The participation of Casabé and Ulman reinforces the growing presence of Argentine cinema at international festivals. Both films promise to stand out for their innovative narratives and unique perspectives, representing the talent and diversity of cinematic voices from the region.
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival will take place from January 16 to 26 in Park City, Utah, attracting filmmakers, critics, and film enthusiasts from around the world. With these films on the lineup, Argentine cinema is poised to be one of the event’s highlights.
The Virgin of Quarry Lake (La virgen de la tosquera), a co-production between Argentina, Spain, and Mexico, features a top-tier creative team. Directed by Laura Casabé and written by Benjamín Naishtat, the film is produced by Tomás Eloy Muñoz, Valeria Bistagnino, Alejandro Israel, David Matamoros, Ángeles Hernández, and Diego Martínez Ulanosky. Set in 2001 in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, the story explores the complex dynamics among three teenagers who fall in love with the same boy, Diego. Just as Natalia seems ready to begin a relationship with him, the arrival of Silvia, an older and more experienced girl, radically alters the situation.
Meanwhile, Magic Farm, by Amalia Ulman, marks a collaboration between Argentina and the United States. Written and directed by Ulman, the project is produced by Alex Hughes, Eugene Kotlyarenko, and Riccardo Maddalosso. The film follows a media company’s film crew traveling to Argentina to profile a local musician but ends up in the wrong destination. This mishap leads to a series of unexpected events and unforeseen connections, all while a looming health crisis quietly unfolds in the background.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Atropia (Dir.: Hailey Gates)
Bubble & Squeak (Dir. Evan Twohy)
Bunnylovr (Dir. Katarina Zhu)
Love, Brooklyn (Dir. Rachael Abigail Holder)
Omaha (Dir. Cole Webley)
Plainclothes (Dir. Carmen Emmi)
Ricky (Dir. Rashad Frett)
Sorry, Baby (Dir. Eva Victor)
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) (Dir. Sierra Falconer,)
Twinless (Dir. James Sweeney)
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Andre Is an Idiot (Dir. Anthony Benna)
Life After (Dir. Reid Davenport)
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (Dir. Shoshannah Stern)
The Perfect Neighbor (Dir. Geeta Gandbhir)
Predators (Dir. David Osit)
Seeds (Dir. Brittany Shyne)
Selena y Los Dinos (Dir. Isabel Castro)
Speak. (Dir. Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman)
Sugar Babies (Dir. Rachel Fleit)
Third Act (Dir. Tadashi Nakamura)
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
The Virgin of Quarry Lake / La virgen de la tosquera (Argentina-España-México – Director: Laura Casabé, Guion: Benjamin Naishtat, Productores: Tomas Eloy Muñoz, Valeria Bistagnino, Alejandro Israel, David Matamoros, Angeles Hernandez, Diego Martinez Ulanosky). En 2001, tres adolescentes de las afueras de Buenos Aires se enamoran de Diego. Natalia siempre ha tenido la mayor química con él, pero cuando parece inevitable que su amistad se convierta en algo más, aparece la mayor y experimentada Silvia y pronto capta la atención de Diego. Elenco: Dolores Oliverio, Luisa Merelas, Fernanda Echevarría, Dady Brieva, Agustín Sosa. Basada en un cuento de Mariana Enriquez.
Brides (U.K. – Dir. Nadia Fall).
DJ Ahmet (Macedonia-República Checa-Serbia-Croacia – Dir. Georgi M. Unkovski)
Luz (Hong Kong-China – Dir. Flora Lau)
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (India- U.K.-Canadá– Dir. Rohan Parashuram Kanawade)
Sauna (Dinamarca – Dir. Mathias Broe)
Sukkwan Island (Francia – Dir. Vladimir de Fontenay)
The Things You Kill (Turquía-Francia-Polonia-Canadá – Dir. Alireza Khatami)
Two Women (Canadá – Dir. Chloé Robichaud)
Where the Wind Comes From (Túnez-Francia-Qatar – Dir. Amel Guellaty)
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
2000 Meters to Andriivka (Ucrania – Dir. Mstyslav Chernov
Coexistence, My Ass! (U.S.-Francia – Dir. Amber Fares)
Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) (Irán-Alemania-U.S.-Países Bajos-Qatar-Chile-Canadá – Dir. Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni).
