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Hot Docs Alumni at Sundance 2025

Congratulations to Hot Docs CrossCurrents International Doc Fund alum Cutting Through Rocks (Directors and Producers: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni), and Hot Docs Deal Maker alum Seeds (Director and Producer: Brittany Shyne, Producer: Danielle Varga) which were selected to premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Cutting Through Rocks will premiere in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, which brings together nonfiction feature films from emerging talents worldwide, showcasing some of the most bold and extraordinary filmmaking today.

Seeds has been selected for the U.S. Documentary Competition, offering festivalgoers an exclusive first look at world premieres of American nonfiction films that explore the ideas, people, and events that shape the present day.

​Photo: Seeds film still

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