On December 11, Sundance Institute announced lineup of offerings at Sundance Film Festival 2025. 87 feature-length films and six episodic projects are selected for the film festival. The 41st annual Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. The competition films and more will be available online from January 30–February 2, 2025, for audiences across the country.
Sundance Film Festival 2025 Lineup Announced: Sabar Bonda Aka Cactus Pears Becomes First Marathi Film To Represent India l Full List
Sabar Bonda aka Cactus Pears will compete in the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition this year.
A still from Sabar Bonda aka Cactus Pears
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A still from Sabar Bonda aka Cactus Pears
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Indian film Sabar Bonda aka Cactus Pears has been selected officially for the Sundance Film Festival 2025. The film will compete this year in the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, it is the only Indian feature film and 1st first-ever Marathi film to get selected at the festival, a milestone achievement for the industry.
This year the festival will have offerings from filmmakers all across the globe including Justin Lin, Barry Levinson, Ira Sachs, and Questlove.
U.S. Dramatic titles that are part of the fest are- Rashad Frett’s Ricky, and Atropia among others. In the Premieres section, there will be Bill Condon’s adaptation of the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, All That’s Left of You, April & Amanda, Amy Berg’s doc about the life and career of musician Jeff Buckley and more.
Here's the full lineup below
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Atropia
Bubble & Squeak
Bunnylovr
Love, Brooklyn
Omaha
Plainclothes
Ricky
Sorry, Baby
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)
Twinless
U.S. Documentary Competition
Andre is an Idiot
Life After
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators
Seeds
Selena y Los Dinos
Speak.
Sugar Babies
Third Act
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Brides
DJ Ahmet
LUZ
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)
Sauna
Sukkwan Island
The Things You Kill
Two Women
The Virgin of Quarry Lake
Where the Wind Comes From
World Cinema Documentary Competition
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Coexistence, My Ass!
Cutting Through Rocks
The Dating Game
Endless Cookie
GEN_
How to Build a Library
Khartoum
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Prime Minister
NEXT
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
By Design
East of Wall
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
OBEX
Rains Over Babel
Serious People
Zodiac Killer Project
Premieres
All That’s Left of You
April & Amanda
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Come See Me in the Good Light
Deaf President Now!
FOLKTALES
Free Leonard Peltier
Heightened Scrutiny
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Jimpa
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Last Days
The Librarians
Lurker
Magic Farm
Middletown
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
Oh, Hi!
Peter Hujar’s Day
Rebuilding
SALLY
2025 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Winner
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
The Thing with Feathers
Train Dreams
Salt Lake Celebration Film.
The Wedding Banquet
MIDNIGHT
Dead Lover
Didn’t Die
Opus
Rabbit Trap
Together
Touch Me
The Ugly Stepsister
EPISODIC
Bucks County
Hal & Harper
Pee-wee as Himself
Episodic Pilot Showcase
BULLDOZER
Chasers
Never Get Busted!
Spotlight
April
One to One: John & Yoko
Family Matinee
The Legend of Ochi
Special screenings
The Six Billion Dollar Man
From the collection
El Norte
Unzipped
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