The 2025 line-up for the Sundance Film Festival has been introduced.
This 12 months’s fest options the most recent tasks from Oscar winners, studio filmmakers, and indie stalwarts like Justin Lin, Ira Sachs, Barry Levinson, and Questlove whereas the U.S. Dramatic Competition part is manufactured from choices from administrators new to the Park City fest.
“The mixture of those new voices and a few of these filmmakers who is perhaps extra family names, speaks to the the facility of impartial cinema and the way, irrespective of the place you’re in your profession, you’re drawn to this group that Sundance has helped construct over time,” Sundance director of programming Kim Yutani instructed The Hollywood Reporter. Of the 87 characteristic movies introduced to this point, 36 titles (41 %) are directed by first-time characteristic movie administrators.
Across the line-up, abilities like Jennifer Lopez, Dev Patel, Bowen Yang, Chloë Sevigny, Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Ayo Edebiri star in fest movies, whereas documentary choices embrace titles about Sly and the Family Stone, Marlee Matlin and Selena Quintanilla.
The U.S. Dramatic titles embrace Rashad Frett’s Ricky, starring Stephan James and Sheryl Lee Ralph, a few previously incarcerated man, in addition to Atropia, from director Hailey Gates and producer Luca Guadagnino, set in a army role-playing facility. In the Premieres part are Bill Condon’s adaptation of the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Lopez and Diego Luna. It additionally consists of Peter Hujar’s Day, which reteams Sachs with Ben Whishaw, in addition to Amy Berg’s latest doc in regards to the life and profession of musician Jeff Buckley.
Fest titles sort out matters like transgender historical past and identification (Zackary Drucker’s April & Amanda and Sam Feder’s Heightened Scrutiny). A couple of movies take a look at the Israel-Palestine relations, together with comic Noam Shuster Eliassi’s one-woman present Coexistence, My Ass (within the World Documentary class), and Cherien Dabis’ All That’s Left of You within the Premieres part.
“It’s by no means stunning that the movies that we see are exploring, tackling, and taking over the deepest conversations that exist in our tradition, in our society in the present day,” says competition director Eugene Hernandez. Adds Yutani, “A Sundance program displays the occasions we’re residing in. Who higher to convey these topics, to wider audiences than than these impartial filmmakers?”
This 12 months’s competition comes as Sundance finds itself in a state of flux. After final 12 months’s fest got here a shock announcement that Joanna Vicente could be stepping down because the CEO of the Sundance Institute after two years on the job. Amanda Kelso is now serving as Interim CEO. (“The Festival is our most important public program as an Institute and builds on the artist help work we do year-round as a nonprofit that seeks to make significant storytelling accessible and sustainable,” Kelso stated in an announcement with in the present day’s announcement.) Then there’s the pesky query of location, with the competition nonetheless having but to announce its residence for 2027 and past from the three in-contention places: Cincinnati, Boulder and Salt Lake/ Park City.
Despite these ongoings, Hernandez says the function that Sundance performs within the nice leisure business — discovering new filmmakers and elevating their works — has lengthy remained the identical: “That is the function that Sundance performs, 12 months after 12 months, for 41 years.” Yutani affords, “We shall be Sundance, wherever we’re, due to the artists whose movies we present.”
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival will happen Jan 23 to Feb 2 in Park City. See the complete lineup under.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Atropia / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Hailey Gates, Producers: Naima Abed, Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Lana Kim, Jett Steiger) — When an aspiring actress in a army role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier forged as an rebel, their unsimulated feelings threaten to derail the efficiency. Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Bubble & Squeak / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Evan Twohy, Producers: Christina Oh, Steven Yeun) — Accused of smuggling cabbages right into a nation the place cabbages are banned, Declan and Delores should confront the fragility of their new marriage whereas on the run for his or her lives. Cast: Himesh Patel, Sarah Goldberg, Steven Yeun, Dave Franco, Matt Berry. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Bunnylovr / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Katarina Zhu, Producers: Tristan Scott-Behrends, Ani Schroeter, Rhianon Jones, Roger Mancusi, Rachel Sennott) — A drifting Chinese American cam woman struggles to navigate an more and more poisonous relationship with one in every of her shoppers whereas rekindling her relationship together with her dying estranged father. Cast: Katarina Zhu, Rachel Sennott, Austin Amelio, Perry Yung, Jack Kilmer. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Love, Brooklyn / U.S.A. (Director: Rachael Abigail Holder, Screenwriter: Paul Zimmerman, Producers: André Holland, Kate Sharp, Patrick Wengler, Maurice Anderson, Liza Zusman) — Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship towards the quickly altering panorama of their beloved metropolis. Cast: André Holland, Nicole Beharie, DeWanda Wise, Roy Wood Jr., Cassandra Freeman, Cadence Reese. