©Courtesy of A24 Eva Victor‘s debut film as a director, “Sorry, Baby,” which she also wrote and starred in, was the standout at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. When “Sorry, Baby” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, it was one of the event’s few sensations and ended up with a major bidding…
After a thoughtful and thorough process to identify the future location of the Sundance Film Festival, today the nonprofit Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees is proud to announce that Boulder, Colorado, will become the Festival’s home beginning in 2027. Boulder offers small-town charm with an engaged community, distinctive natural beauty, and a vibrant arts scene, making…
@Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Selected for the Next platform at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the fourth feature film directed by Amanda Kramer deals with the human desire to find a deep meaning to life even in a world where everything seems to be shallow, superficial, almost pointless. At the center of By Design…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival After participating in the most prestigious European Film festivals like Cannes, Venice and Berlin, the American Iranian author Alireza Khatami lands at the Sundance Film Festival with his latest, stunning feature film. Selected for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, The Things You Kill tells the story of Ali, a college…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The dedicated obsession many young adults develop to social media and technology isn’t always just a mindless addiction. The new film, Sugar Babies, is both a deeply personal and broadly resonant documentary. Its story offers a poignant commentary on how young adults, through the lens of its protagonist, Autumn Johnson,…
Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival There are layers behind the title “Cactus Pears“ (Sabar Bonda in Marathi). In these red pears there’s a soft, juicy flesh that’s bursting with sweet flavor. Filled with vitamins, indigenous people have used the juice for centuries to treat burns and hepatitis. It takes years to grow, but the sweetness…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The most difficult challenge that the first-time screenwriter/director/protagonist Eva Victor had to face with Sorry, Baby was certainly to find the difficult, delicate balance between the tones that she wanted to develop through the story. Her feature film starts with the reunion of two college best friends, Agnes (Victor) and…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Nearly 40 years after her groundbreaking breakout film role, for which she was he first deaf performer to win an Oscar, Marlee Matlin’s career and hearing-impaired identity is finally receiving the recognition she deserves. The new documentary, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore shares how the challenges of language deprivation has…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival In a scene in DJ Ahmet, the winner of the Special Jury Award: World Cinema Dramatic, a horde of escaped sheep crash a rave party in the countryside. The beats pulsate as the sheep bleat. The bells jingle in the blinking lights while cool dudes dance and spray graffiti. But in…
Hopefully, you’ve read and enjoyed the first part of my Sundance wrap-up which included reviews of some of the best things I’ve seen over the past few days of virtual viewing, but not everything at Sundance Film Festival can be wine and roses, and now, here are four reviews of some of the weaker offerings….
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