The beloved “Star Wars” sequel “The Empire Strikes Back” is set to open this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival on April 24, with director George Lucas presenting the film for its 45th anniversary.
“’The Empire Strikes Back’ is like ‘The Godfather Part II.’ Yes, technically, they’re sequels, the second movie in a series. But they are so much more,” TCM’s primetime anchor Ben Mankiewicz said in a statement. “The first ‘Star Wars’ picture in 1977 ignited a new era in Hollywood and turned a generation of young people into passionate movie fans for life. Then, somehow, three years later, along comes ‘Empire,’ which might even be better. It’s a stunning accomplishment and surely stands one of the great achievements in the history of film.”
Additional titles that will screen at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival include “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” “The Lady Eve,” “Cinderella,” “Apocalypse Now,...
“’The Empire Strikes Back’ is like ‘The Godfather Part II.’ Yes, technically, they’re sequels, the second movie in a series. But they are so much more,” TCM’s primetime anchor Ben Mankiewicz said in a statement. “The first ‘Star Wars’ picture in 1977 ignited a new era in Hollywood and turned a generation of young people into passionate movie fans for life. Then, somehow, three years later, along comes ‘Empire,’ which might even be better. It’s a stunning accomplishment and surely stands one of the great achievements in the history of film.”
Additional titles that will screen at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival include “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” “The Lady Eve,” “Cinderella,” “Apocalypse Now,...
- 3/20/2025
- by Jazz Tangcay, Matt Minton, Abigail Lee and Lauren Coates
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Ben Getz, Dylan Eshbaugh, Sully Brown, Jayson Bernard, Piper Verbrick, Fiona Domenica, Samantha Rothermel, Jamie Day, Tom Moynahan, Annie Gill | Written by Dylan Eshbaugh, Ben Getz | Directed by Caleb Harris
Ben Duff and Dylan Mulligan are best friends and co-workers at a mini-golf course. They’re also the last two people anyone would ever expect to be heroes.
But when their mutual friend Dougie is kidnapped by a demonic cult led by the sinister Eugene, they have no choice but to step up. What starts as an attempt to rescue their friend quickly turns into something much bigger, as they find themselves facing supernatural forces and a growing threat to their town. In the process, these two aimless slackers must embrace their inner warriors and become Gothic Slayers or at least, do their best impression of heroes as they fumble their way through a mission far beyond their pay grade.
Ben Duff and Dylan Mulligan are best friends and co-workers at a mini-golf course. They’re also the last two people anyone would ever expect to be heroes.
But when their mutual friend Dougie is kidnapped by a demonic cult led by the sinister Eugene, they have no choice but to step up. What starts as an attempt to rescue their friend quickly turns into something much bigger, as they find themselves facing supernatural forces and a growing threat to their town. In the process, these two aimless slackers must embrace their inner warriors and become Gothic Slayers or at least, do their best impression of heroes as they fumble their way through a mission far beyond their pay grade.
- 3/12/2025
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
The 27th edition of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, launching on April 3, will feature a lineup of 34 feature documentaries and 15 short docs. The Durham, N.C.-based, four-day doc film fest will kick off with Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe’s “Prime Minister, “about the life of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
“Prime Minister” debuted at Sundance 2025, where it won the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award. The film is one of 16 Sundance feature docs screening at Full Frame this year. Others include U.S. Grand Jury Prize winner “Seeds,” “The Librarians,” “Preditors, “Nat. Geo’s “Sally” and “The Perfect Neighbor,” which Netflix recently acquired.
Often referred to as “a filmmaker’s festival,” Full Frame is not a premiere or market-focused fest. Instead, it’s known within the doc industry as a well-organized, intimate gathering that gives well-received docs out of Sundance, Camden Intl. Film Festival and the...
“Prime Minister” debuted at Sundance 2025, where it won the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award. The film is one of 16 Sundance feature docs screening at Full Frame this year. Others include U.S. Grand Jury Prize winner “Seeds,” “The Librarians,” “Preditors, “Nat. Geo’s “Sally” and “The Perfect Neighbor,” which Netflix recently acquired.
Often referred to as “a filmmaker’s festival,” Full Frame is not a premiere or market-focused fest. Instead, it’s known within the doc industry as a well-organized, intimate gathering that gives well-received docs out of Sundance, Camden Intl. Film Festival and the...
- 3/11/2025
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Fresh from winning the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at Sundance, Seeds will germinate at True/False, the acclaimed documentary festival in Columbia, Mo. Brittany Shyne’s film, exploring the experience of Black farmers who till the soil in the South, bows on the festival’s opening night on Thursday, with additional screenings on Friday and on Sunday, the closing night of True/False.
“Seeds is such a beautiful film. It’s one of my absolute favorites in the lineup,” notes True/False Artistic Director Chloé Trayner. “I know I’m not meant to have favorites, but it’s just pure cinema.”
Long before the documentary’s premiere, it earned support from True/False. “Seeds was a part of our Rough Cut Retreat, which we run in partnership with Catapult Film Fund. And so Brittany brought the project to the retreat along with her editor Malika [Zouhali-Worrall], and we spent five days together,...
“Seeds is such a beautiful film. It’s one of my absolute favorites in the lineup,” notes True/False Artistic Director Chloé Trayner. “I know I’m not meant to have favorites, but it’s just pure cinema.”
Long before the documentary’s premiere, it earned support from True/False. “Seeds was a part of our Rough Cut Retreat, which we run in partnership with Catapult Film Fund. And so Brittany brought the project to the retreat along with her editor Malika [Zouhali-Worrall], and we spent five days together,...
- 2/27/2025
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
With the return of The White Lotus, viewers are reintroduced to the infamous chain of resorts, witnessing new and old faces congregate at the White Lotus in Ko Samui, Thailand. From the omnipresence of the monkeys at the resort, the seedy personalities surfacing on vacation, and the simmering tension, the HBO anthology drama continues to stun audiences only two episodes in.
Between theories of who is responsible for the gunshots in the opening scene, the motivations of characters like Rick (Walton Goggins), Timothy (Jason Isaacs), and Mook (Lalisa Manobal), and the fractured relationships between various groups on the resort, another promising discussion arose surrounding a particular fruit.
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Between theories of who is responsible for the gunshots in the opening scene, the motivations of characters like Rick (Walton Goggins), Timothy (Jason Isaacs), and Mook (Lalisa Manobal), and the fractured relationships between various groups on the resort, another promising discussion arose surrounding a particular fruit.
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- 2/26/2025
- by Mohamed Ndao
- MovieWeb
Updated with details on Lauren Greenfield tribute and filmmaker’s master class. The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival has announced its competition lineups for the March event, a slate of world, international and European premieres hailing from Greece, Paraguay, Kyrgyzstan, Israel, Kenya, the U.S. and other parts of the globe.