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Omaha / U.S.A. (Director: Cole Webley, Screenwriter: Robert Machoian, Producer: Preston Lee) — After a household tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie are unexpectedly woken up by their dad and brought on a journey throughout the nation, experiencing a world they’ve by no means seen earlier than. As their journey unfolds, Ella begins to grasp that issues may not be what they appear. Cast: John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Plainclothes / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Carmen Emmi, Producers: Colby Cote, Arthur Landon, Eric Podwall, Vanessa Pantley) — A promising undercover officer assigned to lure and arrest homosexual males defies orders when he falls in love with a goal. Cast: Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, Amy Forsyth. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Ricky / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Rashad Frett, Screenwriter: Lin Que Ayoung, Producers: Pierre M. Coleman, Simon TaufiQue, Sterling Brim, Josh Peters, DC Wade, Cary Fukunaga) — Newly launched after being locked up in his teenagers, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the difficult realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the primary time as an grownup. Cast: Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Simbi Kali. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Sorry, Baby / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Eva Victor, Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins) — Something dangerous occurred to Agnes. But life goes on… for everybody round her, at the least. Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Sierra Falconer, Producer: Grant Ellison) — Lives intertwine round Green Lake as a lady learns to sail, a boy fights for first chair, two sisters function a bed-and-breakfast, and a fisherman is after the catch of his life. Cast: Maren Heary, Jim Kaplan, Karsen Liotta, Dominic Bogart, Tenley Kellogg, Emily Hall. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Twinless / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: James Sweeney, Producer: David Permut) — Two younger males meet in a twin bereavement help group and type an unlikely bromance. Cast: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Lauren Graham, Aisling Franciosi, Tasha Smith, Chris Perfetti. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Andre is an Idiot / U.S.A. (Director: Anthony Benna, Producers: Andre Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Joshua Altman, Stelio Kitrilakis, Ben Cotner) — Andre, a superb fool, is dying as a result of he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering prognosis, full irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, ship him on an sudden journey studying how one can die fortunately and ridiculously with out dropping his humorousness. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Life After / U.S.A. (Director: Reid Davenport, Producer: Colleen Cassingham) — In 1983, a disabled Californian lady named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “proper to die,” igniting a nationwide debate about autonomy, dignity, and the worth of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what occurred to Bouvia. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Shoshannah Stern, Producers: Robyn Kopp, Justine Nagan, Bonni Cohen) — In 1987, Marlee Matlin turned the primary Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the highlight at 21 years outdated. Reflecting on her life in her main language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
The Perfect Neighbor / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Geeta Gandbhir, Producers: Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee) — A seemingly minor neighborhood dispute in Florida escalates into lethal violence. Police bodycam footage and investigative interviews expose the implications of Florida’s “stand your floor” legal guidelines. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Predators / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: David Osit, Producers: Jamie Gonçalves, Kellen Quinn) — To Catch a Predator was a preferred tv present designed to search out youngster predators and lure them to a movie set, the place they’d be interviewed and finally arrested. An exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall of the present and the world it helped create. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Seeds / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Brittany Shyne, Producer: Danielle Varga) — An exploration of Black generational farmers within the American South reveals the fragility of legacy and the importance of proudly owning land. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Selena y Los Dinos / U.S.A. (Director: Isabel Castro, Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, David Blackman, Simran Singh) — Selena Quintanilla — the “Queen of Tejano Music” — and her household band, Selena y Los Dinos, rose from acting at quinceañeras to promoting out stadium excursions. The celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled by means of never-before-seen footage from the household’s private archive. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Speak. / U.S.A. (Directors and Producers: Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman, Producer: Pamela Griner) — Five top-ranked highschool oratory college students spend a 12 months crafting spellbinding spoken phrase performances with the dream of successful one of many world’s largest and most intense public talking competitions. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Sugar Babies / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Rachel Fleit, Producers: Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Mehrdod Heydari) — Autumn is an enterprising faculty scholarship recipient and burgeoning TikTookay influencer. Part of a detailed circle of mates rising up poor in rural Louisiana, she is set to beat the struggles and boundaries defining them. Faced with restricted minimal wage job choices, Autumn devises a web based sugar child operation. