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Sundance Film Festival 2026
Local Lens: Troublemaker
Sundance Institute’s Utah Community Program presents complimentary screenings of this year’s Festival favorites to Locals in Salt Lake and Summit Counties.
Director(s) Antoine Fuqua
South Africa/United States/United Kingdom

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Levitating (Para Perasuk)
In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.
Director Wregas Bhanuteja
Cast Angga Yunanda, Anggun, Maudy Ayunda
Indonesia/Singapore/France/Taiwan

Sundance Film Festival 2026
The Lake
An environmental nuclear bomb looms in Utah. Two intrepid scientists and a political insider race the clock to save their home from unprecedented catastrophe.
Director(s) Abby Ellis
United States

The 42nd Sundance Film Festival starts tomorrow, Thursday, January 22. It will be the festival’s last edition in Park City, Utah, before relocating to Boulder, Colorado, next year.

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Meet the Artist 2026: Brydie O’Connor on “Barbara Forever”

Sundance Film Festival 2026
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
LADY
In the sprawling African metropolis of Lagos, a fiercely independent young cab driver meets a band of radiantly reckless sex workers whose sisterhood pulls her into danger and joy, setting her on a journey toward her own transformation.
Director(s) Olive Nwosu
Cast Jessica…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Previously unseen footage captured by Salman Rushdie’s wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, documents his journey. Following not just his physical rehabilitation, but also the restoration of his spirit and optimism. Inspired by Rushdie’s memoir Knife: Meditations After an Att…[Leggi tutto]

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Joybubbles
Joybubbles discovers he can manipulate the telephone system by whistling a magic tone. Born blind and yearning for connection, his early obsession unwittingly lays the groundwork for a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and technology.
Director(s) Rachael J. Morrison
United States

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Jaripeo
A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
Director(s) Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig
Mexico/United States/France

Jane Elliott Against the World
A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class. Now nearly 90, she refuses to hold back amid today’s fights about race, history, and power.
Director J. Ehrlich
U.S.

Sundance Film Festival 2026
The Incomer
On a remote Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy hunt birds and talk to mythical beings while fighting off outsiders. Their lives change when Daniel, an awkward official, arrives to relocate them.
Director(s) Louis Paxton
Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke
United Kingdom

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Josephine
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety while adults are helpless to console her.
Director(s) Beth de Araújo
Cast Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan
United States

Sundance Film Festival 2026
The Huntress (La Cazadora)
In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.
Director Suzanne Andrews Correa
Cast Adriana Paz, Teresa Sánchez, Jennifer Trejo