Audience Award Documentary Explained

This is the list of winners of the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for documentary features.

Winners

1980s

• 1989: For All Mankind^[1]

1990s

• 1990: Berkeley in the Sixties^[2]
• 1991: American Dream
• 1992: Brother's Keeper
• 1993: Something Within Me
• 1994: Hoop Dreams^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}
• 1995: Ballot Measure 9/Unzipped
• 1996: ^[7]
• 1997:
• 1998: Out of the Past
• 1999: Genghis Blues

2000s

• 2000: No award
• 2001: No award
• 2002:
• 2003: My Flesh and Blood
• 2004: Born into Brothels^{[8] [9]}
• 2005: Murderball
• 2006: God Grew Tired of Us
• 2007: Hear and Now
• 2008: Fuel
• 2009: The Cove

2010s

• 2010: Waiting for "Superman"
• 2011: Buck
• 2012: The Invisible War
• 2013: Blood Brother
• 2014:
• 2015: Meru
• 2016:
• 2017: Chasing Coral
• 2018: The Sentence
• 2019: Knock Down the House

2020s

• 2020: Crip Camp^{[10] [11]}
• 2021: Summer of Soul^{[12] [13]}
• 2022: Navalny
• 2023: Beyond Utopia^[14]
• 2024: Daughters^[15]

Notes and References

1. http://history.sundance.org/events/24 1989 Sundance Film Festival
2. http://history.sundance.org/events/25 1990 Sundance Film Festival
3. http://history.sundance.org/events/29 1994 Sundance Film Festival
4. https://kartemquin.com/films/hoop-dreams Hoop Dreams|Kartemquin Films
5. https://www.avclub.com/20-best-sundance-films-of-all-time-1849980852/slides/9 20 best Sundance films of all time|The A.V. Club
6. https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/25-movies-that-defined-the-sundance-film-festival-89970/ 25 Movies That Defined The Sundance Film Festival - IndieWire
7. https://www.documentary.org/feature/festival-watch-sundance-film-festival-0 Festival Watch: Sundance Film Festival|International Documentary Association
8. http://history.sundance.org/events/39 2004 Sundance Film Festival
9. https://www.today.com/popculture/primer-surprise-grand-winner-sundance-wbna4063055 'Primer' surprise grand winner at Sundance|TODAY
10. Web site: Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Minari' Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List. Patrick. Hipes. February 2, 2020.
11. Web site: Sundance Winners: 'Minari' and 'Boys State' Take Top Honors. Debruge. Peter. 2020-02-02. Variety. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200326053631/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2020-awards-complete-list-of-winners-1203489514/. 2020-03-26. 2020-03-26.
12. Web site: 2021 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced. 2021-02-08. www.sundance.org. English.
13. Web site: Minsker. Evan. Questlove's Summer of Soul Documentary Wins Sundance 2021 Grand Jury Prize. 2021-02-05. Pitchfork. 2 February 2021. en-us. 2021-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20210204125547/https://pitchfork.com/news/questloves-summer-of-soul-documentary-wins-sundance-2021-grand-jury-prize/. live.
14. https://theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/29/beyond-utopia-review-madeleine-gavin-sundance-prizewinner-breathlessly-tense-documentary-follows-escaping-north-koreans Beyond Utopia review - breathlessly tense documentary follows escaping North Koreans|The Guardian
15. https://festival.sundance.org/blogs/the-complete-list-of-2024-sundance-film-festival-award-winners/ The Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival