The 2025 line-up for the Sundance Movie Competition has been introduced.
This yr’s fest options the newest tasks from Oscar winners, studio filmmakers, and indie stalwarts like Justin Lin, Ira Sachs, Barry Levinson, and Questlove whereas the U.S. Dramatic Competitors part is manufactured from picks from administrators new to the Park Metropolis 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 unbiased cinema and the way, irrespective of the place you might be in your profession, you might be drawn to this neighborhood that Sundance has helped construct through the years,” Sundance director of programming Kim Yutani advised The Hollywood Reporter. Of the 87 function movies introduced to this point, 36 titles (41 %) are directed by first-time function movie administrators.
Throughout 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 embody titles about Sly and the Household Stone, Marlee Matlin and Selena Quintanilla.
The U.S. Dramatic titles embody Rashad Frett’s Ricky, starring Stephan James and Sheryl Lee Ralph, a couple of previously incarcerated man, in addition to Atropia, from director Hailey Gates and producer Luca Guadagnino, set in a army role-playing facility. Within the Premieres part are Invoice Condon’s adaptation of the musical Kiss of the Spider Lady, 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 concerning the life and profession of musician Jeff Buckley.
Fest titles sort out subjects like transgender historical past and id (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 up the deepest conversations that exist in our tradition, in our society as we speak,” says competition director Eugene Hernandez. Provides Yutani, “A Sundance program displays the occasions we’re residing in. Who higher to carry these topics, to wider audiences than than these unbiased filmmakers?”
This yr’s competition comes as Sundance finds itself in a state of flux. After final yr’s fest got here a shock announcement that Joanna Vicente can 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 Competition is our most important public program as an Institute and builds on the artist assist work we do year-round as a nonprofit that seeks to make significant storytelling accessible and sustainable,” Kelso mentioned in a press release with as we speak’s announcement.) Then there’s the pesky query of location, with the competition nonetheless having but to announce its house for 2027 and past from the three in-contention areas: Cincinnati, Boulder and Salt Lake/ Park Metropolis.
Regardless of these ongoings, Hernandez says the position that Sundance performs within the nice leisure business — discovering new filmmakers and elevating their works — has lengthy remained the identical: “That’s the position that Sundance performs, yr after yr, for 41 years.” Yutani provides, “We shall be Sundance, wherever we’re, due to the artists whose movies we present.”
The 2025 Sundance Movie Competition will happen Jan 23 to Feb 2 in Park Metropolis. 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. Forged: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy. World Premiere. Out there 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. Forged: Himesh Patel, Sarah Goldberg, Steven Yeun, Dave Franco, Matt Berry. World Premiere. Out there 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 language American cam lady struggles to navigate an more and more poisonous relationship with certainly one of her purchasers whereas rekindling her relationship along with her dying estranged father. Forged: Katarina Zhu, Rachel Sennott, Austin Amelio, Perry Yung, Jack Kilmer. World Premiere. Out there 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. Forged: André Holland, Nicole Beharie, DeWanda Smart, Roy Wooden Jr., Cassandra Freeman, Cadence Reese. World Premiere. Out there 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. Forged: John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam. World Premiere. Out there 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. Forged: Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, Amy Forsyth. World Premiere. Out there 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. Forged: Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Andrene Ward-Hammond. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Sorry, Child / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Eva Victor, Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins) — One thing unhealthy occurred to Agnes. However life goes on… for everybody round her, at the least. Forged: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Sunfish (& Different Tales on Inexperienced Lake) / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Sierra Falconer, Producer: Grant Ellison) — Lives intertwine round Inexperienced Lake as a woman 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. Forged: Maren Heary, Jim Kaplan, Karsen Liotta, Dominic Bogart, Tenley Kellogg, Emily Corridor. World Premiere. Out there 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 assist group and kind an unlikely bromance. Forged: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Lauren Graham, Aisling Franciosi, Tasha Smith, Chris Perfetti. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Andre is an Fool / 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 you can die fortunately and ridiculously with out dropping his humorousness. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Life After / U.S.A. (Director: Reid Davenport, Producer: Colleen Cassingham) — In 1983, a disabled Californian girl 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. Out there 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 grew to become 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 major language of American Signal Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
The Excellent 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. Out there on-line for Public.
