As always, the Sundance Film Festival allowed many to discover new filmmakers, performers, and films from well-established artists worldwide, both in-person and online, for their 40th edition. Once again, the cast quality of filmmaking has been entirely on display since the festival began on January 18th. And now, the Competition titles this year have been recognized by the Grand Juries and the audiences of Sundance with their annual awards. Single tickets for these award-winning films go on sale at 5 p.m. MT if you were unable to catch them during the festival. They will play again throughout the weekend. Here are this year’s award winners from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize:Â “In The Summers”
Audience Award: “DÃŒDI (弟弟)”
Directing: Alessandra Lacorazza for “In The Summers”
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award:Â Jesse Eisenberg for “A Real Pain”
Special Jury Award – Breakthrough Performance: Nico Parker for “Suncoast”
Special Jury Award: Ensemble: The cast of “DÃŒDI (弟弟)” – Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen & Chang Li Hua, Directed by Sean Wang
Grand Jury Prize: “Porcelain War”
Audience Award:Â “Daughters”
Directing: Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie for “Sugarcane”
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: Carla Gutiérrez for “Frida”
Special Jury Award – Art Of Change:Â “Union”
Special Jury Award – Sound:Â “Gaucho Gaucho”
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Sujo”
Audience Award: “Girls Will Be Girls”
Directing Award: Raha Amirfazli & Alireza Ghasemi for “In The Land Of Brothers”
Special Jury Award –Â Acting: Preeti Panigrahi for “Girls Will Be Girls”
Special Jury Award – Original Music: Peter Raeburn for “Handling The Undead”
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize:Â “A New Kind Of Wilderness”
Audience Award: “Ibelin”
Special Jury Prize – Directing: Benjamin Ree for “Ibelin”
Special Jury Award – Cinematic Innovation: Johan Grimonprez for “Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat”
Special Jury Award – Craft:Â “Nocturnes”
OTHER AWARDS
The Festival Favorite Award: “Daughters”
NEXT Audience Award:Â “Kneecap”
NEXT Innovator Award: “Little Death”
NEXT Special Jury Award:Â “Desire Lines”
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize:Â “Love Me”
What do you think of the winners? Which of these films are you most looking forward to? Please us know in the comments section below or on our Twitter account and be sure to stay tuned for our podcast discussion about the 2024 Sundance Film Festival tomorrow.
