Sundance Film Festival Awards
The Sundance Film Festival (SFF) Awards Ranked
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States.
Awards:
Grand Jury Prize
Audience Award
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States.
Awards:
Grand Jury Prize
Audience Award
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- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsMiles TellerJ.K. SimmonsMelissa BenoistA promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.Whiplash (2014)
★★★★★★★★ (8/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2015 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) / Audience Award - DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio BolívarThe story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.Embrace of The Serpent (El Abrazo de la Serpiente) (2015)
★★★★★★★★ (8/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2016 Winner Alfred P.Sloan Prize - DirectorRobert EggersStarsAnya Taylor-JoyRalph InesonKate DickieA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.The VVitch (A New-England Folktale) (2015)
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Sundance Film Festival 2015 Winner Directing Award - DirectorAlfonso Gomez-RejonStarsThomas MannRJ CylerOlivia CookeHigh schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (2015)
★★★★★★★ (7/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2015 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) / Audience Award - DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsPaulina GaitanMarco Antonio AguirreLeonardo AlonsoA young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.Sin Nombre (2009)
★★★★★★ (6/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2009 Winner Directing Award - DirectorMike CahillStarsBrit MarlingWilliam MapotherMatthew-Lee ErlbachOn the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.Another Earth (2011)
★★★★★★ (6/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2011 Winner Alfred P.Sloan Prize - DirectorMichael AlmereydaStarsGeena DavisHannah GrossJon HammA service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.Marjorie Prime (2017)
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Winner Alfred P.Sloan Prize - DirectorMike CahillStarsMichael PittSteven YeunAstrid Bergès-FrisbeyA molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.I Origins (2014)
Sundance Film Festival 2014 Winner Alfred P.Sloan Prize - DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.Primer (2004)
★★★★★★ (6/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2004 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) - DirectorJohn CarneyStarsGlen HansardMarkéta IrglováHugh WalshA modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.Once (2007)
★★★★★★ (6/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2007 Winner Audience Award - DirectorEskil VogtStarsEllen Dorrit PetersenHenrik RafaelsenVera VitaliForsaken in a new Oslo apartment, a frail blind woman battles to come to terms with her condition, as she slowly retracts into an elaborate fantasy bubble. Are her stories fanning her suspicions, or is this what total blindness looks like?Blind (2014)
★★★★★ (5/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2014 Winner Screenwriting Award - DirectorLee DanielsStarsGabourey SidibeMo'NiquePaula PattonIn New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.Precious (2009)
★★★★★ (5/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2009 Winner Audience Award - DirectorTarik SalehStarsFares FaresMari MalekYasser Ali MaherA maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
★★★★★ (5/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Winner Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema) - DirectorNikyatu JusuStarsAnna DiopMichelle MonaghanSinqua WallsPiecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family, immigrant nanny Aisha is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream.Nanny (2022)
★★★★★ (5/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2022 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) - DirectorJoanna HoggStarsNeil YoungTosin ColeJack McMullenA young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.The Souvenir (2019)
★★ (2/10)
Sundance Film Festival 2019 Winner Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema) - DirectorA.V. RockwellStarsTeyana TaylorAaron Kingsley AdetolaAven CourtneyAfter unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.A Thousand And One (2023)
Sundance Film Festival 2023 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) - DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.CODA (2021)
Sundance Film Festival 2021 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) / Audience Award - DirectorBlerta BasholliStarsYllka GashiÇun LajçiAurita AgushiFahrije's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision.Hive (Zgjoi) (2021)
Sundance Film Festival 2021 Winner Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema) - DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsSteven YeunHan YeriAlan KimA Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.Minari (2020)
Sundance Film Festival 2020 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) / Audience Award - DirectorChinonye ChukwuStarsAlfre WoodardRichard SchiffAldis HodgeAs she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.Clemency (2019)
Sundance Film Festival 2019 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) / Audience Award - DirectorPaul Downs ColaizzoStarsJillian BellJennifer DundasPatch DarraghA young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.Brittany Runs A Marathon (2019)
Sundance Film Festival 2019 Winner Audience Award - DirectorDesiree AkhavanStarsChloë Grace MoretzSteven HauckQuinn ShephardIn 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Sundance Film Festival 2018 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) - DirectorMacon BlairStarsMelanie LynskeyChris DoubekMarilyn Faith HickeyWhen a depressed woman is burgled, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves along with her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore (2017)
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US) - DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth WinsteadA hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.Swiss Army Man (2016)
Sundance Film Festival 2017 Winner Directing Award - DirectorNate ParkerStarsNate ParkerArmie HammerPenelope Ann MillerNat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.The Birth of A Nation (2016)
Sundance Film Festival 2016 Winner Grand Jury Prize (US)