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    Grand Jury Prize

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    Documentary

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      Winner

      Boys State

      7.6 (6K)
      Amanda McBaine
      Jesse Moss
    • [object Object]

      A Thousand Cuts

      7.6 (852)
      Ramona S. Diaz
    • [object Object]

      Be Water

      7.3 (2.2K)
      Bao Nguyen
    • [object Object]

      Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

      7.2 (1.7K)
      Bill Ross IV
      Turner Ross
    • [object Object]

      Coded Bias

      6.8 (2.9K)
      Shalini Kantayya
    • [object Object]

      Dick Johnson Is Dead

      7.4 (7.5K)
      Kirsten Johnson
    • [object Object]

      Feels Good Man

      7.5 (5.8K)
      Arthur Jones
    • [object Object]

      Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado

      7.3 (3.5K)
      Cristina Costantini
      Kareem Tabsch
    • [object Object]

      Spaceship Earth

      6.4 (2.2K)
      Matt Wolf
    • [object Object]

      The Cost of Silence

      9.2 (17)
      Mark Manning
    • [object Object]

      The Fight

      6.8 (793)
      Eli B. Despres
      Josh Kriegman
      Elyse Steinberg
    • [object Object]

      Time

      6.8 (6.5K)
      Garrett Bradley
    • [object Object]

      Us Kids

      6.4 (128)
      Kim A. Snyder
    • [object Object]

      Welcome to Chechnya

      7.9 (3.3K)
      David France
    • [object Object]

      Whirlybird

      7.0 (328)
      Matt Yoka
    • [object Object]

      Crip Camp

      7.7 (8.5K)
      James Lebrecht
      Nicole Newnham

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Minari

      7.4 (104K)
      Lee Isaac Chung
    • [object Object]

      The Forty-Year-Old Version

      7.2 (5.7K)
      Radha Blank
    • [object Object]

      Blast Beat

      5.2 (322)
      Esteban Arango
    • [object Object]

      Charm City Kings

      6.6 (3.2K)
      Angel Manuel Soto
    • [object Object]

      Dinner in America

      7.5 (13K)
      Adam Rehmeier
    • [object Object]

      The Evening Hour

      5.4 (357)
      Braden King
    • [object Object]

      Farewell Amor

      6.9 (1.7K)
      Ekwa Msangi
    • [object Object]

      Never Rarely Sometimes Always

      7.4 (32K)
      Eliza Hittman
    • [object Object]

      Nine Days

      6.8 (13K)
      Edson Oda
    • [object Object]

      Palm Springs

      7.4 (199K)
      Max Barbakow
    • [object Object]

      Save Yourselves!

      5.8 (9K)
      Alex Huston Fischer
      Eleanor Wilson
    • [object Object]

      Shirley

      6.1 (14K)
      Josephine Decker
    • [object Object]

      Wander Darkly

      5.8 (2K)
      Tara Miele
    • [object Object]

      Zola

      6.4 (19K)
      Janicza Bravo
    • [object Object]

      Miss Juneteenth

      6.5 (2.3K)
      Channing Godfrey Peoples
    • [object Object]

      Sylvie's Love

      6.8 (6.7K)
      Eugene Ashe

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Epicentro

      6.8 (304)
      Hubert Sauper
    • [object Object]

      Acasa, My Home

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Radu Ciorniciuc
    • [object Object]

      Influence

      7.0 (127)
      Diana Neille
      Richard Poplak
    • [object Object]

      Into the Deep

      6.5 (4.5K)
      Emma Sullivan
    • [object Object]

      Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

      7.3 (440)
      Anabel Rodriguez Rios
    • [object Object]

      Saudi Runaway

      7.2 (120)
      Susanne Regina Meures
    • [object Object]

      Softie

      7.3 (193)
      Sam Soko
    • [object Object]

      The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

      7.2 (848)
      Iryna Tsilyk
    • [object Object]

      The Mole Agent

      7.5 (10K)
      Maite Alberdi
    • [object Object]

      The Painter and the Thief

      7.5 (4.5K)
      Benjamin Ree
    • [object Object]

