13 great movies coming to Sundance 2025

Sunnah in movies It doesn’t start until Sundance. Since the 1980s, some of the film industry’s biggest names and promising future talent have headed to Park City, Utah, hoping to make history. Sundance is where many of the most popular and noteworthy independent films begin their journey to either box office success or critical glory — and with the festival now having an annual online component, audiences everywhere can participate.

Sundance may be best known for its dramatic fare (Oscar winners like Coda and Little Miss Sunshine It started there), but it’s also a great place to discover excellent horror, sci-fi, and other films. This is where io9 comes into play. In the past, the festival has served as a proving ground for films such as opinion, The Blair Witch ProjectDonnie Darko, Talk to meAfter 28 days, Get down, and Primer. Earlier this year, It’s what’s in it, my old ass, I saw the TV glowing, and In violent nature Everything was shown for the first time there.

So it is 2025 I saw the glow of the television Playing at Sundance? It’s time to see the contenders and find out. If you want to see it for yourself, the festival will take place from January 23 to February 2, 2025 in Park City, Utah, and online from January 30 to February 2. You can get tickets here And watch the genre fare below.

Note: Below are the official descriptions from Sundance, in alphabetical order.

By design / USA – A woman exchanges bodies for a chair, and everyone loves her more as a chair. ejaculate: Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Udo Kier. World premiere. imaginary. Available online to the public. (Director and screenwriter: Amanda Kramer, Producers: Miranda Bailey, Sarah Winshall, Natalie Whalen, Jacob Agger)

Dead lover / Canada – A lonely gravedigger smelling of corpses finally meets the man of her dreams, but their stormy relationship ends when he tragically drowns in the sea. Feeling heartbroken, she does her best to revive him through crazy science experiments, leading to disastrous consequences and an improbable love. ejaculate: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Leah Dawes, Lewin Morrow. World premiere. imaginary. (Director, Screenwriter and Producer: Grace Glowicki, Screenwriter and Producer: Ben Petrie, Producer: Yona Strauss)

He didn’t die /USA – The podcast host is holding on tight to an ever-shrinking audience in a zombie apocalypse. ejaculate: Kiran Deol, George Bassil, Samrat Chakrabarti, Katie McQueen, Vishal Vijayakumar. World premiere. imaginary. Available online to the public. Director (Screenwriter and Producer: Meera Menon, Screenwriter and Producer: Paul Gleason, Producer: Erica Fishman, Joe Camerota, Luke Patton)

The legend of Ochi / USA – In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a farm girl named Yuri grew up to fear an animal species known as the Ochi. But when Yuri discovers that injured baby Uchi has been left behind, she runs off on an adventure to bring him home. ejaculate: Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, Willem Dafoe. World premiere. imaginary. (Director, screenwriter and producer: Isaiah Saxon, Producers: Richard Pitt, Tracy Carlson, Jonathan Wang)

almonds / HONG KONG, CHINA – On the neon-lit streets of Chongqing, Wei desperately searches for his estranged daughter Fa, while Ren, a Hong Kong gallery owner, battles with her ailing stepmother Sabine in Paris. Their lives collide in a virtual reality world, where a mysterious deer reveals hidden truths, leading to a journey of discovery and connection. ejaculate: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Pena, Xiaodong Guo, Lu Huang, David Chiang, and En Shi Ding. World premiere. Available online to the public. (Director, screenwriter and producer: Flora Lau, Producers: Yvette Tang, Joseph Sin-jie Chan, Stephen Lam)

OBEX / USA – Connor Marsh lives a lonely life with his dog Sandy, until one day he starts playing OBEX, a new and cutting-edge computer game. When Sandy disappears, the line between reality and game blurs, and Connor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home. He slanders: Albert Bernie, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley. World premiere. imaginary. Available online to the public. (Director, Screenwriter and Producer: Albert Burney, Screenwriter and Producer: Pete Oss, Producer: Emma Hanaway, James Belfer)

Authorship / USA – A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago. Surrounded by a star-worshiping cult of sycophants and drunken journalists, she finds herself in the middle of his devious plan. He slanders: Ayo Edbury, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder. World premiere. imaginary. (Director, screenwriter and producer: Mark Anthony Green; Producers: Colin Cretton, Brad Weston, Bobby Hanks, Jelani Johnson, Josh Bashoff)

Rabbit trap / UNITED KINGDOM – When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs the local old-fashioned folk magic, bringing an unknown child to their door intent on infiltrating their lives. He slanders: Dev Patel, Rosie McEwen, Jade Crute. World premiere. imaginary. (Director and screenwriter: Brian Cheney, Producers: Daniel Noah, Lawrence Inglis, Elijah Wood, Elisa Lleras, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz)

Rain on Babylon / Colombia, USA, Spain – A group of misfits meet at Babel, a legendary dive bar that serves as a purgatory, where La Flaca – the city’s Grim Reaper – presides. Here, the spirits gamble years of their lives with her, daring to conquer death themselves. He slanders: Sarai Rebolledo, Felipe Aguilar Rodriguez, John Alex Castillo, William Hurtado, Santiago Pineda, Selena Buron. World premiere. imaginary. Available online to the public. (Director, screenwriter and producer: Gala del Sol, Producers: H. A. Hermida, Ana Cristina Gutierrez, Andres Hermida, Natalia Rendón Rodriguez)

The thing with the feathers / UNITED KINGDOM – Struggling to process the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, a young father loses his grip on reality when a seemingly malevolent presence begins to haunt him from the mysterious recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons. He slanders: Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lambert, Venette Robinson, Sam Spruill. World premiere. imaginary. (Director and screenwriter: Dylan Southern, Producer: Andrea Cornwell, Leah Clarke, Adam Acland)

together / Australia, USA – With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of the couple’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins a radical shift in their love, their lives, and their bodies. He slandersAlison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman. World premiere. imaginary. (Director and Screenwriter: Michael Shanks, Producers: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Mike Cobb, Andrew Mittman, Eric Feig, Max Silva)

Touch me / USA – Two dependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world. He slanders: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jordan Javaris, Marilyn Forte, Paget Brewster. World premiere. imaginary. (Director, Screenwriter and Producer: Addison Heyman, Producers: John Humber, David Lawson Jr.)

The ugly sister / Norway – In a fantasy kingdom where beauty is a brutal act, Elvira struggles to compete with her incredibly beautiful half-sister, and will do whatever it takes to catch the prince’s attention. He slanders: Lea Mirren, Thea Sophie Loch Ness, Anne Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerle, Isak Kalmroth, Malte Gardinger. World premiere. imaginary. (Director and screenwriter: Emily Blichfeldt, Producer: Maria Eckerhofd)

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