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Third Act / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Tadashi Nakamura, Producer: Eurie Chung) — Generations of artists name Robert A. Nakamura “the godfather of Asian American media,” however filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura calls him Dad. Robert’s prognosis of Parkinson’s illness results in an exploration of artwork, activism, grief, and fatherhood. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Brides / U.Okay. (Director: Nadia Fall, Screenwriter: Suhayla El-Bushra, Producers: Nicky Bentham, Marica Stocchi) — Two teenage ladies in quest of freedom, friendship, and belonging run away from their troubled lives with a misguided plan of touring to Syria. Cast: Ebada Hassan, Safiyya Ingar, Yusra Warsama, Cemre Ebuzziya, Aziz Capkurt. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
DJ Ahmet / North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia (Director and Screenwriter: Georgi M. Unkovski, Producers: Ivan Unkovski, Ivana Shekutkoska) — Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a distant Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music whereas navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative group, and his first expertise with love — a lady already promised to another person. Cast: Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova, Aksel Mehmet, Selpin Kerim, Atila Klince. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
LUZ / Hong Kong, China (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Flora Lau, Producers: Yvette Tang, Joseph Sinn Gi Chan, Stephen Lam) —In the neon-lit streets of Chongqing, Wei desperately searches for his estranged daughter Fa, whereas Hong Kong gallerist Ren grapples together with her ailing stepmother Sabine in Paris. Their lives collide in a digital actuality world, the place a mystical deer reveals hidden truths, sparking a journey of discovery and connection. Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Pinna, Xiao Dong Guo, Lu Huang, David Chiang, En Xi Deng. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) / India, U.Okay., Canada (Director and Screenwriter: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, Producers: Neeraj Churi, Mohamed Khaki, Kaushik Ray, Hareesh Reddypalli, Naren Chandavarkar, Sidharth Meer) — Anand, a 30-something metropolis dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning interval for his father within the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a neighborhood farmer struggling to remain single. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand should determine the destiny of his relationship born beneath duress. Cast: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Sauna / Denmark (Director and Screenwriter: Mathias Broe, Screenwriter: William Lippert, Producer: Mads-August Hertz) — Johan thrives as a homosexual man in Copenhagen, having fun with limitless bars, events, and informal flings. Everything adjustments when he meets William, a transgender man, and falls right into a deep love that defies societal norms round gender, identification, and relationships. Cast: Magnus Juhl Andersen, Nina Rask, Dilan Amin, Klaus Tange. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Sukkwan Island / France (Director and Screenwriter: Vladimir de Fontenay, Producers: Carole Scotta, Eliott Khayat, Caroline Benjo) — On the distant Sukkwan Island, 13-year-old Roy agrees to spend a formative 12 months of journey along with his father deep within the Norwegian fjords. What begins as an opportunity to reconnect descends right into a check of survival as they face the tough realities of their setting and confront their unresolved turmoil. Cast: Swann Arlaud, Woody Norman, Alma Pöysti, Ruaridh Mollica, Tuppence Middleton. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
The Things You Kill / Turkey, France, Poland, Canada (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Alireza Khatami, Producers: Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Cyriac Auriol, Mariusz Włodarski, Michael Solomon) — Haunted by the suspicious demise of his ailing mom, a college professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. Cast: Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Ercan Kesal. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Two Women / Canada (Director: Chloé Robichaud, Screenwriter and Producer: Catherine Léger Producer: Martin Paul-Hus) — Violette is having a troublesome maternity depart. Florence is coping with despair. Despite their careers and households, they really feel like failures. Florence’s first infidelity is a revelation. When having enjoyable is much down the checklist of priorities, sleeping with a supply man could possibly be revolutionary. Cast: Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Laurence Leboeuf, Félix Moati, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Nelisse, Juliette Gariépy. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
