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Spotlights feature conversations with high-profile film and television industry professionals who share helpful advice and insights on their career experiences and creative processes.
Join Sundance Collab for a live, online conversation with filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir on her triumphant new feature, The Perfect Neighbor.
A devastating and aesthetically bold documentary, The Perfect Neighbor depicts the lead up and aftermath of a violent altercation in small-town Florida in the summer of 2023. Gandbhir tells this story not through conventional documentary means, but instead almost entirely through police bodycam and interrogation footage. What unfolds is a visceral portrait of American racial tension as seen on a single block. As a snapshot of cultural unease among neighbors, the film resembles Do the Right Thing from Gandbhir’s longtime collaborator Spike Lee. Her film explores the tragic consequences of a fear-based culture in which Americans confuse “feeling unsafe” with actual danger.
The Perfect Neighbor premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary prize. The jury hailed Gandbhir “a filmmaker of remarkably disciplined vision who turns creative constraints into cinematic power, creating a searing indictment of stand-your-ground laws.”
In this conversation, Gandbhir will break down how she and her collaborators crafted the most visually distinctive documentary of 2025. The conversation will end with an audience Q&A, where attendees can ask Gandbhir about the making of this shattering cinematic experience.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from Emmy-winning documentary director, producer, and editor Geeta Gandbhir.
If you would benefit from an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please complete this form, contact us at (435) 776-7790, or email us at accessibility@sundance.org to discuss your specific requests. Every effort will be made to accommodate advance requests; however, requests made within 5 days of the event may not be guaranteed.
Live event registration for Sundance Collab Spotlights is free of charge. A recording of this event will be posted to our Video Library the business day following the event. All registered attendees can watch the recording for two business days after it is posted. After that, on-demand access to the recording can be purchased for $10.
