2023 Sundance Film Festival

Films

U.S. Dramatic Competition

• The Accidental Getaway Driver, directed by Sing J. Lee
• All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, directed by Raven Jackson
• Fair Play, directed by Chloe Domont
• Fancy Dance, directed by Erica Tremblay
• Magazine Dreams, directed by Elijah Bynum
• Mutt, directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
• The Persian Version, directed by Maryam Keshavarz
• Shortcomings, directed by Randall Park
• Sometimes I Think About Dying, directed by Rachel Lambert
• The Starling Girl, directed by Laurel Parmet
• Theater Camp, directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
• A Thousand and One, directed by A.V. Rockwell

  U.S. Documentary Competition

• AUM: The Cult at the End of the World, directed by Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto
• Bad Press, directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler
• Beyond Utopia, directed by Madeleine Gavin
• The Disappearance of Shere Hite, directed by Nicole Newnham
• Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
• Going Varsity in Mariachi, directed by Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn
• Joonam, directed by Sierra Urich
• Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés
• Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV, directed by Amanda Kim
• A Still Small Voice, directed by Luke Lorentzen
• The Stroll, directed by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker
• Victim/Suspect, directed by Nancy Schwartzman

  Premieres

• Cassandro, directed by Roger Ross Williams
• Cat Person, directed by Susanna Fogel
• Deep Rising, directed by Matthieu Rytz
• The Deepest Breath, directed by Laura McGann
• Drift, directed by Anthony Chen
• Earth Mama, directed by Savanah Leaf
• Eileen, directed by William Oldroyd
• Fairyland, written and directed by Andrew Durham
• Flora and Son, directed by John Carney
• Food and Country, directed by Laura Gabbert
• Invisible Beauty, directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
• It's Only Life After All, directed by Alexandria Bombach
• Jamojaya, directed by Justin Chon
• Judy Blume Forever, directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok
• Landscape with Invisible Hand, directed by Cory Finley
• A Little Prayer, directed by Angus MacLachlan
• Murder in Big Horn, directed by Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin
• Passages, directed by Ira Sachs
• Past Lives, directed by Celine Song
• PLAN C, directed by Tracy Droz Tragos
• The Pod Generation, written and directed by Sophie Barthes
• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, directed by Lana Wilson
• Radical, directed by Christopher Zalla
• Rotting in the Sun, directed by Sebastián Silva
• Rye Lane, directed by Raine Allen-Miller
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, directed by Davis Guggenheim
• You Hurt My Feelings, directed by Nicole Holofcener

  World Cinema Dramatic Competition

• Animalia, directed by Sofia Alaoui
• Bad Behaviour, directed by Alice Englert
• Girl, directed by Adura Onashile
• Heroic, directed by David Zonana
• MAMACRUZ, directed by Patricia Ortega
• Mami Wata, directed by C.J. Obasi
• La Pecera, directed by Glorimar Marrero Sánchez
• Scrapper, directed by Charlotte Regan
• Shayda, directed by Noora Niasari
• Slow, directed by Marija Kavtaradze
• Sorcery, directed by Christopher Murray
• When It Melts, directed by Veerle Baetens

  World Cinema Documentary Competition

• 20 Days in Mariupol, directed by Mstyslav Chernov
• 5 Seasons of Revolution, directed by Lina
• Against the Tide, directed by Sarvnik Kaur
• The Eternal Memory, directed by Maite Alberdi
• Fantastic Machine, directed by Axel Danielson
• Iron Butterflies, directed by Roman Liubyi
• Is There Anybody Out There?, directed by Ella Glendining
• The Longest Goodbye, directed by Ido Mizrahy
• Milisuthando, directed by Milisuthando Bongela
• Pianoforte, directed by Jakub Piątek
• Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, directed by Anna Hints
• Twice Colonized, directed by Lin Alluna