The Virgin of Quarry Lake / Argentina, Spain, Mexico (Director: Laura Casabé, Screenwriter: Benjamin Naishtat, Producers: Tomas Eloy Muñoz, Valeria Bistagnino, Alejandro Israel, David Matamoros, Angeles Hernandez, Diego Martinez Ulanosky) — In 2001, three youngsters from the outskirts of Buenos Aires all fall in love with Diego. Natalia has all the time had essentially the most chemistry with him, however when it appears inevitable that their friendship will flip into one thing extra, the older and extra skilled Silvia seems and shortly captures Diego’s consideration. Cast: Dolores Oliverio, Luisa Merelas, Fernanda Echevarría, Dady Brieva, Agustín Sosa. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Where the Wind Comes From / Tunisia, France, Qatar (Director and Screenwriter: Amel Guellaty, Producers: Asma Chihoub, Karim Aitouna) — Alyssa, a rebellious 19-year-old woman, and her good friend Mehdi, an introverted 23-year-old man, use their creativeness to flee their unpromising actuality. When they uncover a contest within the south of Tunisia that will permit them to flee, they undertake a highway journey whatever the obstacles of their manner. Cast: Eya Bellagha, Slim Baccar. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
2000 Meters to Andriivka / Ukraine (Director and Producer: Mstyslav Chernov, Producers: Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath) — Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of closely fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance by means of their destroyed homeland, the extra they understand that this battle could by no means finish. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Coexistence, My Ass! / U.S.A., France(Director and Producer: Amber Fares, Screenwriters: Rachel Leah Jones, Rabab Haj Yahya, Producer: Rachel Leah Jones, Valérie Montmartin) –– Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi creates a private and political one-woman present in regards to the wrestle for equality in Israel/Palestine. When the elusive coexistence she’s spent her life working towards begins sounding like a foul joke, she challenges her audiences with onerous truths which can be no laughing matter. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) / Iran, Germany, U.S.A., Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada (Directors and Producers: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni) — As the primary elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi goals to interrupt long-held patriarchal traditions by coaching teenage ladies to trip bikes and stopping youngster marriages. When accusations come up questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the women, her identification is put in turmoil. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
The Dating Game / U.S.A., U.Okay., Norway (Director and Producer: Violet Du Feng, Producers: Joanna Natasegara, James Costa, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas) –– In a rustic the place eligible males significantly outnumber girls, three perpetual bachelors be part of an intensive seven-day relationship camp led by one in every of China’s most sought-after relationship coaches in what could also be their last-ditch effort to seek out love. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Endless Cookie / Canada (Directors and Screenwriters: Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver, Producers: Daniel Bekerman, Chris Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis, Jason Ryle, Seth Scriver) — Exploring the advanced bond between two half brothers — one Indigenous, one white — touring from the current in remoted Shamattawa to bustling Eighties Toronto. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
GEN_ / France, Italy, Switzerland (Director and Screenwriter: Gianluca Matarrese, Screenwriter: Donatella Della Ratta, Producers: Dominique Barneaud, Donatella Palermo, Alexandre Iordachescu) — At Milan’s Niguarda public hospital, the unconventional Dr. Bini leads a daring mission overseeing aspiring mother and father present process in vitro fertilization and the journeys of people reconciling their our bodies with their gender identities. He navigates the constraints set by a conservative authorities and an aggressive market desirous to commodify our bodies. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
How to Build a Library / Kenya (Directors, Screenwriters, and Producers: Maia Lekow, Christopher King, Screenwriter: Ricardo Acosta) — Two intrepid Nairobi girls determine to remodel what was once a whites-only library till 1958 right into a vibrant cultural hub. Along the way in which, they need to navigate native politics, elevate thousands and thousands for the rebuild, and confront the lingering ghosts of Kenya’s colonial previous. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Khartoum / Sudan, U.Okay., Germany, Qatar(Directors: Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox, Screenwriter: Phil Cox, Producers: Giovanna Stopponi, Talal Afifi) –– Forced to go away Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of battle, 5 residents of Khartoum — a civil servant, a tea woman, a resistance committee volunteer, and two younger bottle collectors — reenact their tales of survival and freedom by means of goals, revolution, and civil battle. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin / Denmark, Czech Republic (Director and Screenwriter: David Borenstein, Producer: Helle Faber) — As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, main colleges throughout Russia’s hinterlands are remodeled into recruitment levels for the battle. Facing the moral dilemma of working in a system outlined by propaganda and violence, a courageous instructor goes undercover to movie what’s actually occurring in his personal faculty. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
Prime Minister / U.S.A. (Directors: Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz, Producers: Cass Avery, Clarke Gayford, Leon Kirkbeck, Gigi Pritzker, Rachel Shane, Katie Peck) — A view contained in the lifetime of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, capturing her by means of 5 tumultuous years in energy and past as she redefined management on the world stage. World Premiere. Available on-line for Public.
