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Four awards juries selected films from each of the festival’s Viewfinders, Metropolis, Shorts, and inaugural DOC NYC U sections to recognize for their outstanding achievements in form and content. Festival audiences voted for the SundanceNow Doc Club Audience Award.

Viewfinders Competition

Grand Jury Prize Winner – Motley’s Law, directed by Nicole Horanyi
Special Mention – Newman directed by Jon Fox

Metropolis Competition

Grand Jury Prize Winner – HBO’s Class Divide, directed by Marc Levin
Special Mention – Missing People, directed by David Shapiro

Winners of the Grand Jury Prize in the Viewfinders and Metropolis competitions will receive a one-week theatrical, awards-qualifying run at the IFC Center in 2016. They will also receive a deliverables package provided by Technicolor-PostWorks New York.

Shorts Competition

Grand Jury Prize Co-winner – Pink Boy, directed by Eric Rockey
Grand Jury Prize Co-winner – The Surrender directed by Stephen Maing

Special Mentions – A Passion of Gold and Fire, directed by Sébastien Pins; The Bad Boy of Bowling, directed by Bryan Storkel; and German Shepherd, directed by Nils Bergendal.

DOC NYC U Competition

Best Film – Fairy Tales, directed by Rongfei Guo
Special Mentions – Alive and Kicking, directed by Lara-Ann de Wet (New York Film Academy); Last Days of Domino, directed by Yuqi Kang (School of Visual Arts).

SundanceNow Doc Club Audience Award

Winner – Left on Purpose, directed by Justin Schein

Please visit press release on the DOCNYC website for more information on the festival winners, prizes, juries & the festival itself.