Steve Hoover This movie shooked us to our very core. It is, in one way, a movie about self-sacrifice but, really, it is delicate character study; exuberant, heartbreaking, transcendent, and profoundly moving.
Winner
All nominees
6.8
Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden
Greg Barker
Narco CulturaNarco Cultura
Shaul Schwarz
Citizen KochCitizen Koch
Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Life According to SamLife According to Sam
Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
7.8
Inequality for All
Jacob Kornbluth
Dirty WarsDirty Wars
Rick Rowley
Cutie and the BoxerCutie and the Boxer
Zach Heinzerling
7.4
Twenty Feet from Stardom20 Feet from Stardom
Morgan Neville
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
Meul O The poetry of its images manage to convey an intensity of emotion that affected us all very deeply. The director creates a world that extends far beyond a specific historical situation of its protagonist creating a story that transcends time and place.
Winner
All nominees
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About LoveYang tidak dibicarakan ketika membicarakan cinta
Bradford Young For its expressive use of naturalistic lighting to evoke the state of mind of the characters and the sense of time and place in two very different films.
Winner
6.4
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Bradford Young For its expressive use of naturalistic lighting to evoke the state of mind of the characters and the sense of time and place in two very different films.
Zach Heinzerling It's rare to see a film so beautifully crafted in all aspects. It captures the complex nature of love and art in a mesmerizing and deeply human way.
Sebastián Silva One film above all the films we saw felt organic and unassuming; we fell in love with the characters without ever knowing too much about them, embarking with them on a fascinating journey infused with humor and discovery.
Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson By turning the camera on themselves, the filmmakers give a raw and unflinching look at the complex landscapes from his face, educating and bringing up their children in contemporary America.
Winner
7.8
Inequality for All
Jacob Kornbluth With clarity, humor and heart, this timely film reveals the underpinnings of an urgent threat to American democracy.
Johnny Marshall, Sheyn Karrut "Sound Design" - A film that we thought had absorbing use of sound and incredible aural inventiveness.
Winner
7.0
The Spectacular Now
Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller "Acting" - For two young actors who showed rare honesty, naturalism and transparency and whose performances brought up the best in each other.
Srdan Golubović A film that deals with anger, guilt, and redemption in the time of conflict. It makes us realize the absurdity and pointlessness of war and its permutations.
Matthew Hamachek For skillfully crafting an unforgettable narrative through personal stories that luminated the larger issues of race in class in America's legal system.
Barmak Akram We all felt that the writing of this film is so natural that it became practically invisible. We felt through right there with the characters watching the story unfold right before our eyes.
Michael Almereyda We found this film driven by pure storytelling with a capacity to inject life and past histories while addressing the artist's documentarian.
Gzhegozh Zarichnyy Constantly suprising us with its depth and humor, the short skillfully captured an everyday story and makes it magical; beautifully composed and exceptionally paced; it goes without saying that we love this film.
Winner
All nominees
You Don't Know JackYou Don't Know Jack
Morgan Spurlock
VolumeVolume
Mahalia Belo
The CubThe Cub
Riley Stearns
5.9
Fall to Grace
Alexandra Pelosi
BoneshakerBoneshaker
Nuotama Bodomo
30% (women and politics in Sierra Leone)30% (women and politics in Sierra Leone)
Anna Cady
ScrubberScrubber
Romola Garai
You Are More Than BeautifulYou Are More Than Beautiful
Kim Tae-yong
The EventThe Event
Julia Pott
The CaptainThe Captain
Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser
SeraphSeraph
Desh Shou
Record/PlayRecord/Play
Jesse Atlas
On SuffocationOn Suffocation
Jenifer Malmqvist
Outlawed in PakistanOutlawed in Pakistan
Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann
Movies Made from Home # 6Movies Made from Home # 6
Robert Machoian
Marcel, King of TervurenMarcel, King of Tervuren
Tom Schroeder
The Battle of AmfarThe Battle of Amfar
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey M. Friedman
The ApocalypseThe Apocalypse
Andrew Zuchero
SkinSkin
Jordana Spiro
Movies Made from Home # 15Movies Made from Home # 15
Robert Machoian
K.I.T.K.I.T.
Michelle Morgan
The CompanionEl acompañante
Alvaro Delgado Aparicio
When the Zombies ComeWhen the Zombies Come
Jon Hurst
Primate Cinema: Apes as FamilyPrimate Cinema: Apes as Family
Rachel Mayeri
PalimpsestPalimpsest
Maykl Tiburski
A Story for the ModlinsA Story for the Modlins
Sergio Oksman
JonahJonah
Kibwe Tavares
Irish Folk FurnitureIrish Folk Furniture
Tony Donoghue
In HanfordIn Hanford
Chris Mars
Oh Willy...Oh Willy...
Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef
What Do We Have in Our Pockets?What Do We Have in Our Pockets?
Goran Dukić
TramTram
Michaela Pavlátová
GunGun
Spencer Gillis
Broken NightBroken Night
Guillermo Arriaga
Summer VacationSummer Vacation
Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon
Social ButterflySocial Butterfly
Lauren Wolkstein
Black MetalBlack Metal
Kat Candler
Endless DayEndless Day
Anna Frances Ewert
DatamoshDatamosh
Yung Jake
Bite of the TailBite of the Tail
Song E Kim
Benjamin's FlowersBenjamin's Flowers
Malin Erixon
Karaoke!Karaoke!
Andrew Renzi
IyezaIyeza
Kudzanai Chiurai
ReindeerReindeer
Eva Weber
Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?
Jason Willis
SiroccoSirocco
Hisham Bizri
ParaísoParaíso
Nadav Kurtz
Night ShiftNight Shift
Zia Mandviwalla
The RoperThe Roper
Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands
WhiplashWhiplash
Damien Chazelle
CenturyCentury
Kevin Jerome Everson
The DateTreffit
Yenni Toyvoniemi
The CurseThe Curse
Fyzal Boulifa
MagnesiumMagnesium
Sam de Jong
Le futur procheLe futur proche
Sophie Goyette
FeralFeral
Daniel Sousa
The CapsuleThe Capsule
Athina Rachel Tsangari
#PostModem#PostModem
Lucas Leyva, Jillian Mayer
Today and TomorrowToday and Tomorrow
Aaron Douglas Johnston
SkinningroveSkinningrove
Michael Almereyda
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