Predators / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: David Osit, Producers: Jamie Gonçalves, Kellen Quinn) — To Catch a Predator was a well-liked tv present designed to search out youngster predators and lure them to a movie set, the place they might 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. Out there 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. Out there 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 never-before-seen footage from the household’s private archive. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Converse. / U.S.A. (Administrators and Producers: Jennifer Tiexiera, Man Mossman, Producer: Pamela Griner) — 5 top-ranked highschool oratory college students spend a yr crafting spellbinding spoken phrase performances with the dream of profitable one of many world’s largest and most intense public talking competitions. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Sugar Infants / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Rachel Fleit, Producers: Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Mehrdod Heydari) — Autumn is an enterprising school scholarship recipient and burgeoning TikTok influencer. A part of a detailed circle of pals rising up poor in rural Louisiana, she is decided to beat the struggles and boundaries defining them. Confronted with restricted minimal wage job choices, Autumn devises an internet sugar child operation. World Premiere. Out there 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. Out there on-line for Public.
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Brides / U.Ok. (Director: Nadia Fall, Screenwriter: Suhayla El-Bushra, Producers: Nicky Bentham, Marica Stocchi) — Two teenage women seeking freedom, friendship, and belonging run away from their troubled lives with a misguided plan of touring to Syria. Forged: Ebada Hassan, Safiyya Ingar, Yusra Warsama, Cemre Ebuzziya, Aziz Capkurt. World Premiere. Out there 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 neighborhood, and his first expertise with love — a woman already promised to another person. Forged: Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova, Aksel Mehmet, Selpin Kerim, Atila Klince. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
LUZ / Hong Kong, China (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Flora Lau, Producers: Yvette Tang, Joseph Sinn Gi Chan, Stephen Lam) —Within the neon-lit streets of Chongqing, Wei desperately searches for his estranged daughter Fa, whereas Hong Kong gallerist Ren grapples along 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. Forged: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Pinna, Xiao Dong Guo, Lu Huang, David Chiang, En Xi Deng. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) / India, U.Ok., 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. Because the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand should resolve the destiny of his relationship born underneath duress. Forged: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap. World Premiere. Out there 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 infinite bars, events, and informal flings. All the things modifications when he meets William, a transgender man, and falls right into a deep love that defies societal norms round gender, id, and relationships. Forged: Magnus Juhl Andersen, Nina Rask, Dilan Amin, Klaus Tange. World Premiere. Out there 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 yr of journey together 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 cruel realities of their setting and confront their unresolved turmoil. Forged: Swann Arlaud, Woody Norman, Alma Pöysti, Ruaridh Mollica, Tuppence Middleton. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
The Issues 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 dying of his ailing mom, a college professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. Forged: Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Ercan Kesal. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Two Girls / Canada (Director: Chloé Robichaud, Screenwriter and Producer: Catherine Léger Producer: Martin Paul-Hus) — Violette is having a tough maternity depart. Florence is coping with despair. Regardless of 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 might be revolutionary. Forged: Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Laurence Leboeuf, Félix Moati, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Nelisse, Juliette Gariépy. World Premiere. Out there 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 at all times had probably 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. Forged: Dolores Oliverio, Luisa Merelas, Fernanda Echevarría, Dady Brieva, Agustín Sosa. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
The place the Wind Comes From / Tunisia, France, Qatar (Director and Screenwriter: Amel Guellaty, Producers: Asma Chihoub, Karim Aitouna) — Alyssa, a rebellious 19-year-old lady, and her buddy Mehdi, an introverted 23-year-old man, use their creativeness to flee their unpromising actuality. After they uncover a contest within the south of Tunisia which will permit them to flee, they undertake a street journey whatever the obstacles of their method. Forged: Eya Bellagha, Slim Baccar. World Premiere. Out there 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. However the farther they advance by their destroyed homeland, the extra they notice that this conflict might by no means finish. World Premiere. Out there 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) –– Comic Noam Shuster Eliassi creates a private and political one-woman present concerning 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. Out there on-line for Public.
Reducing By way of Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) / Iran, Germany, U.S.A., Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada (Administrators 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 women to journey bikes and stopping youngster marriages. When accusations come up questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the women, her id is put in turmoil. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
The Courting Sport / U.S.A., U.Ok., 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 ladies, three perpetual bachelors be a part of an intensive seven-day courting camp led by certainly one of China’s most sought-after courting coaches in what could also be their last-ditch effort to search out love. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Countless Cookie / Canada (Administrators 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 Nineteen Eighties Toronto. World Premiere. Out there 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. Out there on-line for Public.
