It is Jan. 31, and the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant awards have been introduced at a ceremony for the successful movies at The Ray Theatre in Park Metropolis, the place impartial storytelling thrived but once more in Utah. The 2025 Pageant, going down now by means of February 2, has featured premieres, screenings, talks, occasions, and extra in Park Metropolis and Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. All function award-winning movies can be found on-line nationwide now by means of February 2. Choose award-winning movies will display in particular person for ticketholders and passholders. Tickets may be bought right here. The awards had been compiled in a press launch:
Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competitors), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competitors), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competitors), and Reducing By way of Rocks (World Cinema Documentary Competitors). The NEXT Innovator Award introduced by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Undertaking.
Viewers awards for movies in competitors had been introduced by Acura to Twinless (U.S. Dramatic Competitors) and André is an Fool (U.S. Documentary Competitors) and introduced by United Airways to DJ Ahmet (World Cinema Dramatic Competitors) and Prime Minister (World Cinema Documentary Competitors). East of Wall received the viewers award for NEXT introduced by Adobe. Awards for the Brief Movie Program Offered by Vimeo had been introduced at a ceremony on January 28 at The Park in Park Metropolis, Utah.
“We congratulate all of our filmmakers and award winners on a profitable 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant and thank them for the tales they shared with our audiences,” stated Amanda Kelso, Performing CEO, Sundance Institute. “These works spoke to our dedication to fostering empathy, understanding, and a extra vibrant, inclusive society by means of storytelling, and it was an honor to rejoice them collectively as a neighborhood.”
The awards ceremony honored the successful initiatives two days earlier than the conclusion of the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant, the place 94 feature-length and episodic works and 57 quick movies — curated from a complete of 15,775 submissions — have screened to audiences in Park Metropolis, Salt Lake Metropolis, and on-line. Jury members included Daniel Kaluuya, Kevin Macdonald, Elija Wooden, Celine Tune, Arian Moayed, Ava Cahen, Wanuri Kahiu, and extra. You’ll find all the awards (and the jury’s reasoning) beneath.
Grand Jury Prizes
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was introduced to Atropia / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Hailey Gates, Producers: Naima Abed, Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Lana Kim, Jett Steiger) — When an aspiring actress in a navy role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier solid as an rebel, their unsimulated feelings threaten to derail the efficiency. Forged: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Atropia: For its singular directing, writing, and imaginative and prescient, this well timed and timeless first function was each hilarious and damning in its portrayal of the theater of battle. Its biting criticism of American imperialism and boundary-pushing storytelling led all three of the jurors to unanimously award the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic to Atropia by Hailey Gates.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was introduced to Seeds / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Brittany Shyne, Producers: Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon) — An exploration of Black generational farmers within the American South reveals the fragility of legacy and the importance of proudly owning land. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Seeds: It’s our nice honor to award the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary to a very particular movie that evokes and illustrates all that we come to Sundance to find — a brand new voice with one thing highly effective, wealthy, and poignant to say. From its directing, cinematography, and dreamlike immersion, this movie takes us deep inside an primarily ignored pocket of our nation, whose residents wrestle to carry onto their heritage as their lifestyle has come below risk. The truth that that is the filmmaker’s function debut speaks to the arrival of an thrilling new expertise in documentary. The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary goes to Seeds.
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The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was introduced to Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) / India, U.Ok., Canada (Director and Screenwriter: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, Producers: Neeraj Churi, Mohamed Khaki, Kaushik Ray, Hareesh Reddypalli, Naren Chandavarkar, Sidharth Meer) — Anand, a 30-something metropolis dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning interval for his father within the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with an area farmer struggling to remain single. Because the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand should resolve the destiny of his relationship born below duress. Forged: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears): That is the good trendy love story. To say it’s an honor to award this tender movie is an understatement. We cried, we laughed, and we wished to be cherished in the identical means. It’s precisely what the world wants proper now. This genuine standpoint opens the door to an intimate language all of us perceive. We really feel the buzzing heartbeat of the primary character’s internal life, and when it bursts, it wraps us with its sweetness. We award the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic to Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears).
