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(L-R) Amber Fares and Noam Shuster Eliassi attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Coexistence, My Ass!” at the Egyptian Theatre on January 26,

(L-R) Amber Fares and Noam Shuster Eliassi attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Coexistence, My Ass!” at the Egyptian Theatre on January 26,

(L–R) Maria Dizzia, Carmen Emmi, and Russell Tovey attend the “Plainclothes” premiere at The Ray Theater in Park City. (Photo by Robin Marshall/Shutterstock for Sundance Film

(L–R) Christopher Meyer, Addison Timlin, Cooper Raiff, Lili Reinhart, Alyah Chanelle Scott, and Havana Rose Liu attend the premiere of “Hal & Harper” at The

Jennifer Lopez with Photographers (photo by George Pimentel / Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Bailey Pennick “I don’t think there’s a better way to

David Osit attends the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Predators” at The Ray Theatre on January 25, 2025, in Park City, UT. (Photo by

(L–R) Jade Croot, Rosy McEwen, and Bryn Chainey attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Rabbit Trap” at Eccles Theatre on January 24, 2025,

& & & Sierra Falconer attends the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)” at The Ray Theatre on

Director Rachael Abigail Holder introduces the premiere of her film “Love, Brooklyn” at the Eccles Theater in Park City. (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance

(L—R) Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival “Twinless” premiere at Eccles Theatre. (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival)

By Jessica Herndon One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent

Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, Gala del Sol, Celina Biurrun, and Jhon Bayron Quintero Valencia attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Rains Over Babel” at

(L–R) Directors Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Rawia Alhag, Anas Saeed, and Timeea Mohamed Ahmed attend the premiere of “Khartoum” at the The Egyptian Theater in Park