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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Kahlil Joseph, Screenwriters: Saidiya Hartman, Irvin Hunt, Producers: Onye Anyanwu, Amy Greenleaf, Nic Gonda) –– Preeminent West African curator and scholar Funmilayo Akechukwu’s magnum opus, The Resonance Field, leads her to the guts of the Atlantic Ocean, drawing a journalist right into a journey that shatters her understanding of consciousness and time. Cast: Shaunette Renée Wilson, Kaneza Schaal, Hope Giselle, Peter Hernandez, Penny Johnson Jerald, Zora Casebere. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
By Design / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Amanda Kramer, Producers: Miranda Bailey, Sarah Winshall, Natalie Whalen, Jacob Agger) –– A lady swaps our bodies with a chair, and everybody likes her higher as a chair. Cast: Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Udo Kier. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
East of Wall / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Kate Beecroft, Producers: Lila Yacoub, Melanie Ramsayer, Shannon Moss) –– After the demise of her husband, Tabatha — a younger, tattooed, rebellious horse coach — wrestles with monetary insecurity and unresolved grief whereas offering refuge for a gaggle of wayward youngsters on her broken-down ranch within the Badlands. Cast: Tabatha Zimiga, Porshia Zimiga, Scoot McNairy, Jennifer Ehle. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Joel Alfonso Vargas, Producer: Paolo Maria Pedullà) –– Rico’s summer season is a mixture of chasing ladies and hustling selfmade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place along with his household, it’s solely a matter of time earlier than his carefree days come spiraling down. Cast: Juan Collado, Destiny Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
OBEX / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Albert Birney, Screenwriter and Producer: Pete Ohs, Producers: Emma Hannaway, James Belfer) –– Conor Marsh lives a secluded life along with his canine, Sandy, till at some point he begins taking part in OBEX, a brand new, state-of-the-art pc sport. When Sandy goes lacking, the road between actuality and sport blurs and Conor should enterprise into the unusual world of OBEX to convey her residence. Cast: Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
Rains Over Babel / Colombia, U.S.A., Spain (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Gala del Sol, Producers: H.A Hermida, Ana Cristina Gutiérrez, Andrés Hermida, Natalia Rendón Rodríguez) –– A gaggle of misfits converges at Babel, a legendary dive bar that doubles as purgatory, the place La Flaca — town’s Grim Reaper — presides. Here, souls gamble years of their lives together with her, daring to outwit Death herself. Cast: Saray Rebolledo, Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, John Alex Castillo, William Hurtado, Santiago Pineda, Celina Biurrun. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
Serious People / U.S.A. (Directors and Screenwriters: Pasqual Gutierrez, Ben Mullinkosson, Producers: Ryan Hahn, Teddy Lee, Laurel Thomson) –– A profitable music video director and expectant father pushes his work-life steadiness to the acute as he hires a doppelgänger to work in his stead. Cast: Pasqual Gutierrez, Christine Yuan, Miguel Huerta, Raul Sanchez. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
Zodiac Killer Project / U.S.A., U.Okay. (Director and Producer: Charlie Shackleton, Producers: Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing) –– Against the backdrop of sunbaked parking heaps, abandoned courthouses, and empty suburban houses — the acquainted areas of true crime, stripped of all motion and spectacle — a filmmaker describes his deserted Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the inside workings of a style at saturation level. World Premiere. Documentary. Available on-line for Public.
PREMIERES
All That’s Left of You (اللي باقي منك) / Germany, Cyprus (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Cherien Dabis, Producers: Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Karim Amer) –– After a Palestinian teen confronts Israeli troopers at a West Bank protest, his mom recounts the sequence of occasions that led him to that fateful second, beginning along with his grandfather’s pressured displacement. Cast: Cherien Dabis, Saleh Bakri, Adam Bakri, Mohammad Bakri, Maria Zreik, Muhammad Abed Elrahman. World Premiere. Fiction.
April & Amanda / U.S.A. (Director: Zackary Drucker, Producers: Madison Passarelli, Douglas Banker, Alex Garinger, Noah Levy, Donovan Lovell, Stephen B. Strout) –– Two legends contested their identities as girls within the court docket of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender historical past; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her historical past for many years. Their divergent paths reveal disparate however intertwined legacies. World Premiere. Documentary.
The Ballad of Wallis Island / U.Okay. (Director: James Griffiths, Screenwriters: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Producer: Rupert Majendie) –– Eccentric lottery winner, Charles, goals of getting his favourite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer, again collectively. His fantasy turns into actuality when the bandmates and former lovers settle for his invitation to play a non-public present at his residence on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig. Cast: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Carey Mulligan. World Premiere. Fiction.
Come See Me within the Good Light / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Ryan White, Producers: Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen) –– Two poets, one incurable most cancers prognosis. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley go on an unexpectedly humorous and poignant journey by means of love, life, and mortality. World Premiere. Documentary.
Deaf President Now! / U.S.A. (Directors and Producers: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim, Producers: Jonathan King, Amanda Rohlke, Michael Harte) –– During eight tumultuous days in 1988 on the world’s solely Deaf college, 4 college students should discover a technique to lead an indignant mob — and alter the course of historical past. World Premiere. Documentary. Available on-line for Public.
FOLKTALES / U.S.A., Norway (Directors and Producers: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady) –– On the precipice of maturity, youngsters converge at a standard people highschool in Arctic Norway. Dropped on the fringe of the world, they need to depend on solely themselves, each other, and a loyal pack of sled canines as all of them develop in sudden instructions. World Premiere. Documentary.
Free Leonard Peltier / U.S.A. (Director: Jesse Short Bull, Director and Producer: David France, Producers: Jhane Myers, Paul McGuire) –– Leonard Peltier, one of many surviving leaders of the American Indian Movement, has been in jail for 50 years following a contentious conviction. A brand new technology of Native activists is dedicated to successful his freedom earlier than he dies. World Premiere. Documentary.