The 10 films chosen for International Competition will compete for the Golden Alexander and the Silver Alexander – the festival’s top prizes. The winner of the Golden Alexander will receive a €12,000 award and automatically qualify for Oscar consideration in the Best Documentary Feature category. The Silver Alexander comes with a €5,000 prize.
Scroll for the full list of films selected for International Competition, Newcomers Competition (composed of feature documentaries by young filmmakers), and >>Film Forward Competition (“hosting movies that challenge conventions and utter a bold and daring cinematic language”).
International Competition boasts the world premieres of three Greek documentaries: Bull’s Heart,...
The 10 films chosen for International Competition will compete for the Golden Alexander and the Silver Alexander – the festival’s top prizes. The winner of the Golden Alexander will receive a €12,000 award and automatically qualify for Oscar consideration in the Best Documentary Feature category. The Silver Alexander comes with a €5,000 prize.
Scroll for the full list of films selected for International Competition, Newcomers Competition (composed of feature documentaries by young filmmakers), and >>Film Forward Competition (“hosting movies that challenge conventions and utter a bold and daring cinematic language”).
International Competition boasts the world premieres of three Greek documentaries: Bull’s Heart,...
- 2/20/2025
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Moving with a frenetic, vérité-style energy, Ricky exists in the in-between, following a man who is neither fully free nor fully imprisoned, a man still haunted by the rhythms of incarceration even as he walks the streets of his hometown. Stephan James delivers a gripping, deeply internalized performance, allowing Ricky’s emotions to simmer beneath a surface that is always on the verge of cracking. But despite James’ anchoring presence, much of the film itself remains unsteady.
After spending half his life behind bars, Ricky (Stephan James) steps back into a world that has moved on without him. Set in East Hartford, Connecticut, Ricky follows its titular character through the first month of his release, a period defined by parole restrictions, fractured relationships, and the silent, ever-present weight of his past. Reentry is supposed to be a fresh start, but it quickly becomes clear that freedom is conditional, and survival is a test.
After spending half his life behind bars, Ricky (Stephan James) steps back into a world that has moved on without him. Set in East Hartford, Connecticut, Ricky follows its titular character through the first month of his release, a period defined by parole restrictions, fractured relationships, and the silent, ever-present weight of his past. Reentry is supposed to be a fresh start, but it quickly becomes clear that freedom is conditional, and survival is a test.
- 2/19/2025
- by Kai Swanson
- MovieWeb
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival honored this year’s standout independent films with its jury and audience awards, celebrating projects that tackled themes of resilience, political influence, and personal transformation.
The awards were announced two days before the festival’s conclusion on Feb. 2, following an impressive lineup of 94 feature-length films and 57 short films—selected from over 15,000 submissions—screened in Park City, Salt Lake City, and online.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was awarded to Atropia, starring Alia Shawkat, while Seeds took home the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, recognized for its compelling portrayal of Black generational farmers in the American South. In the international categories, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) claimed the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Documentary, respectively.
Audience awards, presented by Acura and United Airlines, highlighted films that resonated strongly with festivalgoers. Twinless won U.S. Dramatic, André is an Idiot earned U.
The awards were announced two days before the festival’s conclusion on Feb. 2, following an impressive lineup of 94 feature-length films and 57 short films—selected from over 15,000 submissions—screened in Park City, Salt Lake City, and online.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was awarded to Atropia, starring Alia Shawkat, while Seeds took home the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, recognized for its compelling portrayal of Black generational farmers in the American South. In the international categories, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) claimed the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Documentary, respectively.
Audience awards, presented by Acura and United Airlines, highlighted films that resonated strongly with festivalgoers. Twinless won U.S. Dramatic, André is an Idiot earned U.
- 2/5/2025
- by Hyoju An
- Uinterview
The 22nd edition of the True/False Film Fest, kicking off Feb. 27, will feature a lineup of 30 feature documentaries and 24 short docs. The Columbia, Missouri-based four-day doc film festival will showcase eight Sundance 2025 films, including U.S. documentary prize winner “Seeds,” “Predators,” and “The Dating Game.”
The fest’s lineup includes seven world premieres, one international premiere, and three North American premieres. Fourteen of the True/False feature docus were made by first-time feature directors.
“This year’s films run the gamut when it comes to form, tone, and perspective, but the thing that unites them is their unwavering commitments to their artistic visions,” said True/False artistic director Chloé Trayner. “The lineup is a kaleidoscope of reflections on our modern world, embracing past, present, and future in beautiful, devastating, and hopeful ways. We can’t wait to share these films with our audience soon.”
Since launching in 2004, True/False...
The fest’s lineup includes seven world premieres, one international premiere, and three North American premieres. Fourteen of the True/False feature docus were made by first-time feature directors.
“This year’s films run the gamut when it comes to form, tone, and perspective, but the thing that unites them is their unwavering commitments to their artistic visions,” said True/False artistic director Chloé Trayner. “The lineup is a kaleidoscope of reflections on our modern world, embracing past, present, and future in beautiful, devastating, and hopeful ways. We can’t wait to share these films with our audience soon.”
Since launching in 2004, True/False...
- 2/5/2025
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance is a place for discovery, where new stars are minted because of the fresh, invigorating images they bring to the screen. It was where Steven Soderbergh helped kick off the indie film revolution in 1989 with “sex, lies, and videotape” and Quentin Tarantino launched “Reservoir Dogs” in 1992. They showed that, at Sundance, if you have something to say, you can have a seat at the table.
This year, that daring new voice belongs to Eva Victor, whose comedic character study “Sorry, Baby,” about a young professor reeling from a trauma, sold to A24 for $8 million. “Sorry, Baby” also has the distinction of placing first in many of the categories in IndieWire’s 2025 Sundance Critics Survey, including Best Performance (for Victor herself), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best First Film, and Best Film itself.
Though “Sorry, Baby” was the undeniable favorite across the board at Sundance 2025, our critics survey shared the love...
This year, that daring new voice belongs to Eva Victor, whose comedic character study “Sorry, Baby,” about a young professor reeling from a trauma, sold to A24 for $8 million. “Sorry, Baby” also has the distinction of placing first in many of the categories in IndieWire’s 2025 Sundance Critics Survey, including Best Performance (for Victor herself), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best First Film, and Best Film itself.
Though “Sorry, Baby” was the undeniable favorite across the board at Sundance 2025, our critics survey shared the love...
- 2/4/2025
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Evoking Gordon Park’s black-and-white photographs of the New Deal Era, cinematographer Brittany Shyne’s powerful debut feature Seeds offers a portrait of a disappearing way of life for Black farmers in the American South. Its casual approach mostly reflects rhythms of life in a vérité style that’s occasionally broken when the camera is acknowledged.
