Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

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This is the list of the winners of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for dramatic features.

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Winners

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref.
1978 Girlfriends Claudia Weill [1] [2]
The Whole Shootin' Match (second place) Eagle Pennell [3]
1982 Circle of Power Bobby Roth
1984 Old Enough Marisa Silver [4] [5]
1985 Blood Simple Joel Coen [6] [7]
1986 Smooth Talk Joyce Chopra [8] [9]
1987The Trouble with DickGary Walkow [10]
Waiting for the Moon Jill Godmilow [5]
1988 Heat and Sunlight Rob Nilsson [11] [5]
1989 True Love Nancy Savoca [12] [5]
1990 Chameleon Street Wendell B. Harris Jr. [13] [14]
1991 Poison Todd Haynes [15] [16]
1992 In the Soup Alexandre Rockwell [17] [5]
1993 Public Access Bryan Singer [18]
Ruby in Paradise Victor Nuñez [5]
1994 What Happened Was... Tom Noonan [19] [20]
1995 The Brothers McMullen Edward Burns [21]
The Young Poisoner's Handbook Benjamin Ross [22]
1996 Welcome to the Dollhouse Todd Solondz [23] [24]
1997 Sunday Jonathan Nossiter [25] [5]
1998 Slam Marc Levin [21] [26]
1999 Three Seasons Tony Bui [27] [5]
2000 Girlfight Karyn Kusama [28] [29]
You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan [30] [5]
2001 The Believer Henry Bean [31] [32]
2002 Personal Velocity Rebecca Miller [33] [5]
2003 American Splendor Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini [34]
2004 Primer Shane Carruth [35]
2005 Forty Shades of Blue Ira Sachs [5]
2006 Quinceañera Richard Glatzer [36] [5]
2007 Padre Nuestro Christopher Zalla [5]
2008 Frozen River Courtney Hunt [5] [37]
2009 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Lee Daniels [38] [39]
2010 Winter's Bone Debra Granik [40] [37]
2011 Like Crazy Drake Doremus [5]
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin [41] [42]
2013 Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler [43]
2014 Whiplash Damien Chazelle [44] [5]
2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Alfonso Gomez-Rejon [5]
2016 The Birth of a Nation Nate Parker [5]
2017 I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Macon Blair [5]
2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post Desiree Akhavan [5] [45]
2019 Clemency Chinonye Chukwu [5]
2020 Minari Lee Isaac Chung [46] [47]
2021 CODA Sian Heder [48] [49]
2022 Nanny Nikyatu Jusu [5] [50]
2023 A Thousand and One A.V. Rockwell [5]
2024 In the Summers Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio [51] [52]
2025 Atropia Hailey Gates [53]
2026 Josephine Beth de Araújo [54]

International winners

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hicks, Chris (2000-01-28). "Sundance's spirit found in 'Whole Shootin' Match'". Deseret News. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  2. ↑ "A Sundance Film Before Sundance". The New York Times. 2009-02-20. Archived from the original on 2025-09-28. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  3. ↑ Hicks, Chris (2015-01-30). "Chris Hicks: Sundance Film Festival's roots go back more than 30 years". Deseret News. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  4. ↑ 1984 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Lang, Robert (2025-01-31). "Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Winners Through The Years". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Coen brothers release debut film, "Blood Simple"". HISTORY. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ Ross, Matthew (January 14, 2009). "Sundance Film Festival milestones". Variety. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  8. ↑ 1986 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  9. ↑ "Smooth Talk (1985) | The Criterion Collection". criterion.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ 1987 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  11. ↑ 1988 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  12. ↑ 1989 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  13. ↑ 1990 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  14. ↑ "Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s Top 10 | Current | The Criterion Collection". criterion.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  15. ↑ 1991 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  16. ↑ "The 10 Most Underrated American Independent Films of The 1990s – Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists". tasteofcinema.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  17. ↑ 1992 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  18. ↑ 1993 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  19. ↑ 1994 Sundance Film Festival Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine sundance.org
  20. ↑ "'What Happened Was,' "Freedom on My Mind" Win Top Honors at Sundance Festival". AP News. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  21. 1 2 "'Slam' Locks up Sundance Prize". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  22. ↑ "1995 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute . Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  23. ↑ "The 10 Most Underrated American Independent Films of The 1990s – Page 2 – Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists". tasteofcinema.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  24. ↑ 1996 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  25. ↑ 1997 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  26. ↑ 1998 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  27. ↑ 1999 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  28. ↑ 2000 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  29. ↑ ""Sex, Lies, and Videotape" and "Girlfight" Among Sundance Films Celebrating September Anniversaries". sundance.org. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  30. ↑ "'Girlfight' gets a Sundance KO". Deseret News. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  31. ↑ "Sundance: 10 Acclaimed Festival Movies That Have Been Forgotten By Time - Screen Rant". screenrant.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  32. ↑ 2001 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  33. ↑ 2002 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  34. ↑ 2003 Sundance Film Festival Archived July 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Accessed July 25, 2019.
  35. ↑ Mohr, Ian. "'Primer' surprise grand winner at Sundance". today.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  36. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (May 21, 2006). "Sundance favourite Quinceanera lands at SPC". Screen International . Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  37. 1 2 Matheou, Demetrios (2010-02-01). "Sundance falls for another strong woman in Winter's Bone". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  38. ↑ Child, Ben (2009-01-26). "Sundance 2009: Precious proves triumphant". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  39. ↑ Reese, Tammy (2023-01-20). "NYWIFT at Sundance: In Conversation with Lisa Cortés". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  40. ↑ Goldstein, Jay A. Fernandez,Gregg (2010-01-30). "'Winter's Bone' tops Sundance". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  41. ↑ "2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards". Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  42. ↑ Child, Ben (2012-01-30). "Sundance film festival hands prizes to 'dark and grim' films". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  43. ↑ Olsen, Mark (April 17, 2013). "Sundance winner "Fruitvale" changes name to 'Fruitvale Station'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  44. ↑ "2014 Sundance Film Festival – Archives – Sundance Institute – Awards". sundance.org. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  45. ↑ Erbland, Kate (2018-03-23). "'The Miseducation of Cameron Post': Sundance-Winning Gay Conversion Therapy Drama Set for Summer Release". IndieWire. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  46. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (February 2, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Awards: "Minari" Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List".
  47. ↑ Hudson, David. "Sundance Boosts Women Directors". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  48. ↑ 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.
  49. ↑ Schaefer, Sandy (2022-03-28). "CODA Is The First Sundance Premiere To Win Best Picture, But Others Have Won Oscars Too". SlashFilm. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  50. ↑ "Nanny". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  51. ↑ Buchanan, Kyle (January 26, 2024). "'In the Summers,' a Father-Daughters Tale, Wins the Top Prize at Sundance". The New York Times .
  52. ↑ Olsen, Mark (January 26, 2024). "Sundance's top prizes go to 'In the Summers' and 'Porcelain War'". Los Angeles Times.
  53. ↑ 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.
  54. ↑ "2026 Sundance Film Festival Announces Award Winners". Sundance Film Festival . 31 January 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
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