SUNDANCE 2026: Palmarés

 

Channing Tatum y Gemma Chan en "Josephine" (2026)

- “Josephine” de la directora brasileña Beth de Araújo se alza con el gran premio del jurado y el premio de la audiencia; no sin antes haber generado el primer Oscar Buzz para 2027.

 

- “CODA” (2021) y “Minari” (2020) lograron la misma hazaña en años recientes.

 

 

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION:

 

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic

Josephine / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Beth de Araújo, Producers: David Kaplan, Josh Peters, Marina Stabile, Mark H. Rapaport, Crystine Zhang)

 

Directing Award

Josef Kubota Wladyka for Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Josef Kubota Wladyka, Screenwriter: Nicholas Huynh, Producers: Kimberly Parker Zox, Mao Nagakura). The movie recently sold to Sony Pictures Classics.

 

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast

The Friend’s House is Here / U.S.A., Iran (Directors, Screenwriters, and Producers: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei)

 

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Awardfor Debut Feature

Bedford Park / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Stephanie Ahn, Producers: Gary Foster, Chris S. Lee, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Theresa Kang, Son Sukku)

 

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S.Dramatic

Take Me Home / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Liz Sargent, Producers: Apoorva Guru Charan, Minos Papas)

 

 

 

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:

 

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary

Nuisance Bear / U.S.A., Canada (Directors: Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman, Producers: Michael Code, Will N. Miller, Teddy Leifer)

 

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence

Who Killed Alex Odeh? / U.S.A. (Directors: Jason Osder, William Lafi Youmans, Producer: Dawne Langford, William Lafi Youmans, Jason Osder, Daniel J. Chalfen)

 

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award

Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: Matt Hixon for Barbara Forever / U.S.A.

Matt Hixon for Barbara Forever / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Brydie O’Connor, Producer: Elijah Stevens)

 

Directing Award: U.S. Documentary

J.M. Harper for Soul Patrol / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: J.M. Harper, Producers: Sam Bisbee, Danielle Massie, Nasir Jones, Peter Bittenbender)

 

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change

The Lake / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Abby Ellis, Producer: Fletcher Keyes)

 

 

 

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

 

Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic

Josephine / U.S.A. (Director: Beth de Araújo)

 

Audience Award: U.S. Documentary

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez / U.S.A. (Director: David Alvarado)

 

Audience Award: NEXT

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] / U.S.A., Denmark (Directors: Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil)

 

Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary

One In A Million / U.K. (Directors: Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes)

 

Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic

HOLD ONTO ME (Κράτα Με) / Cyprus, Denmark, Greece (Director: Myrsini Aristidou)

 

 

 

NEXT AWARDS:

 

NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression

TheyDream / U.S.A. (Director: William David Caballero)

 

NEXT Innovator Award

The Incomer / U.K. (Director: Louis Paxton)

 

 

 

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION AWARDS:

 

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic

Shame and Money / Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium (Director: Visar Morina)

 

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision

Filipiñana / Singapore, U.K., Philippines, France, Netherlands (Director: Rafael Manuel)

 

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble

LADY / U.K., Nigeria (Director: Olive Nwosu)

 

Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic

Andrius Blaževičius for How to Divorce During the War

 

 

 

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARDS:

 

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary

To Hold a Mountain / Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia (Directors: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić)

 

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact

Birds of War / U.K., Syria, Lebanon (Directors: Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak)

 

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance

Everybody To Kenmure Street / U.K. (Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra)

 

Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary

Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes for One In A Million

 

 

 

SHORTS PROGRAM AWARDS:

 

Short Film Grand Jury Prize

The Baddest Speechwriter of All / U.S.A. (Directors: Ben Proudfoot, Stephen Curry)

 

Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction

Crisis Actor / U.S.A. (Director: Lily Platt)

 

Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting

Noah Roja and Filippo Carrozza for The Liars / Argentina

 

Short Film Special Jury Award for Creative Vision

Paper Trail / U.S.A. (Director: Don Hertzfeldt)

 

Short Film Jury Award: Animation

Living with a Visionary / U.S.A. (Director: Stephen P. Neary)

 

Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction

The Boys and the Bees / U.S.A. (Director: Arielle C. Knight)

 

Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction

Jazz Infernal / Canada (Director: Will Niava)

 

 

SPECIAL AWARDS:

 

Sundance Institute Producers Award for Nonfiction

Dawne Langford for Who Killed Alex Odeh? / U.S.A.

 

Sundance Institute | NHK Award

Leo Aguirre for Verano / U.S.A.

 

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

In The Blink of An Eye (Director: Andrew Stanton)