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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. 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=2024-01-22 |title=Sundance: 'Love Me' Filmmakers Sam and Andy Zuchero Win Jury Prize for Science-In-Film Initiative |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sundance-love-me-filmmakers-jury-prize-1235803339/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> As of January 2024, the award is $25,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2024-01-22 |title=Sundance Sets Three For Artist Grants As 'Love Me' Receives Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/sundance-sloan-prize-winners-love-me-feature-prize-1235800395/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Winning films ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Film!!Director!!Writer(s)
|-
|[[2003 Sundance Film Festival|2003]]
|''[[Dopamine (film)|Dopamine]]''<ref name=20032005winners>{{cite web|url=http://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/pdf/Sundance%20Film%20Festival%20Awards%201985-2007.pdf|title=Sundance Film Festival Films Honored 1985-2007 |publisher=[[Sundance Institute]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327033453/http://www.sundance.org/festival/press_industry/pdf/Sundance%20Film%20Festival%20Awards%201985-2007.pdf |archivedate=2009-03-27 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
|Mark Decena
|Mark Decena & Timothy Breitbach
|-
|[[2004 Sundance Film Festival|2004]]
|''[[Primer (film)|Primer]]''<ref name=20032005winners/>
|[[Shane Carruth]]
|[[Shane Carruth]]
|-
|[[2005 Sundance Film Festival|2005]]
|''[[Grizzly Man]]''<ref name=20032005winners/>
|[[Werner Herzog]]
|[[Werner Herzog]]
|-
|[[2006 Sundance Film Festival|2006]]
|''[[The House of Sand]]''<ref name=2006winner>{{cite web|url=http://festival.sundance.org/2006/pdfs/SFF%2006%20Sloan%20Award%20Release%20FINAL.pdf |title=House of Sand Wins Alfred P. Sloan Prize at 2006 Sundance Film Festival |date=2006-01-27|publisher=Sundance Institute|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403230020/http://festival.sundance.org/2006/pdfs/SFF%2006%20Sloan%20Award%20Release%20FINAL.pdf |archivedate=2007-04-03 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
|[[Andrucha Waddington]]
|Elena Soarez
|-
|[[2007 Sundance Film Festival|2007]]
|''[[Dark Matter (film)|Dark Matter]]''<ref name=2007winner>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2007_Sundance_Film_Festival_Announces_Jury_and_Audience_Awards.pdf |title=2007 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury and Audience Awards |publisher=Sundance Institute |date=2007-01-27 |access-date=2011-08-22 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210502/http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2007_Sundance_Film_Festival_Announces_Jury_and_Audience_Awards.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Chen Shi-zheng]]
|Billy Shebar
|-
|[[2008 Sundance Film Festival|2008]]
|''[[Sleep Dealer]]''<ref name=2008winner>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2008-01-25-Sloan.pdf |title=Sleep Dealer Wins Alfred P. Sloan Prize at 2008 Sundance Film Festival |publisher=Sundance Institute |date=2008-01-25 |access-date=2011-08-22 |archive-date=2012-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918101716/http://www.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2008-01-25-Sloan.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Alex Rivera]]
|[[Alex Rivera]] & [[David Riker]]
|-
|[[2009 Sundance Film Festival|2009]]
|''[[Adam (2009 film)|Adam]]''<ref name=2009winner>{{cite web|url=http://festival.sundance.org/2009/news/article/awards_celebrate_2009_storytellers/ |title=Awards Celebrate 2009 Storytellers |publisher = Sundance Institute |first = Bridgette |last = Bates |date = January 25, 2009 |accessdate = 2011-08-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100319235652/http://festival.sundance.org/2009/news/article/awards_celebrate_2009_storytellers/ |archivedate=2010-03-19}}</ref>
|[[Max Mayer (filmmaker)|Max Mayer]]<ref name=adamwriterdirector>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185836/ |title=Adam (2009) |publisher = [[Internet Movie Database|IMDb: The Internet Movie Database]] |accessdate = 2009-03-13}}</ref>
|[[Max Mayer (filmmaker)|Max Mayer]]<ref name=adamwriterdirector />
|-
|[[2010 Sundance Film Festival|2010]]
