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    Grand Jury Prize

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The House I Live In

      7.9 (5.4K)
      Eugene Jarecki
    • [object Object]

      Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

      7.5 (4.6K)
      Alison Klayman
    • [object Object]

      The Atomic States of America

      6.3 (291)
      Don Argott
      Sheena M. Joyce
    • [object Object]

      Chasing Ice

      7.7 (9K)
      Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • [object Object]

      Detropia

      6.5 (1.6K)
      Heidi Ewing
      Rachel Grady
    • [object Object]

      Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

      7.4 (572)
      Matthew Heineman
      Susan Froemke
    • [object Object]

      A Place at the Table

      6.9 (1.2K)
      Kristi Jacobson
      Lori Silverbush
    • [object Object]

      How to Survive a Plague

      7.6 (4.5K)
      David France
    • [object Object]

      Love Free or Die

      7.4 (118)
      Macky Alston
    • [object Object]

      Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

      7.8 (6.6K)
      Matthew Akers
    • [object Object]

      Me at the Zoo

      5.4 (371)
      Valerie Veatch
      Chris Moukarbel
    • [object Object]

      The Other Dream Team

      8.3 (3.7K)
      Marius A. Markevicius
    • [object Object]

      The Queen of Versailles

      7.1 (14K)
      Lauren Greenfield
    • [object Object]

      Slavery by Another Name

      7.8 (323)
      Sam Pollard
    • [object Object]

      We're Not Broke

      7.2 (552)
      Karin Hayes
      Victoria Bruce

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Beasts of the Southern Wild

      7.2 (86K)
      Benh Zeitlin
    • [object Object]

      The Comedy

      6.3 (5.5K)
      Rick Alverson
    • [object Object]

      The End of Love

      5.9 (1.9K)
      Mark Webber
    • [object Object]

      Filly Brown

      5.6 (1.2K)
      Youssef Delara
      Michael D. Olmos
    • [object Object]

      The First Time

      6.8 (75K)
      Jonathan Kasdan
    • [object Object]

      For Ellen

      6.0 (2.4K)
      So Yong Kim
    • [object Object]

      Hello I Must Be Going

      6.2 (6.7K)
      Todd Louiso
    • [object Object]

      Keep the Lights On

      6.4 (6.4K)
      Ira Sachs
    • [object Object]

      Luv

      6.0 (2.3K)
      Sheldon Candis
    • [object Object]

      Middle of Nowhere

      6.6 (2.1K)
      Ava DuVernay
    • [object Object]

      Nobody Walks

      5.3 (5.3K)
      Ry Russo-Young
    • [object Object]

      Safety Not Guaranteed

      6.9 (134K)
      Colin Trevorrow
    • [object Object]

      Save the Date

      5.7 (7.2K)
      Michael Mohan
    • [object Object]

      Simon Killer

      6.3 (5.3K)
      Antonio Campos
    • [object Object]

      Smashed

      6.7 (18K)
      James Ponsoldt
    • [object Object]

      The Sessions

      7.2 (45K)
      Ben Lewin

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Law in These Parts

      7.4 (416)
      Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
    • [object Object]

      ½ Revolution

      7.5 (77)
      Omar Shargawi
      Karim El Hakim
    • [object Object]

      5 Broken Cameras

      7.9 (7K)
      Emad Burnat
      Guy Davidi
    • [object Object]

      The Ambassador

      7.2 (4.3K)
      Mads Brügger
    • [object Object]

      Big Boys Gone Bananas!*

      7.5 (1.1K)
      Fredrik Gertten
    • [object Object]

      China Heavyweight

      6.4 (365)
      Yung Chang
    • [object Object]

      Gypsy Davy

      7.6 (18)
      Rachel Leah Jones
    • [object Object]

      The Imposter

      7.4 (52K)
      Bart Layton
    • [object Object]

      Indie Game: The Movie

      7.6 (22K)
      Lisanne Pajot
      James Swirsky
    • [object Object]

      Payback

      6.3 (251)
      Jennifer Baichwal
    • [object Object]

      Putin's Kiss

      6.5 (771)
      Lise Birk Pedersen
    • [object Object]

      Searching for Sugar Man

      8.2 (75K)
      Malik Bendjelloul

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Violeta Went to Heaven

      7.1 (2.5K)
      Andrés Wood
    • [object Object]

      About the Pink Sky

      6.6 (201)
      Keiichi Kobayashi
    • [object Object]

      Can

      6.7 (560)
      Rasit Çelikezer
    • [object Object]

      Father's Chair

      6.7 (1.6K)
      Luciano Moura
    • [object Object]

