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Rabbit Trap
Rabbit Trap
When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives.
Train Dreams
Train Dreams
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.
East Of Wall
East Of Wall
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.
All That’s Left Of You
All That’s Left Of You
After a Palestinian teen confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to that fateful moment, starting with his grandfather’s forced displacement.
Endless Cookie
Endless Cookie
Exploring the complex bond between two half brothers - one Indigenous, one white - traveling from the present in isolated Shamattawa to bustling 1980s Toronto.
Plainclothes
Plainclothes
A promising undercover officer assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies orders when he falls in love with a target.
Cutting Through Rocks
Cutting Through Rocks
As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
DJ Ahmet
DJ Ahmet
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia find refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and first love.
2000 Meters To Andriivka
2000 Meters To Andriivka
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realise that this war may never end.
Oh, Hi!
Oh, Hi!
Iris and Isaac’s first romantic weekend getaway goes awry.
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Sundance Film Festival Features

Back for another Kiss
Bill Condon and Kiss Of The Spider Woman star Tonatiuh on the latest version of Puig's work
'We were banned from leaving the country for one year'
Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki on the challenges of shooting and distributing Iranian doc Cutting Through Rocks
Picturing a killer
Charlie Shackleton on the language of true crime and Zodiac Killer Project
'The real is already so real, you want to allow that to speak for itself'
Sam Slater on striking a balance when scoring war documentary 2000 Meters To Andriivka
Time goes slowly
Rohan Kanawade on telling a different kind of story in Cactus Pears
If the shoe fits
Emilie Blichfeldt on beauty standards, acts of desperation and The Ugly Stepsister
Letting go
Barbara Sukowa on We’re Not Done Yet, White Noise and the upcoming Leibniz film
'It’s like the supernatural leaks through the cracks of reality'
Director Laura Casabé on bringing The Virgin Of The Quarry Lake to the screen
Strange and amazing things
Max Walker-Silverman and Josh O’Connor on living with loss and Rebuilding
'It's perfectly balanced'
The Wedding Banquet star Bowen Yang and his co-stars and director talk about the rom-com remake
‘It became totally collaborative’
Khartoum directors talk about the shifting shape of their documentary in the face of war
Not Letting Go
Joseph Longo and Sofia Camargo on We’re Not Done Yet
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Sundance moving to Boulder
Festival to leave Utah for Colorado in 2027
Sundance announces award winners
Atropia, Cactus Pears, Cutting Through Rocks and Seeds among winners
'Optimism is a courageous act'
Ex-New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern talks about positivity at premiere of film focused on her time in office
Sundance adds two documentary premieres
Andrew Jarecki's The Stringer and Bao Nguyen's The Stringer join line-up
Questlove film heads to Sundance
A bumper year for star author and filmmaker
Sundance announces features line-up
Cumberbatch, Colman, Lopez and O'Connor among those heading to festival
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