Sundance Film Festival History


2010

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Winter's Bone
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Restrepo
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - Animal Kingdom
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - The Red Chapel (Det Røde Kapel)
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - GASLAND
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - happythankyoumoreplease
  • Audience Award: Documentary - WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
  • 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - "Obselidia"

2009

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Precious
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - We Live in Public
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - The Maid (La Nana)
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Rough Aunties
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Precious
  • Audience Award: Documentary - The Cove
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - An Education
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Afghan Star
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Cary Joji Fukunaga for Sin Nombre
  • Documentary Directing Award - Natalia Almada for El General
  • World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - Oliver Hirschbiegel for Five Minutes of Heaven
  • World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - Havana Marking for Afghan Star
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Adriano Goldman for Sin Nombre
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Bob Richman for The September Issue
  • World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - John De Borman for An Education
  • World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - John Maringouin for Big River Man
  • Documentary Film Editing - Karen Schmeer for Sergio
  • World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - Janus Billeskov Jansen and Thomas Papapetros for Burma VJ
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Dramatic - Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi for Paper Heart
  • World Cinema Screenwriting Award - Guy Hibbert for Five Minutes of Heaven
  • Special Jury Prize for Originality, World Cinema Drama - Louise-Michel
  • Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Documentary - Tibet in Song
  • Special Jury Prize for Acting, World Cinema - Catalina Saavedra for The Maid (La Nana)
  • Special Jury Prize, U.S. Documentary - Good Hair
  • Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Independence - Humpday
  • Special Jury Prize for Acting - Mo'Nique for Precious
  • Jury Prize, U.S. Short Filmmaking - Short Term 12
  • Jury Prize, International Short Filmmaking - Lies (Sweden)
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Omlet
  • 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Adam[4]

2008

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Trouble the Water[2]
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Frozen River[2]
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Man On Wire[2]
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)[2]
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Fields of Fuel[2]
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - The Wackness[2]
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Man on Wire[2]
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Captain Abu Raed[2]
  • Directing Award: Documentary - American Teen[2]
  • Directing Award: Dramatic - Ballast[2]
  • World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - Durakovo: The Village of Fools (Durakovo: Le Village Des Fous)[2]
  • World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - Mermaid (Rusalka)[2]
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Sleep Dealer[2]
  • World Cinema Screenwriting Award - I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (J'ai Toujours Rêvé d'Être un Gangster)[2]
  • Documentary Editing Award - Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired[2]
  • World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins[2]
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Patti Smith: Dream of Life[2]
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Ballast[2]
  • World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - Recycle[2]
  • World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)[2]
  • World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Blue Eyelids (Párpados Azules)[2]
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo[2]
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, The Spirit of Independence - Anywhere, USA[2]
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, Work by an Ensemble Cast - Choke[2]
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - My Olympic Summer[2]
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Sikumi (On the Ice)[2]
  • International Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - Soft[2]
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Aquarium[2]
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - August 15th[2]
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - La Corona (The Crown)[2]
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Oiran Lyrics[2]
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Spider[2]
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Suspension[2]
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - W.[2]
  • 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Sleep Dealer[3]

2007

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Padre Nuestro
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - Adama Meshuga'at (Sweet Mud)
  • Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Vores lykkes fjender (Enemies of Happiness)
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Hear and Now
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Grace is Gone
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - In the Shadow of the Moon
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Once
  • Documentary Directing Award - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine for War/Dance
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Jeffrey Blitz for Rocket Science
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Heloisa Passos for Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Benoit Debie for Joshua
  • Documentary Film Editing - Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillan, and Michael Schweitzer for Nanking
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Dramatic - James C. Strouse for Grace Is Gone
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic Performance - Jess Weixler in Teeth and Tamara Podemski in Four Sheets to the Wind
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Chris Smith, director of The Pool
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - No End in Sight
  • Special Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - L' Héritage (The Legacy)
  • Special Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Hot House
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Everything Will Be OK
  • Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - The Tube With a Hat
  • Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking - Death to the Tinman, The Fighting Cholitas, Men Understand Each Other Better (Mardha Hamdigar Ra Behtar Mifahmand), Motodrom, Spitfire 944, t.o.m.
  • Special Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Freeheld
  • 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Dark Matter

