The 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant — and maybe its second-to-last in Park Metropolis — is winding down with the annual awards ceremony.
On January 31, jurors will current prizes within the aggressive sections, together with the U.S. Dramatic Competitors, U.S. Documentary Competitors, World Cinema Dramatic Competitors, World Cinema Documentary Competitors, and the NEXT lineup. Jurors throughout the sections checked out almost 90 movies representing greater than 30 international locations and territories. Viewers Awards, voted on by competition attendees, will even be handed out Friday morning on the Ray Theatre in Park Metropolis.
For a refresh, final yr’s massive U.S. Dramatic Competitors winner was “Within the Summers,” the place filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza additionally gained the Directing prize in that class. Different standout winners included present awards season favorites “Dìdi,” “Daughters,” and “A Actual Ache.”
This yr’s jurors included “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced, “Succession” alum Arian Moayed, and “Previous Lives” director Celine Music for the U.S. Dramatic Competitors.
“American Manufacturing facility” co-director Steven Bognar, Increased Floor government Vinnie Malhotra, and Firelight Media president Marcia Smith spherical out the U.S. Documentary Competitors jury.
In the meantime, the World Cinema Dramatic jury contains Cannes Critics’ Week creative director Ava Cahen, “Rafiki” director Wanuri Kahiu, and Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya.
The World Cinema Documentary Competitors jury has director Kevin Macdonald, Mexican Movie Institute basic director Daniela Alatorre, and Participant Media former advertising and marketing government vice chairman Laura Kim.
Elijah Wooden, an actor and co-founder of indie style manufacturing firm SpectreVision, will resolve the NEXT part winner. Lastly, the Quick competitors jury options director Kaniehtiio Horn, Vidiots Basis’s government director Maggie Mackay, and “The Kitchen” director Kibwe Tavares.
The competition runs by way of Sunday, February 2, with competitors movies (and choose titles from the Premieres part), together with eventual winners, obtainable on the net platform for viewing at dwelling.
Comply with alongside under for this yr’s winners, updating reside. Shorts winners have been beforehand introduced on January 28.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION AWARDS
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARDS
AUDIENCE AWARDS
NEXT AWARDS
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION AWARDS
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was introduced to Reducing By Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) / Iran, Germany, U.S.A., Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada (Administrators and Producers: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni)
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)
A World Cinema Documentary Particular Jury Award was introduced to Mr. No person In opposition to Putin/Denmark, Czech Republic (Director and Screenwriter: David Borenstein, Producer: Helle Faber)
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)
SHORT FILM AWARDS
The Quick Movie Grand Jury Prize was awarded to: Theo Panagopoulos for The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing / U.Ok. (Director: Theo Panagopoulos, Producer: Marissa Keating)
The Quick 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)
The Quick 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)
The Quick 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)
The Quick 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)
The Quick 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)
The Quick Movie Particular Jury Award for Directing was awarded to: Loren Waters for Tiger / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Loren Waters, Producer: Dana Tiger)
OTHER PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED WINNERS
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 obtained a $25,000 money award from Sundance Institute with help from the Alfred P. Sloan Basis.
The Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction went to Danielle Varga for Seeds / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Brittany Shyne, Producers: Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon)
The Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Fiction went to Joe Pirro for The Marriage ceremony Banquet/ U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn, Screenwriter and Producer: James Schamus, Producers: Anita Gou, Joe Pirro, Caroline Clark)
The Sundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Nonfiction went to Vivien Hillgrove, and the Sundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Fiction went to Brian A. Kates.
The Sundance Institute | NHK Award went to Lloyd Lee Choi for Yakult Ajumma (Korea, Canada, U.S.A).