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was introduced to Reducing By way of Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) / Iran, Germany, U.S.A., Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada (Administrators and Producers: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni) — As the primary elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi goals to interrupt long-held patriarchal traditions by coaching teenage women to journey bikes and stopping little one marriages. When accusations come up questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the ladies, her identification is put in turmoil. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Reducing By way of Rocks (اوزاک یوللار): This stunning and nuanced portrait reveals us a fearless eccentric who confronts male-dominated society when she runs for workplace in a distant Iranian village. Her willpower, heat, and humor and the best way her story is instructed left us in awe. We’re proud to current the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary to Reducing By way of Rocks (اوزاک یوللار).
NEXT Innovator Award (Offered by Adobe)
The NEXT Innovator Award Offered by Adobe was awarded to Zodiac Killer Undertaking / U.S.A., U.Ok. (Director and Producer: Charlie Shackleton, Producers: Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing) –– Towards the backdrop of sunbaked parking heaps, abandoned courthouses, and empty suburban houses — the acquainted areas of true crime, stripped of all motion and spectacle — a filmmaker describes his deserted Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the internal workings of a style at saturation level. World Premiere. Documentary. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Zodiac Killer Undertaking: I actually cherished every of those completely unique movies, however one actually stood out in its innovation, its construction, its wild pivot from its unique inspiration, the sensible and hilarious 16mm panning and zooming location pictures, and its humorous and insightful commentary on the very type of movie it was initially meant to be. There is no such thing as a movie prefer it, and with that, I’m thrilled to current the NEXT Innovator Award to Zodiac Killer Undertaking.
Viewers Awards
The Viewers Award: U.S. Dramatic, Offered by Acura was awarded to Twinless / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: James Sweeney, Producer: David Permut) — Two younger males meet in a twin bereavement help group and type an unlikely bromance. Forged: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Lauren Graham, Aisling Franciosi, Tasha Smith, Chris Perfetti. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
The Viewers Award: U.S. Documentary, Offered by Acura was awarded to André is an Fool / U.S.A. (Director: Anthony Benna, Producers: André Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Joshua Altman, Stelio Kitrilakis, Ben Cotner) — André, an excellent fool, is dying as a result of he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering prognosis, full irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, ship him on an surprising journey studying methods to die fortunately and ridiculously with out shedding his humorousness. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
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The Viewers Award: World Cinema Dramatic, Offered by United Airways was awarded to DJ Ahmet / North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia (Director and Screenwriter: Georgi M. Unkovski, Producers: Ivan Unkovski, Ivana Shekutkoska) — Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a distant Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music whereas navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative neighborhood, and his first expertise with love — a lady already promised to another person. Forged: Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova, Aksel Mehmet, Selpin Kerim, Atila Klince. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
The Viewers Award: World Cinema Documentary, Offered by United Airways was awarded to Prime Minister / U.S.A. (Administrators: Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz, Producers: Cass Avery, Leon Kirkbeck, Gigi Pritzker, Rachel Shane, Katie Peck) — A view contained in the lifetime of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, capturing her by means of 5 tumultuous years in energy and past as she redefined management on the world stage. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
The Viewers Award: NEXT, Offered by Adobe was awarded to East of Wall / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Kate Beecroft, Producers: Lila Yacoub, Melanie Ramsayer, Shannon Moss) –– After the dying of her husband, Tabatha — a younger, tattooed, rebellious horse coach — wrestles with monetary insecurity and unresolved grief whereas offering refuge for a gaggle of wayward youngsters on her broken-down ranch within the Badlands. Forged: Tabatha Zimiga, Porshia Zimiga, Scoot McNairy, Jennifer Ehle. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
Jury Awards for Directing, Screenwriting, and Enhancing
The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary was introduced to Geeta Gandbhir for The Excellent Neighbor / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Geeta Gandbhir, Producers: Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee) — A seemingly minor neighborhood dispute in Florida escalates into lethal violence. Police bodycam footage and investigative interviews expose the results of Florida’s “stand your floor” legal guidelines. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for The Excellent Neighbor: The Directing award goes to a filmmaker of remarkably disciplined imaginative and prescient who turns inventive constraints into cinematic energy ,making a searing indictment of “stand your floor legal guidelines.” The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary goes to Geeta Gandbhir for The Excellent Neighbor.
