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What to Watch at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival: 6 Films That Remind You Love Is Real
By Adam Silverstein Love takes many forms at the Sundance Film Festival — romantic, obsessive, tender, and dangerous. This year’s Festival features stories of connection
Short Film Program 2: The Relationships We Have With Family, Lovers, and Ourselves
(L–R) Programmer Emily Doe, Gregory Barnes, Leah Vlemmiks, Jamie Kiernan O’Brien, Eduardo Braun Costa, Jen Nee Lim, Samuel Suffren, and Adam Curley attend the premiere
Guillermo del Toro Returns to the Sundance Film Festival With a Restored “Cronos” and Decades of Wisdom
Guillermo del Toro attends the Q&A for a restored screening of his film “Cronos,” an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. (Photo by
“Jane Elliott Against the World” Spotlights One Woman’s Relentless Fight Against Racism
Director Judd Ehrlich’s documentary spotlights the hard-charging activist who has devoted her life to ending discrimination.
“The Brittney Griner Story” Is as Close as She’s Ever Let the Camera Get
(L-R) Brittney Griner and Alexandria Stapleton attend “The Brittney Griner Story ” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January
2026 Sundance Film Festival Reveals Short Film Program Award Winners
Top L–R: The Liars, Jazz Infernal, Living with a Visionary Second Row L–R: Paper Trail, The Baddest Speechwriter of All, Crisis Actor Third Row: The Boys and the Bees The Baddest Speechwriter
“Queen of Chess” Will Make You a Judit Polgár Superfan
Judit Polgár has lived the kind of life that lends itself easily to the cinematic treatment.
TV Comedy Is Alive and Well in the Pilot Showcase
(L-R) Alec Goldberg, Julien Turner, Justen Turner, and Nicole Holofcener attend the Episodic Fiction Pilot Showcase during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray
Peek Inside the Directors Brunch at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival
Amy Redford and Eugene Hernandez attend the Directors Brunch at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. © 2026 Sundance Institute | photo by Stephanie Dunn. Being
Grabbing the World in “The Story of Documentary Film”
From Mark Cousins, director of the docuseries ”The Story of Film,” comes a work of ambition and scope journeying through the history of documentary film.
“Joybubbles” Celebrates the Upbeat Pioneer of the Phone Phreak Revolution
Joe Engressia is the fascinating subject of Rachael J. Morrison’s new documentary.
“Who Killed Alex Odeh?” Revisits a Political Assassination We Never Reckoned With
“Who Killed Alex Odeh?” interrogates how a brutal act of political violence was allowed to fade into the background of American history.
“Sentient” Forces Us to Confront the Question Science Keeps Avoiding
(L-R) Lisa Jones Engel and Tony Jones attend the “Sentient” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January 26, 2026
“Chasing Summer” Finds the Comedy (and Damage) in Nostalgia
(L-R) Josephine Decker and Iliza Shlesinger attend the “Chasing Summer” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater on January 26, 2026
“Jaripeo” Unveils the Complexity and Beauty of Queer Life in Mexico’s Rodeo Culture
“Jaripeo” is a testament to those who navigate spaces never designed for their existence, but find liberation anyway.