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.