2006

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - God Grew Tired of Us
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Quinceañera
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - In The Pit
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - 13 Tzameti
  • Audience Award: Documentary - God Grew Tired of Us
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Quinceañera
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - De Nadie
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - No. 2
  • Documentary Directing Award - James Longley director of Iraq in Fragments
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Dito Montiel for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - James Longley for Iraq in Fragments
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Tom Richmond for Right at Your Door
  • Documentary Film Editing - Iraq in Fragments
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Hilary Brougher for Stephanie Daley
  • Special Jury Prize - American Blackout
  • Special Jury Prize - A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (for Best Ensemble Performance)
  • Special Jury Prize - In Between Days (for Independent Vision)
  • Special Jury Prize - Into Great Silence
  • Special Jury Prize - Dear Pyongyang
  • Special Jury Prize - Eve & the Fire Horse
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Bugcrush
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - The Wraith of Cobble Hill
  • Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - The Natural Route
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Before Dawn
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Preacher With an Unknown God
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Undressing My Mother
  • 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - The House of Sand

2005

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Why We Fight
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Forty Shades of Blue
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - Shape of the Moon
  • World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - The Hero
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Murderball
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Hustle & Flow
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Brothers
  • Documentary Directing Award - Jeff Feuerzeig for The Devil and Daniel Johnston
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Noah Baumbach for The Squid and the Whale
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - The Education of Shelby Knox
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Hustle & Flow
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Noah Baumbach for The Squid and the Whale
  • Special Jury Prize for Editing - Murderball
  • Special Jury Prize - After Innocence
  • Special Jury Prize for Acting - Amy Adams in Junebug
  • Special Jury Prize for Acting - Lou Pucci in Thumbsucker
  • Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision - Miranda July writer, director, and actor in Me and You and Everyone We Know
  • Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision - Rian Johnson director of Brick
  • Special Jury Prize - The Liberace of Baghdad
  • Special Jury Prize - Wall
  • Special Jury Prize - The Forest For the Trees
  • Special Jury Prize - Live-In Maid
  • Special Jury Prize (RU) - Elektra
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Family Portrait
  • Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - Wasp
  • Shorts Jury Special Recognition - Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-time Story
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - One Weekend A Month
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Small Town Secrets
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Victoria Para Chino
  • 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Grizzly Man

2004

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - DiG!
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Primer
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Born into Brothels
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Maria Full of Grace
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - The Corporation
  • World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - Seducing Doctor Lewis
  • Documentary Directing Award - Morgan Spurlock director of Super Size Me
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Debra Granik for Down to the Bone
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Imelda
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - November
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Repatriation
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Larry Gross for We Don't Live Here Anymore
  • Special Jury Prize - Farmingville
  • Special Jury Prize - Brother to Brother
  • Special Jury Prize - Vera Farmiga for her performance in Down to the Bone
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - When the Storm Came
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Gowanus, Brooklyn
  • Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking - Tomo
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Curtis
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Harvie Krumpet
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Krumped
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Papillon D’Amour
  • Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking - Spokane
  • Sundance Online Film Festival Jury Award (Animation) - Bathtime in Clerkenwell
  • Sundance Online Film Festival Jury Award (Short Subject) - Wet Dreams False Images
  • Sundance Online Film Festival Jury Award (New Forms Gallery) - The Dawn at My Back: Memoir of a Texas Upgringing
  • 2004 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Primer

2003

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Capturing the Friedmans
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - American Splendor (film)
  • Audience Award: Documentary - My Flesh and Blood
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - The Station Agent
  • Documentary Directing Award - Jonathan Karsh director of My Flesh and Blood
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Catherine Hardwicke for Thirteen (film)
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Stevie
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Quattro Noza

2002

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Real Women Have Curves
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
  • Special Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Bus 44
  • Special Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Morning Breath: A Brooklyn Love Story

