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2026 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

22 January – 1 February 2026 · Park City, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah

158 films across 14 sections · 21 prizes

U.S. Dramatic

Josephine

The prizes

Audience Awards

U.S. Dramatic

Josephine

U.S. Documentary

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

World Cinema Dramatic

Hold onto Me

World Cinema Documentary

One In A Million (Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes)

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Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] (Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil)

Directing, Editing, and Screenwriting Prizes

U.S. Dramatic Directing Award

Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! Josef Kubota Wladyka

U.S. Documentary Directing Award

Soul Patrol J.M. Harper

World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award

How to Divorce During the War Andrius Blaževičius

World Cinema Documentary Directing Award

One In A Million Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes

Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award

Barbara Forever Matt Hixon

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

Take Me Home U.S. Dramatic: Liz Sargent

NEXT Innovator Award

The Incomer

Shorts Program Awards

U.S. Fiction

Crisis Actor

Animation

Living with a Visionary

Nonfiction

The Boys and the Bees

International Fiction

Jazz Infernal

Sundance Institute Awards

Producers Award for Nonfiction

Who Killed Alex Odeh? Dawne Langford

NHK Award

Verano Leo Aguirre

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

In The Blink of An Eye Andrew Stanton [[In the Blink of an Eye (2026 film)|, ]]

Adobe Mentorship Award for Nonfiction

Flavia de Souza

Adobe Mentorship Award for Fiction

Mollie Goldstein

U.S. Dramatic Competition 10

  • Bedford Park
    Bedford ParkStephanie AhnUnited States
  • Carousel
    CarouselRachel Lambert
  • The Friend's House Is Here
    The Friend's House Is HereHossein Keshavarz, Maryam AtaeiUnited States · Iran
  • Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
    Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!Josef Kubota WladykaUnited States
  • Hot Water
    Hot WaterRamzi Bashour
  • Josephine
    JosephineBeth de AraújoUnited States
  • The Musical
    The MusicalGiselle BonillaUnited States
  • Run Amok
    Run AmokNB Mager
  • Take Me Home
    Take Me HomeLiz Sargent
  • Union County
    Union CountyAdam Meeks

World Cinema Dramatic Competition 10

  • Big Girls Don't Cry
    Big Girls Don't CryPaloma SchneidemanNew Zealand
  • Extra Geography
    Extra GeographyMolly MannersUnited Kingdom
  • Filipiñana
    FilipiñanaRafael ManuelSingapore · United Kingdom · Philippines · France · Netherlands
  • Hold onto Me
    Hold onto MeMyrsini AristidouCyprus · Denmark · Greece
  • How to Divorce During the War
    How to Divorce During the WarAndrius BlaževičiusLithuania · Luxembourg · Ireland · Czech Republic
  • The Huntress
    The HuntressSuzanne Andrews CorreaMexico · United States
  • LADY
    LADYOlive NwosuUnited Kingdom · Nigeria
  • Levitating
    LevitatingWregas BhanutejaIndonesia · Singapore · France
  • Shame and Money
    Shame and MoneyVisar MorinaGermany · Kosovo · Slovenia · Albania · North Macedonia · Belgium
  • Tell Me Everything
    Tell Me EverythingMoshe RosenthalIsrael · France

U.S. Documentary Competition 10

  • American Doctor
    American DoctorPoh Si TengUnited States · State of Palestine · Malaysia · Qatar
  • American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
    American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezDavid AlvaradoUnited States
  • Barbara Forever
    Barbara ForeverBrydie O'ConnorUnited States
  • Joybubbles
    JoybubblesRachael J. MorrisonUnited States
  • The Lake
    The LakeAbby EllisUnited States
  • Nuisance Bear
    Nuisance BearGabriela Osio Vanden, Jack WeismanUnited States · Canada
  • Public Access
    Public AccessDavid Shadrack SmithUnited States
  • Seized
    SeizedSharon LieseUnited States
  • Soul Patrol
    Soul PatrolJ.M. HarperUnited States
  • Who Killed Alex Odeh?
    Who Killed Alex Odeh?Jason Osder, William Lafi YoumansUnited States

World Cinema Documentary Competition 10

  • All About the Money
    All About the MoneySinéad O'SheaIreland
  • Birds of War
    Birds of WarJanay Boulos, Abd Alkader HabakUnited Kingdom · Syrian Arab Republic · Lebanon
  • Closure
    ClosureMichał MarczakPoland
  • Everybody to Kenmure Street
    Everybody to Kenmure StreetFelipe Bustos SierraUnited Kingdom
  • Hanging by a Wire
    Hanging by a WireMohammed Ali NaqviUnited States · United Kingdom · Pakistan
  • Kikuyu Land
    Kikuyu LandAndrew H. Brown, Bea WangonduKenya
  • One in a Million
    One in a MillionItab Azzam, Jack MacInnesUnited Kingdom
  • Sentient
    SentientTony JonesAustralia
  • Silenced
    SilencedSelina MilesAustralia
  • To Hold a Mountain
    To Hold a MountainBiljana Tutorov, Petar GlomazićSerbia · France · Montenegro · Slovenia · Croatia