The film spends most of its time with Willie Head Jr. and his great-grandchildren and grandchildren. A third-generation farmer whose great-grandfather purchased the land by digging thousands of stumps, he is forced into advocacy for his farm and way of life. On a phone call with the Farm Service Agency he presents some startling facts: in 1910, 16 million acres were owned by Black families; at present that number has dwindled to 1.5 million. Part of his frustration is the lack of bank loans and support from the Usda for Black farmers. Stuck in a loop, he makes his voice heard,...
The film spends most of its time with Willie Head Jr. and his great-grandchildren and grandchildren. A third-generation farmer whose great-grandfather purchased the land by digging thousands of stumps, he is forced into advocacy for his farm and way of life. On a phone call with the Farm Service Agency he presents some startling facts: in 1910, 16 million acres were owned by Black families; at present that number has dwindled to 1.5 million. Part of his frustration is the lack of bank loans and support from the Usda for Black farmers. Stuck in a loop, he makes his voice heard,...
- 2/4/2025
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
The penultimate Sundance Film festival to run in Park City ended over the weekend ina flurry ofawards.
There was scarcely any on-site activity by way of completedacquisitions, although deals will follow in the weeks and months ahead. And there were genuine discoveries, reflecting the accepted wisdom that Sundance is a complicated beast and is many things to many people.
The big talking point is where will the revered soul of independent cinema house itself starting in 2027. The festival hierarchy will reveal all before long. Screen looks at some of the key talking points to emerge from the festival, which ran...
There was scarcely any on-site activity by way of completedacquisitions, although deals will follow in the weeks and months ahead. And there were genuine discoveries, reflecting the accepted wisdom that Sundance is a complicated beast and is many things to many people.
The big talking point is where will the revered soul of independent cinema house itself starting in 2027. The festival hierarchy will reveal all before long. Screen looks at some of the key talking points to emerge from the festival, which ran...
- 2/4/2025
- ScreenDaily
Sundance 2025 may have been an ill-timed off year for an institution in the midst of an existential crisis (largely by dint of its place in an industry in the midst of an existential crisis), but the festival remains completely unrivaled as America’s greatest showcase for the best in new independent cinema, and its latest edition did nothing to change that. Underwhelming as it was on the whole, the 88-feature lineup still had more than its fair share of fantastic and revitalizing films, many of which we’re sure to be talking about for the rest of the year and beyond.
Some (like James Sweeney’s “Twinless” and Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams”) found semi-established directors emerging as singular talents. Others saw relative unknowns or long-absent favorites step into the spotlight as though it had always been waiting for them. Predictably, however, it was the documentaries that drove most of the conversation,...
Some (like James Sweeney’s “Twinless” and Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams”) found semi-established directors emerging as singular talents. Others saw relative unknowns or long-absent favorites step into the spotlight as though it had always been waiting for them. Predictably, however, it was the documentaries that drove most of the conversation,...
- 2/3/2025
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
February 2 Update: Ryan White’sCome See Me in the Good Light won theFestival Favorite Award on Sunday, marking the final piece of business for the festival, which endedon February 2.
The US film charts two poets’ “journey through love, life and mortality”.
Original January 31 Report:Sundance Film Festival announced its awards winners on Friday, with grand jury prizes going to Atropia, Seeds, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), and Cutting Through Rocks.
In the audience awards, Twinless, André Is An Idiot, DJ Ahmet, and Prime Minister prevailed.The Next Innovator Award went to Zodiac Killer Project and Next Audience Award was presented to East Of Wall.
The US film charts two poets’ “journey through love, life and mortality”.
Original January 31 Report:Sundance Film Festival announced its awards winners on Friday, with grand jury prizes going to Atropia, Seeds, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), and Cutting Through Rocks.
In the audience awards, Twinless, André Is An Idiot, DJ Ahmet, and Prime Minister prevailed.The Next Innovator Award went to Zodiac Killer Project and Next Audience Award was presented to East Of Wall.
- 2/2/2025
- ScreenDaily
Sexual violence in film has often been framed in stark binaries — stories of victims and villains, of clear crimes and easy resolutions. But real life is rarely so simple. Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby, produced by Barry Jenkins, exists in the gray spaces, the moments after, the time lost, the things that are never said out loud but press into every interaction. This is a film about aftermaths, not just of sexual assault, but of friendship, ambition, and the quiet, bureaucratic violence of institutions that fail women in their most vulnerable moments.
Victor, who writes, directs, and stars as Agnes, crafts a film that is both structurally unconventional and emotionally raw. Told in a series of vignettes with titles like “The Year with the Baby,” “The Year with the Bad Thing,” and “The Year with the Good Sandwich,” Sorry, Baby understands trauma as something nonlinear, moving in fits and starts,...
Victor, who writes, directs, and stars as Agnes, crafts a film that is both structurally unconventional and emotionally raw. Told in a series of vignettes with titles like “The Year with the Baby,” “The Year with the Bad Thing,” and “The Year with the Good Sandwich,” Sorry, Baby understands trauma as something nonlinear, moving in fits and starts,...
- 2/2/2025
- by Kai Swanson
- MovieWeb
A languid, loving portrait of Black farmers in the South, “Seeds” is a mixture of celebration and lament. Family farming has been endangered, but for African American farmers, the land — holding onto it, cultivating it — is even more precarious and precious. Considering recent, breakneck attempts to gut civil rights, director Brittany Shyne’s debut feature — which won the U.S. documentary prize at the Sundance Film Festival — feels elegiac.
A requiem is not the filmmaker’s intention, however. With the patience of a sower, Shyne lets the lives of her subjects unfold gently over two hours. She filmed for nine years, following farm families as they went about their hardscrabble labor, as well as the work of community. Although there are urgent economic and political challenges facing these families, this isn’t muckraking cinema. Instead, the filmmaker hews to the quotidian, the weekly, the annual. Shot in black and white,...
A requiem is not the filmmaker’s intention, however. With the patience of a sower, Shyne lets the lives of her subjects unfold gently over two hours. She filmed for nine years, following farm families as they went about their hardscrabble labor, as well as the work of community. Although there are urgent economic and political challenges facing these families, this isn’t muckraking cinema. Instead, the filmmaker hews to the quotidian, the weekly, the annual. Shot in black and white,...
- 2/1/2025
- by Lisa Kennedy
- Variety Film + TV
It's Jan. 31, and the 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards have been presented at a ceremony for the winning films at The Ray Theatre in Park City, where independent storytelling thrived yet again in Utah. The 2025 Festival, taking place now through February 2, has featured premieres, screenings, talks, events, and more in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. All feature award-winning films are available online nationwide now through February 2. Select award-winning films will screen in person for ticketholders and passholders. Tickets can be purchased here. The awards were compiled in a press release:
Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (World Cinema Documentary Competition). The Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Project.
Audience awards for films in competition were presented by Acura to Twinless (U.S. Dramatic...
Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (World Cinema Documentary Competition). The Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Project.
Audience awards for films in competition were presented by Acura to Twinless (U.S. Dramatic...
