Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance

Category facts

Medium

film

Billing level

breakthrough

Gender scope

Gender neutral

Status

Active

First conferred

1985 or later

Last conferred

Ongoing

Award tier

Tier 3 · Significant

Points per win

20

Conferring body

Sundance Institute

A win in this category contributes 20 award points. A nomination contributes 7. Those points drive the most decorated actors board and every per-award leaderboard.