Sundance 2026: all the winners

Every prize

The winners by section, as announced by the festival. The main competition comes first.

Grand Jury Prizes

• Grand Jury Prizes: U.S. Dramatic Josephine Beth de Araújo Not in the UK yet
• Grand Jury Prizes: U.S. Documentary Nuisance Bear Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman Not in the UK yet
• Grand Jury Prizes: World Cinema Dramatic Shame and Money Visar Morina Not in the UK yet
• Grand Jury Prizes: World Cinema Documentary To Hold a Mountain Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić Not in the UK yet
• Grand Jury Prizes: Short Films The Baddest Speechwriter of All Ben Proudfoot and Stephen Curry Not in the UK yet

Audience Awards

• Audience Awards: U.S. Dramatic Josephine Beth de Araújo Not in the UK yet
• Audience Awards: U.S. Documentary American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez David Alvarado Not in the UK yet
• Audience Awards: World Cinema Dramatic Hold onto Me Myrsini Aristidou Not in the UK yet
• Audience Awards: World Cinema Documentary One In A Million Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes Not in the UK yet
• Audience Awards: NEXT Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] (Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil)

Directing, Editing and Screenwriting Prizes

• U.S. Dramatic Directing Award Josef Kubota Wladyka Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! Not in the UK yet
• U.S. Documentary Directing Award J.M. Harper Soul Patrol Not in the UK yet
• World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award Andrius Blaževičius How to Divorce During the War Not in the UK yet
• World Cinema Documentary Directing Award Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes One In A Million Not in the UK yet
• Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award Matt Hixon Barbara Forever Not in the UK yet
• Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – U.S. Dramatic Liz Sargent Take Me Home Not in the UK yet
• NEXT Innovator Award The Incomer Louis Paxton Rent or buy online

Special Jury Awards

• U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast the cast of The Friend's House Is Here The Friend's House Is Here Not in the UK yet
• U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature Bedford Park Not in the UK yet
• U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence Who Killed Alex Odeh? Not in the UK yet
• U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change The Lake Not in the UK yet
• World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision Filipiñana Not in the UK yet
• World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble LADY Rent or buy online
• World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact Birds of War Not in the UK yet
• World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance Everybody To Kenmure Street Rent or buy online
• NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression TheyDream Not in the UK yet
• Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting Noah Roja and Filippo Carrozza The Liars Not in the UK yet
• Short Film Special Jury Award for Creative Vision Paper Trail Not in the UK yet

Shorts Program Awards

• Shorts Program Awards: U.S. Fiction Crisis Actor Lily Platt Not in the UK yet
• Shorts Program Awards: Animation Living with a Visionary Stephen P. Neary Not in the UK yet
• Shorts Program Awards: Nonfiction The Boys and the Bees Arielle C. Knight Not in the UK yet
• Shorts Program Awards: International Fiction Jazz Infernal Will Niava Not in the UK yet

Sundance Institute Awards

• Producers Award for Nonfiction (presented by Amazon MGM Studios) Dawne Langford Who Killed Alex Odeh? Not in the UK yet
• NHK Award Leo Aguirre Verano
• Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Andrew Stanton In The Blink of An Eye In The Blink of An Eye Stream on Disney Plus
• Adobe Mentorship Award for Nonfiction Flavia de Souza
• Adobe Mentorship Award for Fiction Mollie Goldstein

Where to watch in the UK

Every winning film, most prizes first. Many festival films reach UK cinemas and streaming months later; we check availability every day.

Streaming now

• In the Blink of an Eye1 prize Disney Plus

Rent or buy

• The Incomer1 prize Rent or buy online
• Lady1 prize Rent or buy online
• Everybody to Kenmure Street1 prize Rent or buy online

Not in the UK yet

• Josephine2 prizes Check cinemas
• One in a Million2 prizes Check cinemas
• Who Killed Alex Odeh?2 prizes Check cinemas
• Nuisance Bear1 prize Check cinemas
• Shame and Money1 prize Check cinemas
• To Hold a Mountain1 prize Check cinemas
• The Baddest Speechwriter of All1 prize Check cinemas
• American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez1 prize Check cinemas
• Hold onto Me1 prize Check cinemas
• Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!1 prize Check cinemas
• Soul Patrol1 prize Check cinemas
• How to Divorce During the War1 prize Check cinemas
• Barbara Forever1 prize Check cinemas
• Take Me Home1 prize Check cinemas
• The Friend's House is Here1 prize Check cinemas
• Bedford Park1 prize Check cinemas
• The Lake1 prize Check cinemas
• Filipiñana1 prize Check cinemas
• Birds of War1 prize Check cinemas
• TheyDream1 prize Check cinemas
• The Liars1 prize Check cinemas
• Paper Trail1 prize Check cinemas
• Crisis Actor1 prize Check cinemas
• Living With A Visionary1 prize Check cinemas
• The Boys and the Bees1 prize Check cinemas
• Jazz Infernal1 prize Check cinemas

More festivals and awards

• London Film Festival 2026
• TIFF 2026
• Venice 2026
• Cannes 2026
• Oscars 2026
• BAFTA 2026
• Berlinale 2026
• Golden Globes 2026