The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was introduced to Rashad Frett for Ricky / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Rashad Frett, Screenwriter: Lin Que Ayoung, Producers: Pierre M. Coleman, Simon TaufiQue, Sterling Brim, DC Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Josh Peters, Mark Steele) — Newly launched after being locked up in his teenagers, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the difficult realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the primary time as an grownup. Forged: Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Simbi Kali, Andrene Ward-Hammond. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Ricky: For holding the viewers’s hand by means of every of the intimate and compelling moments of a younger man navigating the primary days out of the byzantine U.S. jail system, we award the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic to Rashad Frett for Ricky.
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The Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary was introduced to Mstyslav Chernov for 2000 Meters to Andriivka / Ukraine (Director and Producer: Mstyslav Chernov, Producers: Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath) — Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of closely fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. However the farther they advance by means of their destroyed homeland, the extra they notice that this battle could by no means finish. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for 2000 Meters to Andriivka: For his terribly courageous and delicate movie a couple of single battle within the Russia-Ukraine battle, a movie with photographs of surprising and unforgettable magnificence and delicate character portraits, the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary goes to Mstyslav Chernov for 2000 Meters to Andriivka.
The Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic was introduced to Alireza Khatami for The Issues You Kill / Turkey, France, Poland, Canada (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Alireza Khatami, Producers: Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Cyriac Auriol, Mariusz Włodarski, Michael Solomon) — Haunted by the suspicious dying of his ailing mom, a college professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. Forged: Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Ercan Kesal. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for The Issues You Kill: We couldn’t cease speaking about this movie. It made us curious and deeply invested within the characters and their wealthy journey. This easy, streamlined movie doesn’t sacrifice its depth of topic even whereas coping with poisonous masculinity and the on a regular basis darkness of the soul. This director was masterful of their precision, they had been profound but restrained, and their sturdy imaginative and prescient pushes us to need extra, assume extra, and do extra to be higher people. Because of this we award the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic to Alireza Khatami for The Issues You Kill.
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic was introduced to Eva Victor for Sorry, Child / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Eva Victor, Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins) — One thing dangerous occurred to Agnes. However life goes on… for everybody round her, at the very least. Forged: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Sorry, Child: For its beautiful honesty, transferring humorousness, and an genuine portrait of a younger lady residing within the aftermath of her sexual assault, we award the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award to Eva Victor for Sorry, Child.
The Jonathan Oppenheim Enhancing Award: U.S. Documentary was introduced to Parker Laramie for André is an Fool / U.S.A. (Director: Anthony Benna, Producers: André Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Joshua Altman, Stelio Kitrilakis, Ben Cotner) — André, an excellent fool, is dying as a result of he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering prognosis, full irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, ship him on an surprising journey studying methods to die fortunately and ridiculously with out shedding his humorousness. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for André is an Fool: The nuanced edit of this movie permits the viewers to see the sweetness and humor of our last years. With its larger-than-life protagonist, André is an Fool lets you snicker, breathe, and journey by means of a protracted and emotional journey with melody, rhythm, and style. The Jonathan Oppenheim Enhancing Award: U.S. Documentary goes to Parker Laramie for André is an Fool.