- 2/1/2025
- by Matt Mahler
- MovieWeb
Ahead of the final weekend of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the annual event in Park City, Utah, announced its big winners on Friday, with Atropia, Seeds, and Twinless among those taking the biggest prizes.
“Arriving at our awards ceremony after seven days of connection and discovery is especially rewarding this year,” said Eugene Hernandez, director, Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming. “We are thrilled to honor these filmmakers fore their inventiveness, generosity, and for their valuable conversations, moments of levity, and deep insights their work has offered.”
See: ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ ‘Sorry, Baby’ and other 2025 Sundance titles that could shape the awards conversation this year
Written and directed by Hailey Gates, Atropia earned the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film, Sundance’s top award. Alia Shawkat stars as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, and...
“Arriving at our awards ceremony after seven days of connection and discovery is especially rewarding this year,” said Eugene Hernandez, director, Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming. “We are thrilled to honor these filmmakers fore their inventiveness, generosity, and for their valuable conversations, moments of levity, and deep insights their work has offered.”
See: ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ ‘Sorry, Baby’ and other 2025 Sundance titles that could shape the awards conversation this year
Written and directed by Hailey Gates, Atropia earned the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film, Sundance’s top award. Alia Shawkat stars as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, and...
- 1/31/2025
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
A still from Atropia by Hailey Gates, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (Photo Courtesy of Sundance Institute)
Atropia starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner earned the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic Competition award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and Seeds was named the U.S. Documentary Competition winner. The 2025 winners were announced today during a ceremony held at The Ray Theatre in Park City.
Additional Grand Jury Prize winners include Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) and Cutting Through Rocks. Audience Awards went to Twinless (U.S. Dramatic Competition), André is an Idiot (U.S. Documentary Competition), DJ Ahmet (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), Prime Minister (World Cinema Documentary Competition), and East of Wall (Next).
“We congratulate all of our filmmakers and award winners on a successful 2025 Sundance Film Festival and thank them for the stories they shared with our audiences,” stated Amanda Kelso, Acting CEO, Sundance Institute.
Atropia starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner earned the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic Competition award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and Seeds was named the U.S. Documentary Competition winner. The 2025 winners were announced today during a ceremony held at The Ray Theatre in Park City.
Additional Grand Jury Prize winners include Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) and Cutting Through Rocks. Audience Awards went to Twinless (U.S. Dramatic Competition), André is an Idiot (U.S. Documentary Competition), DJ Ahmet (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), Prime Minister (World Cinema Documentary Competition), and East of Wall (Next).
“We congratulate all of our filmmakers and award winners on a successful 2025 Sundance Film Festival and thank them for the stories they shared with our audiences,” stated Amanda Kelso, Acting CEO, Sundance Institute.
- 1/31/2025
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Park City, Utah, January 31, 2025 — Today the 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards were presented at a ceremony for the jury and audience award–winning films at The Ray Theatre in Park City, where independent storytelling was celebrated ahead of the Festival’s conclusion. The 2025 Festival, taking place now through February 2, has featured premieres, screenings, talks, events, and more in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. All feature award-winning films are available online nationwide now through February 2. Select award-winning films will screen in person for ticketholders and passholders. Tickets can be purchased at festival.sundance.org/tickets.
Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) (World Cinema Documentary Competition). The Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Project.
Audience awards for films in competition were presented by Acura to Twinless (U.
Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) (World Cinema Documentary Competition). The Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Project.
Audience awards for films in competition were presented by Acura to Twinless (U.
- 1/31/2025
- by Amritt Rukhaiyaar
- High on Films
2025 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners Announced: Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) (World Cinema Documentary Competition) Awarded Grand Jury Prizes; Next Innovator Award Presented by Adobe Goes to Zodiac Killer Project. Twinless (U.S. Dramatic Competition) and André is an Idiot (U.S. Documentary Competition) Receive Audience Awards Presented by Acura Audience Awards Presented by United Airlines Go to DJ Ahmet (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) and Prime Minister (World Cinema Documentary Competition); East of Wall wins Next Audience Award Presented by Adobe...
- 1/31/2025
- by Eric Green
- Immersive Media
The official awards for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, held in Utah every January, were announced this morning with a small ceremony held in person in Utah. This always marks the end of the fest, with a few days of screenings left. The festival continued this week with at-home viewings in addition to all the in-person events. This year's line-up featured a grand total of 88 feature films, quite a few less than expected, with a number of indie gems in the selection. The main winners for 2025 include Atropia, taking home Grand Jury Prize; along with Brittany Shyne's Seeds winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary. The Audience Awards went to Twinless and (doc) Andre is an Idiot, entirely expected based on the effusive reactions to both. The winners this year are rather mild & unexciting, even though there are some amazing films at Sundance not many of them got any awards.
- 1/31/2025
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Top L–R: Zodiac Killer Project. Mad Bills to Pay, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, Coexistence, My Ass!, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Cutting Through Rocks; Second Row L-r: DJ Ahmet, Two Women, The Things You Kill, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), Plainclothes, Twinless; Third Row L-r: Sorry, Baby, Ricky, Atropia, Selena y Los Dinos, Life After, André is an Idiot; Bottom L–R: The Perfect Neighbor, Seeds, East of Wall, Prime Minister Photo: Sundance Institute
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its winners from this year's festival, with the US Grand Jury prizes going to Atropia and Seeds.
In the World section, the Grand Jury prizes went to Cactus Pears (sabar Bonda) and Cutting Through Rocks. The Next award went to UK director Charlie Shackleton for Zodiac Killer Project.
Atropia, written and directed by Hailey Gates stars Alia Shawkat as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility, who falls in love...
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its winners from this year's festival, with the US Grand Jury prizes going to Atropia and Seeds.
In the World section, the Grand Jury prizes went to Cactus Pears (sabar Bonda) and Cutting Through Rocks. The Next award went to UK director Charlie Shackleton for Zodiac Killer Project.
Atropia, written and directed by Hailey Gates stars Alia Shawkat as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility, who falls in love...
- 1/31/2025
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Hailey Gates’s war-training satire Atropia won today the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Brittany Shyne’s Seeds, about Black farmers in Georgia and their relationship to both the land and U.S. agricultural policy, won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. In the international categories, the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic went to Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s UK/India/Canada production about a Western India urbanite grieving the loss of his father. Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears). Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار), Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s documentary about the feminist teachings of a councilwoman in a small Iranian […]
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- 1/31/2025
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Hailey Gates’s war-training satire Atropia won today the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Brittany Shyne’s Seeds, about Black farmers in Georgia and their relationship to both the land and U.S. agricultural policy, won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. In the international categories, the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic went to Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s UK/India/Canada production about a Western India urbanite grieving the loss of his father. Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears). Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار), Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s documentary about the feminist teachings of a councilwoman in a small Iranian […]
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- 1/31/2025
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival has two more days of in-person and online screenings, but the world premieres have been over since Tuesday. This morning, the festival revealed its juried and audience awards. The big winners were “Atropia,” “Seeds,” “Twinless,” “East of Wall,” and “André is an Idiot.”
