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.
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