Particular Jury Awards
A U.S. Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Performing was introduced to Dylan O’Brien for the movie Twinless / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: James Sweeney, Producer: David Permut) — Two younger males meet in a twin bereavement help group and type an unlikely bromance. Forged: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Lauren Graham, Aisling Franciosi, Tasha Smith, Chris Perfetti. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Dylan O’Brien: For portraying two roles in a single fearless efficiency, coupled with an immersive and seamless character research of a set of twins, we award Dylan O’Brien the U.S. Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Performing in Twinless.
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A U.S. Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Ensemble Forged was introduced to Plainclothes / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Carmen Emmi, Producers: Colby Cote, Arthur Landon, Eric Podwall, Vanessa Pantley) — A promising undercover officer assigned to lure and arrest homosexual males defies orders when he falls in love with a goal. Forged: Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, Amy Forsyth. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for the Forged of Plainclothes: For his or her complicated performances that stayed with us till the riveting last frames and for portray the fragile story of a police officer hiding his sexuality within the ’90s, we award the U.S. Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Ensemble Forged to Plainclothes.
A U.S. Documentary Particular Jury Award for Archival Storytelling was introduced to Selena y Los Dinos / U.S.A. (Director: Isabel Castro, Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, David Blackman, Simran Singh) — Selena Quintanilla — the “Queen of Tejano Music” — and her household band, Selena y Los Dinos, rose from acting at quinceañeras to promoting out stadium excursions. The celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled by means of never-before-seen footage from the household’s private archive. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Selena y Los Dinos: This award goes to a movie that transported us to a particular time and place, evoking themes of household, heritage, love, and adolescence. The ability of the story speaks to the important nature of the archive — employed on this movie to chart the emergence of a once-in-a-generation expertise. The winner of the U.S. Documentary Particular Jury Award for Archival Storytelling goes to Selena y Los Dinos.
A U.S. Documentary Particular Jury Award was introduced to Life After / U.S.A. (Director: Reid Davenport, Producer: Colleen Cassingham) — In 1983, a disabled Californian lady named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “proper to die,” igniting a nationwide debate about autonomy, dignity, and the worth of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what occurred to Bouvia. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Life After: This Particular Jury Award goes to a movie that asks profound, unsettling questions on life and dying, particular person autonomy vs public coverage, and what defines — and who determines — the standard of a person life. The filmmaker’s unflinching strategy forces us to look at our assumptions about an individual’s proper to die… and stay. The U.S. Documentary Particular Jury Award goes to Life After.
A World Cinema Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Inventive Imaginative and prescient was introduced to Georgi M. Unkovski for DJ Ahmet / North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia (Director and Screenwriter: Georgi M. Unkovski, Producers: Ivan Unkovski, Ivana Shekutkoska) — Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a distant Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music whereas navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative neighborhood, and his first expertise with love — a lady already promised to another person. Forged: Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova, Aksel Mehmet, Selpin Kerim, Atila Klince. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for DJ Ahmet: World cinema provides us entry to a depth of emotion, range of characters, and significant journeys that aren’t restricted by borders. Our guideline was hope and light-weight, and the movies on this part have a robust sense of braveness and vulnerability. We discovered all this and extra on this movie’s progressive characters and distinct tone. Because of this we’ve chosen to award the World Cinema Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Inventive Imaginative and prescient to Georgi M. Unkovski for DJ Ahmet.
A World Cinema Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Writing was introduced to Two Girls / Canada (Director: Chloé Robichaud, Screenwriter and Producer: Catherine Léger, Producer: Martin Paul-Hus) — Violette is having a tough maternity go away. Florence is coping with melancholy. Regardless of their careers and households, they really feel like failures. Florence’s first infidelity is a revelation. When having enjoyable is much down the checklist of priorities, sleeping with a supply man could possibly be revolutionary. Forged: Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Laurence Leboeuf, Félix Moati, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Nelisse, Juliette Gariépy. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Two Girls: For its brave exploration of feminine want, its joyful and comedic tone, and its fearless, complicated characters with woke up sexuality — this movie exudes freshness, rhythmic enhancing, and not possible wit. We award the World Cinema Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Writing to Chloé Robichaud and Catherine Léger for Two Girls.
