The city on everybody’s lips at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was…Cincinnati. Countless festival guests whispered about the festival’s potential move to the Ohio city, one of three finalists in its search for a new home. The resounding consensus? “Please, not there.”

The Sundance Film Festival 2025, beloved by independent film enthusiasts, opens the film festival circuit with thought-provoking panels, and red-carpet premieres. Despite the cancellation of other ...

Naturally, The Verge is going to be taking in as much of Sundance as we can and posting bite-sized reviews of everything we see. We’ll also be posting longer reviews and sharing trailers, and you can follow along here to keep up with all of the news out of the festival.

Five years since the COVID-19 pandemic slingshotted Sundance into the streaming era, the festival’s virtual component, which runs through midnight Sunday, remains one of the most frustratingly well-kept secrets in the cinematic universe.

Sundance Institute this week revealed all the trophy winners to emerge from the fest's short film program during a ceremony and party presented by Vimeo at venue The Park in Park City, Utah.

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,

Each January, the Sundance Film Festival takes over the snow-tinged ski town of Park City, to celebrate original, independent storytelling. Movie enthusiasts, filmmakers and other members of the entertainment industry gather to share and discuss their art — and make important business deals to finance it.

From a new family drama with John Magaro to a quirky comedy about cabbage smuggling, all five of these 2025 Sundance films honor the grand tradition of finding variety in the festival. Let’s dive in.

Juan Collado appears in Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) by Joel Alfonso Vargas, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

While the Sundance Film Festival mulls a big move for 2027 , the 2025 program is under way. The event’s 41st edition kicked off January 23 in Utah, and you can look below for all of Deadline’s reviews from the fest so far.

This isn’t quite the opening we would expect, but this unpredictable opening and these awkward interactions set the tone for James Sweeney’s Twinless perfectly. In a bereavement support group for twins,

"Twinless," which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, challenges dramatic notions of sympathetic characters and relationship narratives, for a bold, singular vision.