Sundance Institute Movies

  • 2021
    Fathom

    Fathom

    Fathom

    5.42021HD

    Two biologists set out on an undertaking as colossal as their subjects—deciphering the complex communication of whales. Dr. Michelle Fournet...

    Fathom
  • 2024
    Agent of Happiness

    Agent of Happiness

    Agent of Happiness

    7.32024HD

    The documentary team follows two happiness agents in their forties who spend a month and a half on the road twice a year, going door-to-door with...

    Agent of Happiness
  • 2018
    Farming

    Farming

    Farming

    6.252018HD

    Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in...

    Farming
  • 2020
    The Mole Agent

    The Mole Agent

    The Mole Agent

    7.8432020HD

    When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man...

    The Mole Agent
  • 2017
    Bending the Arc

    Bending the Arc

    Bending the Arc

    7.92017HD

    About the extraordinary doctors and activists—including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—whose work 30 years ago to save lives...

    Bending the Arc
  • 2009
    Son of Babylon

    Son of Babylon

    Son of Babylon

    7.32009HD

    A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's...

    Son of Babylon
  • 1984
    The River Rat

    The River Rat

    The River Rat

    6.2051984HD

    On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father. But the reunion is tainted with the...

    The River Rat
  • 2019
    Collective

    Collective

    Collective

    7.62019HD

    In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of...

    Collective
  • 2021
    Ascension

    Ascension

    Ascension

    6.82021HD

    The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes...

    Ascension
  • 2020
    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias

    72020HD

    Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces...

    Coded Bias
  • 2004
    Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

    Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

    Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

    6.8162004HD

    Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the...

    Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
  • 1994
    Parallel Lives

    Parallel Lives

    Parallel Lives

    51994HD

    A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a...

    Parallel Lives
  • 2021
    Writing with Fire

    Writing with Fire

    Writing with Fire

    7.32021HD

    In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera...

    Writing with Fire
  • 1991
    Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

    7.4751991HD

    Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.

    Reservoir Dogs
  • 1990
    Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    6.61990HD

    Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Awards and was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the...

    Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
  • 2018
    Call Her Ganda

    Call Her Ganda

    Call Her Ganda

    5.42018HD

    When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case--an activist...

    Call Her Ganda
  • 2023
    While We Watched

    While We Watched

    While We Watched

    7.82023HD

    A turbulent newsroom drama that intimately chronicles the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiraling world of...

    While We Watched
  • 2024
    A Photographic Memory

    A Photographic Memory

    A Photographic Memory

    02024HD

    A filmmaker ventures into the archives of her photographer mother to construct a personal story of love, loss, and finding someone in the work they...

    A Photographic Memory
  • 2023
    President

    President

    President

    7.52023HD

    Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa,...

    President
  • 2017
    Naila and the Uprising

    Naila and the Uprising

    Naila and the Uprising

    5.3332017HD

    The remarkable story of Naila Ayesh, who played a key role in the Palestinian uprising known as the First Intifada (1987).

    Naila and the Uprising