Russell Smith Award
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The Russell Smith Award is an annual award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association to "the best low-budget and cutting-edge independent film" since its inception in 2008.[1] The award is named in honor of late Dallas Morning News film critic Russell Smith.[1]
- 2008: Wendy and Lucy - Kelly Reichardt[1]
- 2009: Precious - Lee Daniels[2]
- 2010: Winter's Bone - Debra Granik[3]
- 2011: We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay[4]
- 2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin[5]
- 2013: Fruitvale Station - Ryan Coogler[6]
- 2014: Boyhood - Richard Linklater[7]
- 2015: Tangerine - Sean Baker[8]
- 2016: Moonlight - Barry Jenkins[9][10]
- 2017: The Florida Project - Sean Baker[11]
- 2018: The Rider - Chloe Zhao[12]
- 2019: The Lighthouse - Robert Eggers[13][14]
- 2020: Minari - Lee Isaac Chung[15]
- 2021: Flee - Jonas Poher Rasmussen[16][17]
- 2022: EO - Jerzy Skolimowski[18][19][20][21]
- 2023: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer[22]
- 2024: The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof[23]
- 2025: It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi[24]
Multiple wins
- Sean Baker - 2