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Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

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

Winners

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Year Winner Director(s) Ref.
1978 Girlfriends Claudia Weill [1][2]
The Whole Shootin' Match (second place) Eagle Pennell [3]
1982 Circle of Power Bobby Roth [4]
1984 Old Enough Marisa Silver [5][6][7]
1985 Blood Simple Joel Coen [8][9]
1986 Smooth Talk Joyce Chopra [10][11]
1987 The Trouble with Dick Gary Walkow [12]
Waiting for the Moon Jill Godmilow [7]
1988 Heat and Sunlight Rob Nilsson [13][7]
1989 True Love Nancy Savoca [14][7]
1990 Chameleon Street Wendell B. Harris Jr. [15][16]
1991 Poison Todd Haynes [17][18]
1992 In the Soup Alexandre Rockwell [19][7]
1993 Public Access Bryan Singer [20]
Ruby in Paradise Victor Nunez [7]
1994 What Happened Was... Tom Noonan [21][22]
1995 The Brothers McMullen Edward Burns [23]
The Young Poisoner's Handbook Benjamin Ross [24]
1996 Welcome to the Dollhouse Todd Solondz [25][26]
1997 Sunday Jonathan Nossiter [27][7]
1998 Slam Marc Levin [23][28]
1999 Three Seasons Tony Bui [29][7]
2000 Girlfight Karyn Kusama [30][31]
You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan [32][7]
2001 The Believer Henry Bean [33][34]
2002 Personal Velocity Rebecca Miller [35][7]
2003 American Splendor Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini [36]
2004 Primer Shane Carruth [37]
2005 Forty Shades of Blue Ira Sachs [7]
2006 Quinceañera Richard Glatzer [38][7]
2007 Padre Nuestro Christopher Zalla [7]
2008 Frozen River Courtney Hunt [7][39]
2009 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Lee Daniels [40][41]
2010 Winter's Bone Debra Granik [42][39]
2011 Like Crazy Drake Doremus [7]
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin [43][44]
2013 Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler [45]
2014 Whiplash Damien Chazelle [46][7]
2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Alfonso Gomez-Rejon [7]
2016 The Birth of a Nation Nate Parker [7]
2017 I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Macon Blair [7]
2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post Desiree Akhavan [7][47]
2019 Clemency Chinonye Chukwu [7]
2020 Minari Lee Isaac Chung [48][49]
2021 CODA Sian Heder [50][51]
2022 Nanny Nikyatu Jusu [7][52]
2023 A Thousand and One A.V. Rockwell [7]
2024 In the Summers Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio [53][54]
2025 Atropia Hailey Gates [55]

International winners

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ Out on DVD: 'The Whole Shootin' Match', 'Akira' and 'FTA' - The New York Times
  3. ^ Chris Hicks: Sundance Film Festival's roots go back more than 30 years - Deseret News
  4. ^ Sundance Film Festival (1982) - IMDb
  5. ^ 1984 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  6. ^ Sundance Film Festival (1984) - IMDb
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Winner Gallery - Deadline
  8. ^ "Coen brothers release debut film, "Blood Simple"". HISTORY. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  9. ^ Matthew Ross. "Sundance Film Festival milestones". Variety. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  10. ^ 1986 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  11. ^ "Smooth Talk (1985) | The Criterion Collection". criterion.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  12. ^ 1987 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  13. ^ 1988 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  14. ^ 1989 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  15. ^ 1990 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  16. ^ "Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s Top 10 | Current | The Criterion Collection". criterion.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  17. ^ 1991 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ 1992 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  20. ^ 1993 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  21. ^ 1994 Sundance Film Festival Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine sundance.org
  22. ^ "'What Happened Was,' "Freedom on My Mind" Win Top Honors at Sundance Festival". AP News. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  23. ^ a b "'Slam' Locks up Sundance Prize". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  24. ^ "1995 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  25. ^ "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.
  26. ^ 1996 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  27. ^ 1997 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  28. ^ 1998 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  29. ^ 1999 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  30. ^ 2000 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  31. ^ ""Sex, Lies, and Videotape" and "Girlfight" Among Sundance Films Celebrating September Anniversaries". sundance.org. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  32. ^ "'Girlfight' gets a Sundance KO". Deseret News. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  33. ^ "Sundance: 10 Acclaimed Festival Movies That Have Been Forgotten By Time - Screen Rant". screenrant.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  34. ^ 2001 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  35. ^ 2002 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
  36. ^ 2003 Sundance Film Festival Archived July 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Accessed July 25, 2019.
  37. ^ "'Primer' surprise grand winner at Sundance". today.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  38. ^ Kay, Jeremy (May 21, 2006). "Sundance favourite Quinceanera lands at SPC". Screen International. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  39. ^ a b Sundance falls for another strong woman in Winter's Bone|Winter's Bone|The Guardian
  40. ^ Sundance 2009: Precious proves triumphant|Precious|The Guardian
  41. ^ NYWIFT at Sundance: In Conversation with Lisa Cortés - New York Women in Film & Television
  42. ^ 'Winter's Bone' tops Sundance - The Hollywood Reporter
  43. ^ "2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards". Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  44. ^ Sundance film festival hands prizes to "dark and grim" films|Sundance film festival|The Guardian
  45. ^ Olsen, Mark (April 17, 2013). "Sundance winner "Fruitvale" changes name to 'Fruitvale Station'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  46. ^ "2014 Sundance Film Festival – Archives – Sundance Institute – Awards". sundance.org. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  47. ^ The Miseducation of Cameron Post: Sundance Winner Gets Summer Release|IndieWire
  48. ^ Hipes, Patrick (February 2, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Awards: "Minari" Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List".
  49. ^ Sundance Boosts Women Directors|Current|The Criterion Collection
  50. ^ 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.
  51. ^ CODA Is The First Sundance Premiere To Win Best Picture, But Others Have Won Oscars Too|/Film
  52. ^ Nanny (2022)|The Criterion Collection
  53. ^ Buchanan, Kyle (January 26, 2024). "'In the Summers,' a Father-Daughters Tale, Wins the Top Prize at Sundance". The New York Times.
  54. ^ Olsen, Mark (January 26, 2024). "Sundance's top prizes go to 'In the Summers' and 'Porcelain War'". Los Angeles Times.
  55. ^ 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.