The USC School of Cinematic Arts congratulates our alumni and students with projects accepted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival!
In preparation for the festival, the USC School of Cinematic Arts and USC Trojan Entertainment Network invite alumni to a Pre-Sundance Reception in West Culver City on Tuesday, January 14, 2025! Please refer to your USC email on December 19, 2024 for further details and the registration link. Invitations are non-transferable and space is limited.
If your project was selected to screen at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, please share the details with us here so we can include your work in our publications.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Plainclothes
Carmen Emmi ’12
Writer/Director
Vanessa Pantley
Producer
Alessandra Ford Balazs ’12
Cast
Kim Patrick ’12
Sound Designer
Jonathan Pope ’13
Title Designer
Kelly Nygaard ’13
VFX Coordinator
Matt Galuppo ’12
VFX Coordinator
PREMIERES
Last Days
Ben Ripley ’95
Writer
The Wedding Banquet
Connor Flanagan ’12
Associate Producer
Geraud Brisson ’96
Editor
Middletown
Lawrence Everson ’03
Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer
Come See Me in the Good Light
Brandon Somerhalder ’14
Director of Photography
Oh, Hi!
Marcello Dubaz ’12
Supervising Sound Editor
PREMIERE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Free Leonard Peltier
Mato Wayuhi ’20
Musical Composer
MIDNIGHT
Didn't Die
Meera Menon ’11
Writer/Director/Producer
Paul Gleason ’11
Writer/Producer/Director of Photography/VFX Supervisor
Joe Camerota ’12
Producer
Luke Patton ’13
Producer
Marcello Dubaz ’12
Re-recording Mixer
Opus
Poppy Hanks ’95
Producer
NEXT
By Design
Mireia Vilanova ’20
Co-producer
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)s
Joel Alfonso Vargas
Writer/Director
U.S. FICTION SHORT FILMS
Swollen
Lily Rosenthal ’20
Producer
Anjoum Agrama ’16
Editor
The Things We Keep
Joanna Fernandez ’24
Writer/Director
Andrea Riba ’22
Executive Producer
Lilith Mo ’23
Producer
Tim Truesdell ’23
Producer
Yaxing Lin ’23
Producer
INTERNATIONAL FICTION SHORT FILMS
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Bec Pecaut ’18
Writer/Director
EPISODIC
Hal & Harper
McKinley Carlin ’21
Editor
We apologize if we missed anyone. Please contact us at alumni@cinema.usc.edu for more information or updates.