Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

Film award

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.

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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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* 2023: Scrapper
* 2024: Sujo
* 2025: Cactus Pears

## See also

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* Palme d'Or
* Academy Award for Best Picture

## References

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1. ^ Sundance's spirit found in 'Whole Shootin' Match' - Deseret News
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.

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Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic

20th century|

* Girlfriends (1978)
* Circle of Power (1982)
* Old Enough (1984)
* Blood Simple (1985)
* Smooth Talk (1986)
* Waiting for the Moon/The Trouble with Dick (1987)
* Heat and Sunlight (1988)
* True Love (1989)
* Chameleon Street (1990)
* Poison (1991)
* In the Soup (1992)
* Ruby in Paradise/Public Access (1993)
* What Happened Was... (1994)
* The Brothers McMullen (1995)
* Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
* Sunday (1997)
* Slam (1998)
* Three Seasons (1999)

21st century|

* Girlfight/You Can Count on Me (2000)
* The Believer (2001)
* Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
* American Splendor (2003)
* Primer (2004)
* Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
* Quinceañera (2006)
* Padre nuestro (2007)
* Frozen River (2008)
* Precious (2009)
* Winter's Bone (2010)
* Like Crazy (2011)
* Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
* Fruitvale Station (2013)
* Whiplash (2014)
* Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
* The Birth of a Nation (2016)
* I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
* The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
* Clemency (2019)
* Minari (2020)
* CODA (2021)
* Nanny (2022)
* A Thousand and One (2023)
* In the Summers (2024)
* Atropia (2025)

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Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic

* The Hero (2005)
* 13 Tzameti (2006)
* Sweet Mud (2007)
* The King of Ping Pong (2008)
* The Maid (2009)
* Animal Kingdom (2010)
* Happy, Happy (2011)
* Violeta Went to Heaven (2012)
* Jiseul (2013)
* To Kill a Man (2014)
* Sand Storm (2015)
* The Nile Hilton Incident (2016)
* God's Own Country (2017)
* Butterflies (2018)
* The Souvenir (2019)
* Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness (2020)
* Hive (2021)
* Utama (2022)
* Scrapper (2023)
* Sujo (2024)
* Cactus Pears (2025)

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