Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Birds of War
The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.
Director(s) Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak
United Kingdom/Syrian Arab Republic/Lebanon
2026

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Big Girls Don’t Cry
Over one transformative summer in rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid Bookman discovers desire, identity, and the internet as she imitates the people she longs to be loved by.
Director Paloma Schneideman
Cast Ani Palmer, Rain Spencer, Noah Taylor
New Zealand 2026

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The Best Summer
United States/Australia/Indonesia/Thailan
Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in m…[Leggi tutto]

Bedford Park
Haunted by an abusive childhood, Audrey, a Korean American woman in her 30s, faces her emotional past. When her mother’s car accident brings her back to her parents’ home, she meets the man responsible for the accident. Their relationship builds, passions ignite, and they form a loving connection.
Director S. Ahn
Cast M.Choi, S.S…[Leggi tutto]

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Barbara Forever
An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
Director(s) Brydie O’Connor
United States

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BAIT
United Kingdom/United States
Struggling actor Shah Latif auditions for the role of a lifetime, only to see his life spiral out of control over four frenetic days.
Director(s) Bassam Tariq
Principal Cast Riz Ahmed, Guz Khan, Sheeba Chaddha
United Kingdom/United States

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Give Me the Ball!
World champion tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King has had a game-changing impact on culture and sports. Rare archive and candid interviews with Billie Jean and those closest to her reveal how one woman put changing the world ahead of saving herself
Directors Liz Garbusm Elizabeth Wolff
United States

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The Oldest Person in the World
A decade-long global journey chronicles the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive. What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate, and the joy and profound human experience of being alive.
Director…[Leggi tutto]

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American Dream
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are forced to take a substantial pay cut, the local union takes a stand for its members. Their strike tests the fragile promise of the American ideal, revealing the cost of survival.
Director Barbara Kopple – U.S.1990

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American Doctor
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
Director Poh Si Teng
U.S./State of Palestine/Malaysia/Qatar

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All About the Money
A son of one of America’s wealthiest families creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system he grew up in, but has now come to despise. It’s the starting point of an astonishing journey.
Director Sinéad O’Shea – Ireland

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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
United States
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with the AI insanity, exploring the existential dangers and stunning promise of this technology that humanity has created.
Director(s) Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell

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Aanikoobijigan [ancestor]
U. S./Denmark
Trapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains.
Director(s) Adam Khalil , Zack Khalil

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Sundance Film Festival 2025 – Winners
US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast

“Plainclothes”
A promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.

Director Carmen Emmi
Stars Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia

Sundance Film Festival 2025 – Winners

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
“Atropia”

Follows an aspiring actress working on a U.S. military base that simulates an Iraqi war zone.

Director Hailey Gates
Stars Alia Shawkat, Chloe East, Channing Tatum

Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

Winner of the NEXT Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast

Rico’s summer is a mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place with his family, it’s only a matter of time before his car…[Leggi tutto]

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LUZ
In the neon-lit streets of Chongqing, Wei desperately searches for his estranged daughter Fa, while Hong Kong gallerist Ren grapples with her ailing stepmother Sabine in Paris. Their lives collide in a virtual reality world.
Cast Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Pinna
2024 Hong Kong/China

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Lurker
A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
Director(s) Alex Russell
Cast Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe
2024 United States

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Love, Brooklyn
Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city.
Director(s) Rachael Abigail Holder
Cast André Holland, Nicole Beharie
2025 United States