      The Reason I Jump

      7.4 (1.2K)
      Jerry Rothwell
    • [object Object]

      The Truffle Hunters

      7.3 (4.1K)
      Michael Dweck
      Gregory Kershaw

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yalda: A Night for Forgivness

      6.4 (1.2K)
      Massoud Bakhshi
    • [object Object]

      Charter

      6.2 (1.6K)
      Amanda Kernell
    • [object Object]

      Cuties

      3.6 (33K)
      Maïmouna Doucouré
    • [object Object]

      Exile

      6.6 (1.2K)
      Visar Morina
    • [object Object]

      Jumbo

      6.1 (1.4K)
      Zoé Wittock
    • [object Object]

      Luxor

      5.3 (907)
      Zeina Durra
    • [object Object]

      Possessor

      6.5 (51K)
      Brandon Cronenberg
    • [object Object]

      Surge

      6.1 (4.1K)
      Aneil Karia
    • [object Object]

      High Tide

      5.3 (382)
      Verónica Chen
    • [object Object]

      Identifying Features

      7.3 (2.7K)
      Fernanda Valadez
    • [object Object]

      This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

      7.3 (1.6K)
      Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
    • [object Object]

      Summer White

      6.6 (251)
      Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson

    Directing Award

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Time

      6.8 (6.5K)
      Garrett Bradley

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Forty-Year-Old Version

      7.2 (5.7K)
      Radha Blank

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

      7.2 (848)
      Iryna Tsilyk

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cuties

      3.6 (33K)
      Maïmouna Doucouré

    Cinematography Award

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    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Acasa, My Home

      7.6 (1.2K)
      Radu Ciorniciuc
      Mircea Topoleanu

    Documentary Film Editing Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Welcome to Chechnya

      7.9 (3.3K)
      Tyler H. Walk

    Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

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    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nine Days

      6.8 (13K)
      Edson Oda

    Audience Award

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    Best of Next!

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Carry You with Me

      6.7 (1.9K)
      Heidi Ewing

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Crip Camp

      7.7 (8.5K)
      James Lebrecht
      Nicole Newnham

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Minari

      7.4 (104K)
      Lee Isaac Chung

    Festival Favorite

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Giving Voice

      7.0 (353)
      James D. Stern
      Fernando Villena

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Reason I Jump

      7.4 (1.2K)
      Jerry Rothwell

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Identifying Features

      7.3 (2.7K)
      Fernanda Valadez

    Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tesla

      5.1 (11K)
      Michael Almereyda

    Editing Award

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    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Softie

      7.3 (193)
      Mila Aung-Thwin
      Ryan Mullins
      Sam Soko

    Short Film Jury Prize

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    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Daughter

      6.5 (1.3K)
      Daria Kashcheeva

    International Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Devil's Harmony

      6.3 (435)
      Dylan Holmes Williams

    Non-Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

      6.4 (1.8K)
      Matthew Killip

    U.S. Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      -Ship: A Visual Poem

      6.6 (41)
      Terrance Daye

    Short Film Grand Jury Prize

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    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      So What If the Goats Die

      6.7 (156)
      Sofia Alaoui
    • [object Object]

      Hot Flash

      7.2 (36)
      Thea Hollatz
    • [object Object]

      My Juke-Box

      6.1 (17)
      Florentine Grelier
    • [object Object]

      Sh_t Happens

      6.9 (116)
      Michaela Mihályi
      David Stumpf
    • [object Object]

      Daughter

      6.5 (1.3K)
      Daria Kashcheeva
    • [object Object]

      Eli

      6.3 (41)
      Nate Milton
    • [object Object]

      Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother

      5.6 (48)
      Stephen Irwin
    • [object Object]

      Broken Orchestra

      6.9 (75)
      Charlie Tyrell
    • [object Object]

      Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business

      6.9 (66)
      Christine Turner
    • [object Object]

      Junior Bangers

      8.6 (10)
      Danny Lee
    • [object Object]

      A Love Song for Latasha

      6.8 (2.7K)
      Sophia Nahli Allison
    • [object Object]

