2016 Sundance Film Festival
sundance film festival took place january january first lineup competition film announced december opening night film norman lear another version directed heidi ewing rachel grady closing night film louis black karen bernstein richard linklater dream destiny following award presented grand jury prize dramatic – birth nation nate parker directing award dramatic – daniel scheinert daniel kwan swiss army man waldo salt screenwriting award – chad hartigan morris america u dramatic special jury award – mile jorispeyrafitte u dramatic special jury award breakthrough performance – joe seo spa night u dramatic special jury award individual performance – melanie lynskey intervention craig robinson morris america grand jury prize documentary – weiner elyse steinberg josh kriegman directing award documentary – roger ross williams life animated u documentary special jury award editing – penny lane thom stylinski nut special jury prize social impact documentary – trapped dawn porter u documentary special jury award writing – robert greene kate play christine special jury prize verité filmmaking documentary – bad kid keith fulton lou pepe world cinema grand jury prize dramatic – sand storm elite zexer world cinema directing award dramatic – felix van groeningen belgica world cinema dramatic special jury award acting – vicky hernandez manolo cruz land sea world cinema dramatic special jury award screenwriting – ana katz inés bortagaray mi amiga del parque world cinema dramatic special jury award unique vision design – lure agnieszka smoczyńska world cinema jury prize documentary – sonita rokhsareh ghaemmaghami world cinema directing award documentary – michal marczak sleepless night world cinema documentary special jury award best debut feature – heidi brandenburg mathew orzel two world collide world cinema documentary special jury award best cinematography – pieterjan de pue land enlightened world cinema documentary special jury award editing – mako kamitsuna john maringouin x audience award dramatic – birth nation film nate parker audience award documentary – jim james foley story brian oakes world cinema audience award dramatic – sea land manolo cruz carlos del castillo world cinema audience award documentary – sonita rokhsareh ghaemmaghami best next audience award – first girl loved kerem sanga short film grand jury prize – thunder road jim cummings short film jury award u fiction – procedure calvin lee reeder short film jury award international fiction – mamans maïmouna doucouré short film jury award nonfiction – bacon god wrath sol friedman short film jury award animation – edmond nina gantz short film special jury award outstanding performance – grace glowicki friend adam short film special jury award best direction – ondřej hudeček peacock alfred p sloan prize – embrace serpent ciro guerra mile jorispeyrafitte christine antonio campos equity meera menon goat andrew neel joshy jeff baena lovesong yong kim morris america chad hartigan people chris kelly southside richard tanne spa night andrew ahn swiss army man daniel tallulah sian heder birth nation nate parker free world jason lew intervention clea duvall white girl elizabeth wood audrie daisy bonni cohen jon shenk author jt leroy story jeff feuerzeig bad kid keith fulton lou pepe gleason clay tweel holy hell allen let go world love thing climate can’t change josh fox jim james foley story brian oakes kate play christine robert greene kiki sara jordenö life animated roger ross williams newtown kim snyder nut penny lane suited jason benjamin trapped dawn porter uncle howard aaron brookner weiner josh kriegman elyse steinberg agnus dei anne fontaine ali nino asif kapadia captain fantastic matt ross certain woman kelly reichardt complete unknown joshua marston frank lola matthew ross hunt wilderpeople taika waititi indignation james schamus jacqueline argentine bernardo britto little men ira sachs love friendship whit stillman manchester sea kenneth lonergan mr pig diego luna sing street john carney sophie rising sun maggie greenwald fundamental caring rob burnett hollars john krasinski wienerdog todd solondz rob zombie antibirth danny perez blackout experiment rich fox carnage park mickey keating greasy strangler jim hosking outlaw angel jt mollner trash fire richard bates jr shadow babak anvari yoga hosers kevin smith belgica felix van groeningen sea land manolo cruz carlos del castillo brahman naman qaushiq mukherjee good wife mirjana karanović halal love sex assad fouladkar lure agnieszka smoczynska male joy female love yao huang mammal rebecca daly friend park ana katz much ado nothing alejandro fernández almendras sand storm elite zexer wild nicolette krebitz sleepless night michal marczak flag without country bahman ghobadi hooligan sparrow nanfu wang land enlightened pieterjan de pue lover despot robert cannan ross adam plaza de la soledad maya goded settler shimon dotan sky ladder art cai guoqiang kevin macdonald sonita rokhsareh ghaemmaghami x stephen kijak two world collide heidi brandenburg mathew orzel jury member program festival including alfred p sloan jury also took part science film forum panel announced january ahead festival opening distributor netflix obtained worldwide streaming right tallulah iranian horror film shadow oscilloscope laboratory also obtained u distribution right fit sundance debut amazon also acquired right manchester sea love friendship later releasing film association roadside attraction medium related sundance film festival wikimedia common