The right way to Construct a Library / Kenya (Administrators, Screenwriters, and Producers: Maia Lekow, Christopher King, Screenwriter: Ricardo Acosta) — Two intrepid Nairobi ladies resolve to remodel what was once a whites-only library till 1958 right into a vibrant cultural hub. Alongside the best way, they have to navigate native politics, elevate tens of millions for the rebuild, and confront the lingering ghosts of Kenya’s colonial previous. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Khartoum / Sudan, U.Ok., Germany, Qatar(Administrators: Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox, Screenwriter: Phil Cox, Producers: Giovanna Stopponi, Talal Afifi) –– Compelled to go away Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of conflict, 5 residents of Khartoum — a civil servant, a tea girl, a resistance committee volunteer, and two younger bottle collectors — reenact their tales of survival and freedom by goals, revolution, and civil conflict. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Mr. No one Towards Putin / Denmark, Czech Republic (Director and Screenwriter: David Borenstein, Producer: Helle Faber) — As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, major faculties throughout Russia’s hinterlands are remodeled into recruitment phases for the conflict. Dealing with the moral dilemma of working in a system outlined by propaganda and violence, a courageous instructor goes undercover to movie what’s actually taking place in his personal faculty. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
Prime Minister / U.S.A. (Administrators: 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 5 tumultuous years in energy and past as she redefined management on the world stage. World Premiere. Out there on-line for Public.
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BLKNWS: Phrases & Situations / 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 Area, leads her to the guts of the Atlantic Ocean, drawing a journalist right into a journey that shatters her understanding of consciousness and time. Forged: Shaunette Renée Wilson, Kaneza Schaal, Hope Giselle, Peter Hernandez, Penny Johnson Jerald, Zora Casebere. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
By Design / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Amanda Kramer, Producers: Miranda Bailey, Sarah Winshall, Natalie Whalen, Jacob Agger) –– A girl swaps our bodies with a chair, and everybody likes her higher as a chair. Forged: Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Udo Kier. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there 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 dying of her husband, Tabatha — a younger, tattooed, rebellious horse coach — wrestles with monetary insecurity and unresolved grief whereas offering refuge for a bunch of wayward youngsters on her broken-down ranch within the Badlands. Forged: Tabatha Zimiga, Porshia Zimiga, Scoot McNairy, Jennifer Ehle. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
Mad Payments to Pay (or Future, 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 women and hustling selfmade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Seashore, the Bronx. However when Future, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place together with his household, it’s solely a matter of time earlier than his carefree days come spiraling down. Forged: Juan Collado, Future Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there 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 together with his canine, Sandy, till at some point he begins taking part in OBEX, a brand new, state-of-the-art pc recreation. When Sandy goes lacking, the road between actuality and recreation blurs and Conor should enterprise into the unusual world of OBEX to carry her house. Forged: Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there 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 bunch of misfits converges at Babel, a legendary dive bar that doubles as purgatory, the place La Flaca — the town’s Grim Reaper — presides. Right here, souls gamble years of their lives along with her, daring to outwit Demise herself. Forged: Saray Rebolledo, Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, John Alex Castillo, William Hurtado, Santiago Pineda, Celina Biurrun. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
Severe Individuals / U.S.A. (Administrators 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 intense as he hires a doppelgänger to work in his stead. Forged: Pasqual Gutierrez, Christine Yuan, Miguel Huerta, Raul Sanchez. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
Zodiac Killer Mission / U.S.A., U.Ok. (Director and Producer: Charlie Shackleton, Producers: Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing) –– Towards the backdrop of sunbaked parking tons, abandoned courthouses, and empty suburban properties — 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. Out there 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 Financial institution protest, his mom recounts the collection of occasions that led him to that fateful second, beginning together with his grandfather’s compelled displacement. Forged: 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 ladies 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.Ok. (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 personal present at his house on Wallis Island. Outdated tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig. Forged: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Carey Mulligan. World Premiere. Fiction.
Come See Me within the Good Gentle / 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 love, life, and mortality. World Premiere. Documentary.
Deaf President Now! / U.S.A. (Administrators and Producers: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim, Producers: Jonathan King, Amanda Rohlke, Michael Harte) –– Throughout eight tumultuous days in 1988 on the world’s solely Deaf college, 4 college students should discover a method to lead an offended mob — and alter the course of historical past. World Premiere. Documentary. Out there on-line for Public.
