Sundance Releases 2025 Festival Lineup -- Which Movies Stand Out To You?

Sundance, the first major film festival of the calendar year, has released its 2025 slate of 93 movies. This lineup is a great primer for what to expect from the cinemas in 2025. Here are some titles that have caught my eye: Atropia – Director and Screenwriter: Hailey Gates; Producer: Luca Guadagnino; Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker Sorry, Baby – Director and Screenwriter: Eva Victor; Producer: Barry Jenkins; Cast: Eva Victor, Lucas Hedges 2000 Meters to Andriivka (documentary) – Director and Producer: Mstyslav Chernov By Design – Director and Screenwriter: Amanda Kramer; Cast: Juliette Lewis, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis The Ballad of Wallis Island – Director: James Griffiths; Screenwriters: Tom Basden, Tim Key; Cast: Carey Mulligan Deaf President Now! (documentary) – Directors and Producers: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Director and Screenwriter: Mary Bronstein; Producers: Josh Safdie; Cast: Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, Conan O’Brien Jimpa – Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Sophie Hyde, Screenwriter: Matthew Cormack; Cast: Olivia Colman, John Lithgow Kiss of the Spider Woman – Director and Screenwriter: Bill Condon; Cast: Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez Magic Farm – Director and Screenwriter: Amalia Ulman; Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (documentary) – Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson The Thing with Feathers – Director and Screenwriter: Dylan Southern; Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch Train Dreams – Director and Screenwriter: Clint Bentley; Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones The Wedding Banquet – Director and Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn; Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone Opus – Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Mark Anthony Green; Cast: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis Rabbit Trap – Director and Screenwriter: Bryn Chainey; Producer: Elijah Wood; Cast: Dev Patel Together – Director and Screenwriter: Michael Shanks; Producers: Dave Franco, Alison Brie; Cast: Alison Brie, Dave Fr