Sundance Film Festival were announced last night during a ceremony in Park City. Below you can find a complete list of the awards, along with links to our reviews of select films.
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – “Dina” (dir. Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini)
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore“ (dir. Macon Blair)
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – “Last Men in Aleppo” (dir. Feras Fayyad)
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – “The Niles Hilton Incident” (dir. Tarik Saleh)
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary – “Chasing Coral” (dir. Jeff Orlowski)
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic – “Crown Heights” (dir. Matt Ruskin)
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary – “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” (dir. Joe Piscatella)
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic – “I Dream in Another Language” (dir. Ernesto Contreras)
Audience Award: NEXT – “Gook” (dir. Justin Chon)
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary – “The Force” (dir. Peter Nicks)
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic – “Beach Rats” (dir. Eliza Hittman)
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary – “Winnie” (dir. Pascale Lamche)
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic – “God’s Own Country” (dir. Francis Lee)
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic – “Ingrid Goes West” (dir. Matt Spicer)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking – “STEP” (dir. Amanda Lipitz)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling – “Strong Island” (dir. Yance Ford)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing – “Unrest” (dir. Jennifer Brea)
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: The Orwell Award – “Icarus“ (dir. Bryan Fogel)
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography – “The Yellow Birds” (dir. Alexandre Moors)
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance – Chanté Adams, “Roxanne Roxanne” (dir. Michael Larnell)
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director – Maggie Betts, “Novitiate”
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Excellence in Cinematography – “Machines” (dir. Rahul Jian)
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Commanding Vision – “Motherland” (dir. Ramona S. Diaz)
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling – “RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World” (dir. Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana)
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography – “Axolotl Overkill“ (dir. Helene Hegemann)
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematic Vision – “Free and Easy” (dir. Jun Geng)
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenplay – “Pop Aye” (dir. Kirsten Tan)
To read our updating coverage of Sundance 2017, click here. For an alphabetical Table of Contents of the films we’ve reviewed, click here.
