The 2025 Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to take 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]
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| Location | Park City, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Founded | 1978 |
| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 23 to February 2, 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Website | festival |
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
editU.S. Dramatic Competition
edit| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| Atropia | Hailey Gates | United States |
| Bubble & Squeak | Evan Twohy | |
| 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
edit| 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 | 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 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
edit| Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| Andre 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 | |
| Selena y Los Dinos | Isabel Castro | |
| Speak. | Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman | |
| Sugar Babies | Rachel Fleit | |
| Third Act | Tadashi Nakamura |
World Documentary Competition
edit| 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, 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
edit| 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 |
| April & Amanda | Zackary Drucker | United States | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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
edit| 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 | Gala del Sol | Colombia, United States, Spain |
| Serious People | Pasqual Gutierrez | United States |
| Zodiac Killer Project | Charlie Shackleton |
Midnight
edit| 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
edit| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| April | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia | |
| One to One: John & Yoko | Kevin Macdonald | United Kingdom | |
From the Collection
edit| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| El Norte | Gregory Nava | United States |
| Unzipped | Douglas Keeve |
Episodic
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| The Legend of Ochi | Isaiah Saxon | United States |
U.S. Fiction Short Films
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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 |
Venues
editThe 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)
References
edit- ^ a b Kohlwey, Kirsten (October 23, 2024). "2025 Sundance Film Festival ticket passes and packages on sale now". TownLift, Park City News. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2025 Sundance Film Festival ticket packages detailed, on sale now". ABC4. October 23, 2024.
External links
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