      Four Suns

      6.3 (347)
      Bohdan Sláma
    • [object Object]

      L

      5.4 (826)
      Babis Makridis
    • [object Object]

      The Last Elvis

      7.0 (1.7K)
      Armando Bo
    • [object Object]

      Madrid, 1987

      6.2 (2.5K)
      David Trueba
    • [object Object]

      My Brother the Devil

      6.5 (3.4K)
      Sally El Hosaini
    • [object Object]

      Teddy Bear

      7.1 (4.9K)
      Mads Matthiesen
    • [object Object]

      Valley of Saints

      7.0 (207)
      Musa Syeed
    • [object Object]

      Wish You Were Here

      5.9 (6.4K)
      Kieran Darcy-Smith
    • [object Object]

      Wrong

      6.2 (11K)
      Quentin Dupieux
    • [object Object]

      Young & Wild

      6.0 (3.2K)
      Marialy Rivas

    Special Jury Prize

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Free or Die

      7.4 (118)
      Macky Alston
      For grace under pressure
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

      7.5 (4.6K)
      Alison Klayman
      For spirit of defiance

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sessions

      7.2 (45K)
      John Hawkes
      Helen Hunt
      William H. Macy
      Annika Marks
      Moon Bloodgood
      For ensemble acting.
    • Smashed (2012)
      John Krasinski and Olivia Thirlby in Nobody Walks (2012)
      • Smashed
      • Nobody Walks
      Andrea Sperling
      Jonathan Schwartz
      For independent film producing.

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Searching for Sugar Man

      8.2 (75K)
      Malik Bendjelloul
      For its celebration of the artistic spirit

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Can

      6.7 (560)
      Rasit Çelikezer
      For artistic vision

    Directing Award

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Queen of Versailles

      7.1 (14K)
      Lauren Greenfield

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Middle of Nowhere

      6.6 (2.1K)
      Ava DuVernay

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      5 Broken Cameras

      7.9 (7K)
      Emad Burnat

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Teddy Bear

      7.1 (4.9K)
      Mads Matthiesen

    Cinematography Award

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Ice

      7.7 (9K)
      Jeff Orlowski-Yang

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Beasts of the Southern Wild

      7.2 (86K)
      Ben Richardson

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Putin's Kiss

      6.5 (771)
      Lars Skree

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Brother the Devil

      6.5 (3.4K)
      David Raedeker

    Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Safety Not Guaranteed

      6.9 (134K)
      Derek Connolly

    Audience Award

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    Best of Next!

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sleepwalk with Me

      6.7 (12K)
      Mike Birbiglia
    • [object Object]

      Compliance

      6.4 (40K)
      Craig Zobel
    • [object Object]

      I Am Not a Hipster

      6.6 (1.6K)
      Destin Daniel Cretton
    • [object Object]

      Kid-Thing

      6.3 (579)
      David Zellner
    • [object Object]

      Mosquita y Mari

      6.3 (1K)
      Aurora Guerrero
    • [object Object]

      My Best Day

      5.1 (207)
      Erin Greenwell
    • [object Object]

      Pursuit of Loneliness

      7.0 (45)
      Laurence Thrush
    • [object Object]

      That's What She Said

      3.9 (747)
      Carrie Preston
    • [object Object]

      28 Hotel Rooms

      5.7 (3.8K)
      Matt Ross

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Invisible War

      7.6 (7.4K)
      Kirby Dick
      Accepted by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sessions

      7.2 (45K)
      Ben Lewin

    Shorts

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Debutante Hunters

      6.4 (31)
      Maria White

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Searching for Sugar Man

      8.2 (75K)
      Malik Bendjelloul

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Valley of Saints

      7.0 (207)
      Musa Syeed

    Short Filmmaking Award

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    International

    • [object Object]

      Unexpected Hero

      5.2 (15)
      Yi Zhou

    Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Valley of Saints

      7.0 (207)
      Musa Syeed
      Tied with Robot & Frank (2012).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Robot & Frank

      7.0 (67K)
      Jake Schreier
      Tied with Valley of Saints (2012).