Heightened Scrutiny / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Sam Feder, Producers: Amy Scholder, Paola Mendoza) –– Amid the surge in anti-trans laws that Chase Strangio battles within the courtroom, he should additionally combat towards media bias, exposing how the narratives within the press affect public notion and the combat for transgender rights. World Premiere. Documentary. Available on-line for Public.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Mary Bronstein, Producers: Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle) –– With her life crashing down round her, Linda makes an attempt to navigate her youngster’s mysterious sickness, her absent husband, a lacking particular person, and an more and more hostile relationship together with her therapist. Cast: Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Ivy Wolk, Daniel Zolghadri. World Premiere. Fiction.
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Amy Berg, Producers: Ryan Heller, Christine Connor, Mandy Chang, Jennie Bedusa, Matthew Roozen) –– Rising musician Jeff Buckley had solely launched one album when he died all of the sudden in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, unique voice messages, and accounts from these closest to him provide a portrait of the fascinating singer. World Premiere. Documentary.
Jimpa / Australia, Netherlands, Finland (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Sophie Hyde, Screenwriter: Matthew Cormack, Producers: Liam Heyen, Bryan Mason, Marleen Slot)––Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to go to their homosexual grandfather, Jim — lovingly generally known as Jimpa. But Frances’ want to remain overseas with Jimpa for a 12 months means Hannah is pressured to rethink her beliefs about parenting and at last confront outdated tales in regards to the previous. Cast: Olivia Colman, John Lithgow, Aud Mason-Hyde. World Premiere. Fiction.
Kiss of the Spider Woman / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Bill Condon, Producers: Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy, Greg Yolen) –– Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two type an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favourite silver display diva, Ingrid Luna. Cast: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia. World Premiere. Fiction.
Last Days / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Justin Lin, Screenwriter: Ben Ripley, Producers: Clayton Townsend, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Salvador Gatdula, Andrew Schneider) –– Determined to meet his life’s mission, 26-year-old John Allen Chau embarks on a harmful journey throughout the globe to transform the uncontacted tribe of North Sentinel Island to Christianity, whereas a detective from the Andaman Islands races to cease him earlier than he does hurt to himself or the tribe. Cast: Sky Yang, Radhika Apte, Naveen Andrews, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Ciara Bravo. World Premiere. Fiction.
The Librarians / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Kim A. Snyder, Producers: Janique L. Robillard, Maria Cuomo Cole, Jana Edelbaum) –– As an unprecedented wave of e-book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and past, librarians beneath siege be part of forces as unlikely defenders preventing for mental freedom on the entrance strains of democracy. World Premiere. Documentary.
Lurker / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Alex Russell, Producers: Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, Galen Core, Charlie McDowell, Archie Madekwe) –– A retail worker infiltrates the inside circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he will get nearer to the budding music star, entry and proximity turn into a matter of life and demise. Cast: Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Havana Rose Liu, Sunny Suljic, Zack Fox, Daniel Zolghadri. World Premiere. Fiction.
Magic Farm / Argentina, U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Amalia Ulman, Producers: Alex Hughes, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Riccardo Maddalosso) –– A movie crew working for an edgy media firm travels to Argentina to profile a neighborhood musician, however their ineptitude leads them into the flawed nation. As the crew collaborates with locals to manufacture a development, sudden connections blossom whereas a pervasive well being disaster looms unacknowledged within the background. Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, Camila del Campo, Simon Rex. World Premiere. Fiction.
Middletown / U.S.A. (Directors, Screenwriters, and Producers: Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine, Producers: Teddy Leifer, Florrie Priest, Danny Breen) –– Inspired by an unconventional instructor, a gaggle of youngsters in upstate New York within the early Nineteen Nineties made a pupil movie that uncovered an enormous conspiracy involving poisonous waste that was poisoning their group. Thirty years later, they revisit their movie and confront the legacy of this transformative expertise. World Premiere. Documentary.
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Elegance Bratton, Producer: Chester Algernal Gordon) –– Out of the underground dance golf equipment on the South Side of Chicago, a gaggle of mates flip a brand new sound into a worldwide motion. World Premiere. Documentary.
Oh, Hi! / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Sophie Brooks, Producers: David Brooks, Dan Clifton, Julie Waters, Molly Gordon) –– Iris and Isaac’s first romantic weekend getaway goes awry. Cast: Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds. World Premiere. Fiction.
Peter Hujar’s Day / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Ira Sachs, Producers: Jordan Drake, Jonah Disend) –– A not too long ago found dialog between photographer Peter Hujar and his good friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown artwork scene and the private struggles and epiphanies that outline an artist’s life. Cast: Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall. World Premiere. Fiction.
Rebuilding / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Max Walker-Silverman, Producers: Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey) –– After a wildfire takes the household farm, a rancher seeks a manner ahead. Cast: Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, Amy Madigan. World Premiere. Fiction.
