The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, presented by Vimeo, is a dynamic showcase of seven standout short films from this year’s Festival, including two Festival Award–winning titles. A 100-minute program curated for theatrical audiences, the tour is a special opportunity to discover a collection of fiction, nonfiction, and animated shorts, and offers an eclectic mix of storytelling that highlights bold voices and fresh perspectives.

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The Films:

Azi / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Montana Mann, Producer: Steven Snyder) — During a weekend vacation with her best friend’s family, 17-year-old Azi gets caught up in an unexpected game with another guest. Cast: Dior Negeen Goodjohn, Breeda Wool, Emma Filley, Dan Thiel. U.S. Fiction.
– Montana Mann is a Persian American award-winning writer-director from Virginia. Her short Azi won the SAGIndie Award at the 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival. The feature version was accepted into the Film Independent 2024 Fast Track. As part of the southwest Asian/North African diaspora, her work explores identity when living between two cultures.

Debaters / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Alex Heller, Producers: Angie Gaffney, Brittani Ward, Amy E. Powell) — In a debate chamber, affluent high schoolers argue a bill on minimum wage in an effort to impress two working-class adult judges. Cast: Sripadh Puligilla, J. Smith-Cameron, Kenneth Lonergan, Bernadette Santos Schwegel. U.S. Fiction.

– Alex Heller’s debut feature, The Year Between, starring J. Smith-Cameron and Steve Buscemi, is a mental illness comedy that received praise from The New York Times, Variety, and NPR. It premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and is streaming on Peacock. She is a Sundance Institute fellow from Chicago.

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites / Cambodia, France (Director and Screenwriter: Chheangkea, Producers: Daniel Mattes, Karen Madar) — During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her Queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman. Cast: Bonrotanak Rith, Saroeun Nay, Sokun Theary Ty, Phalla Im, Chansophorn Buth, Ponleu Chab. International Fiction. 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
– Chheangkea is a Cambodia-born filmmaker in Brooklyn and received his MFA from NYU’s Graduate Film Program. His short film Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites played the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. His feature film Little Phnom Penh is in development, selected for the 2024 HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab and NYU Purple List.

Hurikán / Czech Republic (Director and Screenwriter: Jan Saska, Screenwriter: Václav Hašek, Producers: Kamila Dohnalová, Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová) — Hurikán rushes to save his favorite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst. Cast: Johana Matoušková, Patrik Velek. Animation.
– Jan Saska is a Czech animation director and comics author. After premiering in Directors’ Fortnight at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, his film Happy End was shortlisted for the 2017 Oscars. Hurikán (2025 Sundance Film Festival) is a short comedy based on Saska’s original comic character of the same name.

Such Good Friends / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Bri Klaproth, Screenwriter and Producer: Jon Walkup, Producer: Rachel Rambaldi) — After ending a toxic friendship, a people pleaser finds herself falling into old patterns with her former best friend’s family. Cast: Mindy Sterling, Niamh O’Neill Culhane, Jared Lo Nigro, Rachel Rambaldi. U.S. Fiction.
– Bri Klaproth is a writer, director, and producer. Her producing credits include Vimeo Staff Pick for Herly and the viral short The Cowboy and the Samurai. Her debut feature, Big Fun, which she co-wrote and produced, won Best Comedy Film at the 2023 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.

SUSANA / Mexico, U.S.A. (Directors, Screenwriters, and Producers: Gerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine Thomas, Producers: Mariana Tames, Fernanda Preciado, Hannah Swayze) — A middle-aged American tourist finds herself alone in Mexico City. When she encounters a group of young Americans, she jumps at the opportunity for a little adventure. Cast: Bonnie Hellman Brown, Christine Spang, Parth Shah, Keenan MacWilliam, Andrea Raggio, Richard Laite. U.S. Fiction.
– Gerardo Coello Escalante is a Mexican writer and director. His short film Viaje de Negocios premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. He was a 2018 Sundance Institute Ignite fellow and a 2019 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive fellow. He was the first assistant director on feature films such as Shiva Baby and Reality.
Amandine Thomas is a French American writer-director, editor, and the co-founder of the production company Thumper Films. Their short film Viaje de Negocios premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Previously, her first short, Cherry Cola, played at film festivals internationally.

We Were The Scenery / U.S.A. (Director: Christopher Radcliff, Producers: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow) — In 1975, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled from Vietnam by boat and docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras during the filming of Apocalypse Now. U.S. Nonfiction. Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction.
– Christopher Radcliff is an award-winning mixed Chinese American filmmaker based in NYC. His work has screened worldwide at festivals, such as the Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Shed in New York City, and online via Criterion, Short of the Week, and Le Cinéma Club.