The 85th annual Peabody Awards were a special moment for Sundance Institute–supported films, with six powerful documentaries earning the prestigious award, given to dynamic storytellers for their powerful takes on social issues. 

We are proud to have championed the winning films (as well as fellow nominees) through our Sundance Institute Labs, including the Documentary Film Program and Catalyst film financing program, and the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. 

Among the projects that claimed awards are Black Box Diaries by Shiori Ito, who bravely chronicled the investigation of her own sexual assault, Angela Patton and Natalie Rae’s uplifting Daughters, which tells the story of four girls who attend a daddy-daughter dance with their incarcerated fathers, Agniia Galdanova’s Queendom, about a Russian queer artist who publicly protests the government in Moscow, and Josh Greenbaum’s astounding Will & Harper, which brings us along on a road trip with Will Ferrell and his longtime friend who has come out as a trans woman.

Below, find all the Sundance Institute–supported titles that took home Peabodys this year.