The Alfred P. Sloan Prize is an award given each year, starting in 2003, to a film at the Sundance Film Festival. It is one of the Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film Awards.
Criteria The prize is given to an outstanding feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character.2026 Sundance Film Festival Unveils 97 Projects Selected for the Feature Film and Episodic Program The jury is composed of established film and science professionals.
Each winner is presented with a cash award provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. As of January 2024, the award is $25,000.
Winners YearFilmDirectorWriter(s)2003DopamineMark DecenaMark Decena & Timothy Breitbach2004PrimerShane CarruthShane Carruth2005Grizzly ManWerner HerzogWerner Herzog2006The House of SandAndrucha WaddingtonElena Soarez2007Dark MatterChen Shi-zhengBilly Shebar2008Sleep DealerAlex RiveraAlex Rivera & David Riker2009AdamMax MayerMax Mayer2010ObselidiaDiane BellDiane Bell2011Another EarthMike CahillMike Cahill & Brit Marling2012Robot & FrankJake SchreierChristopher FordValley of SaintsMusa SyeedMusa Syeed2013Computer ChessAndrew BujalskiAndrew Bujalski2014I OriginsMike CahillMike Cahill2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentKyle Patrick AlvarezTim Talbott2016Embrace of the SerpentCiro GuerraCiro Guerra & Jacques Toulemonde2017Marjorie PrimeMichael AlmereydaMichael Almereyda & Jordan Harrison2018SearchingAneesh ChagantyAneesh Chaganty & Sev Ohanian2019The Boy Who Harnessed the WindChiwetel EjioforChiwetel Ejiofor2020TeslaMichael AlmereydaMichael Almereyda2021Son of MonarchsAlexis GambisAlexis Gambis2022After YangKogonadaKogonada2023The Pod GenerationSophie BarthesSophie Barthes2024Love MeZucherosZucheros2025SallyCristina ConstantiniCristina Constantini & Tom Maroney2026In the Blink of an Eye2026 Sundance Film Festival Unveils 97 Projects Selected for the Feature Film and Episodic Program Andrew Stanton Colby Day
YouTube award In 2024, the Foundation partnered with Independent Media Initiative (IMI) and created the annual Sloan Science Prizes for YouTube; two prizes are awarded, for documentary and narrative fiction.
See also Alfred P. Sloan Sloan Science & Film for all award winners List of Sundance Film Festival award winners
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