  Next

• Bravo, Burkina!, written and directed by Walé Oyéjidé
• Divinity, written and directed by Eddie Alcazar
• Fremont, written and directed by Babak Jalali
• Kim's Video, written and directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin
• King Coal, directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
• Kokomo City, directed by D. Smith
• To Live and Die and Live, written and directed by Qasim Basir
• The Tuba Thieves, written and directed by Alison O'Daniel
• Young. Wild. Free., directed by Thembi L. Banks

  Midnight

• Birth/Rebirth, directed by Laura Moss
• In My Mother's Skin, written and directed by Kenneth Dagatan
• Infinity Pool, written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg
• My Animal, directed by Jacqueline Castel
• Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, directed by Andrew Bowser
• Polite Society, written and directed by Nida Manzoor
• Run Rabbit Run, directed by Daina Reid
• Talk to Me, directed by Danny and Michael Philippou

  Special Screenings

• Justice, directed by Doug Liman
• Stephen Curry: Underrated, directed by Peter Nicks

  Spotlight

• The Eight Mountains, written and directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
• L'Immensità, directed and co-written by Emanuele Crialese
• Joyland, directed and co-written by Saim Sadiq
• Other People's Children, written and directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
• Squaring the Circle by Anton Corbijn

  Kids

• Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out, directed by Jake Van Wagoner
• The Amazing Maurice, directed by Toby Genkel and Florian Westermann
• Blueback, directed and co-written by Robert Connolly

  Indie Episodic

• Chanshi, directed by Mickey Triest and Aaron Geva
• The Night Logan Woke Up , written and directed by Xavier Dolan
• Poacher, directed by Richie Mehta
• Willie Nelson and Family, directed by Thom Zimny and Oren Moverman

  Awards

Grand Jury Prizes

• U.S. Dramatic Competition – A Thousand and One
• U.S. Documentary Competition – Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
• World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Scrapper
• World Cinema Documentary Competition – ''The Eternal Memory''

  Audience Awards

• Festival Favorite – Radical
• U.S. Dramatic Competition – The Persian Version
• U.S. Documentary Competition – Beyond Utopia
• World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Shayda
• World Cinema Documentary Competition – 20 Days in Mariupol
• NEXT – ''Kokomo City''

  Directing, Screenwriting and Editing

• U.S. Dramatic Competition – Sing J. Lee for The Accidental Getaway Driver
• U.S. Documentary Competition – Luke Lorentzen for A Still Small Voice
• World Cinema Dramatic Competition – Marija Kavtaradze for Slow
• World Cinema Documentary Competition – Anna Hints for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
• Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Maryam Keshavarz for The Persian Version
• Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Daniela I. Quiroz for Going Varsity in Mariachi
• NEXT Innovator Prize – ''Kokomo City''

  Special Jury Prizes

• U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast – The cast of Theater Camp
• U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Acting – Lío Mehiel for Mutt
• U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – The creative team of Magazine Dreams
• U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Clarity of Vision – The Stroll
• U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Freedom of Expression – Bad Press
• World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography – Lílis Soares for Mami Wata
• World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Best Performance – Rosa Marchant for When it Melts
• World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Sofia Alaoui for Animalia
• World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision – Fantastic Machine
• World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Verité – ''Against the Tide''

  Short Film Awards

• Short Film Grand Jury Prize – When You Left Me on That Boulevard
• Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction – Rest Stop
• Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – The Kidnapping of the Bride
• Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – Will You Look at Me
• Short Film Jury Award: Animation – The Flying Sailor
• Short Film Special Jury Award, International: Directing – AliEN0089 by Valeria Hoffman
• Short Film Special Jury Award, U.S.: Directing – The Vacation by Jarreau Carrillo

  Special Prizes

• Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize – The Pod Generation
• Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction – Jess Devaney for It’s Only Life After All
• Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction – Kara Durrett for The Starling Girl
• Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Nonfiction – Mary Manhardt
• Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for Editing Fiction – Troy Takaki
• Sundance Institute/NHK Award – Olive Nwosu for ''Lady''