The jurors for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival have been announced, with Arian Moayed, Celine Song and Reinaldo Marcus Green set for the U.S. Dramatic Competition section.
Song’s debut feature, Past Lives, premiered at the festival, as did Green’s Monsters and Men. Moayed was at Sundance in 2023 with Nicole Holofcener’s You Hurt My Feelings.
Elsewhere, Steven Bognar, Vinnie Malhotra and Marcia Smith will handle the U.S. Documentary Competition, with Daniela Alatorre, Laura Kim and Kevin Macdonald taking the World Cinema Documentary Competition. Ava Cahen, Wanuri Kahiu and Daniel Kaluuya will judge the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
The Short Film Program Competition will be judged by Kaniehtiio Horn, Maggie Mackay and Kibwe Tavares, while Elijah Wood will judge the NEXT section.
Yesterday, CEO Amanda Kelso and festival director Eugene Hernandez sent a letter to the indie film community stating that Sundance will continue as planned despite the fires burning in Los Angeles. “Our community has a history of coming together when passion and perseverance are needed most, drawing strength from the deep bonds that make us so resilient,” they wrote. “Right now, we may mourn, but we also know it is important to carry on.”
