Film Awards

2016 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerSonitaRokhsareh GhaemmaghamiAfter her family attempts to sell her into marriage, a young Afghan refugee in Iran channels her frustrations and seizes her destiny through music. Grabbing the mic, she spits fiery rhymes in the face of oppressive traditions.Amazon2016 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary NomineesA Flag Without a CountryBahman GhobadiAmazonAll These Sleepless NightsMichal MarczakAmazonHooligan SparrowNanfu WangAmazonPlaza de la SoledadMaya GodedAmazonSky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-QiangKevin MacdonaldAmazonThe Land of the EnlightenedPieter-Jan De PueAmazonThe Lovers & the DespotRoss AdamAmazonThe SettlersShimon DotanAmazonTickledDylan ReeveAmazonWe Are XStephen Ki...

2015 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerThe Russian WoodpeckerChad GraciaAs his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.Amazon2015 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary NomineesA Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina ProfileSophie DeraspeAmazonCensored VoicesMor LoushyAmazonChuck Norris vs. CommunismIlinca CalugareanuAmazonDark HorseLouise OsmondAmazonDreamcatcherKim LonginottoAmazonHow to Change the WorldJerry RothwellAmazonListen to Me MarlonStevan RileyAmazonPervert ParkFrida BarkforsAmazonSembene!Samba GadjigoAmazonThe Chinese MayorHao ZhouAmazonThe...

2014 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerThe Return to HomsTalal DerkiA look behind the barricades of the besieged city of Homs, where for nineteen-year-old Basset and his ragtag group of comrades, the audacious hope of revolution is crumbling like the buildings around them.Amazon2014 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary Nominees20,000 Days on EarthIain ForsythAmazonConcerning ViolenceGöran OlssonAmazonHappinessThomas BalmèsAmazonLove ChildValerie VeatchAmazonMr. X, a Vision of Leos CaraxTessa Louise-SaloméAmazonMy Prairie HomeChelsea McMullanAmazonSepidehBerit MadsenAmazonThe Green PrinceNadav SchirmanAmazonThe Notorious Mr. BoutTony GerberAmazonWe Come as FriendsHubert SauperAmazonWeb JunkieShosh ShlamAmazon

2013 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerA River Changes CourseKalyanee Mam"We've worked so hard on this land," says Sav Samourn. "And now they've come to destroy it all. Sooner or later it will all be gone." In her directorial debut, award-winning filmmaker ...Amazon2013 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary NomineesFallen CityQi ZhaoAmazonFire in the BloodDylan Mohan GrayAmazonGoogle and the World BrainBen LewisAmazonPussy Riot: A Punk PrayerMike LernerAmazonSalmaKim LonginottoAmazonThe Machine Which Makes Everything DisappearTinatin GurchianiAmazonThe Moo ManAndy HeathcoteAmazonThe SquareJehane NoujaimAmazonThe Stuart Hall ProjectJohn AkomfrahAmazonThe SummitNick RyanAmazonWho Is Dayani Cristal?Marc SilverAmazon

2012 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerThe Law in These PartsRa'anan AlexandrowiczCan justice truly be served in the occupied territories given the current system of law administered by Israel for Palestinians?Amazon2012 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary Nominees½ revolutionOmar ShargawiAmazonBig Boys Gone Bananas!*Fredrik GerttenAmazonChina HeavyweightYung ChangAmazonFive Broken CamerasEmad BurnatAmazonGypsy DavyRachel Leah JonesAmazonIndie Game: The MovieLisanne PajotAmazonPaybackJennifer BaichwalAmazonPutin's KissLise Birk PedersenAmazonSearching for Sugar ManMalik BendjelloulAmazonThe AmbassadorMads BrüggerAmazonThe ImposterBart LaytonAmazon

2011 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerHell and Back AgainDanfung DennisWhat does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and ...Amazon2011 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary NomineesAn African ElectionKevin MerzAmazonFamily Portrait in Black and WhiteJulia IvanovaAmazonKnuckleIan PalmerAmazonPosition Among the StarsLeonard Retel HelmrichAmazonProject NimJames MarshAmazonSennaAsif KapadiaAmazonShut Up Little Man! An Audio MisadventureMatthew BateAmazonThe Bengali DetectivePhilip CoxAmazonThe Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975Göran OlssonAmazonThe FlawDavid SingtonAmazonThe Green WaveAli Sam...

2009 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerRough AuntiesKim LonginottoFearless, feisty and resolute, the "Rough Aunties" are a remarkable group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, ...Amazon2009 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary Nominees211: AnnaPaolo SerbandiniAmazonAfghan StarHavana MarkingAmazonBig River ManJohn MaringouinAmazonBurma VJ: Reporting from a Closed CountryAnders ØstergaardAmazonLet's Make MoneyErwin WagenhoferAmazonNollywood BabylonBen AddelmanAmazonOld PartnerAmazonProm Night in MississippiPaul SaltzmanAmazonQuest for HonorMary Ann Smothers BruniAmazonThe End of the LineRupert MurrayAmazonThe Flower of Kim Jong IIN.C. Hei...

2008 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerMan on WireJames MarshA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".Amazon2008 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary NomineesA Complete History of My Sexual FailuresChris WaittAmazonAlone in Four WallsAlexandra WestmeierAmazonBe Like OthersTanaz EshaghianAmazonDerekIsaac JulienAmazonDinner with the President: A Nation's JourneySabiha SumarAmazonDurakovo: Village of FoolsNino KirtadzeAmazonIn Prison My Whole LifeMarc EvansAmazonPuujeeKazuya YamadaAmazonRecycleMahmoud al MassadAmazonStranded: I've Come from a Pla...

2007 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary WinnerEnemies of HappinessEva MulvadThe first Afghan woman ever to enter parliament, Malalai Joya is followed during her campaign to introduce democracy to a country long ruled by warlords and Taliban.Amazon2007 Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary NomineesA Very British GangsterDonal MacIntyreAmazonAccidentCao GuimarãesAmazonBajo Juárez: La ciudad devorando a sus hijasAlejandra SánchezAmazonCocaleroAlejandro LandesAmazonComrades in DreamsUli GaulkeAmazonCrossing the LineDaniel GordonAmazonHot HouseShimon DotanAmazonIn the Shadow of the MoonDavid SingtonAmazonJoe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenJulien TempleAmazonManufactured LandscapesJennifer BaichwalAmazonOn a TightropePetr Lom...