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    Grand Jury Prize

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    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Nuisance Bear

      7.1 (128)
      Jack Weisman
      Gabriela Osio Vanden
    • [object Object]

        American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

      8.5 (67)
      David Alvarado
    • [object Object]

        American Doctor

      8.6 (309)
      Poh Si Teng
    • [object Object]

        The Lake

      7.2 (43)
      Abby Ellis
    • [object Object]

        Barbara Forever

      7.6 (86)
      Brydie O'Connor
    • [object Object]

        Joybubbles

      7.7 (50)
      Rachael J. Morrison
    • [object Object]

        Public Access

      6.8 (38)
      David Shadrack Smith
    • [object Object]

        Seized

      8.2 (40)
      Sharon Liese
    • [object Object]

        Soul Patrol

      8.0 (53)
      J.M. Harper
    • [object Object]

        Who Killed Alex Odeh?

      7.3 (34)
      Jason Osder
      William Lafi Youmans

    Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Josephine

      8.0 (459)
      Beth de Araújo
    • [object Object]

        Carousel

      5.4 (138)
      Rachel Lambert
    • [object Object]

        Bedford Park

      6.9 (95)
      Stephanie Ahn
    • [object Object]

        The Friend's House Is Here

      6.5 (93)
      Hossein Keshavarz
      Maryam Ataei
    • [object Object]

        Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

      7.2 (138)
      Josef Kubota Wladyka
    • [object Object]

        Hot Water

      7.2 (75)
      Ramzi Bashour
    • [object Object]

        Take Me Home

      7.4 (84)
      Liz Sargent
    • [object Object]

        Run Amok

      6.1 (108)
      NB Mager
    • [object Object]

        The Musical

      6.8 (126)
      Giselle Bonilla
    • [object Object]

        Union County

      6.8 (237)
      Adam Meeks

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        To Hold a Mountain

      8.0 (86)
      Petar Glomazić
      Biljana Tutorov
    • [object Object]

        All About the Money

      6.1 (48)
      Sinéad O'Shea
    • [object Object]

        Birds of War

      8.1 (84)
      Janay Boulos
      Abd Alkader Habak
    • [object Object]

        Closure

      7.0 (72)
      Michal Marczak
    • [object Object]

        Everybody to Kenmure Street

      7.7 (293)
      Felipe Bustos Sierra
    • [object Object]

        Kikuyu Land

      8.0 (33)
      Andrew H. Brown
      Bea Wangondu
    • [object Object]

        Hanging by a Wire

      7.5 (61)
      Mohammed Ali Naqvi
    • [object Object]

        One in a Million

      7.9 (70)
      Jack Macinnes
      Itab Azzam
    • [object Object]

        Silenced

      4.7 (305)
      Selina Miles
    • [object Object]

        Sentient

      7.5 (45)
      Tony Jones

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Shame and Money

      6.8 (179)
      Visar Morina
    • [object Object]

        Big Girls Don't Cry

      6.9 (112)
      Paloma Schneideman
    • [object Object]

        Filipiñana

      6.5 (177)
      Rafael Manuel
    • [object Object]

        Hold Onto Me

      6.8 (184)
      Myrsini Aristidou
    • [object Object]

        Extra Geography

      6.9 (92)
      Molly Manners
    • [object Object]

        How to Divorce During the War

      6.8 (214)
      Andrius Blazevicius
    • [object Object]

        The Huntress

      7.5 (84)
      Suzanne Andrews Correa
    • [object Object]

        Lady

      6.8 (76)
      Olive Nwosu
    • [object Object]

        Levitating

      7.5 (360)
      Wregas Bhanuteja
    • [object Object]

        Tell Me Everything

      7.3 (98)
      Moshe Rosenthal

    Directing Award

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    U.S. Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Soul Patrol

      8.0 (53)
      J.M. Harper

    U.S. Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

      7.2 (138)
      Josef Kubota Wladyka

    World Cinema, Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        One in a Million

      7.9 (70)
      Itab Azzam
      Jack Macinnes

    World Cinema, Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        How to Divorce During the War

      6.8 (214)
      Andrius Blazevicius

    Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

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    U.S. Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Take Me Home

      7.4 (84)
      Liz Sargent

    Audience Award

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    NEXT

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Ancestor

      8.2 (27)
      Adam Khalil
      Zack Khalil

    U.S. Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

      8.5 (67)
      David Alvarado

    U.S. Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Josephine

      8.0 (459)
      Beth de Araújo

    World Cinema - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        One in a Million

