Sundance 2026: Table of Contents | Festivals & Awards


Find below links to all of our coverage of this year’s Sundance, broken out by program. The reviews are written by Brian Tallerico, Robert Daniels, Marya E. Gates, Zachary Lee, Monica Castillo, and Peyton Robinson. (Note: If a title isn’t linked yet, the review is still forthcoming.)

Gemma Chan, Mason Reeves and Channing Tatum appear in Josephine by Beth de Araújo, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Greta Zozula.

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Bedford Park
Carousel
“The Friend’s House is Here”
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Hot Water
Josephine
The Musical
“Run Amok”
“Take Me Home”
Union County

Ed Emanuel, Jerry Brock, Ellis Gates, Thad Givens, Franklin Swann, Lawton Mackey and Donald Mann appear in Soul Patrol by J.M. Harper, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

U.S. Documentary Competition

“American Doctor”
“American Pachuco”
“Barbara Forever”
Joybubbles
“The Lake”
“Nuisance Bear”
“Public Access”
“Seized”
Soul Patrol
Who Killed Alex Odeh?

Joe Bird appears in Leviticus by Adrian Chiarella, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ben Saunders.

Midnights

“The Best Summer”
Buddy
Leviticus
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
“Rock Springs”
“Saccharine”
“undertone”

Michelle Mao appears in zi by Kogonada, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Benjamin Loeb.

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“Aanikoobijigan”
“BURN”
“Ghost in the Machine”
“If I Go Will They Miss Me”
“The Incomer”
“Jaripeo”
“Night Nurse”
“TheyDream”
“zi”

Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde appear in I Want Your Sex by Gregg Araki, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Lacey Terrell

Premieres

“The AI Doc”
“Antiheroine”
“The Brittney Griner Story”
“Chasing Summer”
“The Disciple”
“Frank & Louis”
“Gail Daughtry”
“The Gallerist”
“Give Me the Ball!”
The History of Concrete
I Want Your Sex
In the Blink of an Eye
The Invite
“Jane Elliott Against the World”
“Knife: The Attempted Murder”
“The Last First: Winter K2”
The Moment
“The Oldest Person in the World”
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
“The Only Living Pickpocket in New York”
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
Queen of Chess
“See You When I See You”
The Shitheads
“Time and Water”
“Troublemaker”
“The Weight”
“When a Witness Recants”
Wicker

Ani Palmer, Beatrix Rain Wolfe and Sophia Kirkwood-Smith appear in Big Girls Don’t Cry by Paloma Schneideman, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jen Raoult.

World Dramatic

Big Girls Don’t Cry
“Extra Geography”
“Filipinana”
Hold Onto Me
“How to Divorce During the War”
“The Huntress”
“Lady”
“Levitating”
“Shame and Money”
Tell Me Everything

Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak appear in Birds of War by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Habak Films.

World Documentary

“All About the Money”
Birds of War
“Closure”
“Everybody to Kenmure Street”
“Hanging by a Wire”
“Kikuyu Land”
One in a Million
“Sentient”
Silenced
“To Hold a Mountain”

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