FOLKTALES / U.S.A., Norway (Administrators and Producers: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady) –– On the precipice of maturity, youngsters converge at a conventional folks highschool in Arctic Norway. Dropped on the fringe of the world, they have 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 Quick Bull, Director and Producer: David France, Producers: Jhane Myers, Paul McGuire) –– Leonard Peltier, one of many surviving leaders of the American Indian Motion, has been in jail for 50 years following a contentious conviction. A brand new technology of Native activists is dedicated to profitable 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 struggle towards media bias, exposing how the narratives within the press affect public notion and the struggle for transgender rights. World Premiere. Documentary. Out there 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) –– Along 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 along with her therapist. Forged: Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Ivy Wolk, Daniel Zolghadri. World Premiere. Fiction.
It’s By no means 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 out of the blue 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. However Frances’ want to remain overseas with Jimpa for a yr means Hannah is compelled to rethink her beliefs about parenting and at last confront outdated tales concerning the previous. Forged: Olivia Colman, John Lithgow, Aud Mason-Hyde. World Premiere. Fiction.
Kiss of the Spider Lady / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Invoice 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 2 kind an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favourite silver display diva, Ingrid Luna. Forged: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia. World Premiere. Fiction.
Final Days / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Justin Lin, Screenwriter: Ben Ripley, Producers: Clayton Townsend, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Salvador Gatdula, Andrew Schneider) –– Decided to satisfy 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. Forged: 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 underneath siege be a part of forces as unlikely defenders combating 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 change into a matter of life and dying. Forged: Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Havana Rose Liu, Sunny Suljic, Zach 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 mistaken nation. Because the crew collaborates with locals to manufacture a pattern, sudden connections blossom whereas a pervasive well being disaster looms unacknowledged within the background. Forged: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, Camila del Campo, Simon Rex. World Premiere. Fiction.
Middletown / U.S.A. (Administrators, Screenwriters, and Producers: Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine, Producers: Teddy Leifer, Florrie Priest, Danny Breen) –– Impressed by an unconventional instructor, a bunch of youngsters in upstate New York within the early Nineteen Nineties made a scholar movie that uncovered an enormous conspiracy involving poisonous waste that was poisoning their neighborhood. Thirty years later, they revisit their movie and confront the legacy of this transformative expertise. World Premiere. Documentary.
Transfer Ya Physique: The Delivery of Home / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Class Bratton, Producer: Chester Algernal Gordon) –– Out of the underground dance golf equipment on the South Aspect of Chicago, a bunch of pals flip a brand new sound into a worldwide motion. World Premiere. Documentary.
Oh, Hello! / 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. Forged: 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 just lately found dialog between photographer Peter Hujar and his buddy Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York Metropolis’s downtown artwork scene and the non-public struggles and epiphanies that outline an artist’s life. Forged: Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Corridor. 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 method ahead. Forged: 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 Trip grew to become the primary American girl to blast off into area, however beneath her unflappable composure was a secret. Sally’s life accomplice, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals their hidden romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years collectively. World Premiere. Documentary. Out there on-line for Public. 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Function Movie 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 Household Stone — the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone — captures the band’s rise, reign, and subsequent fadeout whereas shedding mild on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America. World Premiere. Documentary.
The Factor with Feathers / U.Ok. (Director and Screenwriter: Dylan Southern, Producers: Andrea Cornwell, Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland) –– Struggling to course of the sudden and sudden dying 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 condo he shares together with his two younger sons. Forged: Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lampaert, Vinette Robinson, Sam Spruell. World Premiere. Fiction.
Prepare Desires / 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 firstly of the twentieth century as he experiences profound love, stunning defeat, and a world irrevocably remodeling earlier than his very eyes. Forged: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy. World Premiere. Fiction. Salt Lake Celebration Movie.
The Wedding ceremony Banquet / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn, Screenwriter and Producer: James Schamus, Producers: Anita Gou, Joe Pirro, Caroline Clark) –– Pissed off together with his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris, and out of time, Min makes a proposal: a inexperienced card marriage together with his buddy Angela in trade for costly in vitro fertilization remedies for her accomplice, Lee. Plans change when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an elaborate Korean wedding ceremony banquet. Forged: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung. World Premiere. Fiction.
MIDNIGHT
Useless 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 madcap scientific experiments, leading to grave penalties and unlikely love. Forged: 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. Forged: Kiran Deol, George Basil, Samrat Chakrabarti, Katie McCuen, Vishal Vijayakumar. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
Opus / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Mark Anthony Inexperienced, 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 course of his twisted plan. Forged: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder. World Premiere. Fiction.
