A Guide to 2025 Disability-Inclusive Sundance Films
Lauren Appelbaum
Jan 16, 2025
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With one-in-five people having a disability in the U.S. today, the lack of representation – just 2.2 percent of characters in the 100 top-grossing films of 2023 – means that millions of people are unable to see themselves reflected in media.
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival (January 23 – Feb 2) will provide an opportunity for audiences with various disabilities to see themselves represented – both in-person and virtually.
This year, several films feature disability in the plot. In particular, several films feature deafness: documentaries Deaf President Now! and Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, as well as short film Ragamuffin.
Additional films include features Come See Me in the Good Light, Life After, Third Act , Two Women, episodic BULLDOZER, and short films Out for Delivery, The Reality of Hope, The Things We Keep, Unholy, View From the Floor, among others.
Below please find a guide to several of the films featuring disability in the plot or talent with disabilities.
Feature (U.S. Documentary Competition): Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – Premieres January 23, 12:00 pm MT
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust [...]