Sundance 2023 results
The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Acura was awarded to Beyond Utopia
The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Acura was awarded to The Persian Version
The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic, Presented by United Airlines was awarded to Shayda
The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary, Presented by United Airlines was awarded to 20 Days in Mariupol
The Audience Award: NEXT, Presented by Adobe was awarded to KOKOMO CITY
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to Maryam Keshavarz for The Persian Version
Jury citation: We were impressed by the craft of this screenplay that wove together the lives of a fractured family over multiple generations with humor, candor, affection, and verve before surprising us all with the revelation of a family secret that healed past wounds.
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic goes to Maryam Keshavarz, The Persian Version.