Sundance Film Festival returns to Mexico City next weekend

The Sundance Film Festival, backmost successful Mexico City for a 2nd consecutive year, announced its authoritative programme past week.

The line-up includes 15 diagnostic films and 5 abbreviated films, arsenic good arsenic a bid of panels with filmmakers, and volition tally from Thursday, May 29, done Sunday, June 1.

The festival volition beryllium hosted by Cinépolis Diana connected Mexico City’s iconic Paseo de la Reforma boulevard, arsenic good arsenic Cinépolis Carso, Cinépolis Mítikah and Cinépolis Oasis Coyoacán. (Libre Acceso A.C.)

The festival’s opening film is the documentary “Prime Minister,” a representation of Jacinda Ardern, erstwhile Prime Minister of New Zealand, directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz. The film, which chronicles however Ardern led her federation done unprecedented challenges, implemented bold policies and became the 2nd person successful past to springiness commencement successful office, won the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary.

On April 29, the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit enactment dedicated to the find and improvement of autarkic artists, announced that it was partnering with the Mexican cinema concatenation Cinépolis for the 2nd variation of Sundance Film Festival: CDMX 2025.

Amanda Kelso, acting CEO of Sundance Institute, said the concern volition besides big movie festivals successful 2026 and 2027. 

“Following the motorboat of Sundance Film Festival: CDMX past year, we are delighted to beryllium returning to audiences successful Mexico City and further engaging with the section movie community,” she said.

Last year’s inaugural festival screened 12 diagnostic films and six Mexican abbreviated films.

Alejandro Ramírez, CEO of Cinépolis, said the festival highlights his company’s “dedication to fostering environments wherever autarkic films tin scope broader audiences.”

“We are motivated by the accidental for these exceptional movies to animate aboriginal filmmakers and to broaden the dialog astir cinema arsenic a almighty mean for look and change,” helium said. “We are arrogant that our concern … is extending done 2027.”

The festival’s main venue is Cinépolis Diana connected Mexico City’s iconic Paseo de la Reforma boulevard. Other venues that volition big festival activities see Cinépolis Carso, Cinépolis Mítikah and Cinépolis Oasis Coyoacán. 

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Cinépolis has 427 theaters and much than 4,100 screens successful 97 cities crossed Mexico arsenic of 2023, making it the largest cinema concatenation successful Latin America and the third-largest globally. Only AMC Theatres and Cineworld are larger.

Cinépolis besides has the second-highest fig of tickets sold and sells much tickets per theatre than immoderate cineplex concatenation successful the world. 

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In summation to “Prime Minister,” the festival volition surface 7 different documentaries and 7 communicative diagnostic films.

Among the documentaries is “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” astir a Ukrainian platoon connected a ngo to liberate the colony of Andriivka. Director Mstyslav Chernov received the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary.

The documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” follows a teacher going undercover to movie what’s truly happening successful his school. It won the 2025 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award.

Other documentaries see “One to One: John & Yoko,” “SALLY,” which was presented with the 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize for its portrayal of subject and technology, and the 2025 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling “Selena y Los Dinos” astir the Mexican-American vocalist Selena Quintanilla.

Among the diagnostic films are “DJ Ahmet,” the victor of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic and World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision, “Plainclothes,” which was recognized with the 2025 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast and “Twinless,” the recipient of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic and U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting presented to Dylan O’Brien.

With reports from Remezcla, Sundance and Infobae