2025 Sundance Film Festival

2025 Sundance Film Festival
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. The first selection lineup was announced on December 11, 2024.

It may potentially be one of the last editions to take place in Utah, as the festival announced a selection process for a new venue for 2027 onwards, of which Park City and Salt Lake remain finalists, in addition to Boulder, Colorado and Cincinnati, Ohio.

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 [d]
Love, Brooklyn Rachael Abigail Holder [d]
Omaha Cole Webley [d]
Plainclothes Carmen Emmi [d]
Ricky Rashad Frett
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Sierra Falconer [d]
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 [d] Hong Kong, China
Cactus Pears Sabar Bonda Rohan Parashuram Kanawade [d] India, United Kingdom, Canada
Sauna Mathias Broe [d] Denmark
Sukkwan Island Vladimir de Fontenay [d] France
The Things You Kill Alireza Khatami [d] 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 [d] Argentina, Spain, Mexico
Where the Wind Comes From Amel Guellaty [d] Tunisia, France, Qatar

U.S. Documentary Competition

Original title Director(s) Production Country
Andre Is an Idiot  [d] Tony Benna United States
Life After  [d] Reid Davenport [d]
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 [d] United States
Speak. Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman [d]
Sugar Babies  [d] Rachel Fleit
Third Act  [d] 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  [d] اوزاک یوللار Sara Khaki [d], Mohammadreza Eyni [d] Iran, Germany, United States, Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada
The Dating Game Violet Du Feng [d] United States, Kingdom, Norway
Endless Cookie Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver Canada
GEN_ Gianluca Matarrese [fr; it] France, Italy, Switzerland
How to Build a Library  [d] Maia Lekow [d], Christopher King [d] 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 [d] Denmark, Czech Republic
Prime Minister Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz United States

Premieres

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
The Alabama Solution  [d] Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman [d] United States
All That's Left of You اللي باقي منك Cherien Dabis Germany, Cyprus
Enigma  [d] Zackary Drucker United States
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths United Kingdom
Come See Me in the Good Light  [d] Ryan White United States
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim
Folktales  [d] Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady United States, Norway
Free Leonard Peltier  [d] Jesse Short Bull [d], David France United States
Heightened Scrutiny  [d] 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
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  [d] Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine United States
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House Elegance Bratton
Oh, Hi! Sophie Brooks [d]
Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs
Rebuilding Max Walker-Silverman
Sally  [d] Cristina Costantini [d]
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
The Stringer Bao Nguyen
The Thing with Feathers Dylan Southern [d] United Kingdom
Train Dreams Clint Bentley [d] 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  [d] Kate Beecroft [d]
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)  [d] Joel Alfonso Vargas [d]
OBEX Albert Birney [d]
Rains Over Babel  [d] Gala del Sol [d] Colombia, United States, Spain
Serious People  [d] Pasqual Gutierrez [d] United States
Zodiac Killer Project  [d] 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
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

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 Story Winter Coleman United States
Azi Montana Mann
Debaters Alex Heller
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting Alexander Thompson
En Memoria Roberto Fatal
Full Month Ash Goh Hua Singapore, United States
Goodnight Isabel Pask United States
The Lily (เดอะลิลลี่) Quintessa Swindell United States, Thailand
Out for Delivery Chelsea Christer United States
Ragamuffin Kaitlyn Mikayla
Remember Me Claire Titelman
Somebody Cares Julien Lasseur
Such Good Friends Bri Klaproth
Susana Gerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine Thomas Mexico, United States
Sweet Talkin’ Guy Spencer Wardwell, Dylan Wardwell United States
Swollen Roxy Sophie Sorkin
The Things We Keep Joanna Fernandez
Trokas Duras Jazmin Garcia
Unholy Daisy Friedman
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan Philippines, United States
We're Not Done Yet Joseph Longo United States

International Fiction Short Films

Title Director(s) Production Country
Almost Certainly False Cansu Baydar Turkey
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut Canada
B(l)ind the Sacrifice Nakhane South Africa
Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites Chheangkea Cambodia, France
Hippopotami Jianjie Lin China, Hong Kong
Pasta Negra Jorge Thielen Armand Canada, Venezuela, Italy, Colombia
People & Things Damian Kosowski Poland
Platanero Juan Frank Hernandez Canada
Stranger, Brother. Annelise Hickey Australia
Suo Jiang Chien-Yu Lin Taiwan
Sweetheart Luke Wintour United Kingdom
Upper Lennert Madou Belgium

Animated Short Films

Title Director(s) Production Country
Bunnyhood Mansi Maheshwari United Kingdom
Caries Aline Höchli Switzerland
Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado Natalia León France
The Eating of an Orange May Kindred-Boothby United Kingdom
Field Recording Quinne Larsen United States
Flower Show Elli Vuorinen Finland
Hurikán Jan Saska Czech Republic
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong Canada
Jesus 2 Jesse Moynihan United States
Luz Diabla Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza Argentina, Canada
Paradise Man (ii) Jordan Michael Blake United States
A Round of Applause for Death Stephen Irwin United Kingdom
View from the Floor Megan Griffiths, Mindie Lind United States

Nonfiction Short Films

Title Director(s) Production Country
Deadlock Lucien Beucher, Mahdi Boucif France, Algeria
Death Education Yuxuan Ethan Wu China
Entre le feu et le clair de lune Dominic Yarabe United States, Côte d’Ivoire
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos United Kingdom
Hold Me Close Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver United States
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams Glenn Kaino
The Long Valley Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
Miss You Perdularia Manu Zilveti Cuba
The Reality of Hope Joe Hunting United Kingdom, Sweden
Tiger Loren Waters United States
We Were the Scenery Christopher Radcliff

Awards

Grand Jury Prizes

  • Short Film – The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing by Theo Panagopoulos

Audience Awards

Directing, Screenwriting and Editing

  • Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic – Rashad Frett for Ricky
  • Directing Award: U.S. Documentary – Geeta Gandbhir for The Perfect Neighbor
  • World Cinema Dramatic – Alireza Khatami for The Things You Kill
  • Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary – Mstyslav Chernov for 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby
  • Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Parker Laramie for André is an Idiot
  • NEXT Innovator Prize – Zodiac Killer Project by Charlie Shackleton

Special Jury Prizes

  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – The cast of Plainclothes
  • US 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

Venues

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

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

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