
Alums at Sundance 2025
January 23, 2025
The Sundance Film Festival begins today (through Feb. 2) and Chapman alumni are in the mix! Here’s a look at the 14 films screening in and out of competition that have the involvement of our alums. If you happen to be headed to the festival in Park City, Utah, we’ve included screening times and locations, too. For more details, visit festival.sundance.org This page will be updated with winners.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Bunnylovr
Aaron Keteyian ’18, Gia Rigoli ’18, co-producers
A drifting Chinese American cam girl struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father.
Sat., Jan. 25, 8:45 p.m., Library, PC
Sun., Jan. 26, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 4, PC
Mon., Jan. 27, 12:00 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Thu., Jan. 30, 5:20 p.m., Redstone 3, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
Love, Brooklyn
Patrick Wengler ’10, producer (Argyros)
Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city.
Mon., Jan. 27, 12:00 p.m., Eccles, PC
Tue., Jan. 28, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Thu., Jan. 30, 8:30 a.m., Library, PC
Sat., Feb. 1, 2:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sun., Feb. 2, 12:30 p.m., Holiday 1, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
Ricky
Daysha Broadway ’12, editor
Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.
Fri., Jan. 24, 3 p.m., Eccles, PC
Sat., Jan. 25, 8:30 a.m., Library, PC
Wed., Jan. 29, 2 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Thu., Jan. 30, 11 a.m., Redstone 4, PC
Sun., Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m., Holiday 1, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
Twinless — WINNER (Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic)
James Sweeney ’12, writer/director
Greg Cotten ’12, director of photography
Nik Boyanov ’12, editor
Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance.
Thu., Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Fri., Jan. 24, 11:15 p.m., Library, PC
Sat., Jan. 25, 12:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Thu., Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Sat., Feb. 1, 2:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
NEXT
By Design
Natalie Whalen ’14, producer
A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.
Thu., Jan. 23, 6 p.m., Library, PC
Fri., Jan. 24, 9 a.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri., Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Wed., Jan. 29, 3 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Sat., Feb. 1, 10:15 a.m., Holiday 2, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
Rains Over Babel
Gala del Sol ’18, director, writer, producer, editor
Sten Tadashi Olson ’15, director of photography
Celina Biurrun ’17, associate producer, cast (Argyros)
Hadley Hillel ’18, editor
Gerry Vazquez ’16, sound design
Elliott Powell ’18, digital intermediate colorist
A group of misfits converges at Babel, a legendary dive bar that doubles as purgatory, where La Flaca — the city’s Grim Reaper — presides. Here, souls gamble years of their lives with her, daring to outwit Death herself.
Sun., Jan. 26, 2:45 p.m., Library, PC
Mon., Jan. 27, 8:10 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
Thu., Jan.30, 7 p.m., Holiday 1, PC
Sat., Feb. 1, 8:45 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sun., Feb. 2, 1:50 p.m., Redstone 3, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
Serious People
Pasqual Gutierrez ’13, co-director, screenwriter, cast
Ben Mullinkosson ’13, co-director
Neema Sadeghi, director of photography
A successful music video director and expectant father pushes his work-life balance to the extreme as he hires a doppelganger to work in his stead.
Mon., Jan. 27, 8:30 p.m., Library, PC
Tue., Jan. 28, 2:30 p.m., Redstone 4, PC
Thu., Jan. 30, 5:45 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Fri., Jan. 31, 6:30 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Sun., Feb. 2, 8:50 p.m., Redstone 3, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
PREMIERES
Lurker
Claire Loudis ’23, post-production producer
A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
Tue., Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Wed., Jan. 29, 11:55 p.m., The Ray, PC
Thu., Jan. 30, 4 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Fri., Jan. 31, 5:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Sun., Feb. 2, 6 p.m., Redstone 4, PC
MIDNIGHT
Together
Kai Dolbashian ’15, executive producer
With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of a couple’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh.
Sun., Jan. 26, 9:30 p.m., Eccles, PC
Mon., Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., Redstone 1, PC
Tue., Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Thu., Jan. 30, 6 p.m., Holiday 3, PC
Sat., Feb. 1, 8:30 p.m., Rose Wagner, SLC
Touch Me
Adrian Arteaga ’23, boom operator
Bella Bandol ’26, boom operator, sound mixer
Two codependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world.
Tue., Jan. 28, 10:15 p.m., The Ray, PC
Wed., Jan. 29, 11:55 p.m., Library, PC
Thu., Jan. 30, 8:45 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Fri., Jan. 31, 9:30 p.m., Redstone 4, PC
Sun., Feb. 2, 5:20 p.m., Redstone 3, PC
SHORT FILMS
PROGRAM 2
Azi
Steven Snyder ’13, producer
During a weekend vacation with her best friend’s family, 17-year-old Azi gets caught up in an unexpected game with another guest.
Fri., Jan. 24, 12:00 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Sat., Jan. 25, 10:20 a.m., Redstone 3, PC
Sat., Jan. 5, 9:30 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Fri., Jan. 31, 1:10 p.m., Redstone 2, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
PROGRAM 3
Trokas Duras
Tehillah De Castro ’18, cinematographer
Journeying through the interior landscapes of a Jornalero’s dreams, his waking reality in Los Angeles, and what it looks like when a group of people relegated to serving others labor for their own elevation of body and spirit.
Mon., Jan. 27, 9:30 p.m., The Ray, PC
Tue., Jan. 28, 12:15 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Wed., Jan. 29, 10:20 a.m., Redstone 3, PC
Sat., Feb. 1, 9:40 a.m., Redstone 2, PC
ONLINE: Thu. Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun 2/2, 11:55 p.m. MT
PROGRAM 4
Sweet Talkin’ Guy
Sam Neidenbach ’16, production designer
A trans woman goes on three consecutive dates with straight men. As the men grapple with their fragile masculinity, their sexual identities unravel in frantic monologues ironically delivered to the object of their desires.
Sat., Jan. 25, 9 p.m., Egyptian, PC
Sun, Jan. 26, 10:20 a.m., Redstone 3, PC
Tue. Jan. 28, 12 p.m., Broadway 3, SLC
Sat. Feb. 1, 10:20 a.m., Redstone 3, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun 2/2, 11:55 p.m. MT
PROGRAM 5
Hippopotami
Bingjie Huang ’18, editor
In the suburbs of a northern Chinese city undergoing urbanization, a quirky girl who wants to see animals in the zoo is taken for a ride that will forever change her perspective on life.
Mon., Jan. 27, 11:30 a.m., Library, PC
Tue., Jan. 28, 1:50 p.m., Redstone 3, PC
Wed., Jan. 29, 9:15 p.m., Broadway 6, SLC
Sat., Feb. 1, 1:50 p.m., Redstone 3, PC
ONLINE: Thu., Jan. 30, 8 a.m. — Sun., Feb. 2, 11:55 p.m. MT
SCREENING LOCATIONS
Broadway Centre Cinemas
111 East Broadway
Eccles Theater
1750 Kearns Blvd.
Egyptian Theatre
328 Main St.
Holiday Village Cinemas
1776 Park Ave.
Library Center Theatre
1255 Park Ave.
The Ray Theatre
1768 Park Ave.
Megaplex Theatres Park City at Redstone
6030 Market St.
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
138 West 300 South
Salt Lake City
Have we missed anyone? Let us know! dodgecollege@chapman.edu.