A World Cinema Documentary Particular Jury Award was introduced to Mr. No person Towards Putin / Denmark, Czech Republic (Director and Screenwriter: David Borenstein, Producer: Helle Faber) — As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, main colleges throughout Russia’s hinterlands are reworked into recruitment levels for the battle. Going through the moral dilemma of working in a system outlined by propaganda and violence, a courageous trainer goes undercover to movie what’s actually taking place in his personal college. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Mr. No person Towards Putin: For the brave act of documenting the insidious origins of propaganda in Russian colleges and for displaying us how simple it’s to make use of misinformation to govern, the World Cinema Documentary Particular Jury Award goes to Mr. No person Towards Putin.
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A World Cinema Documentary Particular Jury Award for Freedom of Expression was introduced to Coexistence, My Ass! / U.S.A., France (Director and Producer: Amber Fares, Screenwriter and Producer: Rachel Leah Jones, Screenwriter: Rabab Haj Yahya, Producer: Valérie Montmartin) –– Comic Noam Shuster Eliassi creates a private and political one-woman present concerning the wrestle for equality in Israel/Palestine. When the elusive coexistence she’s spent her life working towards begins sounding like a nasty joke, she challenges her audiences with arduous truths which are no laughing matter. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Coexistence, My Ass!: For displaying us methods to have a difficult dialog with humor and humanity and for having the braveness to say issues others can not, the World Cinema Documentary Particular Jury Award for Freedom of Expression goes to Coexistence, My Ass!.
A NEXT Particular Jury Award for Ensemble Forged was introduced to Mad Payments to Pay (or Future, dile que no soy malo) / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Joel Alfonso Vargas, Producer: Paolo Maria Pedullà) –– Rico’s summer season is a mixture of chasing women and hustling home made cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Seashore, the Bronx. However when Future, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place along with his household, it’s solely a matter of time earlier than his carefree days come spiraling down. Forged: Juan Collado, Future Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for the Forged of Mad Payments to Pay (or Future, dile que no soy malo): I’d wish to acknowledge a movie with characters that basically drew me in, who’re crammed with coronary heart and fireplace: a hopeless central character who can’t appear to get his shit collectively, a younger teen who embraces an surprising being pregnant, a sister who can’t take care of her brother’s idiocy, and a mom who fiercely loves her household. These actors introduced the fact, comedy, and love of those characters to pleasant, vibrant life, so it’s my pleasure to bestow the NEXT Particular Jury Award for Ensemble Forged to Mad Payments to Pay (or Future, dile que no soy malo).
Beforehand Introduced Sundance 2025 Winners
Jury prizes for brief filmmaking had been introduced on January 28 on the Brief Movie Awards Ceremony & Celebration introduced by Vimeo at The Park in Park Metropolis:
The Brief Movie Grand Jury Prize was awarded to: Theo Panagopoulos for The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing / U.Ok. (Director: Theo Panagopoulos, Producer: Marissa Keating) — When a filmmaker of Palestinian descent primarily based in Scotland reveals a hardly ever seen movie archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. North American Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing: For a well timed, pressing, and exquisite examination of colonialism and a transferring reclaiming of historical past by means of using archival footage, the Brief Movie Grand Jury Prize goes to The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, directed by Theo Panagopoulos.
The Brief Movie Jury Award: U.S. Fiction was awarded to: Jazmin Garcia for Trokas Duras / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Jazmin Garcia, Screenwriter: Benjamin Benji Moreno, Producers: Sally Su Jin Oh, Mayte Avina, Scott O’Donnell) — Journeying by means of the inside landscapes of a Jornalero’s desires, his waking actuality in Los Angeles, and what it appears to be like like when a gaggle of individuals relegated to serving others labors for their very own elevation of physique and spirit. Forged: Benjamin Benji Moreno, La Chapis, El Barrio, Luis Valentan, Elmer Mayorga, Tricia Sarmento. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Trokas Duras: For a visionary perspective and a shocking visible narrative strategy that creates an unequivocally empowering and intimate portrait, the Brief Movie Jury Award for U.S. Fiction goes to Trokas Duras, directed by Jazmin Garcia.
