The winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival were announced at an awards ceremony this past Saturday night, which also included the public reveal of Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program head Tabitha Jackson as the festival’s new Festival Director, replacing longtime head John Cooper. The 2020 ceremony may be viewed in full here. A list of the awards follows:
In addition to recapping awards announced in separate ceremonies earlier in the week – Shorts, Sloan, Amazon Studios Producers Awards, Adobe Mentorship Awards for Editing, NHK – the evening included the announcements of the winners of the US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, the NEXT Innovator Prize, and audience awards.
US Documentary Awards:
Grand Jury Prize: BOYS STATE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Thorsten Thielow
Audience Award: CRIP CAMP | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Steve Honigsbaum
Directing Award: TIME | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Special Jury Award for Editing: WELCOME TO CHECHNYA | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Special Jury Award for Innovation in Nonfiction: DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by John Wakayama Carey
Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker: FEELS GOOD MAN | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Kurt Keppeler and Christian Bruno
Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking: THE FIGHT | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Sean McGing
World Cinema Documentary Awards:
Grand Jury Prize: EPICENTRO | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Hubert Sauper
Audience Award: THE REASON I JUMP | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jerry Rothwell
Directing Award: THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling: THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Benjamin Ree
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: ACASA, MY HOME | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Mircea Topoleanu
Special Jury Award for Editing: SOFTIE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Sam Soko
US Dramatic Awards:
Grand Jury Prize: MINARI | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Audience Award: MINARI | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Directing Award: THE 40-YEAR-OLD VERSION | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Eric Branco
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: NINE DAYS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Wyatt Garfield
Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: CHARM CITY KINGS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by William Gray
Special Jury Award: Auteur Filmmaking: SHIRLEY | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Thatcher Keats
Special Jury Award: Neo-Realism: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
World Cinema Dramatic Awards:
Grand Jury Prize: YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Audience Award: IDENTIFYING FEATURES (SIN SEÑAS PARTICULARES | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Claudia Bercerril
Directing Award: CUTIES | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Special Jury Award for Acting: SURGE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking: THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Pierrede Villiers
Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay: IDENTIFYING FEATURES (SIN SEÑAS PARTICULARES | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Claudia Bercerril
NEXT Awards:
NEXT Innovator Prize: I CARRY YOU WITH ME | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Alejandro López
Audience Award: I CARRY YOU WITH ME | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Alejandro López
Festival Favorite Award:
As determined by audience balloting of all new Features in the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Festival Favorite Award: GIVING VOICE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jonathon Narducci
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