2025 Sundance Film Festival
Short Film Tour

2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour

Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their run time, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is no longer just for the novice. Shorts have and will continue to be an important part of cinema, storytelling, and culture. The Sundance Film Festival has always been proud to treat short films with the highest regard and to give a home to new (and old) projects for audiences to discover and celebrate. 

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The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 100-minute theatrical program of seven short films curated from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, including two Festival Award–winning titles. The tour program is a sampling of Festival offerings and a testament to the unique storytelling potential that the format holds. Audiences can enjoy a mix of fiction, documentary, and animated shorts that are funny, sad, inspiring, and full of strong characters. 

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The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alumni Andrea Arnold, Lake Bell, Damien Chazelle, Destin Daniel Cretton, Jay and Mark Duplass, Debra Granik, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Todd Haynes, Sterlin Harjo, Don Hertzfeldt, Sky Hopinka, Shaka King, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Joey Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.

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2025 Program

Azi

Azi

U.S.A. (Director: Montana Mann, Producers: Steven Snyder, Montana Mann) – During a weekend vacation with her best friend’s family, 17-year-old Azi gets caught up in an unexpected game with another guest. Fiction. Cast: Dior Negeen Goodjohn, Breeda Wool, Emma Filley, Dan Thiel.

Debaters

Debaters

U.S.A. (Director: Alex Heller, Producers: Angie Gaffney, Brittani Ward, Amy E. Powell, Alex Heller) – In a debate chamber, affluent high schoolers argue a bill on minimum wage in an effort to impress two working-class adult judges. Fiction. Cast: Sripadh Puligilla, J. Smith-Cameron, Kenneth Lonergan, Bernadette Santos Schwegel.

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

Cambodia/France (Director: Chheangkea, Producers: Loyte, Vincent Villa) – During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her Queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman. Fiction. Cast: Bonrotanak Rith, Saroeun Nay, Sokun Thearyty, Phalla Im, Chansophorn Buth, Ponleu Chab. 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.

Hurikán

Hurikán

Czech Republic (Director: Jan Saska, Producers: Kamila Dohnalová, Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová) – Hurikán rushes to save his favorite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst. Fiction. Cast: Johana Matoušková, Patrik Velek.

Such Good Friends

Such Good Friends

U.S.A. (Director: Bri Klaproth, Producers: Jon Walkup, Rachel Rambaldi, Bri Klaproth) – After ending a toxic friendship, a people pleaser finds herself falling into old patterns with her former best friend’s family. Fiction. Cast: Mindy Sterling, Niamh O’Neill Culhane, Jared Lo Nigro, Rachel Rambaldi.

SUSANA

SUSANA

Mexico/U.S.A. (Directors: Gerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine Thomas, Producers: Gerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine Thomas, Mariana Tames, Fernanda Preciado, Hannah Swayze) – A middle-aged American tourist finds herself alone in Mexico City. When she encounters a group of young Americans, she jumps at the opportunity for a little adventure. Fiction. Cast: Bonnie Hellman Brown, Christine Spang, Parth Shah, Keenan Macwilliam, Andrea Raggio, Richard Laite.

We Were The Scenery

We Were The Scenery

U.S.A. (Director: Christopher Radcliff, Producers: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow) – In 1975, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled from Vietnam by boat and docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras during the filming of Apocalypse Now. Nonfiction. Cast: Hoa Thi Che, Hue Nguyen Che. 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction.

Upcoming Dates

Venue

Venue City State Date(s)
Venue Avon Theatre
City Stamford
State CT
Date(s) 09/03/2025
Venue Bear Tooth Cinema
City Anchorage
State AK
Date(s) 07/07/2025
Venue Hopkins Center for the Arts
City Hanover
State NH
Date(s) 07/12/2025
Venue Culver Cinema - UCR Arts
City Riverside
State CA
Date(s) 07/12 - 07/13/2025
07/19 - 07/20/2025
Venue Austin Film Society
City Austin
State TX
Date(s) 06/14-06/15/2025
Venue Cincinnati World Cinema
City Cincinnati
State OH
Date(s) 06/13-06/22/2025
Venue Guild Cinema
City Albuquerque
State NM
Date(s) 06/03-06/05/2025
Venue Images Cinema
City Williamstown
State MA
Date(s) 07/04/2025
Venue PhilaMOCA
City Philadelphia
State PA
Date(s) 09/25/2025
09/29/2025
Venue Wexner Center for the Arts
City Columbus
State OH
Date(s) 08/25/2025
Venue SBIFF Riviera
City Santa Barbara
State CA
Date(s) 07/04-07/11/2025
Venue Space Gallery
City Portland
State ME
Date(s) 08/10/2025
Venue Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
City Houston
State TX
Date(s) 08/28-08/31/2025
Venue Ojai Playhouse
City Ojai
State CA
Date(s) 06/15/2025
Venue Dreamland Cinema
City Sacramento
State CA
Date(s) 06/27-06/29/2025
Venue Screenland Armour
City Kansas City
State MO
Date(s) 08/22/2025
Venue Speed Museum
City Louisville
State KY
Date(s) 08/29-08/31/2025

For booking inquiries, please contact Mike Plante.