2025 Sundance Film Festival


The 2025 Sundance Film Festival took place in person from January 23 to February 2, 2025, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, and online from January 30 to February 2. The first selection lineup was announced on December 11, 2024.
It is one of the last editions to take place in Utah, as the festival announced it will be held in Boulder, Colorado, beginning with the 2027 edition.

Films

U.S. Dramatic Competition

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

U.S. Documentary Competition

World Documentary Competition

Premieres

Next

Midnight

Spotlight

From the Collection

Episodic

Episodic Pilot

Family Matinee

U.S. Fiction Short Films

International Fiction Short Films

Animated Short Films

Nonfiction Short Films

Awards

Grand Jury Prizes

  • U.S. Dramatic – Atropia by Hailey Gates
  • U.S. Documentary – Seeds by Brittany Shyne
  • World Cinema Dramatic – Cactus Pears by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
  • World Cinema Documentary – Cutting Through Rocks by,
  • Short Film – The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing by Theo Panagopoulos

    Audience Awards

  • U.S. Dramatic – Twinless by James Sweeney
  • U.S. Documentary – André is an Idiot by Tony Benna
  • World Cinema Dramatic – DJ Ahmet by Georgi M. Unkovski
  • World Cinema Documentary – Prime Minister by Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz
  • NEXT – East of Wall by

    Directing, Screenwriting and Editing

  • Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic – Rashad Frett for Ricky
  • Directing Award: U.S. Documentary – Geeta Gandbhir for The Perfect Neighbor
  • Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic – Alireza Khatami for The Things You Kill
  • Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary – Mstyslav Chernov for 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  • Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby
  • Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: U.S. Documentary – Parker Laramie for André is an Idiot
  • NEXT Innovator Prize – Zodiac Killer Project by Charlie Shackleton

    Special Jury Prizes

  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – The cast of Plainclothes
  • U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting – Dylan O’Brien for Twinless
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award – Life After by Reid Davenport
  • U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling – Selena y Los Dinos by Isabel Castro
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award – Mr. Nobody Against Putin by David Borenstein
  • World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression – Coexistence, My Ass! by Amber Fares
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision – Georgi M. Unkovski for DJ Ahmet
  • World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Writing – Two Women by Chloé Robichaud and Catherine Léger
  • Next: Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast – Mad Bills to Pay by Joel Alfonso Vargas

    Short Film Jury Awards

  • U.S. Fiction – Trokas Duras by Jazmin Garcia
  • Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing – Loren Waters for Tiger
  • Short Film Special Jury Award for Animation Directing – May Kindred-Boothby for The Eating of an Orange
  • Short Film Jury Award: Animation – Natalia León for Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado
  • Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction – Christopher Radcliff for We Were the Scenery
  • Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction – Chheangkea for ''Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites''

    Festival Favorite Award

  • Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White

    Venues

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival venues are a subset of previous years. They include:
Park City
Salt Lake City