Sundance 2025 is in full-swing in Park City, Salt Lake City, and — beginning from January 30–February 2, 2025 — online. With only one more year left in their agreement with the Utah ski town, everyone’s speculating on its next big move and relishing one of the last guaranteed years in Park City. For my part, I’m on the ground scurrying around the frozen tundra trying to catch as much as I can in person. Keep an eye here (and @joshc / @thesunbreak) for quick updates throughout the festival and longer reviews as time allows.
While the online schedule is available now, the festival also holds space for the award winners of its various competitions to get closing weekend screenings. Announced on Friday January 31st, the top audience awards went to Twinless, André is an Idiot, DJ Ahmet, Prime Minister, and East of Wall. Along with these awards, the juries handed out dozens of other awards and citations for directing, acting, editing, and writing:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
- Audience Award: Twinless
- Grand Jury Award: Atropia
- Directing Award: Rashad Frett for Ricky
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby
- Special Jury Award for Acting: Dylan O’Brien for Twinless
- Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: Plainclothes
U.S. Documentary Competition
- Audience Award: André is an Idiot
- Grand Jury Award: Seeds
- Directing Award: Geeta Gandbhir for The Perfect Neighbor
- Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: Parker Laramie for André is an Idiot
- Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling was presented to Selena y Los Dinos
- Special Jury Award: Life After
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
- Audience Award: DJ Ahmet
- Grand Jury Award: Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)
- Directing Award: Alireza Khatami for The Things You Kill
- Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: Georgi M. Unkovski for DJ Ahmet
- Special Jury Award for Writing: Two Women
World Cinema Documentary Competition
- Audience Award: Prime Minister
- Grand Jury Award: Cutting Through Rocks
- Directing Award: Mstyslav Chernov for 2000 Meters to Andriivka
- Special Jury Award was presented to Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression was presented to Coexistence, My Ass!
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- Audience Award: East of Wall
- Innovator Award: Zodiac Killer Project
- Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast was presented to Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Aside from being nice honors for the filmmakers, these recognitions qualify the films for additional online screening capacity, so jump in there now if you want to spend the weekend with some of the more lauded films of the festival!
Reactions, Short Reviews, Updating Throughout the Festival
The Ballad of Wallace Island, By Design, Jimpa, Magic Farm, Middletown, Opus, Rabbit Trap, Sunfish and Other Stories on Green Lake, Together