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The U.S. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic went to Hailey Gates’ “Atropia.” Set during the Iraq War, Alia Shawkat plays a struggling actress who pretends to play an Iraqi in a fake Iraqi city set up to train soldiers in the California desert.
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The U.S. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic went to Hailey Gates’ “Atropia.” Set during the Iraq War, Alia Shawkat plays a struggling actress who pretends to play an Iraqi in a fake Iraqi city set up to train soldiers in the California desert.
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- 1/31/2025
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards were announced today at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
See the list of 2025 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Atropia (USA) – Hailey Gates
Directing Award
Ricky (USA) – Rashad Frett
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Sorry, Baby (USA) – Eva Victor
Special Jury Award for Acting
Twinless (USA) – Dylan O’Brien
Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney appear in Twinless by James Sweeney, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Greg Cotten.
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Plainclothes – Carmen Emmi
Audience Award
Twinless – James Sweeney
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Seeds (USA) – Brittany Shyne
Directing Award
The Perfect Neighbor (USA) – Geeta Gandbhir
Special Jury Award
Life After (USA) – Reid Davenport
Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling
Selena y Los Dinos (USA) – Isabel Castro
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award...
See the list of 2025 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Atropia (USA) – Hailey Gates
Directing Award
Ricky (USA) – Rashad Frett
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Sorry, Baby (USA) – Eva Victor
Special Jury Award for Acting
Twinless (USA) – Dylan O’Brien
Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney appear in Twinless by James Sweeney, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Greg Cotten.
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Plainclothes – Carmen Emmi
Audience Award
Twinless – James Sweeney
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Seeds (USA) – Brittany Shyne
Directing Award
The Perfect Neighbor (USA) – Geeta Gandbhir
Special Jury Award
Life After (USA) – Reid Davenport
Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling
Selena y Los Dinos (USA) – Isabel Castro
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award...
- 1/31/2025
- by Prem
- Talking Films
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival — and perhaps its second-to-last in Park City — has wound down with the annual awards ceremony.
On January 31, jurors presented prizes in the competitive sections, including the U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, and the Next lineup. Jurors across the sections looked at nearly 90 films representing more than 30 countries and territories.
Hailey Gates’ Iraq war satire, starring Alia Shawkat and produced by (among others) Luca Guadagnino, won the festival’s top award: the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic competition. The politically charged comedy, which follows an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility, is still looking for U.S. distribution amid mixed reviews out of Sundance. Meanwhile in that section, Eva Victor’s staggering feature debut “Sorry, Baby,” a startlingly wise and unsentimental depiction of trauma set in American academia, won a Screenwriting prize...
On January 31, jurors presented prizes in the competitive sections, including the U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, and the Next lineup. Jurors across the sections looked at nearly 90 films representing more than 30 countries and territories.
Hailey Gates’ Iraq war satire, starring Alia Shawkat and produced by (among others) Luca Guadagnino, won the festival’s top award: the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic competition. The politically charged comedy, which follows an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility, is still looking for U.S. distribution amid mixed reviews out of Sundance. Meanwhile in that section, Eva Victor’s staggering feature debut “Sorry, Baby,” a startlingly wise and unsentimental depiction of trauma set in American academia, won a Screenwriting prize...
- 1/31/2025
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Awards for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival were handed out on Friday morning, with the Dylan O’Brien-fronted dark comedy “Twinless” taking home the audience award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category. The film, which received a warm response upon its debut at the beginning of the festival, hails from writer/director/co-star James Sweeney and follows two strangers who meet in a twin bereavement support group. O’Brien also won a special jury award for acting for his work in the film.
Writer/director Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category, scoring top honors for a film that started life as a documentary. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Alia Shawkat as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent. Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker co-star.
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Writer/director Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category, scoring top honors for a film that started life as a documentary. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Alia Shawkat as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent. Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker co-star.
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- 1/31/2025
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The snow from this year’s Sundance Film Festival has mostly melted off of Hollywood’s Dior boots, and as the Utah event draws to a close the time has come to crown a new class of indie filmmaking stars.
Multiple pedigreed juries will hand out prizes to movies in competition on Friday at Park City’s The Ray Theater — where buzzy titles will duke it out for honors including directing, acting, screenwriting and the most coveted honors, the audience award and the grand jury prize.
“Storytelling is important, part of human continuity,” Sundance interim CEO Amanda Kelso said at the top of the ceremony, quoting its founder Robert Redford.
This year’s U.S. dramatic jury consists Reinaldo Marcus Green, Arian Moayed (“Succession”) and Celine Song. Steven Bognar, Vinnie Malhotra, and Marcia Smith are presiding over the domestic documentary section. Actor Elijah Wood is the sole juror for the Next section,...
Multiple pedigreed juries will hand out prizes to movies in competition on Friday at Park City’s The Ray Theater — where buzzy titles will duke it out for honors including directing, acting, screenwriting and the most coveted honors, the audience award and the grand jury prize.
“Storytelling is important, part of human continuity,” Sundance interim CEO Amanda Kelso said at the top of the ceremony, quoting its founder Robert Redford.
This year’s U.S. dramatic jury consists Reinaldo Marcus Green, Arian Moayed (“Succession”) and Celine Song. Steven Bognar, Vinnie Malhotra, and Marcia Smith are presiding over the domestic documentary section. Actor Elijah Wood is the sole juror for the Next section,...
- 1/31/2025
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
This year's awards season is wrapping up, which means it's time to look forward to the films we'll be discussing this time next year. Some of those hopefuls just premiered in Park City during the Sundance festival, which generally provides one of our first glimpses at next year's landscape. If...
- 1/31/2025
- by Emma Keates
- avclub.com
Six documentaries that have premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival are among the 46 recipients of The Ford Foundation’s $4.2 million donation as part of the organization’s commitment to social justice stories, Variety has exclusively learned.
The Sundance documentaries chosen include “Free Leonard Peltier,” “Heightened Scrutiny,” “How to Build a Library,” “Seeds,” “Life After” and “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.” Collectively, these films cover topics such as Native American rights, media reporting on transgender issues, decolonization, disabled communities and navigating Hollywood as a deaf actor.
The Ford Foundation’s JustFilms program provides production grants as well as deepens the organization’s commitment to supporting historically marginalized voices and adjusting to distribution challenges in the industry.
In a statement to Variety, program officer of JustFilms’ Creativity and Free Expression programs Paulina Suárez said that “we are committed to supporting independent filmmakers as central agents of narrative power.
