Sundance Institute Movies

  • 2011
    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

    6.52011HD

    Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved...

    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
  • 2018
    Farming

    Farming

    Farming

    6.22018HD

    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
  • 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

    6.82004HD

    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
  • 2019
    Collective

    Collective

    Collective

    7.6062019HD

    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
    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
  • 2006
    The Way I Spent the End of the World

    The Way I Spent the End of the World

    The Way I Spent the End of the World

    62006HD

    Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva...

    The Way I Spent the End of the World
  • 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
  • 2020
    The Mole Agent

    The Mole Agent

    The Mole Agent

    7.8462020HD

    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
  • 1994
    Parallel Lives

    Parallel Lives

    Parallel Lives

    5.81994HD

    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
  • 2023
    Queendom

    Queendom

    Queendom

    92023HD

    In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna...

    Queendom
  • 2021
    North by Current

    North by Current

    North by Current

    62021HD

    Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his...

    North by Current
  • 2009
    Zion and His Brother

    Zion and His Brother

    Zion and His Brother

    52009HD

    Zion, 14, and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it...

    Zion and His Brother
  • 2012
    Flood

    Flood

    Flood

    02012HD

    Miriam is an unemployed journalist who has a beat on a story that could turn her bad luck around. Her dad is an evangelical who believes the fossil...

    Flood
  • 2022
    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

    6.22022HD

    An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base,...

    Riotsville, USA
  • 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
  • 2017
    Bending the Arc

    Bending the Arc

    Bending the Arc

    8.72017HD

    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
  • 2024
    Agent of Happiness

    Agent of Happiness

    Agent of Happiness

    6.52024HD

    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
  • 2022
    Breaking the Brick

    Breaking the Brick

    Breaking the Brick

    72022HD

    In 2019, millions of Chileans rose up in a popular revolt that resulted in radical change: the call for an assembly that will change the constitution...

    Breaking the Brick
  • 2022
    Geographies of Solitude

    Geographies of Solitude

    Geographies of Solitude

    8.22022HD

    An immersion into the rich landscapes of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on...

    Geographies of Solitude
  • 2021
    Ascension

    Ascension

    Ascension

    6.82021HD

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

    Ascension