“Hopes, Hoops & Dreams” produced by Michael Latt and Glenn Kaino will premier in the Shorts Program at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

With the features lineup out of the way last week, the 2025 Sundance Film Festival has revealed the short films headed to Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, for the event’s 41st edition. Beginning January 23 through February 2, festival attendees can catch 57 short films from 28 countries and territories — including live action, animated, and nonfiction documentary titles. Shorts will also be available online during the festival’s second half along with select feature sections.

The 57 short films selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival were chosen from 11,153 submissions. Out of these submissions, 4,909 came from the U.S. and 6,244 were international. The selected films will be eligible for juried awards at the end of the festivals.

Hoops, Hopes & Dreams / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Glenn Kaino, Producers: Michael Latt, Alexys Feaster, Afshin Shahidi) — The untold story about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an all-star team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to rally young voters while winning hearts of communities, and how their strategy has echoed in contemporary politics. World Premiere. Available online for Public.

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