2025 Sundance Film Festival

2025 Sundance Film Festival
Festival poster
LocationPark City, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah
Founded1978
Hosted bySundance Institute
Festival dateJanuary 23 to February 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Websitefestival.sundance.org

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival took place in person from January 23 to February 2, 2025, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, and online from January 30 to February 2.[1] The first selection lineup was announced on December 11, 2024.[2]

It is one of the last editions to take place in Utah, as the festival announced it will be held in Boulder, Colorado, beginning with the 2027 edition.[3][4][5]

Films

U.S. Dramatic Competition

English title Director(s) Production Country
Atropia Hailey Gates United States
Bubble & Squeak Evan Twohy United States
Bunnylovr Katarina Zhu
Love, Brooklyn Rachael Abigail Holder
Omaha Cole Webley
Plainclothes Carmen Emmi
Ricky Rashad Frett
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Sierra Falconer
Twinless James Sweeney

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Brides Nadia Fall United Kingdom
DJ Ahmet Georgi M. Unkovski North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia
LUZ 花明渡 Flora Lau Hong Kong, China
Cactus Pears Sabar Bonda [[Rohan Parashuram Kanawade|Rohan Parashuram Kanawade]] India, United Kingdom, Canada
Sauna Mathias Broe Denmark
Sukkwan Island Vladimir de Fontenay France
The Things You Kill Alireza Khatami Turkey, France, Poland, Canada
Two Women Deux femmes en or Chloé Robichaud Canada
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake La Virgen de la tosquera Laura Casabé Argentina, Spain, Mexico
Where the Wind Comes From Amel Guellaty Tunisia, France, Qatar

U.S. Documentary Competition

Original title Director(s) Production Country
André Is an Idiot Tony Benna United States
Life After Reid Davenport
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Shoshannah Stern
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir
Predators David Osit
Seeds Brittany Shyne United States
Selena y Los Dinos Isabel Castro United States
Speak. Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman
Sugar Babies  Rachel Fleit
Third Act  Tadashi Nakamura

World Documentary Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
2000 Meters to Andriivka Mstyslav Chernov Ukraine
Coexistence, My Ass! Amber Fares United States, France
Cutting Through Rocks اوزاک یوللار Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni Iran, Germany, United States, Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada
The Dating Game Violet Du Feng United States, United Kingdom, Norway
Endless Cookie Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver Canada
Gen_ Gianluca Matarrese France, Italy, Switzerland
How to Build a Library Maia Lekow, Christopher King Kenya
Khartoum Anas Saaed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox Sudan, United Kingdom, Germany, Qatar
Mr. Nobody Against Putin David Borenstein Denmark, Czech Republic
Prime Minister Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz United States

Premieres

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
The Alabama Solution Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman United States
All That's Left of You اللي باقي منك Cherien Dabis Germany, Cyprus
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths United Kingdom
Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White United States
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim
Enigma Zackary Drucker United States
Folktales Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady United States, Norway
Free Leonard Peltier Jesse Short Bull, David France United States
Heightened Scrutiny Sam Feder
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Amy Berg
Jimpa Sophie Hyde Australia, Netherlands, Finland[6]
Kiss of the Spider Woman Bill Condon United States
Last Days Justin Lin
The Librarians Kim A. Snyder
Lurker Alex Russell
Magic Farm Amalia Ulman Argentina, United States
Middletown Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine United States
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House Elegance Bratton
Oh, Hi! Sophie Brooks
Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs
Rebuilding Max Walker-Silverman
Sally Cristina Costantini
The Secret of Me[7] Grace Hughes-Hallett
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
The Stringer Bao Nguyen
The Thing with Feathers Dylan Southern United Kingdom
Train Dreams Clint Bentley United States
The Wedding Banquet Andrew Ahn

Next

English title Director(s) Production Country
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph United States
By Design Amanda Kramer
East of Wall Kate Beecroft
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) Joel Alfonso Vargas
OBEX Albert Birney
Rains Over Babel (Llueve sobre Babel) Gala del Sol Colombia, United States, Spain
Serious People  Pasqual Gutierrez United States
Zodiac Killer Project Charlie Shackleton

Midnight

English title Director(s) Production Country
Dead Lover Grace Glowicki Canada
Didn't Die Meera Menon United States
Opus Mark Anthony Green
Rabbit Trap Bryn Chainey United Kingdom
Together Michael Shanks Australia, United States[6]
Touch Me Addison Heimann United States
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt Norway

Spotlight

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
April Dea Kulumbegashvili Georgia
One to One: John & Yoko Kevin Macdonald United Kingdom

From the Collection

English title Director(s) Production Country
El Norte Gregory Nava United States
Unzipped Douglas Keeve

Episodic

Original title Director(s) Production Country
Bucks County, USA Barry Levinson, Robert May United States
Hal & Harper Cooper Raiff
Pee-wee as Himself Matt Wolf

