Sundance Film Festival

Best of the Sundance Film Festival

At Sundance, various awards, including the Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Prize, and Audience Award, are given to both the top dramatic and documentary films. Though each category has slightly different criteria, every award winner is a top film worth checking out. Here are our favorite films that have won awards at the Sundance Film Festival since its inception in 1985.

• See our favorite Dramatic Sundance winners
• See our favorite Documentary Sundance winners

Sundance Favorites for Less

Whether they won the Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Prize, Audience Award, or were simply nominated at Sundance, you can bring them home for less.

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2007 Sundance Film Festival Winners

Founded by Robert Redford in 1981 in the mountains of Sundance, Utah, the nonprofit Sundance Institute has been dedicated to the development of artists of independent vision and to the exhibition of their work, most notably their film festival. Since 1985 the annual Sundance Film Festival has been held in Park City each January and is considered the premier showcase for American and International independent film in dramatic and documentary categories.

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Nominees That Walked Away with Nothing

Many films that were introduced at the Sundance Film Festival, and didn't win any awards, have stood the test of time and have become modern-day classics in their own right. Here are our favorite Sundance nominees that didn't walk away with any awards at the festival, but in hindsight have proven to be true winners.

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Not Just for Locals

Many forget that the Sundance Film Festival is not restricted to U.S. participants only. Since early on in the festival's history, international films have been an integral part of the program. Here are our favorite world cinema films that have won awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

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