As the 2022 Sundance Film Festival heads into its final weekend, its awards have been announced. The @sundancefest Twitter account unveiled the winners beginning early this afternoon. Though the festival was once again online for the second year in a row, the diversity of content and quality of programming were celebrated by those in charge.
Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente announced that “Today’s awards represent the determination of visionary individuals, whose dynamic work will continue to change the culture and create discourse throughout the year.
This year’s entire program has proven that no matter the context, independent storytelling remains a pivotal tool in expanding critical dialogues, and these stories will and must be shared.
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Sundance Film Festival Director Tabitha Jackson echoed those sentiments. “The 2022 Sundance Film Festival once again met our audience wherever they happened to be. Whether you watched from home or one of our seven satellite screens, this year’s Festival expressed a powerful convergence; we were present, together, as a community connected through the work.
And it is work that has already changed those who experienced it.”
See the full list of winners below:
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Nanny
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – The Exiles
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Utama
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – All That Breathes
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary – Navalny
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic – Girl Picture
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary – The Territory
Audience Award: NEXT – Framing Agnes
Festival Favorite Award – Navalny
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary – Reid Davenport, I Didn’t See You There
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic – Jamie Dack, Palm Trees and Power Lines
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary – Simon Lereng Wilmont, A House Made Of Splinters
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic – Maryna Er Gorbach, KLONDIKE
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic – K.D. Dávila, Emergency
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput, Fire Of Love
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Uncompromising Artistic Vision – Bradley Rust Gray, blood
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast – John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Connie Britton, Olivia Washington, London Covington, and Michael K Williams for 892
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Impact for Change – Aftershock
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Descendant
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Documentary Craft – The Territory
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Excellence In Verité Filmmaking – Midwives
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit – Leonor Will Never Die
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Acting – Teresa Sánchez, Dos Estaciones
NEXT Innovator Award presented by Adobe – Framing Agnes
Short Film Grand Jury Prize – The Headhunter’s Daughter
Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction – IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – Warsha
Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – Displaced
Short Film Jury Award: Animation – Night Bus
Short Film Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast – Zélia Duncan, Bruna Linzmeyer, Camila Rocha, Clarissa Ribeiro, and Lorre Motta for A wild patience has taken me here
Short Film Special Jury Award: Screenwriting – Sara Driver, Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
See the full list of credited winners and jury statements on the Sundance blog.