Sundance: See the now-unveiling list of competition and Audience winners out of the 2025 festival, running through February 2.

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.

The Sundance Film Festival has selected this year's Merata Mita and Graton Fellows for Artists from California-Based Tribes.

The weakness of independent film has a knock-on effect – and not a good one - on the entire entertainment ecosystem.

Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees of the Sundance Film Festival are making their final push to keep the world-renowned independent film festival in the state as its directors consider uprooting it.

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.

Our Sundance Institute team is thrilled for Rhayne, Roni Jo, and Stefan. Their roots and creative journeys are so different, and that speaks to why opportunities like the Merata Mita and Graton Fellowships are so important for uplifting Indigenous storytelling — they allow us to champion a variety of projects,

Rebuilding, is such a beautiful film — both narratively and visually — that it left few dry eyes in the packed audience of its Sundance premiere.

Sundance takes place every January, turning the "ski town of 8,200 full-time residents into a snowy circus, with over 20,000 people streaming in from around the globe," said the Times. When this happens,

A still from The Perfect Neighbor by Geeta Gandbhir, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Bowen Yang, the “Wicked” actor and “Saturday Night Live” comedian, said he's in favor of having the Sundance Film Festival move to Salt Lake City, with some events remaining in Park City, rather than leave Utah entirely.