2016 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners

I have not been on top of the Sundance Film Festival this year, but it looks like there are going to be a lot of great indie films released this year. Check out the winners of this years prizes, led by The Birth of A Nation which is getting rave reviews, the biggest purchase by Fox Searchlight in festival history, and a ton of 2017 Oscar buzz.

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
The Birth of a Nation

Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic
Swiss Army Man

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic
Morris from America

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, As You Are

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Joe Seo, Spa Night

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance
Melanie Lynskey, The Intervention and Craig Robinson, Morris from America

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Weiner

Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
Life, Animated

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
NUTS!

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking
Trapped

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Writing
Kate Plays Christine

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking
The Bad Kids

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
Embrace of the Serpent

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Sand Storm

Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Belgica

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
Vicky Hernandéz & Manolo Cruz, Between Sea and Land

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting
Mi Amiga del Parque

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Unique Vision & Design
The Lure

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Sonita

Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
All These Sleepless Nights

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Debut Feature
When Two Worlds Collide

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best CinematographyThe Land of the Enlightened

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
We Are X

Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Acura
The Birth of a Nation

Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Acura
Jim: The James Foley Story

Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Between Sea and Land

Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
Sonita

Audience Award: NEXT, Presented by Adobe
First Girl I Loved

Short Film Grand Jury Prize, Presented by YouTube
Thunder Road

Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction, Presented by YouTube
The Procedure

Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction, Presented by YouTube
Maman(s)

Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction, Presented by YouTube
Bacon & God's Wrath

Short Film Jury Award: Animation, Presented by YouTube
Edmond

Short Film Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance
Grace Glowicki, Her Friend Adam

Short Film Special Jury Award for Best Direction
Ondřej Hudeček, Peacock