DEbaters

now premiering at sundance film festival on January 23, 2025

Synopsis

Congressional debate attracts some of the most brilliant high school students in the country, and the most unqualified adults to judge. This is Anubhav’s first tournament and he’s terrified of speaking. When a bitter judge puts him on the spot about minimum wage, he must prove himself in front of a bloodthirsty chamber of debaters.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: ALEX HELLER

STARRING: SRIPADH PULIGILLA, J. SMITH CAMERON, KENNETH LONERGAN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: EUGENE SUN PARK, JASON MATSUMOTO

PRODUCED BY: ANGIE GAFFNEY, BRITTANI WARD, ALEX HELLER

PRODUCER: AMY E. POWELL

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: DAGMAR WEAVER-MADSEN

EDITOR: GLENN FELLMAN