The Sundance Film Festival 2023, the annual festival of indipendent cinema, concluded again this year with the renowned awards ceremony.
Park City, Utah was once again the scene of the 10-day Sundance: the festival took place from 19 to 29 January 2023 amid new screenings and special guests.
There were several titles in competition, including two that passed to the MIA – Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo in 2020 and 2019: Sorcery presented at the MIA 2020 Film Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum and MAMACRUZ Film Co-Production Market 2019.
Here is the complete list of winners for the 2023 edition:
GRAND JURY PRIZE
- U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
A Thousand and One - U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Going to Maes: The Nikki Giovanni Project - The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Scrappers - World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
The Eternal Memory - Festival Favorite Award
Radical
AUDIENCE AWARDS
- Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Beyond Utopia - Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
The Persian Version - Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Shayda - Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol - Audience Award: NEXT
KOKOMO CITY
JURY AWARDS FOR DIRECTING, SCREENWRITING & EDITING
- Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
Luke Lorzen for A Still Small Voice - The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic
Sing J. Lee for The Accidental Getaway Driver - Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
Anna Hints for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood - Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Marija Kavtaradze for Slow - The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic
Maryam Keshavarz for The Persian Version - Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary
Daniela I. Quiroz for Going Varsity in Mariachi
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble
Theater Champ - U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision
Magazine Dreams - U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Acting
Lio Mehiel for Mutt - U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Clarity of Vision
The Stroll - U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression
Bad Press - World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision
Fantastic Machine - World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Verite Filmmaking
Against the Tide - World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision
Sofia Alaoui for Animalia - World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography
Lílis Soares for Mami Wata - World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Best Performance
Rosa Marchant for When It Melts
NEXT INNOVATOR AWARD PRESENTED BY ADOBE
- NEXT Innovator Award presented by Adobe
KOKOMO CITY
SHORT FILM AWARDS PRESENTED BY SHUTTERSTOCK
- Short Film Grand Jury Prize presented by Shutterstock
When You Left Me On That Boulevard - Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction presented by Shutterstock
Rest Stop - Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction presented by Shutterstock
The Kidnapping of the Bride - Short Film Jury Award: Animation presented by Shutterstock
The Flying Sailor - Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction presented by Shutterstock
Will You Look At Me - Short Film Special Jury Award, International: Directing presented by Shutterstock
AliEN0089 - Short Film Special Jury Award, U.S: Directing presented by Shutterstock
The Vacation
PREVIOUSLY GRANTED 2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
- 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
The Pod Generation - Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction
Jess Devaney for It’s Only Life After All - Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction
Kara Durrett for The Starling Girl - Sundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Nonfiction
Mary Manhardt
- Sundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Award for Fiction
Troy Takaki
- The Sundance Institute | NHK Award
Olive Nwosu for Lady - Sundance Institute | Stars Collective Imagination Awards
Tamara Shogaolu for 40 Acres
Navid Khonsari, Vassiliki Khonsari, and Andres Perez-Duarte for BLOCK PARTY BODEGA
Vanessa Keith for Year 2180
For further informations, please refer to the Sundance Film Festival’s website.