Premieres 29

  • The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
    The AI Doc: Or How I Became an ApocaloptimistDaniel Roher, Charlie TyrellUnited States
  • Antiheroine
    AntiheroineEdward Lovelace, James HallUnited Kingdom · United States
  • The Brittney Griner Story
    The Brittney Griner StoryAlexandria StapletonUnited States
  • Chasing Summer
    Chasing SummerJosephine Decker
  • THE DISCIPLE
    THE DISCIPLEJoanna NatasegaraUnited Kingdom · United States
  • Frank & Louis
    Frank & LouisPetra Biondina VolpeSwitzerland · United Kingdom
  • Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
    Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassDavid WainUnited States
  • The Gallerist
    The GalleristCathy Yan
  • Give Me the Ball!
    Give Me the Ball!Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff
  • The History of Concrete
    The History of ConcreteJohn Wilson
  • I Want Your Sex
    I Want Your SexGregg Araki
  • Idiots (premiered as The Shitheads)
    Idiots (premiered as The Shitheads)Macon Blair
  • In The Blink of an Eye
    In The Blink of an EyeAndrew Stanton
  • The Invite
    The InviteOlivia Wilde
  • Jane Elliott Against the World
    Jane Elliott Against the WorldJudd Ehrlich
  • Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
    Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman RushdieAlex Gibney
  • The Last First: Winter K2
    The Last First: Winter K2Amir Bar-LevUnited Kingdom · United States
  • The Moment
    The MomentAidan ZamiriUnited States
  • The Oldest Person in the World
    The Oldest Person in the WorldSam Green
  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem
    Once Upon a Time in HarlemWilliam Greaves, David Greaves
  • The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
    The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkNoah Segan
  • Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
    Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford StoryJudd Apatow, Neil Berkeley
  • Queen of Chess
    Queen of ChessRory Kennedy
  • See You When I See You
    See You When I See YouJay Duplass
  • Time and Water
    Time and WaterSara DosaUnited States · Iceland
  • Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela Tapes
    Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela TapesAntoine FuquaSouth Africa · United States · United Kingdom
  • The Weight
    The WeightPadraic McKinleyUnited States · Germany
  • When a Witness Recants
    When a Witness RecantsDawn PorterUnited States
  • Wicker
    WickerEleanor Wilson, Alex Huston FischerUnited States · United Kingdom

Next 9

  • Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
    Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]Adam Khalil, Zack KhalilUnited States · Denmark
  • Burn
    BurnMakoto NagahisaJapan
  • Ghost in the Machine
    Ghost in the MachineValerie VeatchUnited States
  • If I Go Will They Miss Me
    If I Go Will They Miss MeWalter Thompson-Hernández
  • The Incomer
    The IncomerLouis PaxtonUnited Kingdom
  • Jaripeo
    JaripeoEfraín Mojica, Rebecca ZweigMexico · United States · France
  • Night Nurse
    Night NurseGeorgia BernsteinUnited States
  • TheyDream
    TheyDreamWilliam D. Caballero
  • Zi
    ZiKogonada

Midnight 7

  • The Best Summer
    The Best SummerTamra DavisUnited States · Australia · Indonesia
  • Buddy
    BuddyCasper KellyUnited States
  • Leviticus
    LeviticusAdrian ChiarellaAustralia
  • Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant
    Mum, I'm Alien PregnantTHUNDERLIPSNew Zealand
  • Rock Springs
    Rock SpringsVera MiaoUnited States · Canada
  • Saccharine
    SaccharineNatalie Erika JamesAustralia
  • undertone
    undertoneIan TuasonCanada

Episodic 9

  • Bait
    BaitBassam TariqUnited Kingdom
  • Episodic Fiction Pilot Showcase
    Episodic Fiction Pilot ShowcaseUnited States
  • Episodic Nonfiction Pilot Showcase
    Episodic Nonfiction Pilot ShowcaseUnited States
  • FreeLance
    FreeLanceThe Turner BrothersUnited States
  • Murder 101
    Murder 101Stacy LeeUnited States
  • The Oligarch and the Art Dealer
    The Oligarch and the Art DealerAndreas DalsgaardDenmark · France
  • The Screener
    The ScreenerJim Cummings, PJ McCabeUnited States
  • Soft Boil
    Soft BoilUnited States
  • Worried
    WorriedUnited States

Family Matinee 2

  • Cookie Queens
    Cookie QueensAlysa NahmiasUnited States
  • Fing!
    Fing!Jeffrey WalkerUnited Kingdom