The Sundance documentaries chosen include “Free Leonard Peltier,” “Heightened Scrutiny,” “How to Build a Library,” “Seeds,” “Life After” and “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.” Collectively, these films cover topics such as Native American rights, media reporting on transgender issues, decolonization, disabled communities and navigating Hollywood as a deaf actor.
The Ford Foundation’s JustFilms program provides production grants as well as deepens the organization’s commitment to supporting historically marginalized voices and adjusting to distribution challenges in the industry.
In a statement to Variety, program officer of JustFilms’ Creativity and Free Expression programs Paulina Suárez said that “we are committed to supporting independent filmmakers as central agents of narrative power.
- 1/30/2025
- by Matt Minton
- Variety Film + TV
Nick Cave has reaffirmed his love for Kanye West’s music by revealing he wants the rapper’s song “I Am a God” to be played at his funeral.
In the latest Q&a on his Red Hands Files website, Cave responded to a pair of fan questions, one of which mentioned his selection of the 2013 Yeezus track on BBC’s Desert Island Discs. The other asked which song the artist wanted to be played at his funeral, which was an easy decision. “Please, ‘I Am a God’ by Kanye West,” he wrote.
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Over the past several years, Cave has been one of West’s biggest defenders. In 2020, he called Ye “our greatest artist,” saying the process of making art is “a form of madness.” He continued, “There is no musician on Earth that is as committed to their own derangement as Kanye,...
In the latest Q&a on his Red Hands Files website, Cave responded to a pair of fan questions, one of which mentioned his selection of the 2013 Yeezus track on BBC’s Desert Island Discs. The other asked which song the artist wanted to be played at his funeral, which was an easy decision. “Please, ‘I Am a God’ by Kanye West,” he wrote.
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Over the past several years, Cave has been one of West’s biggest defenders. In 2020, he called Ye “our greatest artist,” saying the process of making art is “a form of madness.” He continued, “There is no musician on Earth that is as committed to their own derangement as Kanye,...
- 1/29/2025
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Producers get a share of the spotlight each and every Sundance, typically on the first Sunday of the festival thanks to the Producers Celebration presented by Amazon MGM Studios.
Held today at Park City venue The Park, the morning event featured a keynote by Oscar nominated producer David Hinojosa as well as the distribution of a pair of $10,000 grants to producers with projects in this year’s Sundance lineup.
Snagging Hinojosa for a speech was a bit of a coup as the veteran producer — an alum of Killer Films who co-founded his own production company 2Am — is coming off a banner year with credits on Brady Corbet’s best picture nominee The Brutalist and Halina Reijn’s Nicole Kidman-starrer Babygirl. His other credits include Bodies Bodies Bodies, Brothers by Blood, The World to Come, Shirley, Zola, Vox Lux, Beatriz at Dinner and more.
Hinojosa, who is active in the collective Producers United,...
Held today at Park City venue The Park, the morning event featured a keynote by Oscar nominated producer David Hinojosa as well as the distribution of a pair of $10,000 grants to producers with projects in this year’s Sundance lineup.
Snagging Hinojosa for a speech was a bit of a coup as the veteran producer — an alum of Killer Films who co-founded his own production company 2Am — is coming off a banner year with credits on Brady Corbet’s best picture nominee The Brutalist and Halina Reijn’s Nicole Kidman-starrer Babygirl. His other credits include Bodies Bodies Bodies, Brothers by Blood, The World to Come, Shirley, Zola, Vox Lux, Beatriz at Dinner and more.
Hinojosa, who is active in the collective Producers United,...
- 1/26/2025
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of the great benefits of the Sundance Film Festival is that it provides a forum for independent film producers to gather and not only share war stories, but celebrate one another and offer support for the films being unveiled. On Sunday, January 26, the Sundance Producers Celebration was held for this exact purpose, with the 2025 Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Awards being presented to producers of films premiering at this year’s festival. “Babygirl” producer David Hinojosa also delivered the keynote address.
Joe Pirro received the Amazon Studios Fiction Producers Award for his work on the remake of “The Wedding Banquet” starring Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone, while Danielle Varga received the Amazon Studios Nonfiction Producers Award for the documentary “Seeds.” Both will receive a $10,000 grant as part of this prize. IndieWire shares Hinojosa’s keynote exclusively below.
David Hinojosa: This is truly a place that allows you to be exactly who you are.
Joe Pirro received the Amazon Studios Fiction Producers Award for his work on the remake of “The Wedding Banquet” starring Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone, while Danielle Varga received the Amazon Studios Nonfiction Producers Award for the documentary “Seeds.” Both will receive a $10,000 grant as part of this prize. IndieWire shares Hinojosa’s keynote exclusively below.
David Hinojosa: This is truly a place that allows you to be exactly who you are.
- 1/26/2025
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Day 3 of the Sundance Film Festival continues with premiering films today, from writer Hailey Gates’ directorial debut, Atropia, to James Griffiths’ The Ballad of Wallis Island.
Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, and Hailey Gates graced the red carpet at the Eccles Theatre on Jan 25 for the premiere of director Gates’ comedy, Atropia. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, the film follows an aspiring actress who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent while training at a military role-playing facility. Their nonsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance. The film also stars Tim Heidecker and Jane Levy.
Related: Sundance Film Festival 2025: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
Later, Griffiths presented the premiere of his latest film, The Ballad of Wallis Island, starring Tom Basden and Tim Key, opposite Carey Mulligan, Sian Clifford, and Akemnji Ndifornyen. Basden and Key, longtime collaborators who previously brought their 2015 film Two Films About Loneliness to Sundance,...
Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, and Hailey Gates graced the red carpet at the Eccles Theatre on Jan 25 for the premiere of director Gates’ comedy, Atropia. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, the film follows an aspiring actress who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent while training at a military role-playing facility. Their nonsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance. The film also stars Tim Heidecker and Jane Levy.
Related: Sundance Film Festival 2025: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
Later, Griffiths presented the premiere of his latest film, The Ballad of Wallis Island, starring Tom Basden and Tim Key, opposite Carey Mulligan, Sian Clifford, and Akemnji Ndifornyen. Basden and Key, longtime collaborators who previously brought their 2015 film Two Films About Loneliness to Sundance,...
- 1/25/2025
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
In Seeds, her feature debut, Brittany Shyne explores the generational legacy of Black farmers in the American south via observational vignettes shot in stunning black and white. Acting as director, producer and cinematographer, Shyne developed authentic connections with the film’s oft-elderly subjects, and she cites the passing of several of these participants as “the most difficult days” of production. Below, Shyne elaborates on the decision to shoot solo, the visual artists she looked to for inspiration and her natural approach to lighting. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being […]
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- 1/25/2025
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In Seeds, her feature debut, Brittany Shyne explores the generational legacy of Black farmers in the American south via observational vignettes shot in stunning black and white. Acting as director, producer and cinematographer, Shyne developed authentic connections with the film’s oft-elderly subjects, and she cites the passing of several of these participants as “the most difficult days” of production. Below, Shyne elaborates on the decision to shoot solo, the visual artists she looked to for inspiration and her natural approach to lighting. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being […]
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- 1/25/2025
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In Brittany Shyne’s gorgeous documentary “Seeds” the camera often captures parts of her subjects others might ignore.
