The 2025 Sundance Film Festival is highlighting Latin talent. The highly anticipated festival is giving us a preview of the upcoming movies that will be making headlines next year, with Jennifer Lopez leading the lineup in the new adaptation of the 1992 musical ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ starring Diego Luna and directed by Bill Condon.
Latin films featured in the 2025 Sundance Film Festival lineup:
The festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, shining light on a new generation of independent films, including Latin filmmakers, artists, and storylines.
Kiss of the Spider Woman:
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna. Cast: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia.
© Courtesy of Sundance Institute.Selena y Los Dinos:
Selena Quintanilla — the “Queen of Tejano Music” — and her family band, Selena y Los Dinos, rose from performing at quinceañeras to selling out stadium tours. The celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled through never-before-seen footage from the family’s personal archive.
© Courtesy of Sundance Institute.Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo):
Rico’s summer is a mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place with his family, it’s only a matter of time before his carefree days come spiraling down. Cast: Juan Collado, Destiny Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro.
© Courtesy of Sundance Institute.Rains Over Babel:
A group of misfits converges at Babel, a legendary dive bar that doubles as purgatory, where La Flaca — the city’s Grim Reaper — presides. Here, souls gamble years of their lives with her, daring to outwit Death herself. Cast: Saray Rebolledo, Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, John Alex Castillo, William Hurtado, Santiago Pineda, Celina Biurrun.
© Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben MullinkossonSerious People:
A successful music video director and expectant father pushes his work-life balance to the extreme as he hires a doppelgänger to work in his stead. Cast: Pasqual Gutierrez, Christine Yuan, Miguel Huerta, Raul Sanchez.
© Courtesy of Sundance Institute.The Virgin of Quarry Lake:
In 2001, three teenagers from the outskirts of Buenos Aires all fall in love with Diego. Natalia has always had the most chemistry with him, but when it seems inevitable that their friendship will turn into something more, the older and more experienced Silvia appears and soon captures Diego’s attention. Cast: Dolores Oliverio, Luisa Merelas, Fernanda Echevarría, Dady Brieva, Agustín Sosa.
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