Episodic Pilot

Original title Director(s) Production Country
Bulldozer Joanna Leeds, Andrew Leeds United States
Chasers Erin Brown Thomas
Never Get Busted! David Anthony Ngo, Erin Williams-Weir[6]

Family Matinee

Original title Director(s) Production Country
The Legend of Ochi Isaiah Saxon United States

U.S. Fiction Short Films

Title Director(s) Production Country
An Almost Successful Dating App Love StoryWinter ColemanUnited States
AziMontana Mann
DebatersAlex Heller
Em & Selma Go Griffin HuntingAlexander Thompson
En MemoriaRoberto Fatal
Full MonthAsh Goh HuaSingapore, United States
GoodnightIsabel PaskUnited States
The Lily (เดอะลิลลี่)Quintessa SwindellUnited States, Thailand
Out for DeliveryChelsea ChristerUnited States
RagamuffinKaitlyn Mikayla
Remember MeClaire Titelman
Somebody CaresJulien Lasseur
Such Good FriendsBri Klaproth
SusanaGerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine ThomasMexico, United States
Sweet Talkin’ GuySpencer Wardwell, Dylan WardwellUnited States
SwollenRoxy Sophie Sorkin
The Things We KeepJoanna Fernandez
Trokas DurasJazmin Garcia
UnholyDaisy Friedman
Vox HumanaDon Josephus Raphael EblahanPhilippines, United States
We're Not Done YetJoseph LongoUnited States

International Fiction Short Films

Title Director(s) Production Country
Almost Certainly FalseCansu BaydarTurkey
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?Bec PecautCanada
B(l)ind the SacrificeNakhaneSouth Africa
Grandma Nai Who Played FavoritesChheangkeaCambodia, France
HippopotamiJianjie LinChina, Hong Kong
Pasta NegraJorge Thielen ArmandCanada, Venezuela, Italy, Colombia
People & ThingsDamian KosowskiPoland
PlataneroJuan Frank HernandezCanada
Stranger, Brother.Annelise HickeyAustralia
Suo JiangChien-Yu LinTaiwan
SweetheartLuke WintourUnited Kingdom
UpperLennert MadouBelgium

Animated Short Films

Title Director(s) Production Country
BunnyhoodMansi MaheshwariUnited Kingdom
CariesAline HöchliSwitzerland
Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragadoNatalia LeónFrance
The Eating of an OrangeMay Kindred-BoothbyUnited Kingdom
Field RecordingQuinne LarsenUnited States
Flower ShowElli VuorinenFinland
HurikánJan SaskaCzech Republic
Inkwo for When the Starving ReturnAmanda StrongCanada
Jesus 2Jesse MoynihanUnited States
Luz DiablaGervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio PlazaArgentina, Canada
Paradise Man (ii)Jordan Michael BlakeUnited States
A Round of Applause for DeathStephen IrwinUnited Kingdom
View from the FloorMegan Griffiths, Mindie LindUnited States

Nonfiction Short Films

Title Director(s) Production Country
DeadlockLucien Beucher, Mahdi BoucifFrance, Algeria
Death EducationYuxuan Ethan WuChina
Entre le feu et le clair de luneDominic YarabeUnited States, Côte d'Ivoire
The Flowers Stand Silently, WitnessingTheo PanagopoulosUnited Kingdom
Hold Me CloseAurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-WeaverUnited States
Hoops, Hopes & DreamsGlenn Kaino
The Long ValleyRobert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
Miss You PerdulariaManu ZilvetiCuba
The Reality of HopeJoe HuntingUnited Kingdom, Sweden
TigerLoren WatersUnited States
We Were the SceneryChristopher Radcliff

Awards

Grand Jury Prizes

Audience Awards

Directing, Screenwriting and Editing

Special Jury Prizes

  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – The cast of Plainclothes
  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting – Dylan O’Brien for Twinless
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award – Life After by Reid Davenport
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling – Selena y Los Dinos by Isabel Castro
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award – Mr. Nobody Against Putin by David Borenstein
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression – Coexistence, My Ass! by Amber Fares
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision – Georgi M. Unkovski for DJ Ahmet
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Writing – Two Women by Chloé Robichaud and Catherine Léger
  • Next: Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) by Joel Alfonso Vargas

Short Film Jury Awards

  • U.S. Fiction – Trokas Duras by Jazmin Garcia
  • Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing – Loren Waters for Tiger
  • Short Film Special Jury Award for Animation Directing – May Kindred-Boothby for The Eating of an Orange
  • Short Film Jury Award: Animation – Natalia León for Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado
  • Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – Christopher Radcliff for We Were the Scenery
  • Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – Chheangkea for Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

Festival Favorite Award

  • Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White[9]

Venues

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival venues are a subset of previous years. They include:[1]