|''[[Obselidia]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/alfred_p._sloan_prize_awarded_to_obselidia_at_2010_sundance_film_festi/  |title=Sundance/Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and Commissioning Grants Also Announced  |date=January 29, 2010  |publisher=Sundance Institute  |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925234807/http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/alfred_p._sloan_prize_awarded_to_obselidia_at_2010_sundance_film_festi/  |archivedate=September 25, 2012}}</ref>
|[[Diane Bell (director)|Diane Bell]]
|[[Diane Bell (director)|Diane Bell]]
|-
|[[2011 Sundance Film Festival|2011]]
|''[[Another Earth]]''<ref name=2011winner>{{cite magazine |title='Earth' awarded Sundance's Sloan prize |first=Andrew|last=Stewart|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031128 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 28, 2011 |accessdate=January 29, 2011
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|[[Mike Cahill (director)|Mike Cahill]]
|[[Mike Cahill (director)|Mike Cahill]] & [[Brit Marling]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2012 Sundance Film Festival|2012]]
|''[[Robot & Frank]]''<ref name=2012winners>{{cite news |url=http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/alfred-p.-sloan-feature-film-prizes-awarded-to-robot-frank-and-valley-of-sa/  |title=Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prizes Awarded to Robot & Frank and Valley of Saints at 2012 Sundance Film Festival  |publisher=Sundance Institute  |date=Jan 27, 2012  |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626024822/http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/alfred-p.-sloan-feature-film-prizes-awarded-to-robot-frank-and-valley-of-sa/ |archivedate=2012-06-26 }}</ref>
|[[Jake Schreier]]
|Christopher Ford
|-
||''[[Valley of Saints (film)|Valley of Saints]]''<ref name=2012winners />
|Musa Syeed
|Musa Syeed
|-
|[[2013 Sundance Film Festival|2013]]
|''[[Computer Chess (Film)|Computer Chess]]''<ref name=2013winners>{{cite web |title=2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards |author= |url=http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2013-sundance-film-festival-announces-feature-film-awards/ |work=[[Sundance Institute]] |date=January 26, 2013 |accessdate=January 31, 2013 |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511192759/http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2013-sundance-film-festival-announces-feature-film-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Andrew Bujalski]]
|[[Andrew Bujalski]]
|-
|[[2014 Sundance Film Festival|2014]]
|''[[I Origins]]''<ref name=2014winners>{{cite web |title=2014 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards |author= |url=http://www.sundance.org/festival/blog-entry/2014-sundance-film-festival-live-awards-updates/ |work=[[Sundance Institute]] |date=January 25, 2014 |accessdate=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210191027/http://www.sundance.org/festival/blog-entry/2014-sundance-film-festival-live-awards-updates/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Mike Cahill (director)|Mike Cahill]]
|[[Mike Cahill (director)|Mike Cahill]]
|-
|[[2015 Sundance Film Festival|2015]]
|''[[The Stanford Prison Experiment (film)|The Stanford Prison Experiment]]''<ref name=2015winners>{{cite web |title=Alfred P. Sloan Prize News Release for 2015 |author= |url=http://www2.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2015-01-27-alfred-p-sloan-prize-news-release-final-2.pdf/ |date=January 27, 2015 |accessdate=July 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217015115/http://www2.sundance.org/pdf/press-releases/2015-01-27-alfred-p-sloan-prize-news-release-final-2.pdf |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Kyle Patrick Alvarez]]
|Tim Talbott
|-
|[[2016 Sundance Film Festival|2016]]
|''[[Embrace of the Serpent]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Sundance Institute Announces $60,000 in Sloan Science in Cinema Awards |author= |url=http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/sundance-institute-announces-60-000-in-sloan-science-in-cinema-awards|date=January 27, 2016 |accessdate=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
|[[Ciro Guerra]]
|[[Ciro Guerra]] & Jacques Toulemonde
|-
|[[2017 Sundance Film Festival|2017]]
