# 2025 Sundance Film Festival

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] | United States |
| Love, Brooklyn | Rachael Abigail Holder [d] | United States |
| Omaha | Cole Webley [d] | United States |
| Plainclothes | Carmen Emmi [d] | United States |
| Ricky | Rashad Frett [d] | United States |
| Sorry, Baby | Eva Victor | United States |
| Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) | Sierra Falconer [d] | United States |
| Twinless | James Sweeney | United States |

### World Cinema Dramatic Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Brides | Brides | Nadia Fall | United Kingdom |
| DJ Ahmet | 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 | Sauna | Mathias Broe [d] | Denmark |
| Sukkwan Island | Sukkwan Island | Vladimir de Fontenay [d] | France |
| The Things You Kill | 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 | 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] | United States |
| Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore | Shoshannah Stern | United States |
| The Perfect Neighbor | Geeta Gandbhir | United States |
| Predators | David Osit | United States |
| Seeds | Brittany Shyne | United States |
| Selena y Los Dinos | Isabel Castro [d] | United States |
| Speak. | Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman [d] | United States |
| Sugar Babies  [d] | Rachel Fleit | United States |
| Third Act  [d] | Tadashi Nakamura | United States |

### World Documentary Competition

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

### Premieres

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

### Next

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

### Midnight

| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dead Lover | Grace Glowicki | Canada |
| Didn't Die | Meera Menon | United States |
| Opus | Mark Anthony Green | United States |
| 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 | April | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia |
| One to One: John & Yoko | 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 | United States |

### Episodic

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

### Episodic Pilot

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

### 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 | United States |
| Debaters | Alex Heller | United States |
| Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting | Alexander Thompson | United States |
| En Memoria | Roberto Fatal | United States |
| 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 | United States |
| Remember Me | Claire Titelman | United States |
| Somebody Cares | Julien Lasseur | United States |
| Such Good Friends | Bri Klaproth | United States |
| Susana | Gerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine Thomas | Mexico, United States |
| Sweet Talkin’ Guy | Spencer Wardwell, Dylan Wardwell | United States |
| Swollen | Roxy Sophie Sorkin | United States |
| The Things We Keep | Joanna Fernandez | United States |
| Trokas Duras | Jazmin Garcia | United States |
| Unholy | Daisy Friedman | United States |
| 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 | United States |
| The Long Valley | Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck | United States |
| 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 | United States |

## Awards
### Grand Jury Prizes

* U.S. Dramatic – Atropia by Hailey Gates
* 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, 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

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

## Acquisitions

* The Ugly Stepsister: Shudder
* One to One: John & Yoko: Magnolia Pictures
* The Reality of Hope: Asteria and Documentary+
* Together: Neon
* Train Dreams: Netflix
* Sorry, Baby: A24
* Peter Hujar's Day: Janus Films and Sideshow
* The Perfect Neighbor: Netflix
* Lurker: Mubi (United States), Focus Features (International)
* Obex: Oscilloscope Laboratories
* East of Wall: Sony Pictures Classics
* Dead Lover: Cartuna x Dweck(North America)
* Oh, Hi!: Sony Pictures Classics