1990s • '
1994: Lodge Kerrigan – Clean, Shaven''''' • '
1995: Christopher Münch – Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day''''' •
Tim McCann –
Desolation Angels •
Jennifer Montgomery –
Art for Teachers of Children •
Kelly Reichardt –
River of Grass • Rafal Zielinski –
Fun • '
1996: Larry Fessenden – Habit''''' •
Joe Brewster –
The Keeper •
Chris Smith –
American Job • '
1997: Scott Saunders – The Headhunter's Sister''''' •
Erin Dignam –
Loved •
Tim Blake Nelson –
Eye of God • '
1998: David D. Williams – Thirteen''''' • Tony Barbieri –
One •
Lynn Hershman Leeson –
Conceiving Ada • Eric Tretbar –
Snow • '
1999: Cauleen Smith – Drylongso''''' • Dan Clark –
The Item •
Julian Goldberger –
Trans • Lisanne Skyler –
Getting to Know You 2000s • '
2000: Marc Forster – Everything Put Together''''' • Dan McCormack –
Other Voices • Mia Trachinger –
Bunny • '
2001: Debra Eisenstadt – Daydream Believer''''' •
DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter –
Lift • Michael Gilio –
Kwik Stop • David Maquiling –
Too Much Sleep • '
2002: Przemyslaw Reut – Paradox Lake''''' •
Eric Eason –
Manito •
Eitan Gorlin –
The Holy Land • '
2003: Andrew Bujalski – Funny Ha Ha''''' •
Ben Coccio –
Zero Day • Ryan Eslinger –
Madness and Genius • '
2004: Jem Cohen – Chain''''' • Bryan Poyser –
Dear Pillow • Jennifer Reeves –
The Time We Killed • '
2005: Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana – Cavite''''' • Robinson Devor –
Police Beat •
Jay Duplass –
The Puffy Chair • '
2006: Julia Loktev – Day Night Day Night''''' • So Yong Kim –
In Between Days • Richard Wong –
Colma: The Musical • '
2007: Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop''''' •
Ronald Bronstein –
Frownland • Lee Isaac Chung –
Munyurangabo • '
2008: Lynn Shelton – My Effortless Brilliance''''' •
Barry Jenkins –
Medicine for Melancholy •
Nina Paley –
Sita Sings the Blues • '
2009: Kyle Patrick Alvarez – Easier with Practice''''' • Asiel Norton –
Redland • Tariq Tapa –
Zero Bridge 2010s • '
2010: Mike Ott – Littlerock''''' • Hossein Keshavarz –
Dog Sweat •
Laurel Nakadate –
The Wolf Knife • '
2011: Mark Jackson – Without''''' • Simon Arthur –
Silver Tongues • Nicholas Ozeki –
Mamitas • '
2012: Adam Leon – Gimme the Loot''''' • David Fenster –
Pincus •
Rebecca Thomas –
Electrick Children •
2013: Shaka King – Newlyweeds • Madeline Olnek –
The Foxy Merkins • Aaron Douglas Johnston – ''My Sister's Quinceañera'' • '
2014: Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia – H.''''' •
Ana Lily Amirpour –
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night • Chris Eska –
The Retrieval • '
2015: Felix Thompson – King Jack''''' • Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck –
God Bless the Child •
Chloé Zhao –
Songs My Brothers Taught Me • '
2016: Anna Rose Holmer – The Fits''''' •
Andrew Ahn –
Spa Night • Claire Carré –
Embers • Ingrid Jungermann –
Women Who Kill • '
2017: Justin Chon — Gook''''' • Amman Abbasi —
Dayveon • Kevin Phillips
— Super Dark Times • '
2018: Alexandre Moratto — Sócrates''''' • Ioana Uricaru —
Lemonade •
Jeremiah Zagar —
We the Animals • '
2019: Rashaad Ernesto Green — Premature''''' • Ash Mayfair —
The Third Wife • Joe Talbot —
The Last Black Man in San Francisco 2020s • '
2020: Ekwa Msangi – Farewell Amor''''' • David Midell –
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain •
Annie Silverstein –
Bull • '
2021: Alex Camilleri – Luzzu''''' • Gillian Wallace Horvat –
I Blame Society •
Michael Sarnoski –
Pig • '
2022: Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny''''' • Adamma Ebo –
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. • Araceli Lemos –
Holy Emy •
2023 • '
Monica Sorelle – Mountains''''' •
Joanna Arnow –
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed • Laura Moss –
Birth/Rebirth •
2024 • '
Sarah Friedland - Familiar Touch ''''' • Nicholas Colia -
Griffin in Summer •
Pham Thien An -
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell •
2025 • '
Tatti Ribeiro - Valentina ''''' •
Neo Sora -
Happyend •
Annapurna Sriram -
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