The Sundance Institute Full List for 2026

Top L–R: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, Hanging by a Wire, Broken English, Buddy

Center Row L–R: Cookie Queens, The Moment, The Weight, The Gallerist

Bottom L–R: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, BAIT, LADY, The Incomer

 

The Sundance Institute announced 90 feature films and seven episodic projects participating in the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Institute announced 90 feature films and seven episodic projects participating in the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, revealing a selection of entertaining, trailblazing stories from emerging and established global artists for a total of 105 projects in the 2026 edition, including the previously announced Park City Legacy program. The Festival will be held from January 22–February 1, 2026, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with the at-home program available online from January 29–February 1, 2026, for audiences across the country. 

Single Film Tickets for in-person and online screenings go on sale January 14 at 10 a.m. MT and limited quantities of select passes and packages remain on sale. Visit the Sundance Film Festival site for more information at festival.sundance.org.

Throughout the full duration of the Festival, audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy daily screenings, talks, and events. Premieres will be held from Thursday, January 22, to Tuesday, January 27, in Park City. The 2026 Festival will serve as a meaningful tribute to Robert Redford and his vision that has inspired generations of artists and redefined cinema around the world. During the second half of the Festival, the Park City Legacy program will celebrate the Festival’s rich history and shared experiences in Utah through archival screenings of iconic films from previous editions, artists talks with notable Festival alumni, and a special event for the community.

From January 29–February 1, audiences nationwide can enjoy a curated program online at festival.sundance.org that will include all competition titles (U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary, and NEXT presented by Adobe) as well as additional selections from the feature and episodic programs and the Short Film Program presented by Ketel One Vodka.

“The 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be a truly pivotal and memorable moment as we celebrate artists and their visionary works, honor our Sundance Institute founder, Robert Redford, and his transformative vision, and show our gratitude to Utah by commemorating our collective journey,” said Amanda Kelso, Sundance Institute Acting CEO. “We are eager to once again foster connection and creativity as we champion and share independent storytelling with audiences. This marks an especially defining year of coming together as a community to uplift independent film and the legacy of the Festival.”

“As we prepare to gather for this landmark edition of our Festival in a cherished locale, we’re also honoring the enduring impact of our beloved founder, Robert Redford, and celebrating what he created: a dynamic home for independent, global storytelling,” said Eugene Hernandez, Director, Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming. “In announcing this year’s selection, we’ve hit a major milestone on the road to the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. With 44 days to go, we’re proud to conclude our survey of submissions from artists around the world, curating a bold selection of new voices and renowned artists alike that we invite audiences to discover next month.”

“The program for the 2026 Festival invites audiences to experience intimate character journeys, deeply human stories, and compelling explorations of stories from around the globe,” said Kim Yutani, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “Each year, we have the privilege of introducing distinctive storytellers to audiences, and we are grateful to the artists who entrust us with their films at the start of the journey. The upcoming edition will be especially profound in introducing brand-new works while concurrently marking the significance of the many films we have been fortunate to present and gone on to have a long-lasting impact on independent film and culture.”

The lineup announced today includes 90 feature-length films representing 28 countries and territories. The 2026 program is composed of 36 of 90 (40%) feature film directors who are first-time feature filmmakers. Fourteen of the selected works were supported by Sundance Institute’s year-round artist programs. Ninety-four of the projects (97%) are world premieres.

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival jury and audience awards will be presented on Friday, January 30, at a ceremony at The Ray Theatre in Park City. The Short Film Program will be shared on December 15, with Beyond Film talks and additional programming announcements unveiling through January.

Today the Festival is also announcing the winner of the 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: In The Blink of An Eye, directed by Andrew Stanton. The Salt Lake City Celebration film is Cookie Queens, premiering January 24.

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SHORTENED LIST OF ALL FEATURE FILMS AND EPISODIC PROJECTS

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION

• Bedford Park — Dir. Stephanie Ahn. World Premiere. Online.

• Carousel — Dir. Rachel Lambert. World Premiere. Online.

• The Friend’s House is Here — Dirs. Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei. World Premiere. Online.

• Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! — Dir. Josef Kubota Wladyka. World Premiere. Online.

• Hot Water — Dir. Ramzi Bashour. World Premiere. Online.

• Josephine — Dir. Beth de Araújo. World Premiere. Online.

• The Musical — Dir. Giselle Bonilla. World Premiere. Online.

• Run Amok — Dir. NB Mager. World Premiere. Online.

• Take Me Home — Dir. Liz Sargent. World Premiere. Online.

• Union County — Dir. Adam Meeks. World Premiere. Online.

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

• American Doctor — Dir. Poh Si Teng. World Premiere. Online.

• American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez — Dir. David Alvarado. World Premiere. Online.

• Barbara Forever — Dir. Brydie O’Connor. World Premiere. Online.

• Joybubbles — Dir. Rachael J. Morrison. World Premiere. Online.

• The Lake — Dir. Abby Ellis. World Premiere. Online.

• Nuisance Bear — Dirs. Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman. World Premiere. Online.

• Public Access — Dir. David Shadrack Smith. World Premiere. Online.

• Seized — Dir. Sharon Liese. World Premiere. Online.

• Soul Patrol — Dir. J.M. Harper. World Premiere. Online.

• Who Killed Alex Odeh? — Dirs. Jason Osder, William Lafi Youmans. World Premiere. Online.

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION

• Big Girls Don’t Cry — Dir. Paloma Schneideman. World Premiere. Online.

• How to Divorce During the War — Dir. Andrius Blaževičius. World Premiere. Online.

• Extra Geography — Dir. Molly Manners. World Premiere. Online.

