Sundance Film Festival 2023 Winners Complete List

For the first time since 2020, the Sundance Film Festival ended with an in-person awards show. Now the Audience Awards and jury winners for 2023 have been announced.

At the ceremony festival director of programming Kim Yutani had this to say “This year taught me to never forget the magic we make here on the mountain. Every single one of these films has had a standout moment and incredible energy from our audiences.”

The 2023 festival featured 111 features and 64 shorts, selected from 15,856 submissions, which were screened in Park City, Salt Lake City, and at the Sundance Resort. Over 75 of both short and feature-length works, along with many selected Indie Episodic’s, will be available for streaming via the fest’s online platform through January 29.

View the list of winners below:

GRAND JURY PRIZES

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – “A Thousand and One” (dir. A.V. Rockwell)

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” (dir. Joe Brewster)

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – “Scrapper” (dir. Charlotte Regan)

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – “The Eternal Memory” (dir. Maite Alberdi)

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Audience Award: U.S. Documentary – “Beyond Utopia” (dir. Madeleine Gavin)

Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic – “The Persian Version” (dir. Maryam Keshavarz)

Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic – “Shayda” (dir. Noora Niasari)

Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary – “20 Days in Mariupol” (dir. Mstyslav Chernov)

Audience Award: NEXT – “Kokomo City” (dir. D. Smith)

FESTIVAL FAVORITE AWARD

“Radical” (dir. Christopher Zalla)

JURY AWARDS FOR DIRECTING, SCREENWRITING & EDITING

Directing Award: U.S. Documentary Luke Lorentzen, “A Still Small Voice”

Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic – Sing J. Lee, “The Accidental Getaway Driver”

Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary – Anna Hints, “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”

Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic – Marija Kavtaradze, “Slow”

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic – Maryam Keshavarz, “The Persian Version”

Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Daniela I. Quiroz, “Going Varsity in Mariachi”

SHORT FILM AWARDS 

Short Film Grand Jury Prize – “When You Left Me on That Boulevard” (dir. Kayla Abuda Galang)

Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction – “Rest Stop” (dir. Crystal Kayiza)

Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – “The Kidnapping of the Bride” (dir. Sophia Mocorrea)

Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – “Will You Look at Me” (dir. Shuli Huang)

Short Film Jury Award: Animation – “The Flying Sailor” (dir. Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis)

SPECIAL JURY AWARDS

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision – “Fantastic Machine” (dir. Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck)

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Verite Filmmaking – “Against the Tide” (dir. Sarvnik Kaur)

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision – “Animalia” (dir. Sofia Alaoui)

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography – Lílis Soares, “Mami Wata”

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Performance – Rosa Marchant, “When It Melts”

Short Film Special Jury Award, International: Directing – “AliEN0089” (dir. Valeria Hofmann)

Short Film Special Jury Award, U.S: Directing – “The Vacation” (dir. Jarreau Carrillo)

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Clarity of Vision – “The Stroll” (dir. Kristen Lovell & Zackary Drucker)

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression – “Bad Press” (dir. Rebecca Landsberry-Baker & Joe Peeler)

Jury Award: Acting – Lio Mehiel, “Mutt”

Jury Award: Ensemble – “Theater Camp”, Directors: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman

Jury Award: Creative Vision – “Magazine Dreams”, Director: Elijah Bynum

NEXT Innovator Award presented by Adobe

“Kokomo City” (dir. D. Smith)