The 2023 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Utah, in person for the first time since 2020, has announced the winners in the Grand Jury and other categories. Many films and documentaries received positive reviews at the festival, which attracted significant attention from the media and audience, as well as the studios, and some of them have already become popular. For example, Netflix spent at least $20 million and bought the finance-industry psychodrama Chloe Domont’s Fair Play, which returned from the festival with only a nomination, the horror movie Run Rabbit Run starring Sarah Snook, and the adventure documentary Deepest Breath. Another giant, Apple, bought the American-Irish musical comedy-drama Flora and Sun for a similar amount. The official list of winners from the festival was recently released, courtesy of Sundance.

A.V. Rockwell’s mother-son drama A Thousand and One and British comedy-drama Scrapper, directed by Charlotte Regan, has won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, which is the most prestigious category of the festival. The documentary Grand Jury Prize goes to Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson’s Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, a documentary that recounts the story of acclaimed poet, and Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory.

Marija Kavtaradze (Slow), Sing J. Lee (The Accidental Getaway Driver), and Luke Lorentzen (A Still Small Voice) received prizes in the Directing Award category. In addition, Filipino American filmmaker Kayla Abuda Galang’s When You Left Me on That Boulevard won the Best Short Film award in the Grand Jury Prize.

The Festival Favorite Award was given to director Christopher Zalla’s Radical, which tells the true story of a teacher at the dangerous Mexican border. Acclaimed Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams, directed by Elijah Bynum, wins the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision.

Complete List of 2023 Sundance Film Festival Winners

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GRAND JURY PRIZE

U.S. Dramatic: A Thousand and One (A.V. Rockwell)

World Cinema Dramatic: Scrapper (Charlotte Regan)

U.S. Documentary: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson)

World Cinema Documentary: The Eternal Memory (Maite Alberdi)​​​​​​​

SPECIAL JURY

World Cinema Dramatic Award for Best Performance: Rosa Marchant (When It Melts)

World Cinema Dramatic Award for Cinematography: Lílis Soares (Mami Wata)

World Cinema Dramatic Award for Creative Vision: Animalia (Sofia Alaoui)​​​​​​​

World Cinema Documentary Award for Vérité Filmmaking: Against the Tide (Sarvnik Kaur)​​​​​​​

World Cinema Documentary Award for Creative Vision: Fantastic Machine (Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck)

Short Film Award for Directing, International: AliEN0089 (Valeria Hofmann)

Short Film Award, U.S Directing: The Vacation (Jarreau Carrillo)​​​​​​​

U.S. Dramatic Award for Acting: Lio Mehiel (Mutt)​​​​​​​

U.S. Dramatic Award for Creative Vision: Elijah Bynum (Magazine Dreams)​​​​​​​

U.S. Dramatic Award for Ensemble: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman (Theater Camp)​​​​​​​

U.S. Documentary Award for Freedom of Expression: Bad Press (Rebecca Landsberry Baker & Joe Peeler)​​​​​​​

U.S. Documentary Award for Clarity of Vision: The Stroll (Kristen Lovell & Zackary Drucker)​​​​​​​

SHORT FILM

Grand Jury Prize: When You Left Me on That Boulevard (Kayla Abuda Galang)

Jury Award for Animation: The Flying Sailor (Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis)

Jury Award for International Fiction: The Kidnapping of the Bride (Sophia Mocorrea)

Jury Award for U.S. Fiction: Rest Stop (Crystal Kayiza)

Jury Award for Nonfiction: Will You Look at Me (Shuli Huang)

DIRECTING AWARD

World Cinema Dramatic Award: Marija Kavtaradze (Slow)

U.S. Dramatic Award: Sing J. Lee (The Accidental Getaway Driver)

World Cinema Documentary Award: Anna Hints (Smoke Sauna Sisterhood)

U.S. Documentary Award: Luke Lorentzen (A Still Small Voice)

WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD

U.S. Dramatic Award: Maryam Keshavarz (The Persian Version)

JONATHAN OPPENHEIM EDITING AWARD

U.S. Documentary Award: Daniela I. Quiroz (Going Varsity in Mariachi)

AUDIENCE AWARDS​​​​​​​

Audience Award for Next: Kokomo City (D. Smith)​​​​​​​

World Cinema Dramatic Award: Shayda (Noora Niasari)

U.S. Dramatic Award: The Persian Version (Maryam Keshavarz)​​​​​​​

World Cinema Documentary Award: 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov)

U.S. Documentary Award: Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin)

FESTIVAL FAVORITE AWARD

Radical (Christopher Zalla)

NEXT INNOVATOR AWARD

Kokomo City (D. Smith)​​​​​​​