Sundance Film Festival 2025 Buzzy Movies List: Sales Titles To Watch

Here are the films mentioned most often by buyers and sellers setting up shop at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The action begins Thursday.

ATROPIA – Director: Hailey Gates. Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy. When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance. U.S. Dramatic Competition; Premiere: January 25 @ noon MT, Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 26 @ 10 a.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4 

BUBBLE & SQUEAK – Director: Evan Twohy. Cast: Himesh Patel, Sarah Goldberg, Steven Yeun, Dave Franco, Matt Berry. Accused of smuggling cabbages into a nation where cabbages are banned, Declan and Delores must confront the fragility of their new marriage while on the run for their lives. U.S. Dramatic Competition; Premiere: January 24 @ 6:15 p.m., Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 25 @ 4 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN – Director: Bill Condon. Cast: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia. Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna. Premieres section; Premiere: January 26 @ 6 p.m., Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 28 @ 10 a.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4 

LAST DAYS – Director: Justin Lin. Cast: Sky Yang, Radhika Apte, Naveen Andrews, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Ciara Bravo. Determined to fulfill his life’s mission, 26-year-old John Allen Chau embarks on a dangerous adventure across the globe to convert the uncontacted tribe of North Sentinel Island to Christianity, while a detective from the Andaman Islands races to stop him before he does harm to himself or the tribe. Premieres section; Premiere: January 28 @ 3 p.m., Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 25 @ 1 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4

MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE – Director: Shoshannah Stern. In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer. U.S. Documentary Competition; Premiere: January 23 @ noon, Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 23 @ 7 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 1

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN – Director: David Borenstein. As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school. World Cinema Documentary Competition; Premiere: January 25 @ noon, Egyptian Theatre; P.I.: January 25 @ 6:30 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 2

OH, HI! – Director: Sophie Brooks. Cast: Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds. Iris and Isaac’s first romantic weekend getaway goes awry. Premieres section; Premiere: January 26 @ noon, Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 27 @ 2:30 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas – 1 

RICKY – Director: Rashad Frett. Cast: Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Andrene Ward-Hammond. Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult. U.S. Dramatic Competition; Premiere: January 24 @ 3 p.m., Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 25 @ 5:30 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 1 

THE THING WITH FEATHERS – Director: Dylan Southern. Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lampaert, Vinette Robinson, Sam Spruell. Struggling to process the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, a young father loses his hold on reality as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons. Premieres section; Premiere: January 25 @ 9:45 p.m., Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 27 @ 4 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4 

TRAIN DREAMS – Director: Clint Bentley. Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy. Robert Grainier is a day laborer building America’s railroads at the start of the 20th century as he experiences profound love, shocking defeat, and a world irrevocably transforming before his very eyes. Premieres section; Premiere: January 26 @ 9 a.m. Library Center Theatre; P.I.: January 27 @ 6 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas

EAST OF WALL – Director: Kate Beecroft. Cast: Tabatha Zimiga, Porshia Zimiga, Scoot McNairy, Jennifer Ehle. After the death of her husband, Tabatha — a young, tattooed, rebellious horse trainer — wrestles with financial insecurity and unresolved grief while providing refuge for a group of wayward teenagers on her broken-down ranch in the Badlands. NEXT; Premiere: January 24 @ 10 a.m., The Ray Theatre; P.I.: January 25 @ 9:30 a.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 2 

PRIME MINISTER – Directors: Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz. A view inside the life of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, capturing her through five tumultuous years in power and beyond as she redefined leadership on the world stage. World Cinema Documentary Competition; Premiere: January 24 @ noon, Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 24 @ 7 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4 

REBUILDING – Director: Max Walker-Silverman. Cast: Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, Amy Madigan. After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward. Premieres section; Premiere: January 26 @ 3 p.m., Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 28 @ 12:30 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 2 

DIDN’T DIE – Director: Meera Menon. Cast: Kiran Deol, George Basil, Samrat Chakrabarti, Katie McCuen, Vishal Vijayakumar. A podcast host desperately clings to an ever- shrinking audience in the zombie apocalypse. Midnight; Premiere: January 28 @ 9 p.m., Library Center Theatre; P.I.: January 23 @ 2:30 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4