Sundance Film Festival / Best Director - Foreign Feature Film
Winner of the directing award ( World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic ) with which the best director of a foreign feature film in the competition is awarded at the annual Sundance Film Festival .
The award has been presented since the 25th edition of the film festival in 2008. A jury, which changes annually and consists of three members and generally consists of predominantly non-American filmmakers, decides on the award. So far, no director has won the award more than once.
| year | Award winners | Movie | German title |
| 2008 | Anna Melikjan | Русалка (Rusalka) | Alisa, the mermaid |
| 2009 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Five minutes of heaven | Five minutes of heaven |
| 2010 | Juan Carlos Valdivia | Zona sur | Zona Sur |
| 2011 | Paddy Considine | Tyrannosaur | Tyrannosaur - A love story |
| 2012 | Mads Matthiesen | Teddy bear | not known |
| 2013 | Sebastian Silva | Crystal Fairy | not known |
| 2014 | Sophie Hyde | 52 Tuesdays | not known |
| 2015 | Alanté Kavaïté | Sangailes vasara | not known |
| 2016 | Felix Van Groeningen | Belgica | Café Belgica |
| 2017 | Francis Lee | God's Own Country | God's Own Country |
| 2018 | Ísold Uggadóttir | Andið eðlilega | And keep breathing normally |
| 2019 | Lucía Garibaldi | Los tiburones | not known |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Members at sundance.org, January 17, 2011 (accessed September 3, 2012).
- ↑ Parker Posey to Host the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony at sundance.org (accessed September 3, 2012).
- ↑ 2019 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced. In: sundance.org. Sundance Film Festival , accessed August 30, 2019 .