      Benevolent Ba

      4.9 (38)
      Diffan Sina Norman
    • [object Object]

      Slug Life

      5.7 (50)
      Sophie Koko Gate
    • [object Object]

      Regret

      6.9 (78)
      Santiago Menghini
    • [object Object]

      The Deepest Hole

      6.4 (8)
      Matt McCormick
    • [object Object]

      Bad Hair

      7.1 (139)
      Oskar Lehemaa
    • [object Object]

      Little Chief

      7.0 (104)
      Erica Tremblay
    • [object Object]

      Backpedal

      6.0 (28)
      Dani Pearce
    • [object Object]

      Pattaki

      7.3 (14)
      Everlane Moraes
    • [object Object]

      Are You Hungry?

      6.5 (151)
      Teemu Niukkanen
    • [object Object]

      Meridian

      5.0 (5)
      Calum Walter
    • [object Object]

      Día de la Madre

      Ashley Brandon
      Dennis Hohne
    • [object Object]

      Sadla

      6.0 (8)
      Zamo Mkhwanazi
    • [object Object]

      Blocks

      6.9 (213)
      Bridget Moloney
    • [object Object]

      Leave of Absence

      6.8 (33)
      Anton Sazonov
    • [object Object]

      Exam

      7.0 (231)
      Sonia K. Hadad
    • [object Object]

      Paola makes a wish

      6.0 (43)
      Zhannat Alshanova
    • [object Object]

      Meats

      5.5 (86)
      Ashley Williams
    • [object Object]

      Arabian Alien

      5.5 (292)
      Meshal Al Jaser
    • [object Object]

      Three Deaths

      5.7 (26)
      Jay Dockendorf
    • [object Object]

      He's the One

      5.4 (19)
      Jessie Kahnweiler
    • [object Object]

      Sticker

      7.5 (412)
      Georgi M. Unkovski
    • [object Object]

      Place

      6.6 (57)
      Jason Gudasz
    • [object Object]

      Buck

      5.6 (45)
      Elegance Bratton
      Jovan James
    • [object Object]

      Tak Ada yang Gila di Kota Ini

      7.4 (37)
      Wregas Bhanuteja
    • [object Object]

      T

      6.9 (91)
      Keisha Rae Witherspoon
    • [object Object]

      Olla

      6.8 (2.1K)
      Ariane Labed
    • [object Object]

      Former Cult Member Hears Music for the First Time

      6.8 (257)
      Kristoffer Borgli
    • [object Object]

      -Ship: A Visual Poem

      6.6 (41)
      Terrance Daye
    • [object Object]

      Now Is the Time

      7.8 (36)
      Christopher Auchter
    • [object Object]

      Character

      7.5 (10)
      Vera Brunner-Sung
    • [object Object]

      The Starr Sisters

      7.0 (18)
      Beth Einhorn
      Bridey Elliott
    • [object Object]

      I'll End Up in Jail

      6.8 (90)
      Alexandre Dostie
    • [object Object]

      A Thousand Sails

      Eric Tsang
    • [object Object]

      Baldwin Beauty

      5.6 (27)
      Thembi Banks
    • [object Object]

      Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa

      7.2 (223)
      Barbara Attie
      Mike Attie
      Janet Goldwater
    • [object Object]

      Do Not Split

      7.5 (1.8K)
      Anders Sømme Hammer
    • [object Object]

      All That Perishes at the Edge of Land

      7.4 (14)
      Hira Nabi
    • [object Object]

      Lichen

      7.4 (7)
      Lisa Jackson
    • [object Object]

      Narcissister Breast Work

      Narcissister
    • [object Object]

      Guisado on Sunset

      Terence Nance
    • [object Object]

      E-Ticket

      6.5 (24)
      Simon Liu
    • [object Object]

      Daytime Noir

      6.7 (49)
      Jeron Braxton
    • [object Object]

      Wake Up

      6.1 (520)
      Olivia Wilde

    • How Did We Get Here?

