Sundance Film Festival 2025 wrapped this weekend, closing the door on another eventful year of amazing titles. The festival brought many films about individuals from every race, sexual orientation, disability, or gender identity. One can see the depth of quality from haunting discussions about disability in Life After to extravagant explorations about love and identity in the fantasy Rains Over Babel. Not to mention inventive stories about systemic poverty and social prejudice with titles like Seeds and Ricky.
But Sundance didn’t have all serious programming. The festival had select offerings that were quite entertaining. In our latest YouTube discussion, we touch on a few of these titles, such as Atropia, a comedic M.A.S.H.-inspired riff on the war in Iraq, where soldiers live in mock camps to prepare for deployment. The film showcases how underrated Alia Shawkat is as a comedic performer.
Another entry we discuss is Bubble & Squeak, a ridiculous Wes Anderson style fish out of water romantic comedy about a couple accused of smuggling cabbage into a strange country. It was easily one of our favorites, demonstrating irreverent humor and some of the funniest dialogue delivery from the entire festival.
We also wrap up our YouTube coverage by touching on the controversy that circulated at the end of the festival involving Twinless and Selena y Los Dinos. A couple of participants who were part of the virtual festival operated in bad faith, posting clips of the movies online, putting the entire virtual portion of the festival at risk for the foreseeable future. We talk about what that might mean for the participants who have disabilities in the future.
Check out our final video below, and be sure to like and subscribe to our YouTube channel! Feel free to comment and let us know if you are excited about any of the films mentioned. Stay tuned, because we have more reviews coming soon!
You can find the full playlist for our Sundance coverage this year here, and more of my written reviews under the Sundance tag.
Full list of Sundance Film Festival films reviewed in the video
Atropia – USA
Directed & written by Hailey Gates Starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner
Winner: U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury prize
Bubble & Squeak – USA
Directed & written by Evan Twohy Starring Himesh Patel. Sarah Goldberg, Steven Yeun, Dave Franco, Matt Berry
Omaha – USA
Directed by Cole Webley Written by Robert Machoian
DJ Ahmet – North Macedonia/ Czech Republic / Serbia / Croatia
Directed & written by Georgi M. Unkovski
Winner: World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
Winner: World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award
East of Wall – USA
Directed and written by Kate Beecroft Starring Tabatha Zimiga, Porshia Zimiga, Scoot McNairy
André is an Idiot – USA
Directed by Tony Benna Edited by Parker Laramie
Winner: U.S. Documentary Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Winner: U.S. Documentary Audience Award
Predators – USA
Directed by David Osit Edited by David Osit & Nicolás Nørgaard Staffolani
Ricky – USA
Directed by Rashad Frett Written by Rashad Frett & Lin Que Ayoung
Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic
Seeds – USA
Directed by Brittany Shyne Edited by Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Zodiac Killer Project – USA / UK
Directed by Charlie Shackleton Marlee
Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – USA
Directed by Shoshannah Stern Edited by Sara Newens
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