U.S. Fiction Short Films 16

  • Albatross
    AlbatrossAmandine ThomasUnited States
  • Balloon Animals
    Balloon AnimalsAnna Baumgarten
  • Birdie
    BirdiePraise Odigie Paige
  • Callback
    CallbackMatthew Puccini
  • The Creature of Darkness
    The Creature of DarknessLisa Malloy, Ray Whitaker
  • Crisis Actor
    Crisis ActorLily Platt
  • Don't Tell Mama
    Don't Tell MamaChloe Leigh King
  • Gender Studies
    Gender StudiesJamie Kiernan O’Brien
  • The Oracle
    The OracleJJ Adler
  • Pankaja
    PankajaAnooya SwamyUnited States · India
  • Prime
    PrimeMeagan CoyleUnited States
  • Radiant Frost
    Radiant FrostHannah Schierbeek
  • Seniors
    SeniorsAdam Curley
  • Stairs
    StairsRiley Donigan
  • Taga
    TagaJill Marie SachsUnited States · Philippines
  • Together Forever
    Together ForeverGregory BarnesUnited States

International Fiction Short Films 17

  • Agnes
    AgnesLeah VlemmiksUnited Kingdom · Canada
  • Blue Heart
    Blue HeartSamuel SuffrenHaiti · France
  • Candy Bar
    Candy BarNash EdgertonAustralia
  • Faux Bijoux
    Faux BijouxJessy MoussallemFrance · Lebanon
  • Fruit
    FruitJen Nee LimSingapore
  • How Brief
    How BriefKelly McCormackCanada
  • I'm Glad You're Dead Now
    I'm Glad You're Dead NowTawfeek BarhomFrance · Greece · Palestine
  • Ivar
    IvarMarkus TangreNorway
  • Jazz Infernal
    Jazz InfernalWill NiavaCanada
  • The Liars
    The LiarsEduardo Braun CostaArgentina
  • Marga en el DF
    Marga en el DFGabriela OrtegaMexico · United States
  • Norheimsund
    NorheimsundAna A. AlpizarCuba · United States
  • O’Sey Balamma
    O’Sey BalammaRaman NimmalaIndia
  • ¡PIKA!
    ¡PIKA!Alex Fischman CárdenasPeru
  • Sauna Sickness
    Sauna SicknessMalin BarrSweden
  • Without Kelly (Utan Kelly)
    Without Kelly (Utan Kelly)Lovisa Sirén
  • The Worm
    The WormTom NoakesAustralia

Animated Short Films 12

  • 1981
    1981Andy London, Carolyn LondonUnited States
  • The Bird’s Placebo
    The Bird’s PlaceboRami JarbouiTunisia
  • Busy Bodies
    Busy BodiesKate Renshaw-LewisUnited States
  • Cabbage Daddy
    Cabbage DaddyGrace AnCanada
  • Homemade Gatorade
    Homemade GatoradeCarter Amelia DavisUnited States
  • HUGS
    HUGSNicolas FongBelgium
  • The Gnawer of Rocks (Mangittatuarjuk)
    The Gnawer of Rocks (Mangittatuarjuk)Louise FlahertyCanada
  • Living with a Visionary
    Living with a VisionaryStephen P. NearyUnited States
  • Once in a Body
    Once in a BodyMaría Cristina PérezColombia · United States
  • Paper Trail
    Paper TrailDon HertzfeldtUnited States
  • Sorrow Doesn't Sleep at Night
    Sorrow Doesn't Sleep at NightJosefina Montino, Martín AndréChile
  • UM
    UMNietoFrance

Nonfiction Short Films 9

  • The Baddest Speechwriter of All
    The Baddest Speechwriter of AllBen Proudfoot, Stephen CurryUnited States
  • The Boys and the Bees
    The Boys and the BeesArielle C. Knight
  • The Chimney Sweeper
    The Chimney SweeperJack Raese
  • Going Sane: The Rise and Fall of the Center For Feeling Therapy
    Going Sane: The Rise and Fall of the Center For Feeling TherapyJoey Izzo
  • The Home of the Brave (La Tierra del Valor)
    The Home of the Brave (La Tierra del Valor)Cristina Costantini
  • Luigi
    LuigiLiza Mandelup
  • Some Kind of Refuge
    Some Kind of RefugeAlexandra Kern
  • Still Standing
    Still StandingVictor Tadashi Suarez, Livia Albeck-Ripka
  • Tuktuit : Caribou
    Tuktuit : CaribouLindsay Aksarniq McIntyreCanada

Special Screenings 8

  • American Dream
    American DreamBarbara KoppleUnited States · United Kingdom
  • Downhill Racer
    Downhill RacerMichael RitchieUnited States
  • Half Nelson
    Half NelsonRyan FleckUnited States
  • House Party
    House PartyReginald HudlinUnited States
  • Humpday
    HumpdayLynn SheltonUnited States
  • Little Miss Sunshine
    Little Miss SunshineJonathan Dayton, Valerie FarisUnited States
  • Mysterious Skin
    Mysterious SkinGregg ArakiUnited States · Netherlands
  • Saw
    SawJames WanUnited States