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Sundance 2025 Updated Slate | MPRM Communications
ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT - U.S. Documentary Competition
Director: Tony Benna
Producers: Andre Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Joshua Altman, Stelio Kitrilakis, Ben Cotner
Running Time: 87 min
Sundance Website
André, a brilliant idiot, is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.
Producers: Andre Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Joshua Altman, Stelio Kitrilakis, Ben Cotner
Running Time: 87 min
Sundance Website
André, a brilliant idiot, is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.
LIFE AFTER - U.S. Documentary Competition
Director: Reid Davenport (I Didn’t See You There, Sundance 2022)
Producer: Colleen Cassingham
Running Time: 100 mins
Sundance Website
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia.
Producer: Colleen Cassingham
Running Time: 100 mins
Sundance Website
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia.
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN - World Cinema Documentary Competition
Director/Writer: David Borenstein
Co-Director, Documentary Participant: Pavel “Pasha” Talankin
Producer: Helle Faber
Running Time: 90 min
Sales Contact: Cinetic & DR Sales
Sundance Website
Pasha Talankin is an unlikely hero—a beloved Russian primary school teacher, known as a mentor and prankster who offers students a safe haven in his office. After Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha’s role in the school changes dramatically as he is reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine. Forced to promote state-sanctioned messages and horrified by the transformation of his school and community, he struggles with guilt and a sense of powerlessness, leading him to become an international whistleblower.
As the school’s videographer, Pasha documents intimate and revealing footage of Putin’s regime, capturing the rise of militarized children’s groups, repressive laws, fervent nationalism, and the recruitment of graduating students to fight in the war. When he learns his own life may be at risk, Pasha is forced to plan a dangerous escape from Russia.
Directed by David Borenstein and co-directed by Pasha Talankin, this uniquely collaborative film is as captivating and joyful as it is eye-opening and sobering. Mr. Nobody Against Putin showcases rare footage that reveals the profound impact of Putin’s regime on the lives of everyday Russians, particularly its children.
Co-Director, Documentary Participant: Pavel “Pasha” Talankin
Producer: Helle Faber
Running Time: 90 min
Sales Contact: Cinetic & DR Sales
Sundance Website
Pasha Talankin is an unlikely hero—a beloved Russian primary school teacher, known as a mentor and prankster who offers students a safe haven in his office. After Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha’s role in the school changes dramatically as he is reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine. Forced to promote state-sanctioned messages and horrified by the transformation of his school and community, he struggles with guilt and a sense of powerlessness, leading him to become an international whistleblower.
As the school’s videographer, Pasha documents intimate and revealing footage of Putin’s regime, capturing the rise of militarized children’s groups, repressive laws, fervent nationalism, and the recruitment of graduating students to fight in the war. When he learns his own life may be at risk, Pasha is forced to plan a dangerous escape from Russia.
Directed by David Borenstein and co-directed by Pasha Talankin, this uniquely collaborative film is as captivating and joyful as it is eye-opening and sobering. Mr. Nobody Against Putin showcases rare footage that reveals the profound impact of Putin’s regime on the lives of everyday Russians, particularly its children.
SUNFISH & OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE - U.S. Dramatic Competition
Director: Sierra Falconer
Producer: Grant Ellison & Sierra Falconer
Running Time: 87 min
Sales Contact: WME
Sundance Website
As a single summer unfolds around Green Lake, the lives of its residents and visitors intertwine in moments of change and self-discovery. A girl bonds with her grandparents through sailing and birding, a boy battles for first chair at a prestigious arts camp, a fisherman and a young mother are an odd pair in pursuit of adventure and the perfect catch, and two sisters savor their final days running a bed-and-breakfast before college pulls them apart.
Wistful, nostalgic, and rich with a sense of place, Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) invites us into a unique community united by a fleeting season. First-time feature writer and director Sierra Falconer has crafted an elegant collection of interconnected tales —a tender ode to an idyllic, yet imperfect, corner of Northern Michigan.
Producer: Grant Ellison & Sierra Falconer
Running Time: 87 min
Sales Contact: WME
Sundance Website
As a single summer unfolds around Green Lake, the lives of its residents and visitors intertwine in moments of change and self-discovery. A girl bonds with her grandparents through sailing and birding, a boy battles for first chair at a prestigious arts camp, a fisherman and a young mother are an odd pair in pursuit of adventure and the perfect catch, and two sisters savor their final days running a bed-and-breakfast before college pulls them apart.
Wistful, nostalgic, and rich with a sense of place, Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) invites us into a unique community united by a fleeting season. First-time feature writer and director Sierra Falconer has crafted an elegant collection of interconnected tales —a tender ode to an idyllic, yet imperfect, corner of Northern Michigan.
THE STRINGER - Documentary Premieres
Director: Bao Nguyen
Executive Producer: Sue Turley
Producer: Teri Lichstein & Fiona Turner
Running Time: 110 min
Sundance Website
A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as “the stringer.”
Executive Producer: Sue Turley
Producer: Teri Lichstein & Fiona Turner
Running Time: 110 min
Sundance Website
A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as “the stringer.”
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