Park City

  • Eccles Theater (1750 Kearns Blvd)
  • Egyptian Theatre (328 Main Street)
  • Holiday Village Cinemas (1776 Park Avenue)
  • Park City Library Theatre (1255 Park Avenue)
  • The Ray Theatre (1768 Park Avenue)
  • Megaplex Theatres Park City at Redstone (6030 North Market Street)

Salt Lake City

Acquisitions

Notes

  1. ↑ Republic Pictures handled distribution of the film at the time of its Sundance premiere.[28]

References

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  2. ↑ Patten, Dominic; D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 11, 2024). "Sundance 2025: JLo, Sly Stone, Putin, Ayo Edebiri, André Holland, & Ex-NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Films Among Park City Festival Offerings". Deadline. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
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  6. 1 2 3 Debelle, Penelope (January 24, 2025). "Adelaide filmmakers bring drug busts and family drama to Sundance". InDaily. Retrieved January 30, 2025. ...the story of Barry Cooper, a "brazen" activist against the war on drugs, who fled the United States for Brazil but now lives in the Philippines.
  7. ↑ ""Intersex People Don't Need To Be Fixed": Grace Hughes-Hallett on The Secret of Me". filmmakermagazine.com. Filmmaker. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
  8. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 31, 2025). "'Atropia' Takes U.S. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic At Sundance Film Festival: Full Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  9. ↑ Gardner, Chris (February 2, 2025). "Ryan White's Documentary 'Come See Me in the Good Light' Wins Sundance Festival Favorite Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  10. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (December 11, 2024). "Shudder Buys 'The Ugly Stepsister' Ahead of Sundance Premiere as Midnight Section Opener (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  11. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 21, 2025). "'One To One: John & Yoko' Acquired By Magnolia Ahead Of Sundance, Sets Spring Imax Release". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  12. ↑ Carey, Matthew (January 23, 2025). "Joe Hunting's Short Documentary 'The Reality Of Hope' Acquired By Asteria And Documentary+ At Sundance". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
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  20. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa; Lang, Brent (February 13, 2025). "Sundance: Surreal Fantasy 'Obex' Sells to Oscilloscope Laboratories (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  21. ↑ Lang, Brent (February 14, 2025). "Sundance Audience Award Winner 'East of Wall' Sells to Sony Pictures Classics (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  22. ↑ Murphy, J. Kim (March 11, 2025). "Grace Glowicki's 'Dead Lover' Acquired by Cartuna and Dweck Productions Out of SXSW". Variety. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  23. ↑ Jackson, Angelique; Stephan, Katcy (March 14, 2025). "Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman-Starrer 'Oh, Hi!' Lands at Sony Pictures Classics". Variety. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
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  25. ↑ Ntim, Zac (March 24, 2025). "MTV Documentary Films Acquires Sundance Doc 'Predators'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  26. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (April 3, 2025). "Sundance's World Cinema Jury Prizewinner 'Cactus Pears' Bought for North America Ahead of New Directors/New Films". Variety. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  27. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 9, 2025). "Briarcliff Acquires U.S. On Benedict Cumberbatch Sundance Premiere 'The Thing With Feathers'". Deadline. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  28. 1 2 Rubin, Rebecca (April 8, 2025). "Dylan O'Brien Comedy 'Twinless' Nears Sale to Roadside, Lionsgate After Winning Sundance Audience Award (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  29. ↑ Goldsmith, Jill (April 10, 2025). "Cineverse Takes U.S. Rights To Sundance Award-Winning Thriller 'The Things You Kill'". Deadline. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  30. ↑ Saperstein, Pat (April 14, 2025). "Sundance Festival Favorite Doc 'Come See Me in the Good Light' Lands at Apple TV+". Variety. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  31. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 15, 2025). "Bleecker Street Acquires U.S. On Josh O'Connor Drama 'Rebuilding'". Deadline. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  32. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (April 17, 2025). "Kino Lorber acquires Sundance, Tribeca selection 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore'". Kino Lorber. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
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  34. ↑ Grobar, Matt (April 28, 2025). "Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Cole Webley's Sundance Drama 'Omaha' Starring John Magaro". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
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  37. ↑ Grobar, Matt (May 8, 2025). "Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Sundance Drama 'Love, Brooklyn' Produced By & Starring André Holland". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  38. ↑ Cordero, Rosy (May 13, 2025). "'Selena Y Los Dinos' Documentary Feature Acquired By Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  39. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (May 14, 2025). "Sundance Offbeat Horror Movie 'Touch Me' Lands North American Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  40. ↑ Grobar, Matt (May 20, 2025). "Joint Venture Acquires Sundance Prize-Winner 'Two Women' From Director Chloé Robichaud". Deadline. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  41. ↑ Carey, Matthew (June 4, 2025). "Magnolia Pictures Acquires U.S. Rights To 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley,' Amy Berg's Documentary On Late Ethereal-Voiced Musician". Deadline. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
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  49. ↑ Rich Spirit Sets Kahlil Joseph’s ‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ For Nationwide Theatrical Release — First Look Teaser – Deadline
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