      7.9 (70)
      Itab Azzam
      Jack Macinnes

    World Cinema - Dramatic

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Hold Onto Me

      6.8 (184)
      Myrsini Aristidou

    Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

        In the Blink of an Eye

      6.1 (7.7K)
      Andrew Stanton
      Colby Day

    NHK Award

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    • Winner

        Verano

      Leo Aguirre

    Short Film Grand Jury Prize

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    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Baddest Speechwriter of All

      8.6 (28)
      Stephen Curry
      Ben Proudfoot
    • [object Object]

        Albatross

      5.8 (21)
      Amandine Thomas
    • [object Object]

        Balloon Animals

      6.9 (21)
      Anna Baumgarten
    • [object Object]

        Birdie

      7.3 (22)
      Praise Odigie
    • [object Object]

        The Creature of Darkness

      6.2 (11)
      Ray Whitaker
      Lisa Malloy
    • [object Object]

        Crisis Actor

      5.2 (18)
      Lily Platt
    • [object Object]

        Callback

      6.5 (29)
      Matthew Puccini
    • [object Object]

        Don't Tell Mama

      6.2 (16)
      Chloe Leigh King
    • [object Object]

        Gender Studies

      6.0 (25)
      Jamie Kiernan O'Brien
    • [object Object]

        The Oracle

      JJ Adler
    • [object Object]

        Prime

      6.6 (8)
      Meagan Coyle
    • [object Object]

        Pankaja

      6.3 (20)
      Anooya Swamy
    • [object Object]

        Radiant Frost

      4.8 (13)
      Hannah Schierbeek
    • [object Object]

        Taga

      6.0 (23)
      Jill Sachs
    • [object Object]

        Stairs

      5.1 (18)
      Riley Donigan
    • [object Object]

        Seniors

      6.1 (23)
      Adam Curley
    • [object Object]

        Blue Heart

      5.5 (36)
      Samuel Frantz Suffren
    • [object Object]

        Agnes

      6.8 (21)
      Leah Vlemmiks
    • [object Object]

        Together Forever

      6.1 (17)
      Gregory Willis Barnes
    • [object Object]

        Faux Bijoux

      7.1 (37)
      Jessy Moussallem
    • [object Object]

        Buah (Fruit)

      4.3 (15)
      Jen Nee Lim
    • [object Object]

        Candy Bar

      6.7 (48)
      Nash Edgerton
    • [object Object]

        I'm Glad You're Dead Now

      6.1 (200)
      Tawfeek Barhom
    • [object Object]

        Ivar

      7.4 (11)
      Markus Tangre
    • [object Object]

        How Brief

      6.5 (16)
      Kelly McCormack
    • [object Object]

        Jazz Infernal

      8.0 (32)
      Will Niava
    • [object Object]

        Marga en el DF

      7.7 (32)
      Gabriela Ortega
    • [object Object]

        The Liars

      6.8 (12)
      Eduardo Braun Costa
    • [object Object]

        Norheimsund

      6.8 (39)
      Ana A. Alpízar
    • [object Object]

        OSey Balamma

      6.1 (7)
      Raman Nimmala
    • [object Object]

        Pika

      6.6 (12)
      Alex Fischman
    • [object Object]

        Utan Kelly

      6.0 (65)
      Lovisa Sirén
    • [object Object]

        The Worm

      7.3 (36)
      Tom Noakes
    • [object Object]

        Sauna Sickness

      6.9 (28)
      Malin Barr
    • [object Object]

        Busy Bodies

      6.6 (12)
      Kate Renshaw-Lewis
    • [object Object]

        1981

      6.1 (15)
      Andy London
      Carolyn London
    • [object Object]

        The Bird's Placebo

      7.3 (13)
      Rami Jarboui
    • [object Object]

        Cabbage Daddy

      6.4 (11)
      Grace An
    • [object Object]

        Hugs

      6.6 (28)
      Nicolas Fong
    • [object Object]

        Homemade Gatorade

      8.1 (38)
      Carter Amelia Davis
    • [object Object]

        Living with a Visionary

      8.1 (32)
      Stephen P. Neary
    • [object Object]

        Once in a Body

      7.1 (26)
      María Cristina Pérez
    • [object Object]

        The Gnawer of Rocks

      7.3 (12)
      Louise Flaherty
    • [object Object]