Shyne, who also serves as cinematographer, focuses on hands, weathered with creases. She looks at hair, washed in a sink. She lovingly lingers on ash dangling off a cigarette and the worn toes of boots. Shyne’s powerful eye is one of the reasons “Seeds,” a lyrical portrait of Black farmers in the American South, is one of the must-see documentaries at Sundance, and will continue to be vital once released for a broader audience.
Captured in exquisite black and white, Shyne creates a moving testament to a dwindling population. The world of these landowners is threatened by discrimination and government ignorance. But “Seeds” is not all that concerned with statistics, though they are shared in passing. Shyne makes a forceful argument through just letting the audience be absorbed with a way of life.
Shyne, who also serves as cinematographer, focuses on hands, weathered with creases. She looks at hair, washed in a sink. She lovingly lingers on ash dangling off a cigarette and the worn toes of boots. Shyne’s powerful eye is one of the reasons “Seeds,” a lyrical portrait of Black farmers in the American South, is one of the must-see documentaries at Sundance, and will continue to be vital once released for a broader audience.
Captured in exquisite black and white, Shyne creates a moving testament to a dwindling population. The world of these landowners is threatened by discrimination and government ignorance. But “Seeds” is not all that concerned with statistics, though they are shared in passing. Shyne makes a forceful argument through just letting the audience be absorbed with a way of life.
- 1/25/2025
- by Esther Zuckerman
- Indiewire
A close friend, reflecting on her own photography practice, recently told me that she still had so much to say in black and white. I thought of her sentiment while watching Seeds, Brittany Shyne’s delicate meditation on Black farmers in the United States. The film uses black and white palette to gorgeous effect, finding precise language in moody shades and dramatic contrasts.
Premiering at Sundance in the U.S. Documentary competition, Seeds observes two Black farmers in the contemporary American South. Shyne, who also serves as cinematographer, constructs an empathetic portrait of agrarian life while also revealing threats to its survival. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a long history of discriminatory practices against Black farmers, including refusing to process loans or approving smaller loan amounts compared to those dispersed to white farmers.
Last year, in a historic move, the agency agreed to distribute $2 billion to roughly 40,000 Black farmers...
Premiering at Sundance in the U.S. Documentary competition, Seeds observes two Black farmers in the contemporary American South. Shyne, who also serves as cinematographer, constructs an empathetic portrait of agrarian life while also revealing threats to its survival. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a long history of discriminatory practices against Black farmers, including refusing to process loans or approving smaller loan amounts compared to those dispersed to white farmers.
Last year, in a historic move, the agency agreed to distribute $2 billion to roughly 40,000 Black farmers...
- 1/25/2025
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While “stunning directorial debut” is an overused description that seldom lives up to the Sundance hype, in the case of Brittany Shyne’s Seeds it’s also quite precise. The lush, B&w-shot doc is a gorgeous portrait of what may very well be the last in a long line of generational Black farmers in rural Georgia, one in which Shyne’s camera serves as both portal and means of preservation. By quietly and patiently embedding with two extended families in the small town of Thomasville, Shyne is able to capture everything from the languid rhythm of daily work, from harvesting cotton to repairing […]
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- 1/25/2025
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
While “stunning directorial debut” is an overused description that seldom lives up to the Sundance hype, in the case of Brittany Shyne’s Seeds it’s also quite precise. The lush, B&w-shot doc is a gorgeous portrait of what may very well be the last in a long line of generational Black farmers in rural Georgia, one in which Shyne’s camera serves as both portal and means of preservation. By quietly and patiently embedding with two extended families in the small town of Thomasville, Shyne is able to capture everything from the languid rhythm of daily work, from harvesting cotton to repairing […]
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- 1/25/2025
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival is almost here, and in the lead-up to the annual event, we now know who will be responsible for picking the various jury prizes at the festival. The 2025 Sundance jury members spans 16 filmmakers, with the vaunted U.S. Dramatic Competition jury being especially star-studded. “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green and “Succession” alum Arian Moayed serve on that jury with “Past Lives” director Celine Song; her feature debut premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival before receiving Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
The 2025 festival will begin Thursday, January 23, with premieres in Park City every day through the end of Tuesday, January 28. Additional showings will take place in Park City and Salt Lake City throughout the Festival until Sunday, February 2. The jury members will select the winners to be announced during the Awards Ceremony, held at The Ray Theatre on Friday, January 31.
“We are...
The 2025 festival will begin Thursday, January 23, with premieres in Park City every day through the end of Tuesday, January 28. Additional showings will take place in Park City and Salt Lake City throughout the Festival until Sunday, February 2. The jury members will select the winners to be announced during the Awards Ceremony, held at The Ray Theatre on Friday, January 31.
“We are...
- 1/14/2025
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
One of the most imaginative and artistically rich genres in fiction, sci-fi offers audiences an enticing glimpse at the wildest speculative concepts - from futuristic technology to interstellar travel to parallel universes. Science fiction in anime is one of the most prolific and highly acclaimed genres, and its face in the mainstream shonen anime scene over the last few years has been Riichiro Inagaki’s Dr. Stone.
A highly unusual shonen adventure, Dr. Stone follows the teenage genius Senku Ishigami and his quest to rebuild civilization through science after the world was frozen in stone for over three thousand years. While unique in both its concept and execution, Dr. Stone shares many similarities with other incredible anime sci-fi - be it in its informativeness, unorthodox mix of humor and action-adventure, or whimsical subversion of speculative fiction tropes. With Senku’s adventures resuming this Winter anime season, there’s no better...
A highly unusual shonen adventure, Dr. Stone follows the teenage genius Senku Ishigami and his quest to rebuild civilization through science after the world was frozen in stone for over three thousand years. While unique in both its concept and execution, Dr. Stone shares many similarities with other incredible anime sci-fi - be it in its informativeness, unorthodox mix of humor and action-adventure, or whimsical subversion of speculative fiction tropes. With Senku’s adventures resuming this Winter anime season, there’s no better...
- 1/13/2025
- by Maria Remizova
- Comic Book Resources
The final Terraria update has been delayed and will likely not be released until next year. The long-running sandbox mining, crafting, and building title has been working on Update 1.4.5 since at least 2022 when it was announced for 2023. The scope of the update has grown since then, and developer De-Logic has been working on bringing new content to fans.
Details for Update 1.4.5 and much more were revealed in a lengthy developer update on the official Terraria forum. According to the update, the team hoped to have the update finished by the end of the year, but "that isn't looking to be the case." Due to various end-of-the-year holdups, Re-Logic has decided to push the update back for a very wholesome reason: "We are also not going to force anyone on our team or anyone else's team to crunch for what would be an arbitrary deadline." As a result, the next update...