2001

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Southern Comfort
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - The Believer
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Dogtown and Z-Boys
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Scout's Honor
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • World Cinema Audience Award - The Road Home
  • Documentary Directing Award - Stacy Peralta director of Dogtown and Z-Boys
  • Dramatic Directing Award - John Cameron Mitchell director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Albert Maysles for Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Giles Nuttgens for The Deep End
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Scout's Honor
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Christopher Nolan for Memento
  • Special Jury Prize - Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek for In the Bedroom
  • Special Jury Prize - Children Underground
  • Special Jury Prize - Possible Loves
  • Special Jury Prize - Without a Trace
  • Special Jury Mention - Damned - The Strange World of José Mojica Marins
  • Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking - Gina, An Actress, Age 29
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention - Delusions in Modern Primitivism
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention - Jigsaw Venus
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention - Metropopular
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention - Peter Rabbit and the Crucifix
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention - Pie Fight '69
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention - Sweet
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention - Zen and the Art of Landscaping

2000

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Long Night's Journey Into Day
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Girlfight and You Can Count on Me
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Dark Days
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Two Family House
  • Documentary Directing Award - Paragraph 175
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Girlfight
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Americano's: Latino Life in The United States
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Committed
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Dark Days
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Kenneth Lonegran for You Can Count on Me
  • Audience Award World Cinema - Saving Grace
  • Special Jury Prize - The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
  • Special Jury Prize - George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
  • Special Jury Prize - The Tao of Steve
  • Special Jury Prize - Songcatcher
  • Special Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema - Herod's Law
  • Special Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema - No One Writes to the Colonel
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Five Feet High and Rising
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - The Bats
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - Darling International
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - The Drowning Room
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - Friday
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - Hitch
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - Ice Fishing
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - This is for Betsy Hall
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - Titler

1999

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - American Movie
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Three Seasons
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Genghis Blues
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Three Seasons
  • Documentary Directing Award - Barbara Sonneborn for Regret to Inform
  • Dramatic Directing Award - Eric Mendelsohn for Judy Berlin
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Emiko Omori for Rabbit in the Moon and Regret to Inform
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Lisa Rinzler for Three Seasons
  • Freedom of Expression Award - The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Frank Whaley for Joe the King
  • Audience Award World Cinema - Run Lola Run and Train of Life

1998

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Slam

1997

  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Girls Like Us
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Sunday
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Hurricane
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - Licensed to Kill
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - In the Company of Men
  • Directing Award: Documentary - Licensed to Kill
  • Directing Award: Dramatic - Hurricane
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Sunday
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Family Name
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - My America ...or Honk if You Love Buddha
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Hurricane
  • Special Jury: Documentary - Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
  • Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance - The House of Yes
  • Short Filmmakers Award: Honorable Mention - Going All the Way
  • Latin American Cinema Award - Landscapes of Memory
  • Latin American Cinema Award: Honorable Mention - Deep Crimson
  • Short Filmmaking Award - Man About Town
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - Birdhouse
  • Short Filmmaking Award: Honorable Mention - Syphon Gun

1996

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Welcome to the Dollhouse by Todd Solondz
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Girls Town
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - Cutting Loose
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Care of the Spitfire Grill
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Cutting Loose
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Big Night
  • Freedom of Expression Award - The Celluloid Closet
  • Special Jury Recognition - When We Were Kings
  • Special Jury Recognition - Girls Town
  • Special Jury Recognition - I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Special Recognition in Latin Cinema Award - Madagascar
  • Special Mention - Guantanamera (film)
  • Special Mention - Wild Horses
  • Special Recognition in Short Filmmaking Award - A Small Domain
  • Honorable Mention - Pig!
  • Honorable Mention - Dry Mount

1995

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - The Brothers McMullen
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Crumb
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Angela
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - Black Is...Black Ain't
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Picture Bride
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Ballot Measure 9
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Unzipped
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Angela
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Crumb
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Living in Oblivion
  • Freedom of Expression Award - When Billy Broke His Head...and Other Tales of Wonder
  • Special Jury Recognition - Jupiter's Wife
  • Special Jury Recognition for Directing - Heavy
  • Special Jury Recognition for Directing - Rhythm Thief
  • Special Recognition in Latin Cinema Award - Eagles Don't Hunt Flies
  • Special Mention - Strawberry and Chocolate
  • Special Recognition in Short Filmmaking Award - The Salesman and Other Adventures
  • Special Recognition in Short Filmmaking Award - Tom's Flesh
  • Honorable Mentions - Trevor
  • Honorable Mentions - Nonnie and Alex

