Serhat Kararaslan's film Criminals won the Special Jury Script Award in the Short Film category at the festival.
2021 Sundance Film Festival Winners:
USA-Drama
Grand Jury Prize: Coda – Siân Heder, Audience Award: Coda – Siân Heder, Director Award: Siân Heder – Coda, Waldo Salt Screenplay Award: On the Count of Three – Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch, Special Jury Award (Actor's Ensemble): Coda, Special Jury Award (Actor): Clifton Collins, Jr. – jockeys
USA-Documentary
Grand Jury Prize: Summer of Soul – Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson, Audience Award: Summer of Soul – Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson, Director Award: Natalia Almada – Users, Special Jury Prize (Breakthrough Filmmaker): Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt – Cusp, Special Jury Prize (Fiction): Homeroom – Kristina Motwani and Rebecca Adorno, Special Jury Prize (Innovation in Non-Fiction Storytelling): All Light, Everywhere – Theo Anthony
World Cinema-Drama
Grand Jury Prize: Hive – Blerta Basholli, Audience Award: Hive – Blerta Basholli, Director Award: Blerta Basholl – Hive, Special Jury Award (Actor Performance): Jesmark Scicluna – Luzzu, Special Jury Award (Visionary Filmmaker): Baz Poonpiriya – One for the Road,
World Cinema-Documentary
Grand Jury Prize: Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Audience Award: Writing with Fire – Rintu Thomas, Director Award: Hogir Hirori – Sabaya, Special Jury Prize (Impact on Change): Writing with Fire – Rintu Thomas, Special Jury Prize (Verite Cinematography) : President – Camilla Nielsson.
Short film
Grand Jury Prize: Lizard – Akinola Davies, Jr., Jury Prize (International-Fiction): Bambirak – Zamarin Wahdat, Jury Prize (US-Fiction): The Touch of the Master's Hands – Gregory Barnes, Jury Prize (Non-Fiction): Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma – Topaz Jones and Rubberband, Jury Prize (Animation): Souvenir Souvenir – Bastien Dubois, Jury Prize (Scenario): Criminals – Serhat Karaaslan, Actor Award: Wiggle Room – Deanna Gibson.