      Michelle Miles
    • [object Object]

      The Devil's Harmony

      6.3 (435)
      Dylan Holmes Williams
    • [object Object]

      John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

      6.4 (1.8K)
      Matthew Killip
    • [object Object]

      Hudson Geese

      7.8 (67)
      Bernardo Britto
    • [object Object]

      Danny's Girl

      5.2 (39)
      Emily Wilson
    • [object Object]

      The Shawl

      7.2 (16)
      Sara Kiener
    • [object Object]

      Dirty

      6.2 (255)
      Matthew Puccini
    • [object Object]

      No, I Don't Want to Dance!

      6.8 (80)
      Andrea Vinciguerra
    • [object Object]

      See You Next Time

      5.6 (10)
      Crystal Kayiza
    • [object Object]

      Valerio's Day Out

      5.9 (50)
      Michael Arcos
    • [object Object]

      Pillars

      6.8 (54)
      Haley Elizabeth Anderson

    • Wong Ping's Fables 2

      6.1 (11)
      Ping Wong
    • [object Object]

      Song of Clouds

      7.9 (17)
      Ankit Poudel
    • [object Object]

      Inès

      6.4 (15)
      Élodie Dermange

    • Eadem Cutis: The Same Skin

      Nina Hopf
    • [object Object]

      Farce

      7.2 (26)
      Robin Jensen

    World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award

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    Acting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Surge

      6.1 (4.1K)
      Ben Whishaw

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Identifying Features

      7.3 (2.7K)
      Astrid Rondero
      Fernanda Valadez
      EnAguas Cine
      Corpulenta Producciones
      Avanti Pictures

    Visionary Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

      7.3 (1.6K)
      Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

    Short Film Special Jury Award

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    Best Actress in a Short Film

    • Winner
      • Sadaf Asgari
      • Exam

    Directing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Valerio's Day Out

      5.9 (50)
      Michael Arcos

    New Frontier

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    New Frontier

    • [object Object]

      VR Free

      Milad Tangshir
      Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema

    NEXT Innovator Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Carry You with Me

      6.7 (1.9K)
      Heidi Ewing
    • [object Object]

      Beast Beast

      6.1 (332)
      Danny Madden
    • [object Object]

      Black Bear

      6.5 (17K)
      Lawrence Michael Levine
    • [object Object]

      La leyenda negra

      7.2 (84)
      Patricia Vidal Delgado
    • [object Object]

      Some Kind of Heaven

      7.2 (3.8K)
      Lance Oppenheim
    • [object Object]

      Spree

      5.9 (18K)
      Eugene Kotlyarenko
    • [object Object]

      Summertime

      6.3 (564)
      Carlos López Estrada
    • [object Object]

      The Killing of Two Lovers

      6.8 (5.7K)
      Robert Machoian
    • [object Object]

      The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me

      7.0 (63)
      Cedric Cheung-Lau
    • [object Object]

      Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia

      5.8 (96)
      Hannah Fidell
      Alexa Lim Haas
      Daniel Kwan
      Lucas Leyva
      Olivia West Lloyd
      Jillian Mayer
      The Meza Brothers
      Terence Nance
      Brett Potter
      Dylan Redford
      Xander Robin
      Julian Yuri Rodriguez
      Celia Rowlson-Hall
      Daniel Scheinert

    U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award

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    Auteur Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shirley

      6.1 (14K)
      Josephine Decker

    Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Charm City Kings

      6.6 (3.2K)

    Neorealism

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Never Rarely Sometimes Always

      7.4 (32K)
      Eliza Hittman

    World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award

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    Creative Storytelling

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Painter and the Thief

      7.5 (4.5K)
      Benjamin Ree

    U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award

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    Emerging Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Feels Good Man

      7.5 (5.8K)
      Arthur Jones

    Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dick Johnson Is Dead

      7.4 (7.5K)
      Kirsten Johnson

    Social Impact Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Fight

      6.8 (793)
      Eli B. Despres
      Josh Kriegman
      Elyse Steinberg

    Horizon Award

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    Emerging Female Filmmaker

    • Julie Dash
      Winner
      • Julie Dash(Director)

    Vanguard Award

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    • Radha Blank
      Winner
      • Radha Blank

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    Park City, Utah, USA

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