The young people featured in a Sundance world premiere documentary take on a challenge most adults wouldn"t dare attempt: public speaking. Esther, Mfaz, Sam, Noah, and Noor find a way to overcome the nerves, potential of forgetting lines or otherwise face-planting for the chance to be crowned at the…

Netflix is buying the Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones drama Train Dreams out of the Sundance Film Festival. Sources tell us that the deal is in the high-teen millions. The pic made its debut in the Premieres section of the fest. Train Dreams is based on the 2011 Denis Johnson novella and…

Bowen Yang is ready to celebrate half a century of Saturday Night Live with cast members from every generation in SNL50: The Anniversary Special. As the 4x Emmy nominee stopped by Deadline’s Sundance 2025 Studio with his The Wedding Banquet co-stars and director Andrew Ahn, he teased what’s to…

TITLE: The Stringer Section: Premieres Director: Bao Nguyen Logline: A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as "the…

OPUSSection: MidnightScreenwriter-Director: Mark Anthony GreenLogline: A young writer (Ayo Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (John Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star’s cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she…

TITLE: SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Section: Premieres Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Logline: An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone — the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone — captures the band"s rise…

THE WEDDING RECEPTIONSection: PremieresScreenwriter-Director: Andrew AhnLogline: A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him, in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. Plans evolve as Min’s grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet.Pane…

Two years after Magazine Dreams premiered to huge buzz at the Sundance Film Festival, the first trailer for the film featuring Jonathan Majors’ breakout performance has finally been released. The trailer opens with Majors’ character saying in voiceover, “You have to do something big and…

TITLE: Heightened Scrutiny Section: Premieres Director: Sam Feder Logline: Amid a surge in anti-trans legislation that [attorney] Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight media bias to expose how the press narratives influence public perception and the fight for…

TITLE: The Alabama Solution Section: Premieres Directors: Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman Screenwriters: Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman, Page Marsella Logline: Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America"s deadliest prison systems. Documentary titan…

TITLE: One to One: John & Yoko Section: Spotlight Director: Kevin Macdonald Co-director: Sam Rice-Edwards Logline: An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one of music"s most famous couples — John Lennon and Yoko Ono — spent living in Greenwich Village, New…

EXCLUSIVE: Neon has emerged from a days-long bidding battle near a deal to acquire worldwide rights to Together, writer-director Michael Shanks’ Sundance crowd-pleaser that stars Dave Franco, Alison Brie and Damon Herriman. The film premiered in the Midnight section on January 26 at the Eccles…