Matthew Heineman, Matt Porwoll "The risks a documentarian with a camera faces are physical, emotional and ethical. This cinematographers navigated all, allowing us to care deeply about people while creating images that propel us through a landscape of nightmares."
Matthew Heineman "To a filmmaker who had courage to pursue a story that developed with unexpected complexity. His confident hand takes us into a world where we see both brutality and grace."
Robert Eggers "To a director who demonstrated a consistent and excellently rendered vision, creating a story that was hauntingly detailed as it was masterfully executed."
Turner Ross, Bill Ross Vérité Filmmaking - "We recognized the restraint of filmmakers letting image and sound to speak for itself."
Winner
3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
Mark Silver Social Impact - "If you have paid any attention to the news, you know that we are a nation in crisis. As a jury, we feel that it is important to recognize a film that because of the close collaboration between the filmmakers and their subjects, lets the audience examined that crisis, lets the audience considered the consequences of that crisis, and invites us all to consider this very difficult question: why are young black men so often the objects of fear? This documentary matters."
Winner
(T)ERROR(T)ERROR
David Felix Sutcliffe, Lyric R. Cabral Breakout First Feature - "This filmmakers dare to expose a story that powerful forces would rather keep hidden."
Zhaklin Kim, Jennifer Phang Collaborative Vision - "We are honoring two individuals for their unique collaborative vision. Two women that between them wrote, starred and co-edited a beautiful parable about a mother's love, sacrifice and society's worship of youth."
Hao Zhou Unparalleled Access - "For gaining such extraordinary trust and intimacy with its main character and thereby revealing a world which is increasingly relevant today."
Winner
Pervert ParkPervert Park
Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors Impact -"For its judgmental humanism and its potential to change policy around the world."
Tim Talbott "A screenplay that brings to life a true story that is as powerful and unfortunately relevant even almost moreso today than it was 44 years ago."
Atsuko Hirayanagi "Loaded with strong directing and powerful unpredictable performances, this film creates an unconventional moving hero with a late awakening"
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana BaiulThe Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul
Kitty Green "Beginning with an engaging and smart visual hook, this film goes beyond that quiet storytelling to reveal unexpected twists and turns. We are led through humor and heartbreak while also challenging our judgement and first impressions of the subject."
Laure Calamy Acting -"In a role that is so often cliched, this actress balances raw honesty with grace and clever choices that cut deep in startling ways. Powerful emotion is held just under the skin with the combination of subtle technique and remarkable emotional control."
Winner
ObjectObiekt
Paulina Skibinska Visual Poetry - "For its extraordinary visual storytelling and it let us through beauty, darkness and suspense in an untraditional way."
Don Hertzfeldt "When we saw this film, we unanimously agreed on our connection with it. It was similar to being an abstract train. We had no idea where it was going but we knew we're gonna get there safely. Some of the wittiest writing with a unique way of story building, this film removed the weight of our own philosophical dilemmas."
Winner
All nominees
Dog BowlDog Bowl
Gordy Hoffman
Midnight Three & SixMidnight Three & Six
Joe Callander
Making It in AmericaMaking It in America
Joris Debeij
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew EloiseIt's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
Matt Wolf
Hotel 22Hotel 22
Elizabeth Lo
HoleHole
Martin Edralin
GreenlandGreenland
Oren Gerner
FollowersFollowers
Timothy Despina Marshall
Every DayEvery Day
Gabe Spitzer
DaytimerDaytimer
Riz Ahmed
Bath HouseSimhall
Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Back AlleyLa contre-allée
Cécile Ducrocq
m4fm4f
Stephen Dunn
The Sun Like a Big Dark AnimalEl Sol Como un Gran Animal Oscuro
Ronnie Rivera, Chris Felisgrau
Beach FlagsBeach Flags
Sarah Saidan
f4mf4m
Stephen Dunn
SerenitySerenity
Jack Dunphy
OM RiderOM Rider
Takeshi Murata
Northern Great MountainStoerre Vaerie
Amanda Kernell
Two Films About LonelinessTwo Films About Loneliness
Will Bishop-Stephens, Christopher Eales
TupilaqTupilaq
Jakob Maqe
[the and] Marcela & Rock[THE AND] Marcela & Rock
Topaz Adizes
Oh Lucy!Ô Rûshî!
Atsuko Hirayanagi
The Little DeputyThe Little Deputy
Trevor Anderson
SuperiorSuperior
Erin Vassilopoulos
WalkVolta
Stella Kyriakopoulos
The Horse Raised by SpheresThe Horse Raised by Spheres
David O'Reilly
SaturdaySaturday
Mike Forshaw
ActressesActresses
Jeremy Hersh
RabbitRabbit
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Pink GrapefruitPink Grapefruit
Michael Mohan
Papa MachetePapa Machete
Jonathan David Kane
Symphony No. 42Symphony No. 42
Réka Bucsi
Out of SightOut of Sight
Nik Roulend
One Year LeaseOne Year Lease
Brian Bolster
SpringPrimavera
Tania Claudia Castillo
m4mm4m
Stephen Dunn
ObjectObiekt
Paulina Skibinska
Take MePrends-moi
André Turpin, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
A Million Miles AwayA Million Miles Away
Jennifer Reeder
Starting PointPunkt wyjscia
Michal Szczesniak
Palm RotPalm Rot
Ryan Gillis
Abandoned GoodsAbandoned Goods
Edward Lawrenson, Pia Borg
Myrna the MonsterMyrna the Monster
Ian Samuels
Mynarski Death PlummetMynarski Death Plummet
Matthew Rankin
MulignansMulignans
Shaka King
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana BaiulThe Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul