Today the Sundance Institute announced the first wave of their 2025 lineup, with the full slate of Features and Episodic Programs being announced. Below is the list of films making up these categories.
The Sundance Film Festival will once again take place in Park City, Utah from January 23rd to February 2nd.
Atropia, directed by Hailey Gates
Bubble & Squeak, directed by Evan Twohy
Bunnylovr, directed by Katarina Zhu
Love, Brooklyn, directed by Rachael Abigail Holder
Omaha, directed by Cole Webley
Plainclothes, directed by Carmen Emmi
Ricky, directed by Rashad Frett
Sorry, Baby, directed by Eva Victor
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), directed by Sierra Falconer
Twinless, directed by James Sweeney
Andre is an Idiot, directed by Anthony Benna
Life After, directed by Reid Davenport
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, directed by Shoshannah Stern
The Perfect Neighbor, directed by Geeta Gandbhir
Predators, directed by Davis Osit
Seeds, directed by Brittany Shyne
Selena y Los Dinos, directed by Isabel Castro
Speak., directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman
Sugar Babies, directed by Rachel Fleit
Third Act, directed by Tadashi Nakamura
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Brides, directed by Nadia Fall
DJ Ahmet, directed by Georgi M. Unkovski
Luz, directed by Flora Lau
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
Sauna, directed by Mathias Broe
Sukkwan Island, directed by Vladimir de Fontenay
The Things You Kill, directed by Alireza Khatami
Two Women, directed by Chloe Robichaud
The Virgin of Quarry Lake, directed by Laura Casabe
Where the Wind Comes From, directed by Amel Guellaty
World Cinema Documentary Competition
2000 Meters to Andriivka, directed by Mstyslav Chernov
Coexistence, My Ass!, directed by Amber Fares
Cutting Through Rocks, directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyeni
The Dating Game, directed by Violet Du Feng
Endless Cookie, directed by Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver
GEN_, directed by Gianluca Matarrese
How to Build a Library, directed by Maia Lekow and Christopher King
Khartoum, directed by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, and Phil Cox
Mr. Nobody Against Putin, directed by David Borenstein
Prime Minister, directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, directed by Kahlil Joseph
By Design, directed by Amanda Kramer
East of Wall, directed by Kate Beecroft
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo), directed by Joel Alfonso Vargas
OBEX, directed by Albert Birney
Rains Over Babel, directed by Gala del Sol
Serious People, directed by Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mulinkosson
Zodiac Killer Project, directed by Charlie Shackleton
All That’s Left of You, directed by Cherien Dabis
April & Amanda, directed by Zackary Drucker
The Ballad of Wallis Island, directed by James Griffiths
Come See Me in the Good Light, directed by Ryan White
Deaf President Now!, directed by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
FOLKTALES, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Free Leonard Peltier, directed by Jesse Short Bull and David France
Heightened Scrutiny, directed by Sam Feder
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, directed by Mary Bronstein
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, directed by Amy Berg
Jimpa, directed by Sophie Hyde
Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by Bill Condon
Last Days, directed by Justin Lin
Lurker, directed by Alex Russell
The Librarians, directed by Kim A. Snyder
Magic Farm, directed by Amalia Ulman
Middletown, directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, directed by Elegance Bratton
Oh, Hi!, directed by Sophie Brooks
Peter Hujar’s Day, directed by Ira Sachs
Rebuilding, directed by Max Walker-Silverman
Sally, directed by Cristina Costantini
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
The Thing with Feathers, directed by Dylan Southern
Train Dreams, directed by Clint Bentley
The Wedding Banquet, directed by Andrew Ahn
Dead Lover, directed by Grace Glowicki
Didn’t Die, directed by Meera Menon
Opus, directed by Mark Anthony Green
Rabbit Trap, directed by Bryn Chainey
Together, directed by Michael Shanks
Touch Me, directed by Addison Heimann
The Ugly Stepsister, directed by Emilie Blichfeldt
Episodic
Bucks County, USA, directed by Robert May and Barry Levinson
Hal & Harper, directed by Cooper Raiff
Pee-wee as Himself, directed by Matt Wolff
Episodic Pilot Showcase
BULLDOZER, directed by Joanna Leeds
Chasers, directed by Erin Brown Thomas
Never Get Busted!, David Anthony Ngo and Erin Williams-Weir, showrunners
April, directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
One to One: John & Yoko, directed by Kevin Macdonald
Family Matinee
The Legend of Ochi, directed by Isaiah Saxon
The Six Billion Dollar Man, directed by Eugene Jarecki
El Norte, directed by Gregory Nava
Unzipped, directed by Douglas Keeve
News Update Courtesy of Cameron K. Ritter
Feature Image from ‘Atropia;’ Credit to Producers Luca Guadagnino, Émilie Georges, Jett Steiger, Naima Abed, Lana Kim via Sundance