Sundance Festival 2014 Award Winners

The culmination of the Sundance Film Festival is the Awards Ceremony. The competition juries, comprised of individuals from the worldwide film community with original and diverse points of view, select films from both the documentary and dramatic categories to receive a range of awards. Decided by Festivalgoers' ballots, Audience Awards are bestowed upon films in each of the Festival's four competition categories.

U. S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Whiplash

U. S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Rich Hill

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
To Kill a Man

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Return to Homs

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Audience Award: U. S. Dramatic presented by Acura
Whiplash

Audience Award: U.S. Documentary presented by Acura
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory

Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Difret
Audience Award: World Cinema: Documentary
The Green Prince

Audience Award: Best of NEXT
Imperial Dreams


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Directing Award: U. S. Dramatic
Fishing Without Nets / Cutter Hodierne
Directing Award: U. S. Documentary The Case Against 8 / Ben Cotner & Ryan White
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic 52 Tuesdays / Sophie Hyde
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary 20,000 Days on Earth / Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard

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Cinematography Award: U. S. Dramatic
Low Down / Christopher Blauvelt

Cinematography Award: U. S. Documentary
E-TEAM / Ross Kauffman & Rachel Beth Anderson

Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Lilting / Ula Pontikos

Cinematography Award: World Cinema Documentary
Happiness / Thomas Balmès & Nina Bernfeld

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U. S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent
Dear White People / Justin Simien

U. S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Musical Score
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter / The Octopus Project

U. S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Intuitive Filmmaking
The Overnighters

U. S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Use of Animation
Watchers of the Sky

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance
God Help the Girl

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery
We Come as Friends

Editing Award: U. S. Documentary
Watchers of the Sky

Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary
20,000 Days on Earth

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Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic
The Skeleton Twins / Craig Johnson & Mark Heyman

Screenwriting Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Blind / Eskil Vogt

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
I Origins

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Short Film Grand Jury Prize
Of God and Dogs

Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction
Gregory Go Boom

Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
The Cut

Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction
I Think This is the Closest to How the Footage Looked

Short Film Jury Award: Animation
Yearbook

Short Film Special Jury Award for Unique Vision
Rat Pack Rat

Short Film Special Jury Award for Non-Fiction
Love. Love. Love.

Short Film Special Jury Award for Direction and Ensemble Acting
Burger

Short Film Audience Award, Presented by YouTube
Chapel Perilous