New York Women in Film & Television is proud to announce that 10 of our members are involved in films that have been selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Program.
The upcoming Sundance Film Festival will take place in person January 23 – February 2, 2025. Online festival screenings will be available from January 30 – February 2, 2025. Pass and packages are currently on sale and can be purchased here. Single film tickets will go on sale beginning January 16, 2025.
The films below are organized by category.
Plus, join us for our special panel presented in partnership with Great Point Studios featuring NYWIFT Members at Sundance 2025 on Tuesday, January 21. Register now!
U.S. Dramatic Competition
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Editor – NYWIFT Member Madeleine Gavin
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.
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Costume Designer – NYWIFT Member Ari Fulton
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. Documentary Competition
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch
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.
PREMIERES
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Co-Producer – NYWIFT Member Cynthia Kane
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
NEXT
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Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Caitlin Gold
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.
Midnight
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Delivery Consultants – NYWIFT Members Rebecca Ross & Stacey Smith
With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of a couple’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh.
From the Collection
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Co-Executive Producer – NYWIFT Member Dori Berinstein
Director Douglas Keeve goes behind the scenes of designer Isaac Mizrahi’s relentless drive and bold vision to bring his 1994 collection to life. From sketches to runway, this insider’s journey is packed with backstage drama, creative triumphs, and iconic supermodels, including Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista.
Shorts: Short Film Program 4
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Creative Producer – NYWIFT Intern Daryl Bright Clay
A hospice nurse revisits the comfort and fear of childhood when she hires a babysitter to take care of her for the night.
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Casting Director – NYWIFT Member Adrienne Stern CSA
Alex visits his newly single mother, Bettina, for a weekend at her getaway beach house. But when he is confronted with her newfound independence, Alex is forced to face his own controlling nature.