Rabbit Entice / U.Ok. (Director and Screenwriter: Bryn Chainey, Producers: Daniel Noah, Lawrence Inglee, Elijah Wooden, 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 folks magic, bringing a anonymous youngster to their door who’s intent on infiltrating their lives. Forged: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot. World Premiere. Fiction.
Collectively / 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 bounds of a pair’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an excessive transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh. Forged: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman. World Premiere. Fiction.
Contact Me / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Addison Heimann, Producers: John Humber, David Lawson Jr.) –– Two codependent greatest pals change into hooked on the heroin-like contact of an alien narcissist who might or might not be making an attempt to take over the world. Forged: 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 along with her extremely lovely stepsister, and she is going to go to any size to catch the prince’s eye. Forged: 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. (Administrators and Govt Producers: Barry Levinson, Robert Could, Govt Producer: Jason Sosnoff) –– Evi and Vanessa, two 14-year-olds residing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are greatest pals regardless of their opposing political views. As nationwide disputes over public schooling explode into vitriol and division of their hometown, the women and others locally struggle to find the humanity in “the opposite facet.” World Premiere. Documentary. 5-part docu-series, screening episodes one and two.
Hal & Harper / U.S.A. (Director and Govt Producer: Cooper Raiff, Govt Producers: Clementine Quittner, Lili Reinhart, Daniel Lewis, Addison Timlin) –– Hal and Harper and Dad chart the evolution of their household. Forged: Lili Reinhart, Mark Ruffalo, Betty Gilpin, Havana Rose Liu, Addison Timlin, Alyah Chanelle Scott. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there On-line 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. Previous to his latest dying, Reubens spoke in-depth about his inventive influences, and the non-public 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. (Author and Govt Producer: Joanna Leeds, Director and Govt Producer: Andrew Leeds, Govt Producers: Rhett Reese, Caleb Reese) –– An undermedicated, chronically impassioned younger girl lurches from disaster to disaster of her personal making. Forged: Joanna Leeds, Mary Steenburgen, Nat Faxon, Harvey Guillen, Allen Leech, Kate Burton. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there 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 social gathering, an aspiring musician pursues her crush by a crowd of hopeful dreamers chasing empty guarantees. Forged: Ciarra Krohne, Louie Chapman, Keana Marie, Shannon Gisela, Brooke Maroon, Xan Churchwell. World Premiere. Fiction. Out there on-line for Public.
By no means Get Busted! / Australia (Showrunners: David Anthony Ngo, Erin Williams-Weir, Govt Producers: John Battsek, Chris Smith) –– Barry Cooper was a extremely adorned Texas narcotics officer — till he turned on the police drive by busting crooked cops and educating drug customers how you can conceal their stash. Forged: 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 Jap Georgia. After a tough supply, an toddler dies and the daddy calls for an inquiry into her strategies. The scrutiny threatens to show Nina’s secret facet job — visiting village properties of pregnant women and girls to supply unsanctioned abortions. Forged: Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili. Fiction.
One to One: John & Yoko / U.Ok. (Director and Producer: Kevin Macdonald, Producers: Peter Worsley, Alice Webb) –– An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that certainly one of music’s most well-known {couples} — John Lennon and Yoko Ono — spent residing in Greenwich Village, New York Metropolis, within the early 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 lady named Yuri is raised to worry an animal species generally known as Ochi. However when Yuri discovers a wounded child Ochi has been left behind, she escapes on an journey to carry him house. Forged: Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, Willem Dafoe. World Premiere. Fiction.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
One-of-a-kind moments spotlight new unbiased works that add to the distinctive Competition expertise.
The Six Billion Greenback Man / U.S.A. (Director: Eugene Jarecki, Producer: Kathleen Fournier) — Julian Assange confronted a potential 175 years in jail for exposing U.S. conflict crimes till occasions took a flip on this landmark case. World Premiere. Documentary. Out there 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 throughout the Guatemalan Civil Battle, Indigenous siblings Rosa and Enrique flee up “Norte” to america for an opportunity at survival. After they arrive, they discover life within the U.S. shouldn’t be what that they had hoped for. Forged: 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 carry his 1994 assortment to life. From sketches to runway, this insider’s journey is full of backstage drama, inventive triumphs, and iconic supermodels, together with Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista. Documentary.