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Sundance Film Festival 2025 Announces Award Winners

Special screenings of Audience Award winners Sunday, Feb. 2

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At a ceremony in Park City Friday morning, the Sundance Film Festival announced award winners in juried and audience categories for the 2025 Film Festival. A full list follows, including opportunities for local screenings of Audience Award winners on Sunday, Feb. 2.

Atropia
  • Atropia
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: 
Atropia
Audience Award: Twinless  (screening 8:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Center)
Directing: Rashad Frett, Ricky
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Acting: Dylan O'Brien, Twinless
Ensemble Cast: Plainclothes

Seeds
  • Seeds
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize:
Seeds
Audience Award: Andre Is an Idiot (2:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Center)
Directing: Geeta Gandbhir, The Perfect Neighbor
Editing: Parker Laramie, Andre Is an Idiot
Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling: Selena y Los Dinos
Special Jury Award: Life After

Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears
  • Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize:
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)
Audience Award: DJ Ahmet  (9 p.m., Broadway Centre Cinemas)
Directing: Alireza Khatami, The Things You Kill
Writing: Two Women
Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: DJ Ahmet

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize:
 Cutting Through Rocks
Audience Award: Prime Minister  (6 p.m., Broadway Centre Cinemas)
Directing: Mstyslav Chernov, 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression: Coexistence, My Ass!
Special Jury Award: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Zodiac Killer Project
  • Zodiac Killer Project
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Innovator Award: Zodiac Killer Project
Audience Award: East of Wall  (11:30 a.m., Rose Wagner Center)
Ensemble Cast: Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)