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Sundance 2025 / World Cinema Dramatic Competition

15 articles available in total starting from 24/01/2025. Last article published on 03/02/2025.

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Laura Casabé • Director of The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Interview: Laura Casabé • Director of The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

“I wanted to show my own modern pop witches”

In her new film, the Argentinian director compels you to believe that women have special powers  

03/02 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade • Director of Cactus Pears

Interview: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade • Director of Cactus Pears

“It was important to show the moment of intimacy and tenderness between two men after the sexual act”

The Mumbai-born Marathi filmmaker shares his perspective on the importance of seeing quiet moments in intimate relationships on screen, after winning the Sundance Grand Jury Prize  

03/02 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Mathias Broe • Director of Sauna

Interview: Mathias Broe • Director of Sauna

“I wanted to be able to recognise what I experience myself in queer spaces, in intimate situations”

The Danish director lays out his community-centric approach to creating his first feature, a queer romance that also engages with Denmark’s social environment pertaining to trans rights  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

Interview: Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

“I wanted to break away from this cliché that every time you have to reflect, you have to go to a confined, dark space”

The Canadian-based Iranian director speaks to us about his cast, the emotional challenges he faced in making the film and his production process  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Sauna

Review: Sauna

Debuting director Mathias Broe brings the beauty of non-heteronormative desire to the big screen with a romance between a doe-eyed cis man and his trans lover  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Cactus Pears

Review: Cactus Pears

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s feature debut depicts shrouded homosexuality in rural India coming into the light  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Review: The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Laura Casabé reimagines Mariana Enríquez’s gothic tales as a blend of folk horror, social drama and a dark exploration of adolescence set amidst Argentina’s 2001 economic collapse  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Sukkwan Island

Review: Sukkwan Island

Swann Arlaud and Woody Norman dazzle in Vladimir de Fontenay’s new movie, a high-calibre and incisive survival film which is as brutally physical as it is subtly psychological  

27/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Where the Wind Comes From

Review: Where the Wind Comes From

Amel Guellaty's feature debut is a vibrant portrait of youth caught between tradition and the restless desire for freedom on the outskirts of Tunisia  

27/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Brides

Review: Brides

Debuting feature director Nadia Fall moves from stage to screen with a rocky tale of two British teenage girls travelling to Syria for the promise of a better life  

27/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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