2025 Sundance Film Festival

2025 Sundance Film Festival

Location	Park City, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah
Founded	1978
Hosted by	Sundance Institute
Festival date	January 23 to February 2, 2025
Language	English
Website	festival.sundance.org
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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 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. ^[3]

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  [ d ]
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
Andrė 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		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 [4]
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	Kate Beecroft  [ d ]
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)	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 [4]
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 [4]

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

• U.S. Dramatic – Atropia by Hailey Gates ^[5]
• U.S. Documentary – Seeds by Brittany Shyne
• World Cinema Dramatic – Cactus Pears by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
• World Cinema Documentary – Cutting Through Rocks by Sara Khaki  [ d ], Mohammadreza Eyni  [ d ]

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

Audience Awards

• U.S. Dramatic – Twinless by James Sweeney
• U.S. Documentary – André is an Idiot by Tony Benna
• World Cinema Dramatic – DJ Ahmet by Georgi M. Unkovski
• World Cinema Documentary – Prime Minister by Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz
• NEXT – East of Wall by Kate Beecroft  [ d ]

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

Festival Favorite Award

• Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White ^[6]

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

• Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 West 300 South)
• Broadway Centre Cinemas (111 East Broadway)

Acquisitions

• The Ugly Stepsister: Shudder ^[7]
• One to One: John & Yoko: Magnolia Pictures (US distribution) ^[8]
• Obex: Oscilloscope ^[9]
• The Reality of Hope: Asteria and Documentary+ ^[10]
• Sorry, Baby: A24 ^[11]
• Together: Neon ^[12]
• Train Dreams: Netflix ^[13]
• Peter Hujar's Day: Janus Films and Sideshow ^[14]
• Lurker: Mubi ^[15]
• East of Wall: Sony Pictures Classics ^[16]

References

1. Kohlwey, Kirsten (October 23, 2024). "2025 Sundance Film Festival ticket passes and packages on sale now". TownLift, Park City News. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
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.
3. "2025 Sundance Film Festival ticket packages detailed, on sale now". ABC4. October 23, 2024.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Keslassy, Elsa (December 11, 2024). "Shudder Buys 'The Ugly Stepsister' Ahead of Sundance Premiere as Midnight Section Opener (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
8. 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.
9. Keslassy, Elsa; Lang, Brent (February 13, 2025). "Sundance: Surreal Fantasy 'Obex' Sells to Oscilloscope Laboratories (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
10. 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.
11. Rubin, Rebecca; Lang, Brent (February 3, 2025). "Sorry, Baby Sells to A24 Following Sundance Film Festival Premiere". Variety . Retrieved February 3, 2025.
12. Lang, Brent; Rubin, Rebecca (January 29, 2025). "Sundance Breakout 'Together,' Body Horror Film With Dave Franco and Alison Brie, Sells to Neon". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
13. Rubin, Rebecca; Lang, Brent (January 30, 2025). "Netflix Buys Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones Sundance Drama 'Train Dreams'". Variety . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
14. Rubin, Rebecca (February 4, 2025). "Sundance: Ira Sachs Drama 'Peter Hujar's Day' Sells to Sideshow, Janus Films". Variety . Retrieved February 8, 2025.
15. Donnelly, Matt; Keslassy, Elsa (February 6, 2025). "Sundance Favorite 'Lurker' Sells to 'The Substance' Distributor Mubi (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved February 8, 2025.
16. Lang, Brent (February 14, 2025). "Sundance Audience Award Winner 'East of Wall' Sells to Sony Pictures Classics (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2025.

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