    NHK Award

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    • Winner
      • Jens Assur
      For the filming of "Close Far Away"

    Women in Film National Geographic All Roads Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

      7.7 (362)
      Lucy Walker

    Editing Award

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Detropia

      6.5 (1.6K)
      Enat Sidi

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Indie Game: The Movie

      7.6 (22K)
      Lisanne Pajot
      James Swirsky

    Screenwriting Award

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    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Young & Wild

      6.0 (3.2K)
      Marialy Rivas
      Camila Gutiérrez
      Pedro Peirano
      Sebastián Sepúlveda

    Short Film Jury Prize

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    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Morning Stroll

      6.6 (839)
      Grant Orchard

    Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Black Balloon

      6.7 (506)
      Benny Safdie
      Josh Safdie
    • [object Object]

      Henley

      6.8 (121)
      Craig William Macneill

    International Fiction

    • Winner

      The Return

      6.4 (54)
      Blerta Zeqiri
    • [object Object]

      Barbie Blues

      7.2 (35)
      Adi Kutner
    • [object Object]

      Opowiesci z chlodni

      7.4 (98)
      Grzegorz Jaroszuk

    Non-Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

      7.7 (362)
      Lucy Walker
    • [object Object]

      Odysseus' Gambit

      8.1 (78)
      Àlex Lora

    Short Film Special Jury Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Arm

      5.8 (116)
      Brie Larson
      Sarah Ramos
      Jessie Ennis
      For comedic storytelling.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Robots of Brixton

      5.4 (253)
      Kibwe Tavares
      For animation direction.

    Short Film Grand Jury Prize

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fishing Without Nets

      6.7 (197)
      Cutter Hodierne
    • [object Object]

      Aquadettes

      6.5 (33)
      Zackary Canepari
      Drea Cooper
    • [object Object]

      Una Hora Por Favora

      6.3 (67)
      Joey Soloway

    • Family Nightmare

      6.6 (33)
      Dustin Guy Defa
    • [object Object]

      It's Such a Beautiful Day

      8.5 (3.4K)
      Don Hertzfeldt
    • [object Object]

      Night Hunter

      6.6 (23)
      Stacey Steers
    • [object Object]

      The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

      7.7 (362)
      Lucy Walker
    • [object Object]

      Bear

      7.3 (1.4K)
      Nash Edgerton
    • [object Object]

      Juku

      6.7 (14)
      Kiro Russo
    • [object Object]

      Las Palmas

      7.5 (579)
      Johannes Nyholm
    • [object Object]

      Dol (First Birthday)

      5.2 (74)
      Andrew Ahn
    • [object Object]

      38-39º

      5.9 (46)
      Kangmin Kim

    • The Return

      6.4 (54)
      Blerta Zeqiri
    • [object Object]

      Moving Stories

      7.0 (7)
      Nicolas Provost
    • [object Object]

      Belly

      6.6 (153)
      Julia Pott

    • Stick Climbing

      5.3 (18)
      Daniel Zimmermann
    • [object Object]

      Bobby Yeah

      7.3 (786)
      Robert Morgan
    • [object Object]

      663114

      6.1 (121)
      Isamu Hirabayashi
    • [object Object]

      A Morning Stroll

      6.6 (839)
      Grant Orchard
    • [object Object]

      Bobby Yeah

      7.3 (786)
      Robert Morgan

    • The Diatom

      Chris Peters
    • [object Object]

      Slow Derek

      5.4 (78)
      Daniel Ojari
    • [object Object]

      Robots of Brixton

      5.4 (253)
      Kibwe Tavares
    • [object Object]

      Into the Middle of Nowhere

      7.9 (12)
      Anna Frances Ewert
    • [object Object]

      Moxie

      6.2 (69)
      Stephen Irwin
    • [object Object]

      Girl

      5.4 (31)
      Fijona Jonuzi
    • [object Object]

      Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys

      7.3 (57)
      Jens Assur
    • [object Object]

      Long Distance Information

      6.7 (81)
      Douglas Hart
    • [object Object]

      Girl

      5.4 (31)
      Fijona Jonuzi
    • [object Object]

      Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

      8.2 (6.1K)
      Becky Sloan

    • Once It Started It Could Not End Otherwise

      6.2 (44)
      Kelly Sears
    • [object Object]

      The Thing

      6.4 (22)
      Rhys Ernst
    • [object Object]

      The Debutante Hunters

      6.4 (31)
      Maria White
    • [object Object]

      The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising

      9.2 (31)
      Greg Hamilton
      Kurt Miller
    • [object Object]

      The Fort

      6.6 (46)
      Andrew Renzi
    • [object Object]

      Henley

      6.8 (121)
      Craig William Macneill
    • [object Object]

      Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke

      6.7 (99)
      Lucas Leyva
      Jillian Mayer
    • [object Object]

      Famous Person Talent Agency: Pearls of Asia

      Ivan Hurzeler
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      6.7 (506)
      Benny Safdie
      Josh Safdie
    • [object Object]

      '92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card

      6.0 (240)
      Todd Sklar
    • [object Object]

      Spielzeit

      7.7 (10)
      Lucas Mireles

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    Park City, Utah, USA

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