        Sorrow Doesn't Sleep at Night

      7.5 (20)
      Josefina Montino
      Martín André
    • [object Object]

        UM

      4.8 (26)
      Luis Nieto
    • [object Object]

        Paper Trail

      7.9 (127)
      Don Hertzfeldt
    • [object Object]

        The Boys and the Bees

      8.5 (27)
      Arielle Knight
    • [object Object]

        The Chimney Sweeper

      7.8 (11)
      Jack Raese
    • [object Object]

        Going Sane: The Rise and Fall of the Center for Feeling Therapy

      5.9 (14)
      Joey Izzo
    • [object Object]

        Luigi

      6.4 (26)
      Liza Mandelup
    • [object Object]

        The Home of the Brave

      8.5 (14)
      Cristina Costantini
    • [object Object]

        Some Kind of Refuge

      7.0 (12)
      Alexandra Kern
    • [object Object]

        Still Standing

      6.6 (13)
      Víctor Tadashi Suárez
      Livia Albeck-Ripka
    • [object Object]

        Tuktuit: Caribou

      5.1 (16)
      Lindsay McIntyre

    Short Film Jury Award

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    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Living with a Visionary

      8.1 (32)
      Stephen P. Neary

    International Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Jazz Infernal

      8.0 (32)
      Will Niava

    Non-Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Boys and the Bees

      8.5 (27)
      Arielle Knight

    U.S. Fiction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Crisis Actor

      5.2 (18)
      Lily Platt

    World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award

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    Acting Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Lady

      6.8 (76)
      Olive Nwosu

    Creative Vision

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Filipiñana

      6.5 (177)
      Rafael Manuel

    Short Film Special Jury Award

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    Acting

    • Winner

        Los Mentirosos

      Noah Roja
      Filippo Carrozza

    Creative Vision

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Paper Trail

      7.9 (127)
      Don Hertzfeldt

    NEXT Innovator Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Incomer

      7.2 (193)
      Louis Paxton
    • [object Object]

        Burn

      6.5 (120)
      Makoto Nagahisa
    • [object Object]

        Ghost in the Machine

      6.3 (94)
      Valerie Veatch
    • [object Object]

        Ancestor

      8.2 (27)
      Adam Khalil
      Zack Khalil
    • [object Object]

        If I Go Will They Miss Me

      6.9 (150)
      Walter Thompson-Hernandez
    • [object Object]

        Jaripeo

      6.7 (104)
      Efraín Mojica
      Rebecca Zweig
    • [object Object]

        TheyDream

      8.0 (33)
      William David Caballero
    • [object Object]

        Zi

      5.8 (127)
      Kogonada
    • [object Object]

        Night Nurse

      4.2 (642)
      Georgia Bernstein

    U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award

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    Debut Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Bedford Park

      6.9 (95)
      Stephanie Ahn

    Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Friend's House Is Here

      6.5 (93)
      Hossein Keshavarz
      Maryam Ataei

    World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award

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    Civil Resistance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Everybody to Kenmure Street

      7.7 (293)
      Felipe Bustos Sierra

    Journalistic Impact

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Birds of War

      8.1 (84)
      Abd Alkader Habak
      Janay Boulos

    U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award

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    Impact for Change

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Lake

      7.2 (43)
      Abby Ellis

    Journalistic Excellence

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Who Killed Alex Odeh?

      7.3 (34)
      William Lafi Youmans
      Jason Osder

    Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Non-Fiction Producers Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Who Killed Alex Odeh?

      7.3 (34)
      Dawne Langford

    Vanguard Award

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    Fiction

    • Nia DaCosta at an event for Temple (2019)
      Winner
      • Nia DaCosta

    Nonfiction

    • Geeta Gandbhir at an event for The 35th Annual Gotham Awards (2025)
      Winner
      • Geeta Gandbhir

    Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award

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    U.S. Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Barbara Forever

      7.6 (86)
      Matt Hixon

    Trailblazer Award

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    • Chloé Zhao
      Winner
      • Chloé Zhao

    NEXT Special Jury Award Presented by Adobe

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

        TheyDream

      8.0 (33)
      William David Caballero

    Robert Redford Luminary Award

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    • Gyula Gazdag
      Winner
      • Gyula Gazdag
    • Ed Harris at an event for Appaloosa (2008)
      Winner
      • Ed Harris

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    Event date

    January 22, 2026 - February 1, 2026

    Event location

    Park City, Utah, USA

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