The Brief Movie Jury Award: Worldwide Fiction was awarded to: Chheangkea for Grandma Nai Who Performed Favorites / Cambodia, France (Director and Screenwriter: Chheangkea, Producers: Daniel Mattes, Karen Madar) — Throughout her chaotic household’s Qingming go to, useless Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceable afterlife after overhearing that her Queer grandson is about to get engaged to a girl. Forged: Bonrotanak Rith, Saroeun Nay, Sokun Theary Ty, Phalla Im, Chansophorn Buth, Ponleu Chab. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Grandma Nai Who Performed Favorites: For the right execution of a very hilarious and relatable exploration of self- and household acceptance inside a fantastical framework, we give the Brief Movie Jury Award for Worldwide Fiction to Grandma Nai Who Performed Favorites, directed by Chheangkea.
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The Brief Movie Jury Award: Nonfiction was awarded to: Christopher Radcliff for We Have been The Surroundings / U.S.A. (Director: Christopher Radcliff, Producers: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow) — In 1975, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled from Vietnam by boat and docked within the Philippines, the place they had been utilized as background extras through the filming of Apocalypse Now. World Premiere.
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The Brief Movie Jury Award: Animation was awarded to: Natalia León for Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado / France (Director and Screenwriter: Natalia León, Producer: Luc Camilli) — Olivia, a younger lady residing overseas, returns to her hometown in Mexico within the hope of reconnecting along with her previous. Forged: Carolina Zárate Wall, Natalia León, GAYA, Rebeca Magdely Gonzalez Alfaro. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado: For an immersive and deeply intimate strategy to a tragic epidemic, utilizing the craft of animation in stunning and poignant methods, the Brief Movie Jury Award for Animation goes to Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado, directed by Natalia León.
The Brief Movie Particular Jury Award for Animation Directing was awarded to: Might Kindred-Boothby for The Consuming of an Orange / U.Ok. (Director and Screenwriter: Might Kindred-Boothby) — Conference and sexuality are explored by means of slugs, rituals, and the consuming of an orange. Worldwide Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for The Consuming of an Orange: For the intricate crafting of a deeply emotional story instructed with out dialogue and conventional narrative construction, and for a contemporary tackle feminine empowerment, the Brief Movie Particular Jury Award for Animation Directing goes to The Consuming of an Orange, directed by Might Kindred-Boothby.
The Brief Movie Particular Jury Award for Directing was awarded to: Loren Wateds for Tiger / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Loren Waters, Producer: Dana Tiger) — A portrait of award-winning, internationally acclaimed Indigenous artist and elder Dana Tiger, her household, and the resurgence of the enduring Tiger T-shirt firm. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
- Jury quotation for Tiger: For the impressed course and modern imaginative and prescient that tells the transferring story of a household’s cultural and inventive legacy, the Brief Movie Particular Jury Award for Directing goes to Tiger, directed by Loren Waters.
The 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Function Movie Prize for an impressive function movie about science or expertise was awarded to SALLY, screening within the Premieres class. The filmmakers acquired a $25,000 money award from Sundance Institute with help from the Alfred P. Sloan Basis.
This yr, the Pageant jury included: Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced, Arian Moayed, and Celine Tune for the U.S. Dramatic Competitors; Steven Bognar, Vinnie Malhotra, and Marcia Smith for the U.S. Documentary Competitors; Ava Cahen, Wanuri Kahiu, and Daniel Kaluuya for the World Cinema Dramatic Competitors; Daniela Alatorre, Laura Kim, and Kevin Macdonald for the World Cinema Documentary Competitors; Kaniehtiio Horn, Maggie Mackay, and Kibwe Tavares for the Brief Movie Program Competitors; and Elijah Wooden for the NEXT part.