2026 Sundance Film Festival
| Location | Park City, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1978 |
| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 22 to February 1, 2026 |
| Language | English |
| Website | festival |
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival is scheduled to be held in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 22 to February 1, 2026.[1][2]
Film premieres at the festival will be held from January 22 to January 27, 2026.[1] The first selection lineup was announced on December 10, 2025.[3] The short film program selection was announced on December 15.[4]
The festival is slated to be the last Sundance Film Festival held in Utah before the festival relocates to Boulder, Colorado in 2027.[2]
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Park | Stephanie Ahn | United States |
| Carousel | Rachel Lambert | |
| The Friend's House Is Here | Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei | United States, Iran |
| Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! | Josef Kubota Wladyka | United States |
| Hot Water | Ramzi Bashour | |
| Josephine | Beth de Araújo | |
| The Musical | Giselle Bonilla | |
| Run Amok | NB Mager | |
| Take Me Home | Liz Sargent | |
| Union County | Adam Meeks |
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Girls Don't Cry | Paloma Schneideman | New Zealand | |
| Extra Geography | Molly Manners | United Kingdom | |
| Filipiñana | Rafael Manuel | Singapore, United Kingdom, Philippines, France, Netherlands | |
| HOLD ONTO ME | Κράτα Με | Myrsini Aristidou | Cyprus, Denmark, Greece |
| How to Divorce During the War | Skyrybos karo metu | Andrius Blaževičius | Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic |
| The Huntress | La Cazadora | Suzanne Andrews Correa | Mexico, United States |
| LADY | Olive Nwosu | United Kingdom, Nigeria | |
| Levitating | Para Perasuk | Wregas Bhanuteja | Indonesia, Singapore, France |
| Shame and Money | Visar Morina | Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium | |
| Tell Me Everything | עצמאות | Moshe Rosenthal | Israel, France |
U.S. Documentary Competition
| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| American Doctor | Poh Si Teng | United States, State of Palestine, Malaysia, Qatar |
| American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez | David Alvarado | United States |
| Barbara Forever | Brydie O'Connor | United States |
| Joybubbles | Rachael J. Morrison | United States |
| The Lake | Abby Ellis | United States |
| Nuisance Bear | Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman | United States, Canada |
| Public Access | David Shadrack Smith | United States |
| Seized | Sharon Liese | United States |
| Soul Patrol | J.M. Harper | United States |
| Who Killed Alex Odeh? | Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans | United States |
World Cinema Documentary Competition
| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| All About the Money | Sinéad O'Shea | Ireland |
| Birds of War | Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak | United Kingdom, Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon |
| Closure | Michał Marczak | Poland |
| Everybody To Kenmure Street | Felipe Bustos Sierra | United Kingdom |
| Hanging by a Wire | Mohammed Ali Naqvi | United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan |
| Kikuyu Land | Andrew H. Brown and Bea Wangondu | Kenya |
| One In a Million | Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes | United Kingdom |
| Sentient | Tony Jones | Australia |
| Silenced | Selina Miles | Australia |
| To Hold a Mountain | Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić | Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia |
Premieres
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist | Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell | United States | |
| Antiheroine | Edward Lovelace and James Hall | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Brittney Griner Story | Alexandria Stapleton | United States | |
| Chasing Summer | Josephine Decker | ||
| THE DISCIPLE | Joanna Natasegara | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Frank & Louis | Petra Biondina Volpe | Switzerland, United Kingdom | |
| Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass | David Wain | United States | |
| The Gallerist | Cathy Yan | ||
| Give Me the Ball! | Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff | ||
| The History of Concrete | John Wilson | ||
| I Want Your Sex | Gregg Araki | ||
| In The Blink of an Eye | Andrew Stanton | ||
| The Invite | Olivia Wilde | ||
| Jane Elliott Against the World | Judd Ehrlich | ||
| Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie | Alex Gibney | ||
| The Last First: Winter K2 | Amir Bar-Lev | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Moment | Aidan Zamiri | United States | |
| The Oldest Person in the World | Sam Green | ||
| Once Upon a Time in Harlem | William Greaves, David Greaves | ||
| The Only Living Pickpocket in New York | Noah Segan | ||
| Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story | Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley | ||
| Queen of Chess | Rory Kennedy | ||
| See You When I See You | Jay Duplass | ||
| The Shitheads | Macon Blair | ||
| Time and Water | Sara Dosa | United States, Iceland | |
| Troublemaker | Antoine Fuqua | South Africa, United States, United Kingdom | |
| The Weight | Padraic McKinley | United States | |
| When a Witness Recants | Dawn Porter | ||
| Wicker | Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer | United States, United Kingdom | |
Next
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] | Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil | United States, Denmark | |
| BURN | 炎上 | Makoto Nagahisa | Japan |
| Ghost in the Machine | Valerie Veatch | United States | |
| If I Go Will They Miss Me | Walter Thompson-Hernández | ||
| The Incomer | Louis Paxton | United Kingdom | |
| Jaripeo | Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig | Mexico, United States, France | |
| Night Nurse | Georgia Bernstein | United States | |
| TheyDream | William David Caballero | ||
| zi | Kogonada | ||
Midnight
| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| The Best Summer | Tamra Davis | United States, Australia, Indonesia |
| Buddy | Casper Kelly | United States |
| Leviticus | Adrian Chiarella | Australia |
| Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant | THUNDERLIPS | New Zealand |
| Rock Springs | Vera Miao | United States, Canada |
| Saccharine | Natalie Erika James | Australia |
| The Undertone | Ian Tuason | Canada |
Episodic
| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| BAIT | Bassam Tariq | United States |
| Episodic Fiction Pilot Showcase | Various | United States |
| Episodic Nonfiction Pilot Showcase | Various | United States |
| FreeLance | The Turner Brothers | United States |
| Murder 101 | Stacy Lee | United States |
| The Oligarch and the Art Dealer | Andreas Dalsgaard | Denmark, France |
| The Screener | Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe | United States |
| Soft Boil | United States | |
| Worried | United States |
Family Matinee
| English title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| Cookie Queens | Alysa Nahmias | United States |
| Fing! | Jeffrey Walker | United Kingdom |
Special Screenings
To commemorate the final Sundance in Park City, the 2026 festival will include several special screenings of classic films that screened at festivals in years past, along with the 1969 film Downhill Racer as a tribute to founder Robert Redford, who died in September 2025.[5]
| Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Dream | Barbara Kopple | United States, United Kingdom | 1990 |
| Downhill Racer | Michael Ritchie | United States | 1969 |
| Half Nelson | Ryan Fleck | United States | 2006 |
| House Party | Reginald Hudlin | United States | 1990 |
| Humpday | Lynn Shelton | United States | 2009 |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | United States | 2006 |
| Mysterious Skin | Gregg Araki | United States, Netherlands | 2004 |
| Saw | James Wan | United States | 2004 |
Awards
Acquisitions
References
- ^ a b "What to Know About the 2026 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. July 14, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ^ a b McGowan, Andrew (July 14, 2025). "Sundance Film Festival Reveals Dates, Events and More for Last Hurrah In Park City". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 10, 2025). "Sundance 2026 Lineup Includes Films With Jenna Ortega, Charli XCX, Seth Rogen, Russell Crowe, Ethan Hawke & More In Park City Finale". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/luigi-mangione-documentary-steph-curry-film-sundance-2026-1236449482/
- ^ Blauvelt, Christian (October 21, 2025). "Sundance Sets Tributes to Park City and Robert Redford — Plus 'Saw,' 'Little Miss Sunshine,' and More Restorations — for Utah Farewell". IndieWire. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
External links
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