1994

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - What Happened Was
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Freedom on My Mind
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Clerks by Kevin Smith
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Fresh
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Spanking the Monkey
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Hoop Dreams
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Suture
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Colorado Cowboy: The Bruce Ford Story
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - What Happened Was
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Dialogues with Madwomen
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Heart of the Matter
  • Special Jury Recognition for Technical Achievement - Coming Out Under Fire
  • Special Jury Recognition for Technical Acting - Sean Nelson in Fresh
  • Special Jury Recognition for Technical Acting - Alicia Witt in Fun
  • Special Jury Recognition for Technical Acting - Renee Humphrey in Fun

1993

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Ruby in Paradise and Public Access
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Children of Fate
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Silverlake Life: The View From Here
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Fly By Night
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - Something Within Me
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - El Mariachi
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Something Within Me
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - An Ambush of Ghosts
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Children of Fate
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Combination Platter
  • Freedom of Expression Award - Silverlake Life: The View From Here
  • Special Jury Prize for a First Feature - Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
  • Special Jury Prize for Distinction - Lillian
  • Special Jury Prize for Superb Technical Achievement - Earth and the American Dream
  • Special Jury Prize for Merit - Something Within Me

1992

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - In the Soup
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - A Brief History of Time
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Finding Christa
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Zebrahead
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - A Brief History of Time
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - The Waterdance
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Brother's Keeper
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Swoon
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Shoot for the Contents
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - The Waterdance
  • Special Jury Recognition - The Hours and Times
  • Special Jury Recognition - My Crasy Life
  • Special Jury Recognition - Seymour Cassel for his performance in In the Soup

1991

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Poison
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - American Dream
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Paris Is Burning
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Privilege
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - American Dream
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - One Cup of Coffee
  • Audience Award: Documentary - American Dream
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Daughters of the Dust
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Christo in Paris
  • Special Jury Recognition - Straight Out Of Brooklyn

1990

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Chameleon Street - IMDb
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - H-2 Worker - IMDb
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Water and Power - IMDb
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Houseparty
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman - IMDb
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - Longtime Companion
  • Audience Award: Documentary - Berkeley in the Sixties - IMDb
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Houseparty
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - H-2 Worker
  • Special Jury Recognition: Dramatic - To Sleep With Anger
  • Special Jury Recognition: Documentary - Samsara: Death And Rebirth In Cambodia - IMDb

1989

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - True Love
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - For All Mankind
  • Audience Award: Dramatic - sex, lies and videotape
  • Audience Award: Documentary - For All Mankind
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Powwow Highway - IMDb
  • Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary - John Huston - IMDb

1988

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Heat and Sunlight - IMDb
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Beirut: The Last Home Movie - IMDb
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Rachel River - IMDb
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Beirut: The Last Home Movie
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Lemon Sky - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize for Acting - Viveca Lindfors in Rachel River

1987

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Waiting for the Moon
  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - The Trouble with Dick - IMDb
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Sherman's March
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - No Picnic - IMDb
  • Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Chile: When Will It End? - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Working Girls - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - Chile: When Will It End?
  • Special Jury Prize for Originality: Dramatic - Sullivan's Pavilion - IMDb

1986

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Smooth Talk
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Private Conversations - IMDb
  • Honorable Mention: Dramatic - Desert Hearts - IMDb
  • Honorable Mention: Documentary - Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo - IMDb
  • Special Recognition: Dramatic - Seven Minutes in Heaven

1985

  • Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Blood Simple
  • Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Seventeen - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Almost You - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - The Killing Floor - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Dramatic - Stranger Than Paradise
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - America and Lewis Hine - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - In Heaven There Is No Beer? - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - Kaddish - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - Streetwise - IMDb
  • Special Jury Prize: Documentary - The Times of Harvey Milk