Sundance Film Festival / Best Director - Foreign Documentary
Winner of the directing award ( World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary ) for the best director of a foreign documentary in the competition 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 | Nino Kirtadze | Durakovo: Le village des fous | For God, Tsar and Fatherland |
| 2009 | Havana marking | Afghan Star | not known |
| 2010 | Christian Frei | Space Tourists | Space Tourists |
| 2011 | James Marsh | Project Nim | not known |
| 2012 | Emad Burnat | 5 broken cameras | not known |
| 2013 | Tinatin Gurchiani | Manqana, romelic kvelafers gaaqrobs | not known |
| 2014 |
Iain Forsyth Jane Pollard |
20,000 Days on Earth | 20,000 Days on Earth |
| 2015 | Kim Longinotto | Dreamcatcher | Dreamcatcher |
| 2016 | Michal Marczak | All These Sleepless Nights | not known |
| 2017 | Pascale Lamche | Winnie | 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).