|''[[Marjorie Prime]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/marjorie-prime-2017-sundance-film-festival-sloan-film-prize-and-grants|title=Marjorie Prime Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at 2017 Sundance Film Festival|website=www.sundance.org|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref>
|[[Michael Almereyda]]
|[[Michael Almereyda]] & [[Jordan Harrison]]
|-
|[[2018 Sundance Film Festival|2018]]
|''[[Searching (film)|Searching]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/sundance-alfred-p-sloan-foundation-film-prize-search-1202267711/|title='Search' Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Prize – Sundance|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|date=2018-01-24|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-02-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Aneesh Chaganty]]
|[[Aneesh Chaganty]] & [[Sev Ohanian]]
|-
|[[2019 Sundance Film Festival|2019]]
|''[[The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scienceandfilm.org/projects/688/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind|title='The-Boy-Who-Harnessed-the-Wind' Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Prize – Sundance|date=2019-01-24|language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Chiwetel Ejiofor]]
|[[Chiwetel Ejiofor]]
|-
|[[2020 Sundance Film Festival|2020]]
|''[[Tesla (2020 film)|Tesla]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=January 29, 2020|title=Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Presents Feature Film Prize to Tesla, Announces New Grants to Artists at 2020 Sundance Film Festival|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/festival/2020-festival-sloan-awards-announced|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.sundance.org|language=English}}</ref>
|[[Michael Almereyda]]
|[[Michael Almereyda]]
|-
|[[2021 Sundance Film Festival|2021]]
|''[[Son of Monarchs]]''<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 28, 2021|title=Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Presents Feature Film Prize to Son of Monarchs, Announces New Grants to Artists at 2021 Sundance Film Festival|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2021-sundance-film-festival-sloan-foundation-awards|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.sundance.org|language=English}}</ref>
|[[Alexis Gambis]]
|[[Alexis Gambis]]
|-
|[[2022 Sundance Film Festival|2022]]
|''[[After Yang]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize Awarded at 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Three New Artist Grant Recipients Revealed |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/alfred-p-sloan-foundation-feature-film-prize-awarded-at-2022-sundance-film-festival-three-new-artist-grant-recipients-revealed/ |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=Sundance Institute}}</ref>
|[[Kogonada]]
|[[Kogonada]]
|-
|[[2023 Sundance Film Festival|2023]]
|''[[The Pod Generation]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 27, 2023 |title=The Complete List of 2023 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/the-complete-list-of-2023-sundance-film-festival-award-winners/ |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=sundance.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Sophie Barthes]]
|[[Sophie Barthes]]
|-
|[[2024 Sundance Film Festival|2024]]
|''[[Love Me (2024 American film)|Love Me]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title='Love Me' wins Feature Film Prize; directors Sam and Andy Zuchero and four grantees honored |url=https://www.parkrecord.com/news/love-me-wins-feature-film-prize-directors-sam-and-andy-zuchero-and-four-grantees-honored/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=www.parkrecord.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Zucheros]]
|[[Zucheros]]
|-
|[[2025 Sundance Film Festival|2025]]
|''Sally''<ref>{{cite web|title=Sundance Film Festival Awards Winners List: 'Atropia' Wins U.S. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=31 January 2025|access-date=31 January 2025|url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/sundance-awards-2025-1236274339/}}</ref>
|Cristina Constantini
|Cristina Constantini & Tom Maroney
|}

== See also ==
*[[Alfred P. Sloan]]
*[http://scienceandfilm.org Sloan Science & Film for all award winners]
*[[List of Sundance Film Festival award winners]]

==References==
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