Sophie Hyde, left, and Aud Mason-Hyde on the ‘Jimpa’ set (Bryan Mason) The director tried different songs “and it was always just that one.

Sophie Hyde’s new film “Jimpa,” which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews, began as a deeply personal story about her experience as the child of a gay father and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sundance prize-winning filmmaker Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, ... “It’s very tricky to do,” says Hyde, director of Jimpa, which is premiering today at Park City’s Eccles.

Director: Sophie Hyde Logline: Hannah (Olivia Colman) takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde), to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim (John Lithgow) - lovingly known as Jimpa.

Sophie Hyde’s highly unorthodox family portrait pays tribute to her dad, who fought for gay rights but died before the filmmaker’s trans child could appreciate his pioneering personality.

Sophie Hyde: It was wild to be able to have our four older gay characters talking to a teenage, nonbinary character about ideas of queerness and also ideas of living and love and what that means ...

Dir. Sophie Hyde — 4 Stars. Olivia Coleman and John Lithgow appear in "Jimpa" by Sophie Hyde, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. By Courtesy of Sundance Institute ...

"Although I do often like the work I do," Colman said, joining costar Aud Mason-Hyde and filmmaker Sophie Hyde at the IndieWire Studio at Sundance, presented by Dropbox. “And then my agents said ...

Director Sophie Hyde’s semi-autobiographical movie about an Australian mom, dad and nonbinary teen who go to visit their gay grandfather in Amsterdam didn’t have me feeling prudish, though, so ...

John Lithgow learned he'd have to take off his clothes in the 2025 drama "Jimpa," he couldn't wait, according to the flick's director, Sophie Hyde.

EXCLUSIVE: Sundance prize-winning filmmaker Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays, ... "It's very tricky to do," says Hyde, director of Jimpa, which is premiering today at Park City's Eccles.

Sophie Hyde, winner of the World Cinema Directing Award Dramatic for 52 Tuesdays (2014 Sundance Film Festival), returns with an expansive family portrait centered on Jimpa (John Lithgow), an aging ...