The Dating Game (U.S.-U.K.-Noruega – Dir.: Violet Du Feng)
Endless Cookie (Canadá – Dir. Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver)
GEN_ (Francia-Italia-Suiza – Dir. Gianluca Matarrese)
How to Build a Library (Kenia – Dir.: Maia Lekow, Christopher King)
Khartoum (Sudán-U.K.-Alemania-Qatar – Dir. Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox)
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Dinamarca-República Checa – Dir. David Borenstein)
Prime Minister (Nueva Zelanda – Dir. Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz)
SECCIÓN NEXT
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (Dir. Kahlil Joseph)
By Design (Dir. Amanda Kramer)
East of Wall (Dir. Kate Beecroft)
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) (Dir. Joel Alfonso Vargas)
OBEX (Dir. Albert Birney)
Rains Over Babel (Colombia-U.S.-España – Dir. Gala del Sol)
Serious People (Dir. Pasqual Gutierrez, Ben Mullinkosson)
Zodiac Killer Project (U.S.-U.K. – Dir. Charlie Shackleton)
SECCIÓN PREMIERES
Magic Farm (Argentina-U.S.A. – Dirección-Guion: Amalia Ulman, Productores: Alex Hughes, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Riccardo Maddalosso). Un equipo de filmación que trabaja para una vanguardista empresa de medios viaja a Argentina para perfilar a un músico local, pero su ineptitud los lleva al país equivocado. Mientras el equipo colabora con los lugareños para crear una tendencia, surgen conexiones inesperadas mientras una crisis de salud generalizada se cierne sin ser reconocida en el fondo. Elenco: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, Camila del Campo, Simon Rex. (Ficción).
All That’s Left of You (اللي باقي منك) (Alemania-Chipre – Dir. Cherien Dabis)
April & Amanda (Dir. Zackary Drucker)
The Ballad of Wallis Island (U.K. – Dir. James Griffiths)
Come See Me in the Good Light (Dir. Ryan White)
Deaf President Now! (Dir. Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim)
Folktales (U.S.-Noruega – Dir. Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady)
Free Leonard Peltier (Dir. Jesse Short Bull)
Heightened Scrutiny (Dir. Sam Feder)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Dir. Mary Bronstein)
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Dir. Amy Berg)
Jimpa (Australia-Países Bajos-Finlandia – Dir. Sophie Hyde)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Dir. Bill Condon)
Last Days (Dir. Justin Lin)
The Librarians (Dir. Kim A. Snyder)
Lurker (Dir. Alex Russell)
Middletown (Dir. Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine)
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (Dir. Elegance Bratton)
Oh, Hi! (Dir. Sophie Brooks)
Peter Hujar’s Day (Dir. Ira Sachs)
Rebuilding (Dir. Max Walker-Silverman)
Sally (Dir. Cristina Costantini)
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Dir. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson)
The Thing with Feathers (U.K. – Dir. Dylan Southern)
Train Dreams (Dir. Clint Bentley)
The Wedding Banquet (Dir. Andrew Ahn)
SECCIÓN MIDNIGHT
Dead Lover (Canadá – Dir. Grace Glowicki)
Didn’t Die (Dir. Meera Menon)
Opus (Dir. Mark Anthony Green)
Rabbit Trap (U.K. – Dir. Bryn Chainey)
Together (Australia-U.S. – Dir. Michael Shanks)
Touch Me (Dir. Addison Heimann)
The Ugly Stepsister (Noruega – Dir. Emilie Blichfeldt)
EPISODIC (SERIES)
Bucks County, USA (Dir. Barry Levinson, Robert May)
Hal & Harper (Dir. Cooper Raiff)
Pee-wee as Himself (Dir. Matt Wolf)
SECCIÓN SPOTLIGHT
April (Georgia – Dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili)
One to One: John & Yoko (U.K. – Dir. Kevin Macdonald)
SECCIÓN FAMILY MATINEE
The Legend of Ochi (Dir. Isaiah Saxon)
SECCIÓN SPECIAL SCREENINGS
The Six Billion Dollar Man (Dir. Eugene Jarecki)
FROM THE COLLECTION (RESTAURACIONES)
El Norte (Dir. Gregory Nava)
Unzipped (Dir. Douglas Keeve)
