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Khartoum
Forced to flee Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum — a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer and two young bottle collectors, re-enact their stories of survival and freedom.
Director(s) Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox
2025

Jimpa
Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim – lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting.
Director Sophie Hyde
Cast Olivia Colman, John Lithgow
2025 Australia/Netherlands/Finland

Sundance Film Festival
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Rising musician Jeff Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from those closest to him offer a portrait of the captivating singer.
Director(s) Amy Berg
2024 U.S.

Sundance Film Festival
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Director Mary Bronstein
Cast Rose Byrne
2024 U.S.

Sundance Film Festival
How to Build a Library
Two intrepid Nairobi women decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub.
Director(s) Maia Lekow, Christopher King
2025 Kenya

Sundance Film Festival

Heightened Scrutiny

Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
Director Sam Feder
2025 U.S.

Sundance Film Festival
Hal & Harper
Hal and Harper and Dad chart the evolution of their family.
Director(s) Cooper Raiff
Cast Lili Reinhart, Mark Ruffalo
2024 United States

Sundance Film Festival
GEN_
At Milan’s Niguarda public hospital, the unconventional Dr. Bini leads a bold mission overseeing aspiring parents undergoing in vitro fertilization and the journeys of individuals reconciling their bodies with their gender identities.
Director Gianluca Matarrese
2025 France/Italy/Switzerland

Sundance Film Festival

We’re excited to announce the incredible group of artists and storytellers who will serve as the jurors for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
The 16-member jury will come together to grant awards for artistic and cinematic excellence at this year’s Festival.
You can see the films the Jury picks as their award winners wit…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival
Free Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier, one of the surviving leaders of the American Indian Movement, has been in prison for 50 years following a contentious conviction. A new generation of Native activists is committed to winning his freedom before he dies.
Director(s) Jesse Short Bull, David France
2025 U.S.

Sundance Film Festival
FOLKTALES
On the precipice of adulthood, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.
Director(s) Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
2025 United States/Norway

Sundance Film Festival
Enigma
Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades.
Director Z. Drucker
2024 U.S.

Sundance Film Festival

Our hearts are with all those affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles County.
We are grateful to the first responders, firefighters, volunteers, and those working relentlessly to give aid, protection, and care for one another during this challenging time.

Sundance Film Festival
El Norte
After their family is murdered by the government in a massacre during the Guatemalan Civil War, Indigenous siblings Rosa and Enrique flee up “Norte” to the United States for a chance at survival. When they arrive, they find life in the U.S. is not what they had hoped for.
Director Gregory Nava
2025 U.S.

Sundance Film Festival
East of Wall
After the death of her husband, Tabatha — a young, tattooed, rebellious horse trainer — wrestles with financial insecurity and unresolved grief while providing refuge for a group of wayward teenagers on her broken-down ranch in the Badlands.
Director(s) Kate Beecroft
2024 U. S.

Sundance Film Festival
DJ Ahmet
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.
Director(s) Georgi M. Unkovski
Cast Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev
2025 Nor…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival

Didn’t Die
A podcast host desperately clings to an ever-shrinking audience in the zombie apocalypse.
Director(s) Meera Menon
Cast Kiran Deol, George Basil
2024 United States

Sundance Film Festival
Deaf President Now!
During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world’s only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead an angry mob — and change the course of history.
Director(s) Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim
2024 United States

Sundance Film Festival
Dead Lover
A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments.
Director(s) Grace Glowicki
2025 Canada

Sundance Film Festival
Cutting Through Rocks
As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages.
Directors S. Khaki, M. Eyni
2025 Iran/Germany/United States/Netherlands/Qatar/Chile/Canada