The 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards were announced today at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
See the list of 2025 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Atropia (USA) – Hailey Gates
Directing Award
Ricky (USA) – Rashad Frett
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Sorry, Baby (USA) – Eva Victor
Special Jury Award for Acting
Twinless (USA) – Dylan O’Brien
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Plainclothes – Carmen Emmi
Audience Award
Twinless – James Sweeney
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Seeds (USA) – Brittany Shyne
Directing Award
The Perfect Neighbor (USA) – Geeta Gandbhir
Special Jury Award
Life After (USA) – Reid Davenport
Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling
Selena y Los Dinos (USA) – Isabel Castro
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
André is an Idiot (USA) – Parker Laramie
Audience Award
André is an Idiot (USA) – Anthony Benna
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (India, UK, Canada) – Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
Directing Award
The Things You Kill (Turkey, France, Poland, Canada) – Alireza Khatami
Special Jury Award for Writing
Catherine Léger for Two Woman (Canada)
Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
Georgi M. Unkovski for DJ Ahmet (North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia)
Audience Award
DJ Ahmet (North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia) – Georgi M. Unkovski
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Cutting Through Rocks (Iran, Germany, U.S.A., Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada) – Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni
Directing Award
2000 Meters to Andriivka (Ukraine) – Mstyslav Chernov
Special Jury Award
Mr. Nobody against Putin (Denmark, Czech Republic) – David Borenstein
Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression
Coexistence, My Ass! (USA, France) – Amber Fares
Audience Award
Prime Minister (USA) – Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz
Next lineup
Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) (USA) – Joel Alfonso Vargas
Innovator Award
Zodiac Killer Project (USA) – Charlie Shackleton
Audience Award
East of Wall (USA) – Kate Beecroft
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
SALLY (USA) – Cristina Costantini