Details for Update 1.4.5 and much more were revealed in a lengthy developer update on the official Terraria forum. According to the update, the team hoped to have the update finished by the end of the year, but "that isn't looking to be the case." Due to various end-of-the-year holdups, Re-Logic has decided to push the update back for a very wholesome reason: "We are also not going to force anyone on our team or anyone else's team to crunch for what would be an arbitrary deadline." As a result, the next update...
- 12/2/2024
- by Yuliya Geikhman
- ScreenRant
15 years after NPR tried to book TV on the Radio for a Tiny Desk Concert during the series’ early days, the reunited band has finally made their debut performance. Watch the replay below.
During their four-song set, the New York City band didn’t play any tracks from their debut album, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, which they are currently celebrating with a 20th anniversary reissue (pick up your copy here) and a comeback residency tour. Instead, TV on the Radio began by tearing through “Wolf Like Me” from 2006’s Return to Cookie Mountain. Then, they took a beat to acknowledge NPR’s attempt to land them for a Tiny Desk at its very beginnings.
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“Thank you for having us here,” said singer Tunde Adebimpe. “I don’t know what happened 15 years ago. I think someone missed a phone call or an email ’cause...
During their four-song set, the New York City band didn’t play any tracks from their debut album, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, which they are currently celebrating with a 20th anniversary reissue (pick up your copy here) and a comeback residency tour. Instead, TV on the Radio began by tearing through “Wolf Like Me” from 2006’s Return to Cookie Mountain. Then, they took a beat to acknowledge NPR’s attempt to land them for a Tiny Desk at its very beginnings.
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“Thank you for having us here,” said singer Tunde Adebimpe. “I don’t know what happened 15 years ago. I think someone missed a phone call or an email ’cause...
- 11/27/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Earlier this week, Bob Dylan shared on Twitter/X that he had recently attended Nick Cave’s concert in Paris. “I was really struck by that song ‘Joy’ where he sings ‘We’ve all had too much sorrow, now it the time for joy,’ I was thinking to myself, yeah that’s about right,” Dylan wrote.
Now, via his website The Red Hand Files, Cave has responded to Dylan’s post. As Cave explained, “I hadn’t known Bob was at the concert and his tweet was a lovely pulse of joy that penetrated my exhausted, zombied state.”
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“I was happy to see Bob on X, just as many on the Left had performed a Twitterectomy and headed for Bluesky,” Cave continued. “It felt admirably perverse, in a Bob Dylan kind of way. I did indeed feel it was a time for joy rather than sorrow.
Now, via his website The Red Hand Files, Cave has responded to Dylan’s post. As Cave explained, “I hadn’t known Bob was at the concert and his tweet was a lovely pulse of joy that penetrated my exhausted, zombied state.”
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“I was happy to see Bob on X, just as many on the Left had performed a Twitterectomy and headed for Bluesky,” Cave continued. “It felt admirably perverse, in a Bob Dylan kind of way. I did indeed feel it was a time for joy rather than sorrow.
- 11/24/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Days of Our Lives spoilers reveal that Nancy Miller (Patrika Darbo) dragged Joy Wesley (AlexAnn Hopkins) to Salem. While Joy did get the acting job, Nancy keeps going on about all her daughter’s screw-ups.
Joy seems like a nice girl, but clearly has self-esteem issues. These issues might not be from Joy, but from Nancy’s toxic parenting. Keep reading and let’s talk about Joy and Nancy’s strained relationship.
Days Of Our Lives Spoilers – Joy Wesley’s Introduction
Dool spoilers reveal that when Joy was introduced, she had just traveled with Nancy to Salem. Joy was exhausted and frustrated after being pent up with her mother for the entire trip. When Joy arrived in Salem, she stopped to get a drink and ran into Johnny Dimera (Carson Boatman).
Joy and Johnny got drunk, and then ended up kissing. That turned into a betrayal, one that Johnny and Joy both regret.
Joy seems like a nice girl, but clearly has self-esteem issues. These issues might not be from Joy, but from Nancy’s toxic parenting. Keep reading and let’s talk about Joy and Nancy’s strained relationship.
Days Of Our Lives Spoilers – Joy Wesley’s Introduction
Dool spoilers reveal that when Joy was introduced, she had just traveled with Nancy to Salem. Joy was exhausted and frustrated after being pent up with her mother for the entire trip. When Joy arrived in Salem, she stopped to get a drink and ran into Johnny Dimera (Carson Boatman).
Joy and Johnny got drunk, and then ended up kissing. That turned into a betrayal, one that Johnny and Joy both regret.
- 11/23/2024
- by Amandah Hancen
- Celebrating The Soaps
Abertoir Horror Festival is back for its 19th year, returning to Aberystwyth Arts Centre from 14th to 17th November for in-person screenings, followed by a virtual event on 23rd and 24th November. The festival, with a theme dedicated to the terrifying world of killer animals and nature’s revenge, has seen such high demand this year that it has expanded to a larger auditorium to accommodate more horror fans.
“We’ve been truly blown away by the support for this year’s event,” said Festival Director Gaz Bailey. “We’re grateful to have been able to move to a bigger auditorium so we can accommodate even more audience members this year.” The expanded venue promises a grander experience with a massive screen, amplifying the festival’s signature thrills.
Abertoir’s line-up this year offers a mix of fresh premieres and horror classics. Welsh audiences will get the first look at Dead Talents Society,...
“We’ve been truly blown away by the support for this year’s event,” said Festival Director Gaz Bailey. “We’re grateful to have been able to move to a bigger auditorium so we can accommodate even more audience members this year.” The expanded venue promises a grander experience with a massive screen, amplifying the festival’s signature thrills.
Abertoir’s line-up this year offers a mix of fresh premieres and horror classics. Welsh audiences will get the first look at Dead Talents Society,...
- 11/11/2024
- by Emily Bennett
- Love Horror
Bruce Springsteen ain’t afraid of no ghosts! The Boss got into the spooky spirit of Halloween Thursday night at his concert at Montreal’s Centre Bell. While opening his show with the E Street Band, Springsteen performed a cover of “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr.
Videos from the show capture Springsteen rocking out with his band surrounded by purple lights as he leads a call and response with the song’s chorus: “Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!”
https://twitter.com/springnuts_/status/1852135321279832250?s=46&t=7FsPROXk-HNFX3UDQFgdMg
“Ghostbusters” was a massive hit in the mid-Eighties,...
Videos from the show capture Springsteen rocking out with his band surrounded by purple lights as he leads a call and response with the song’s chorus: “Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!”
https://twitter.com/springnuts_/status/1852135321279832250?s=46&t=7FsPROXk-HNFX3UDQFgdMg
“Ghostbusters” was a massive hit in the mid-Eighties,...
- 11/1/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
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