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Today the jury and audience award-winning films for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival were announced during a ceremony at The Ray Theatre in Park City. The Awards Ceremony occured two days before the conclusion of the Festival, taking place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with a selection of titles available online nationwide from January 25–28, 2024. This year marks the 40th edition of the Festival, bringing together audiences in Utah and beyond to celebrate Sundance’s rich history of supporting engaging new stories and groundbreaking independent artists. Live updates were shared on the Sundance Film Festival’s official social media accounts throughout the duration of the awards ceremony.
The award-winning films will screen in person and via the online Festival platform on Saturday, January 27, and Sunday, January 28. Tickets for all award-winning films are currently available at festival.sundance.org.
Sundance Film Festival 2024 winners
Grand Jury Prizes
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
In the Summers
dir: Alessandra Lacorazza
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Porcelain War
dir. Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev,
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Sujo
dir. Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
A New Kind of Wilderness
dir. Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain
Writer: Jesse Eisenberg
NEXT Innovator Award
Little Death
dir. Jack Begert
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters
dir. Angela Patton, Natalie Rae
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Daughters
dir. Angela Patton, Natalie Rae
‘Didi’
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Didi
dir. Sean Wang
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
Ibelin
dir. Director: Benjamin Ree
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Girls Will Be Girls
dir. Shuchi Talati
Audience Award: NEXT
Kneecap
dir. Rich Peppiatt
Special Jury Awards
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World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Craft
Nocturnes
Dir. Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Innovation
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
dir. Johan Grimonprez
Special Jury Award for NEXT presented by Adobe
Desire Lines
dir. Jules Rosskam
JURY AWARDS FOR DIRECTING, SCREENWRITING & EDITING
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
Ibelin
dir. Benjamin Ree
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
Sugarcane
dir. Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic
In the Summers
dir: Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
In the Land of Brothers
dir. Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary
Frida
dir. Carla Gutiérrez
Special Jury Awards
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Original Music
Handling the Undead
Composer: Peter Raeburn
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
Girls Will Be Girls
Preeti Panigrahi
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for the Art of Change
Union
dir. Stephen Maing, Brett Story
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Nico Parker
Suncoast
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble
Didi
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho
dir. Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Short Films
Grand Jury Prize
The Masterpiece (Spain)
Dir: Alex Lora Cercos
Jury Award: U.S. Fiction
Say Hi After You Die (U.S.)
Dir: Kate Jean Hollowell
Jury Award: International Fiction
The Stag (Taiwan)
Dir: An Chu
Jury Award: Nonfiction
Bob’s Funeral (U.S.)
Dir: Jack Dunphy
Jury Award: Animation
Bug Diner (U.S.)
Dir: Phoebe Jane Hart
Special Jury Prize for Directing
The Looming (U.S.)
Dir: Masha Ko
Pisko the Crab Child is in Love (Japan)
Dir: Makoto Nagahisa
Alfred P. Sloan Science-In-Film Initiative
Feature Film Award
Love Me (U.S.)
Dir: Sam and Andy Zuchero