SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

The first important festival of the year is the most important one in the US that has four competitions and almost all world premieres. The festival started to support the independent films and filmmakers but is now an integrated part of Hollywood.

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Camp X-Ray, Peter Sattler
Cold in July, Jim Mickle
Dear White People, Justin Simien
Fishing Without Nets, Cutter Hodierne Directing Award
God's Pocket, John Slattery
Happy Christmas , Joe Swanberg
Hellion, Kat Candler
Infinitely Polar Bear, Maya Forbes
Jamie Marks Is Dead, Carter Smith
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner
Life After Beth, Jeff Baena
Low Down, Jeff Preiss Cinematography Award
The Skeleton Twins, Craig Johnson Screenwriting Award
The Sleepwalker, Mona Fastvold
Song One, Kate Barker-Froyland
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award 

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory, Michael Rossato-Bennett Audience Award 
All the Beautiful Things, John Harkrider
CAPTIVATED The Trials of Pamela Smart, Jeremiah Zagar
The Case Against 8, Ben Cotner & Ryan White Directing Award
Cesar's Last Fast, Richard Ray Perez & Lorena Parlee
Dinosaur 13, Todd Miller
E-TEAM, Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman Cinematography Award
Fed Up, Stephanie Soechtig
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Brian Knappenberger
Ivory Tower, Andrew Rossi
Marmato, Mark Grieco
No No: A Dockumentary, Jeffrey Radice
The Overnighters, Jesse Moss

Private Violence, Cynthia Hill
Rich Hill, Andrew Droz Palermo & Tracy Droz Tragos Grand Jury Prize
Watchers of the Sky, Edet Belzberg

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION

52 Tuesdays, Sophie Hyde Directing Award

Blind, Eskil Vogt Screenwriting Award

Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari Audience Award

The Disobedient, Mina Djukic

God Help the Girl, Stuart Murdoch

Liar's Dice, Geetu Mohandas

Lilting, Hong Khaou Cinematography Award

Lock Charmer (El cerrajero), Natalia Smirnof

To Kill A Man, Alejandro Fernández Almendras Grand Jury Prize

Viktoria, Maya Vitkova

Wetlands , David Wnendt

Shadow, Noaz Deshe

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

20,000 Days on Earth, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard Directing Award
Concerning Violence, Göran Hugo Olsson
The Green Prince, Nadav Schirman Audience Award
Happiness, Thomas Balmès Cinematography Award
Love Child , Valerie Veatch
Mr leos caraX, Tessa Louise-Salomé
My Prairie Home, Chelsea McMullan
The Notorious Mr. Bout, Tony Gerber & Maxim Pozdorovkin
Return to Homs, Talal Derki Grand Jury Prize
SEPIDEH – Reaching for the Stars, Berit Madsen
We Come as Friends, Hubert Sauper
Web Junkie, Shosh Shlam & Hilla Medalia

NEXT

Appropriate Behavior, Desiree Akhavan
Drunktown's Finest, Sydney Freeland
The Foxy Merkins, Madeleine Olnek
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ana Lily Amirpour
Imperial Dreams, Malik Vitthal Audience Award
Land Ho!, Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz
Listen Up Philip, Alex Ross Perry
Memphis, Tim Sutton
Obvious Child, Gillian Robespierre
Ping Pong Summer, Michael Tully
War Story, Mark Jackson

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