SALLY / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Cristina Costantini, Screenwriter: Tom Maroney, Producers: Lauren Cioffi, Dan Cogan, Jon Bardin) –– Sally Ride turned the primary American lady to blast off into area, however beneath her unflappable composure was a secret. Sally’s life associate, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals their hidden romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years collectively. World Premiere. Documentary. Available on-line for Public. 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Winner.
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) / U.S.A. (Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Producers: Joseph Patel, Derik Murray) –– An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone — the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone — captures the band’s rise, reign, and subsequent fadeout whereas shedding gentle on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America. World Premiere. Documentary.
The Thing with Feathers / U.Okay. (Director and Screenwriter: Dylan Southern, Producers: Andrea Cornwell, Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland) –– Struggling to course of the sudden and sudden demise of his spouse, a younger father loses his maintain on actuality as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the residence he shares along with his two younger sons. Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lampaert, Vinette Robinson, Sam Spruell. World Premiere. Fiction.
Train Dreams / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Clint Bentley, Screenwriter: Greg Kwedar, Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler) –– Robert Grainier is a day laborer constructing America’s railroads initially of the twentieth century as he experiences profound love, stunning defeat, and a world irrevocably remodeling earlier than his very eyes. Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy. World Premiere. Fiction. Salt Lake Celebration Film.
The Wedding Banquet / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn, Screenwriter and Producer: James Schamus, Producers: Anita Gou, Joe Pirro, Caroline Clark) –– Frustrated along with his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris, and out of time, Min makes a proposal: a inexperienced card marriage along with his good friend Angela in trade for costly in vitro fertilization therapies for her associate, Lee. Plans change when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an elaborate Korean wedding ceremony banquet. Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung. World Premiere. Fiction.
MIDNIGHT
Dead Lover / Canada (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Grace Glowicki, Screenwriter and Producer: Ben Petrie, Producer: Yona Strauss) –– A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses lastly meets her dream man, however their whirlwind affair is minimize quick when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him by means of madcap scientific experiments, leading to grave penalties and unlikely love. Cast: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Leah Doz, Lowen Morrow. World Premiere. Fiction.
Didn’t Die / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Meera Menon, Screenwriter and Producer: Paul Gleason, Producers: Erica Fishman, Joe Camerota, Luke Patton) –– A podcast host desperately clings to an ever-shrinking viewers within the zombie apocalypse. Cast: Kiran Deol, George Basil, Samrat Chakrabarti, Katie McCuen, Vishal Vijayakumar. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
Opus / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Mark Anthony Green, Producers: Collin Creighton, Brad Weston, Poppy Hanks, Jelani Johnson, Josh Bachove)–– A younger author is invited to the distant compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared 30 years in the past. Surrounded by the star’s cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the midst of his twisted plan. Cast: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder. World Premiere. Fiction.
Rabbit Trap / U.Okay. (Director and Screenwriter: Bryn Chainey, Producers: Daniel Noah, Lawrence Inglee, Elijah Wood, Elisa Lleras, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz) –– When a musician and her husband transfer to a distant home in Wales, the music they make disturbs native historic people magic, bringing a anonymous youngster to their door who’s intent on infiltrating their lives. Cast: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot. World Premiere. Fiction.
Together / Australia, U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Michael Shanks, Producers: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Mike Cowap, Andrew Mittman, Erik Feig, Max Silva) –– With a transfer to the countryside already testing the boundaries of a pair’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an excessive transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh. Cast: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman. World Premiere. Fiction.
Touch Me / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Addison Heimann, Producers: John Humber, David Lawson Jr.) –– Two codependent greatest mates turn into hooked on the heroin-like contact of an alien narcissist who could or will not be making an attempt to take over the world. Cast: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jordan Gavaris, Marlene Forte, Paget Brewster. World Premiere. Fiction.
The Ugly Stepsister / Norway (Director and Screenwriter: Emilie Blichfeldt, Producer: Maria Ekerhovd) –– In a fairy-tale kingdom the place magnificence is a brutal enterprise, Elvira battles to compete together with her extremely stunning stepsister, and she’s going to go to any size to catch the prince’s eye. Cast: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger. World Premiere. Fiction.
EPISODIC
Bucks County, USA / U.S.A. (Directors and Executive Producers: Barry Levinson, Robert May, Executive Producer: Jason Sosnoff) –– Evi and Vanessa, two 14-year-olds residing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are greatest mates regardless of their opposing political views. As nationwide disputes over public schooling explode into vitriol and division of their hometown, the women and others in the neighborhood combat to find the humanity in “the opposite aspect.” World Premiere. Documentary. Five-part docu-series, screening episodes one and two.
