The documentary “The Six Billion Dollar Man,” directed by Eugene Jarecki, has withdrawn from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival as the film will not be complete in time. The film was playing as a special screening in the program announced on December 11, 2025.The Six Billion Dollar Man / U.S.A. (Director: Eugene Jarecki, Producer: Kathleen Fournier) — Julian Assange faced a possible 175 years in prison for exposing U.S. war crimes until events took…

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'Six Billion Dollar Man' withdraws from the Sundance Film Festival

A new documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has withdrawn from January’s Sundance Film Festival. Titled “The Six Billion Dollar Man,” director Eugene Jarecki was set to mark the film’s world premiere in Utah next month. The festival routinely screens high-impact nonfiction projects, including recent harrowing docs on Michael Jackson’s sexual assault accusers and the […]

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Julian Assange Doc Withdraws From Sundance, Citing ‘Recent and Unexpected Developments’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is free, but he won't be showing up at Sundance 2025, literally or on screen

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Julian Assange Documentary Pulled From Sundance 2025; Director Eugene Jarecki Cites “Unexpected Developments”

Eugene Jarecki’s latest documentary film “The Six Billion Dollar Man,” which follows Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, will no longer make its debut at the Sundance Film Festival over what the director says are “unexpected developments” in the story. The movie will not be complete in time for its scheduled premiere in January.  “The truth is, significant recent and unexpected developments have emerged at the heart of the story which, if not inco…

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Eugene Jarecki’s Julian Assange Doc ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ Pulls from Sundance Due to ‘Unexpected Developments’

Despite his recent release, Julian Assange won’t be making an appearance on the big screen at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival as planned. The documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man (TSBDM), centered on the WikiLeaks founder, has unexpectedly been pulled from the festival. Sudden Withdrawal of The Six Billion Dollar Man Directed by Eugene Jarecki, a two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, and produced by Kathleen Fournier, the film was slated …

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Julian Asange Documentary Pulled From Sundance Film Festival

The documentary film "The Six Billion Dollar Man" directed by Eugene Jarecki, dedicated to the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has been withdrawn from the screening list of the American Sundance festival, foreign specialized media reported.

Dokumentarni film "Čovek od šest milijardi dolara" (The Six Billion Dollar Man) reditelja Judžina Jareckog posvećen osnivaču Vikiliksa Džulijanu Asanžu, povučen je sa spiska prikazivanja američkog festivala Sandens, preneli su strani specijalizovani mediji.

Dokumentarni film o Asanžu povučen sa Sandens festivala uz nejasno obrazloženje

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Assange documentary pulled from Sundance Festival with unclear explanation

The film will not be premiered at Sundance in January due to what it says are "recent and unexpected events" that prevent the film from being completed on time, according to the director's official statement.

Film neće biti premijerno prikazan na Sandensu u januaru zbog, kako se navodi, "nedavnih i neočekivanih dešavanja" koja spriječavaju da se film završi na vrijeme, stoji u zvaničnom obrazloženju reditelja

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Eugene Jarecki’s film was scheduled to premiere in Special Screenings in January.

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Julian Assange documentary ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ withdrawn ...

One of the more intriguing selections of the 2025 Sundance International Film Festival will no longer be screening in Park City next month. This morning, the Sundance Institute announced that Eugene Jarecki’s “The Six Billion Dollar Man” had withdrawn from the festival. The documentary, centered on Julian Assange‘s legal issues over the past decade, will not be finished in time. READ MORE: Sundance Lineup 2025: New Films Featuring Olivia Colman,…

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