2025 Sundance Shorts Program Unveiled with 57 Films Across Genres and Countries

Sundance Film Festival

United States (USA)

The Sundance Institute has revealed its highly anticipated lineup of short films for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, set to run January 23–February 2 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s program, presented by Vimeo, will include 57 short films across eight curated sections, with fiction, nonfiction, and animation entries. A selection of these titles will be available online from January 30–February 2 for nationwide audiences.

Tickets for individual films, both in-person and online, will go on sale January 16, while online passes for short films are currently available on the festival’s official website.

“These projects are varied in style and substance, but across all categories, they represent the power of short-form storytelling beautifully,” said Kim Yutani, Sundance Film Festival’s Director of Programming. Senior Programmer Mike Plante added, “Audiences will find much of the next generation of film talent here, with raw, exciting, and inspired filmmaking from around the world.”

This year’s short film program drew 11,153 submissions, including 4,909 from the U.S. and 6,244 from international creators. The final selection includes films from 28 countries, demonstrating the festival’s ongoing commitment to fostering global independent storytelling.

Among the selected works are U.S. fiction shorts such as “An Almost Successful Dating App Love Story” by Winter Coleman and “The Lily” (เดอะลิลลี่) by Quintessa Swindell. International highlights include “Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites” from Cambodia/France and “Platanero” from Canada. The animated category features standout entries like “Inkwo for When the Starving Return” by Amanda Strong and “Bunnyhood” from the U.K.

Since its inception, the Sundance Film Festival has championed innovative short-form projects, providing a platform for emerging talent. The festival boasts a history of launching acclaimed filmmakers, such as Damien Chazelle, Dee Rees, and Taika Waititi.

The director demographics for this year’s short film selections highlight the festival’s diversity:

• 50% of films were directed by women.
• 16% by nonbinary or gender-nonconforming filmmakers.
• 62% by filmmakers of color.
• 56% by LGBTQ+ creators.
• 6% by transgender filmmakers.
• 15% by filmmakers identifying as people with disabilities.

Complete List of Films for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Program

U.S. Fiction Short Films

1. An Almost Successful Dating App Love Story / Winter Coleman / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
2. Azi / Montana Mann / U.S.A. / Available online for Public
3. Debaters / Alex Heller / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
4. Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting / Alexander Thompson / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
5. En Memoria / Roberto Fatal, Ali Meyers-Ohki / U.S.A. / Available online for Public
6. Full Month / Ash Goh Hua / Singapore, U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
7. Goodnight / Isabel Pask, Annie Fox / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
8. The Lily (เดอะลิลลี่) / Quintessa Swindell / U.S.A., Thailand / Available online for Public
9. Out for Delivery / Chelsea Christer / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
10. Ragamuffin / Kaitlyn Mikayla / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
11. remember me / Claire Titelman / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
12. Somebody Cares / Julien Lasseur / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
13. Such Good Friends / Bri Klaproth, Jon Walkup / U.S.A. / Available online for Public
14. SUSANA / Gerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine Thomas / Mexico, U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
15. Sweet Talkin’ Guy / Spencer Wardwell, Dylan Wardwell / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
16. Swollen / Roxy Sophie Sorkin / U.S.A. / Available online for Public
17. The Things We Keep / Joanna Fernandez / U.S.A. / Available online for Public
18. Trokas Duras / Jazmin Garcia / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
19. Unholy / Daisy Friedman / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
20. Vox Humana / Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan / Philippines, U.S.A., Singapore / Available online for Public
21. We’re Not Done Yet / Joseph Longo, Sofia Camargo / U.S.A. / Available online for Public

International Fiction Short Films

1. Almost Certainly False / Cansu Baydar / Turkey / North American Premiere / Available online for Public
2. Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? / Bec Pecaut / Canada / International Premiere / Available online for Public
3. B(l)ind The Sacrifice / Nakhane / South Africa / North American Premiere / Available online for Public
4. Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites / Chheangkea / Cambodia, France / World Premiere / Available online for Public
5. Hippopotami / Jianjie Lin / China, Hong Kong / World Premiere / Available online for Public
6. Pasta Negra / Jorge Thielen Armand / Canada, Venezuela, Italy, Colombia / World Premiere / Available online for Public
7. People & Things / Damian Kosowski / Poland / North American Premiere / Available online for Public
8. Platanero / Juan Frank Hernandez / Canada / World Premiere / Available online for Public
9. Stranger, Brother. / Annelise Hickey / Australia / World Premiere / Available online for Public
10. Suo Jiang / Chien-Yu Lin / Taiwan / International Premiere / Available online for Public
11. Sweetheart / Luke Wintour / U.K. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
12. UPPER / Lennert Madou / Belgium / International Premiere / Available online for Public

Animation Short Films

1. Bunnyhood / Mansi Maheshwari / U.K. / Available online for Public
2. Caries / Aline Höchli / Switzerland / World Premiere
3. Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado / Natalia León / France / World Premiere / Available online for Public
4. The Eating of an Orange / May Kindred-Boothby / U.K. / International Premiere / Available online for Public
5. Field Recording / Quinne Larsen / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
6. Flower Show / Elli Vuorinen / Finland / Available online for Public
7. Hurikán / Jan Saska / Czech Republic / U.S. Premiere / Available online for Public
8. Inkwo for When the Starving Return / Amanda Strong / Canada / Available online for Public
9. Jesus 2 / Jesse Moynihan / U.S.A. / Available online for Public
10. Luz Diabla / Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza / Argentina, Canada / World Premiere / Available online for Public
11. Paradise Man (ii) / Jordan Michael Blake / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
12. A Round of Applause for Death / Stephen Irwin / U.K. / International Premiere / Available online for Public
13. View From the Floor / Megan Griffiths, Mindie Lind / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public

Nonfiction Short Films

1. Deadlock / Lucien Beucher, Mahdi Boucif / France, Algeria / Available online for Public
2. Death Education / Yuxuan Ethan Wu / China / World Premiere / Available online for Public
3. Entre le Feu et le Clair de Lune / Dominic Yarabe / U.S.A., Côte d’Ivoire / Available online for Public
4. The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing / Theo Panagopoulos / U.K. / North American Premiere / Available online for Public
5. Hold Me Close / Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
6. Hoops, Hopes & Dreams / Glenn Kaino / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
7. The Long Valley / Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
8. Miss You Perdularia / Manu Zilveti / Cuba / North American Premiere / Available online for Public
9. The Reality of Hope / Joe Hunting / U.K., Sweden / World Premiere / Available online for Public
10. Tiger / Loren Waters / U.S.A. / World Premiere / Available online for Public
11. We Were The Scenery / Christopher Radcliff / U.S.A. / World Premiere