Audience Award Documentary

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: Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern^[7]
1997: Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
1998: Out of the Past
1999: Genghis Blues

2000s

2000: Dark Days
2001: Dogtown and Z-Boys/Scout's Honor
2002: Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
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: Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory
2015: Meru
2016: Jim: The James Foley Story
2017: Chasing Coral
2018: The Sentence
2019: Knock Down the House

2020s

International winners

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References

^ 1989 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
^ 1990 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
^ 1994 Sundance Film Festival Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine sundance.org
^ Hoop Dreams|Kartemquin Films
^ 20 best Sundance films of all time|The A.V. Club
^ 25 Movies That Defined The Sundance Film Festival - IndieWire
^ Festival Watch: Sundance Film Festival|International Documentary Association
^ 2004 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
^ 'Primer' surprise grand winner at Sundance|TODAY
^ Hipes, Patrick (February 2, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Minari' Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List".
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^ Beyond Utopia review - breathlessly tense documentary follows escaping North Koreans|The Guardian
^ The Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: U.S. Documentary

20th century

For All Mankind (1989)
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
American Dream (1991)
Brother's Keeper (1992)
Something Within Me (1993)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Ballot Measure 9/Unzipped (1995)
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1996)
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (1997)
Out of the Past (1998)
Genghis Blues (1999)

21st century

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
My Flesh and Blood (2003)
Born into Brothels (2004)
Murderball (2005)
God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
Hear and Now (2007)
Fuel (2008)
The Cove (2009)
Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Buck (2011)
The Invisible War (2012)
Blood Brother (2013)
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014)
Meru (2015)
Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
Chasing Coral (2017)
The Sentence (2018)
Knock Down the House (2019)
Crip Camp (2020)
Summer of Soul (2021)
Navalny (2022)
Beyond Utopia (2023)
Daughters (2024)