Hal & Harper / U.S.A. (Director and Executive Producer: Cooper Raiff, Executive Producers: Clementine Quittner, Lili Reinhart, Daniel Lewis, Addison Timlin) –– Hal and Harper and Dad chart the evolution of their household. Cast: Lili Reinhart, Mark Ruffalo, Betty Gilpin, Havana Rose Liu, Addison Timlin, Alyah Chanelle Scott. World Premiere. Fiction. Available Online for Public. Eight-episode season, screening first 4 episodes in particular person and full season on-line.
Pee-wee as Himself / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Wolf, Producer: Emma Tillinger Koskoff) –– A chronicle of the lifetime of artist and performer Paul Reubens and his alter ego Pee-wee Herman. Prior to his current demise, Reubens spoke in-depth about his artistic influences, and the private struggles he confronted to persevere as an artist. World Premiere. Documentary. Two-part documentary, screening in its entirety.
Episodic Pilot Showcase:
BULLDOZER / U.S.A. (Writer and Executive Producer: Joanna Leeds, Director and Executive Producer: Andrew Leeds, Executive Producers: Rhett Reese, Caleb Reese) –– An undermedicated, chronically impassioned younger lady lurches from disaster to disaster of her personal making. Cast: Joanna Leeds, Mary Steenburgen, Nat Faxon, Harvey Guillen, Allen Leech, Kate Burton. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
Chasers /U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Erin Brown Thomas, Screenwriter: Ciarra Krohne, Producers: Elle Shaw, Olivia Haller, Beth Napoli, Hayden Greiwe) –– At a Los Angeles home get together, an aspiring musician pursues her crush by means of a crowd of hopeful dreamers chasing empty guarantees. Cast: Ciarra Krohne, Louie Chapman, Keana Marie, Shannon Gisela, Brooke Maroon, Xan Churchwell. World Premiere. Fiction. Available on-line for Public.
Never Get Busted! / Australia (Showrunners: David Anthony Ngo, Erin Williams-Weir, Executive Producers: John Battsek, Chris Smith) –– Barry Cooper was a extremely embellished Texas narcotics officer — till he turned on the police drive by busting crooked cops and educating drug customers how one can cover their stash. Cast: Barry Cooper. World Premiere. Documentary.
SPOTLIGHT
April / Georgia (Director and Screenwriter: Dea Kulumbegashvili, Producers: Luca Guadagnino, David Zerat, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Archil Gelovani, Gabriele Moratti, Alexandra Rossi) –– Nina is an obstetrician at a maternity hospital in Eastern Georgia. After a troublesome supply, an toddler dies and the daddy calls for an inquiry into her strategies. The scrutiny threatens to show Nina’s secret aspect job — visiting village houses of pregnant women and girls to supply unsanctioned abortions. Cast: Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili. Fiction.
One to One: John & Yoko / U.Okay. (Director and Producer: Kevin Macdonald, Producers: Peter Worsley, Alice Webb) –– An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one in every of music’s most well-known {couples} — John Lennon and Yoko Ono — spent residing in Greenwich Village, New York City, within the early Nineteen Seventies. Documentary.
FAMILY MATINEE
The Legend of Ochi / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Isaiah Saxon, Producers: Richard Peete, Traci Carlson, Jonathan Wang) — In a distant village on the island of Carpathia, a farm woman named Yuri is raised to concern an animal species generally known as Ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded child Ochi has been left behind, she escapes on an journey to convey him residence. Cast: Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, Willem Dafoe. World Premiere. Fiction.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
One-of-a-kind moments spotlight new impartial works that add to the distinctive Festival expertise.
The Six Billion Dollar Man / U.S.A. (Director: Eugene Jarecki, Producer: Kathleen Fournier) — Julian Assange confronted a attainable 175 years in jail for exposing U.S. battle crimes till occasions took a flip on this landmark case. World Premiere. Documentary. Available on-line for Public.
FROM THE COLLECTION
El Norte / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Gregory Nava, Screenwriter and Producer: Anna Thomas) — After their household is murdered by the federal government in a bloodbath through the Guatemalan Civil War, Indigenous siblings Rosa and Enrique flee up “Norte” to the United States for an opportunity at survival. When they arrive, they discover life within the U.S. just isn’t what they’d hoped for. Cast: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Lupe Ontiveros, Trinidad Silva, Alicia del Lago. Fiction.
Unzipped / U.S.A. (Director: Douglas Keeve, Producer: Michael Alden) — Director Douglas Keeve goes behind the scenes of designer Isaac Mizrahi’s relentless drive and daring imaginative and prescient to convey his 1994 assortment to life. From sketches to runway, this insider’s journey is filled with backstage drama, artistic triumphs, and iconic supermodels, together with Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista. Documentary.
