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The Alfred P. Sloan Prize is an award given each year, starting in 2003, to a film at the Sundance Film Festival. It is one of the Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film Awards.

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The prize is given to an outstanding feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character. The jury is composed of established film and science professionals.

Each winner is presented with a cash award provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. [1] As of January 2024, the award is $25,000. [2]

Winning films

YearFilmDirectorWriter(s)
2003 Dopamine [3] Mark DecenaMark Decena & Timothy Breitbach
2004 Primer [3] Shane Carruth Shane Carruth
2005 Grizzly Man [3] Werner Herzog Werner Herzog
2006 The House of Sand [4] Andrucha Waddington Elena Soarez
2007 Dark Matter [5] Chen Shi-zheng Billy Shebar
2008 Sleep Dealer [6] Alex Rivera Alex Rivera & David Riker
2009 Adam [7] Max Mayer [8] Max Mayer [8]
2010 Obselidia [9] Diane Bell Diane Bell
2011 Another Earth [10] Mike Cahill Mike Cahill & Brit Marling
2012 Robot & Frank [11] Jake Schreier Christopher Ford
Valley of Saints [11] Musa Syeed Musa Syeed
2013 Computer Chess [12] Andrew Bujalski Andrew Bujalski
2014 I Origins [13] Mike Cahill Mike Cahill
2015 The Stanford Prison Experiment [14] Kyle Patrick Alvarez Tim Talbott
2016 Embrace of the Serpent [15] Ciro Guerra Ciro Guerra & Jacques Toulemonde
2017 Marjorie Prime [16] Michael Almereyda Michael Almereyda & Jordan Harrison
2018 Searching [17] Aneesh Chaganty Aneesh Chaganty & Sev Ohanian
2019 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind [18] Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel Ejiofor
2020 Tesla [19] Michael Almereyda Michael Almereyda
2021 Son of Monarchs [20] Alexis Gambis Alexis Gambis
2022 After Yang [21] Kogonada Kogonada
2023 The Pod Generation [22] Sophie Barthes Sophie Barthes
2024 Love Me [23] Zucheros Zucheros

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