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