As reported by Variety, on Friday, January 31st, the full winners were announced for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Awards were handed out by the pedigreed juries which included names such as Celine Song and Elijah Wood. In a statement given before the awards, Sundance interim CEO Amanda Kel, quoting Sundance founder Robert Redford, stated “Storytelling is important, part of human continuity”
Here is the full list of winners:
U.S. Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: Atropia
US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: Plainclothes
US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting: Dylan O’Brien for Twinless
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award-US Dramatic: Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby
Directing Award-US Dramatic: Rashad Frett for Ricky
U.S. Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: Seeds by Brittany Shyne
Directing Award-U.S. Documentary: Geeta Gandbhir for The Perfect Neighbor
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award-U.S. Documentary: Parker Laramie for Andre is an Idiot
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Life After
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling: Selena y Los Dinos by Isabel Castro
Audience Award-U.S. Dramatic: Twinless
Audience Award-U.S. Documentary: Andre is an Idiot
Audience Award-World Cinema Dramatic: DJ Ahmet
Audience Award-World Cinema Documentary: Prime Minister
Audience Award-Next: East of Wall
Next-Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Next-Innovator Award: Zodiac Killer Project
Short Film Grand Jury Prize: The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing by Theo Panagopoulos
Short Film Jury Award-U.S. Fiction: Trokas Duras by Jazmin Garcia
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression: Coexistence, My Ass!
Directing Award-World Cinema Documentary: Mstyslav Chernov for 2000 Meters to Andriivka
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: Cutting Through Rocks
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: Georgi M. Unkovski for DJ Ahmet
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Writing: Chloé Robichaud and Catherine Léger for Two Women
The most important awards to look at are the much-coveted Grand Jury Awards, as many past Grand Jury winners ended up becoming major Oscar players, including Beasts of the Southern Wild, Minari, Whiplash, and Best Picture Winner CODA. This year, the Grand Jury honors went to Atropia and Plainclothes, and Dylan O’Brian winning the acting Grand Jury for Twinless. Keep an eye out to these films, as they might end up becoming major awards contenders come next award season.
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