• Filipiñana — Dir. Rafael Manuel. World Premiere. Online.

• HOLD ONTO ME — Dir. Myrsini Aristidou. World Premiere. Online.

• The Huntress — Dir. Suzanne Andrews Correa. World Premiere. Online.

• LADY — Dir. Olive Nwosu. World Premiere. Online.

• Levitating — Dir. Wregas Bhanuteja. World Premiere. Online.

• Shame and Money — Dir. Visar Morina. World Premiere. Online.

• Tell Me Everything — Dir. Moshe Rosenthal. World Premiere. Online.

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

• All About the Money — Dir. Sinéad O’Shea. World Premiere. Online.

• Birds of War — Dirs. Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak. World Premiere. Online.

• Closure — Dir. Michał Marczak. World Premiere. Online.

• Everybody To Kenmure Street — Dir. Felipe Bustos Sierra. World Premiere. Online.

• Hanging by a Wire — Dir. Mohammed Ali Naqvi. World Premiere. Online.

• Kikuyu Land — Dirs. Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu. World Premiere. Online.

• One In A Million — Dirs. Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes. World Premiere. Online.

• Sentient — Dir. Tony Jones. World Premiere. Online.

• Silenced — Dir. Selina Miles. World Premiere. Online.

• To Hold a Mountain — Dirs. Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić. World Premiere. Online.

NEXT

• Aanikoobijigan — Dirs. Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil. World Premiere. Online.

• BURN — Dir. Makoto Nagahisa. World Premiere. Online.

• Ghost in the Machine — Dir. Valerie Veatch. World Premiere. Online.

• If I Go Will They Miss Me — Dir. Walter Thompson-Hernández. World Premiere. Online.

• The Incomer — Dir. Louis Paxton. World Premiere. Online.

• Jaripeo — Dirs. Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig. World Premiere. Online.

• Night Nurse — Dir. Georgia Bernstein. World Premiere. Online.

• TheyDream — Dir. William David Caballero. World Premiere. Online.

• zi — Dir. Kogonada. World Premiere. Online.

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PREMIERES

• The AI Doc — Dirs. Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell. World Premiere.

• Antiheroine — Dirs. Edward Lovelace, James Hall. World Premiere.

• The Brittney Griner Story — Dir. Alexandria Stapleton. World Premiere.

• Chasing Summer — Dir. Josephine Decker. World Premiere. Online.

• THE DISCIPLE — Dir. Joanna Natasegara. World Premiere.

• Frank & Louis — Dir. Petra Biondina Volpe. World Premiere.

• Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass — Dir. David Wain. World Premiere.

• The Gallerist — Dir. Cathy Yan. World Premiere.

• Give Me the Ball! — Dirs. Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff. World Premiere.

• The History of Concrete — Dir. John Wilson. World Premiere.

• I Want Your Sex — Dir. Gregg Araki. World Premiere.

• In The Blink of An Eye — Dir. Andrew Stanton. World Premiere.

• The Invite — Dir. Olivia Wilde. World Premiere.

• Jane Elliott Against the World — Dir. Judd Ehrlich. World Premiere. Online.

• Knife — Dir. Alex Gibney. World Premiere.

• The Last First: Winter K2 — Dir. Amir Bar-Lev. World Premiere.

• The Moment — Dir. Aidan Zamiri. World Premiere.

• The Oldest Person in the World — Dir. Sam Green. World Premiere.

• Once Upon A Time In Harlem — Dirs. William Greaves, David Greaves. World Premiere.

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York — Dir. Noah Segan. World Premiere.

• Paralyzed by Hope — Dirs. Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley. World Premiere.

• Queen of Chess — Dir. Rory Kennedy. World Premiere.

• See You When I See You — Dir. Jay Duplass. World Premiere.

• The Shitheads — Dir. Macon Blair. World Premiere.

• Time and Water — Dir. Sara Dosa. World Premiere. Online.

• Troublemaker — Dir. Antoine Fuqua. World Premiere.

• The Weight — Dir. Padraic McKinley. World Premiere.

• When A Witness Recants — Dir. Dawn Porter. World Premiere.

• Wicker — Dirs. Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer. World Premiere.

MIDNIGHT

• The Best Summer — Dir. Tamra Davis. World Premiere. Online.

• Buddy — Dir. Casper Kelly. World Premiere.

• Leviticus — Dir. Adrian Chiarella. World Premiere.

• Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant — Dir. THUNDERLIPS. World Premiere.

• Rock Springs — Dir. Vera Miao. World Premiere. Online.

• Saccharine — Dir. Natalie Erika James. World Premiere.

• undertone — Dir. Ian Tuason. U.S. Premiere.

EPISODIC

• BAIT — Exec. Producer: Riz Ahmed. World Premiere.

• The Screener — Dirs. Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe. World Premiere.

Fiction Pilot Showcase

• FreeLance — Dirs. The Turner Brothers. World Premiere.

• Soft Boil — Dir. Alec Goldberg. World Premiere.

• Worried — Dir. Nicole Holofcener. World Premiere.

Nonfiction Pilot Showcase

• Murder 101 — Dir. Stacey Lee. World Premiere.

• The Oligarch and the Art Dealer — Dir. Andreas Dalsgaard. World Premiere.

SPOTLIGHT

• Broken English — Dirs. Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth. U.S. Premiere.

• Tuner — Dir. Daniel Roher.

FAMILY MATINEE

• Cookie Queens — Dir. Alysa Nahmias. World Premiere.

• Fing! — Dir. Jeffrey Walker. World Premiere.

SPECIAL SCREENING

• The Story of Documentary Film — Dir. Mark Cousins. World Premiere.