Grand Jury Prize Documentary

This is the list of the winners of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for documentary features since its first inception in 1982. ^[1]

Winners

1980s

• 1982: Soldier Girls ^[2]
• 1984: Style Wars ^{[3] [4] [5]}
• 1985: Seventeen ^{[6] [7]}
• 1986: Private Conversations ^[8]
• 1987: Sherman's March ^{[9] [10]}
• 1988: Beirut: The Last Home Movie ^[11]
• 1989: For All Mankind ^[12]

1990s

• 1990: H-2 Worker / Water and Power ^[13]
• 1991: American Dream /Paris Is Burning ^{[14] [15]}
• 1992: A Brief History of Time /Finding Christa ^[16]
• 1993: Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family / Silverlake Life: The View from Here ^[17]
• 1994: Freedom on My Mind ^[18]
• 1995: Crumb ^{[19] [20]}
• 1996: Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern ^{[21] [22]}
• 1997: Girls Like Us ^[23]
• 1998: The Farm: Angola, USA / Frat House ^[24]
• 1999: American Movie ^[25]

2000s

• 2000: Long Night's Journey into Day ^[26]
• 2001: Southern Comfort ^[27]
• 2002: Daughter from Danang ^[28]
• 2003: Capturing the Friedmans ^[29]
• 2004: Dig! ^[30]
• 2005: Why We Fight ^[31]
• 2006: God Grew Tired of Us
• 2007: Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
• 2008: Trouble the Water
• 2009: We Live in Public

2010s

• 2010: Restrepo ^[32]
• 2011: How to Die in Oregon
• 2012: The House I Live In ^[33]
• 2013: Blood Brother
• 2014: Rich Hill
• 2015: The Wolfpack
• 2016: Weiner
• 2017: Dina
• 2018: The Price of Free
• 2019: One Child Nation

2020s

• 2020: Boys State ^{[34] [35]}
• 2021: Summer of Soul ^{[36] [37]}
• 2022: The Exiles
• 2023: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project ^{[38] [39]}
• 2024: Porcelain War ^[40]
• 2025: Seeds ^[41]

References

1. Timeline: Dance dance revolution - The Hollywood Reporter
2. Sundance Film Festival (1982) - IMDb
3. 1984 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
4. Pearce, Sheldon. "Style Wars Is Still the Defining Documentary of Early Hip-Hop Culture". Pitchfork.
5. Sundance Film Festival (1984) - IMDb
6. 1985 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
7. SEVENTEEN (Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines, 1983) on Vimeo
8. 1986 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
9. 1987 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
10. The 25 Best Sundance Movies of All-Time - Film School Rejects
11. 1988 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
12. 1989 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
13. 1990 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
14. 1991 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
15. Paris Is Burning|FACETS
16. 1992 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
17. 1993 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
18. 'What Happened Was,' 'Freedom on My Mind' Win Top Honors at Sundance Festival|AP News
19. Marks, Laura U. (Spring 1995). "Drawing on the Edge of Madness - Terry Zwigoff's Crumb". FilmMag.com. Filmmaker Magazine. Archived from the original on May 24, 1997. Retrieved November 17, 2012.()
20. Sundance 1995 Award Winners". sundance.org. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
21. 1996 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
22. Festival Watch: Sundance Film Festival|International Documentary Association
23. 1997 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
24. 1998 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
25. 'American Movie' Turns Camera on Indie Filmmaker - Los Angeles Times
26. 2000 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
27. 2001 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
28. 2002 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
29. 2003 Sundance Film Festival Archived July 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Accessed July 25, 2019.
30. 2004 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
31. A Capraesque Nightmare: Eugene Jarecki Reveals Why We REALLY Fight|International Documentary Association
32. Sundance falls for another strong woman in Winter's Bone|Winter's Bone|The Guardian
33. Sundance film festival hands prizes to 'dark and grim' films|Sundance film festival|The Guardian
34. Hipes, Patrick (February 2, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Minari' Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List".
35. Sundance Boosts Women Directors|Current|The Criterion Collection
36. Minsker, Evan (2 February 2021). "Questlove's Summer of Soul Documentary Wins Sundance 2021 Grand Jury Prize". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
37. D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 2, 2021). "Sundance Film Festival Awards Winners List: CODA Takes U.S. Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
38. All the Winners of the 2023 Sundance Film Awards|A.frame
39. Sundance Film Festival Winners Announced - Variety
40. Olsen, Mark (January 26, 2024). "Sundance's top prizes go to 'In the Summers' and 'Porcelain War'". Los Angeles Times.
41. D'Alessandro, Anthony (31 January 2025). "Sundance Film Festival Awards Winners List: 'Atropia' Wins U.S. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 31 January 2025.

See also

• Palm d'Or
• Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature